It's "Shitty Charmander"...This Pokémon Tattoo Is So Bad It Has Become a Meme

                             

Reddit user yllwsnow2

People get terrible tattoos all the time, but not many of them take over the Internet like this terrible Pokémon fan tattoo. A picture of the tattoo was originally posted to reddit by user yllwsnow2, who wrote, "My friend was drunk and on Xanax when he decided to tattoo a black face Charmander with no experience or artistic ability. The flame saves it." Here's the image.

Reddit user yllwsnow2

The image immediately took over Reddit and imgur, with one user astutely pointing out that the Charmander was stylized in such a way that it looked very similar to the "Tim Burton Pokémon" fan art created by the artist known as Hat Boy.

Hat Boy

 

The photo's overnight rise to Internet legend prompted some to call the whole thing a hoax, which, in their defense, makes sense if you're familiar with the type of Photoshop hoaxes that show up on reddit. So the Redditor who originally posted the image posted another headlined, "To clarify, here's our 'artist' that was drunk and on Xanax when he tattooed a s---ty Charmander on himself."

Reddit user yllwsnow2

It wasn't long before "S---ty Charmander" had its own subreddit, /r/shartmander, where people started posting fan art like this.

Reddit user punnymoniker

Impressive! But no cycle of Internet fame can be complete without monetization. Which is why you can buy this plush doll on ebay for $15.

Ebay user bbzzzztt

Or these buttons on Etsy for $1.50 each.

                     

Etsy user GraciousRebellion

And if you're so inclined, you can even find the badly drawn little guy on T-shirts. But to anyone thinking about getting a copycat tattoo we say beware. These things run their course quickly, and the only thing worse than having a bad Pokémon tattoo on your body for the rest of your life is having a copy of a bad Pokémon tattoo on your body for the rest of your life.

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