Rainbow Butterfly Unicorn Kitten
January 11, 2023 11:51 AM Subscribe
Ok really I just want to show you this image of a sparkly rainbow butterfly unicorn kitten which is sometimes just what you need.
But since it's Metafilter I guess I'd better fill this post out with a link to the theme song for a kids show called Rainbow Butterfly Unicorn Kitty that apparently exists (Wikipedia) and based on a tineye search it looks from the timing like the image is either directly related to or inspired by the show.
But since it's Metafilter I guess I'd better fill this post out with a link to the theme song for a kids show called Rainbow Butterfly Unicorn Kitty that apparently exists (Wikipedia) and based on a tineye search it looks from the timing like the image is either directly related to or inspired by the show.
Now that is a photoshop
posted by Going To Maine at 11:54 AM on January 11, 2023
posted by Going To Maine at 11:54 AM on January 11, 2023
kinda got butt wings, tho, I just realized.
posted by Going To Maine at 11:55 AM on January 11, 2023 [2 favorites]
posted by Going To Maine at 11:55 AM on January 11, 2023 [2 favorites]
oh no why are its wings upside down what abomination has god sent to destroy us all
posted by mittens at 11:57 AM on January 11, 2023 [13 favorites]
posted by mittens at 11:57 AM on January 11, 2023 [13 favorites]
Someone made a plush buddy version.
posted by Orange Dinosaur Slide at 12:16 PM on January 11, 2023 [10 favorites]
posted by Orange Dinosaur Slide at 12:16 PM on January 11, 2023 [10 favorites]
The wings aren’t upside down, it’s a swing wing, they retract for flight at higher Mach numbers and extend for landing
posted by Fiasco da Gama at 12:26 PM on January 11, 2023 [12 favorites]
posted by Fiasco da Gama at 12:26 PM on January 11, 2023 [12 favorites]
This looks shopped. I can tell from some of the pixels and from seeing quite a few shops in my time.
posted by straw at 12:49 PM on January 11, 2023 [21 favorites]
posted by straw at 12:49 PM on January 11, 2023 [21 favorites]
I totally needed to see this today. Thank you!
posted by Bella Donna at 1:01 PM on January 11, 2023 [1 favorite]
posted by Bella Donna at 1:01 PM on January 11, 2023 [1 favorite]
it looks from the timing like the image is either directly related to or inspired by the show.
I think it's the other way around. That imgur post is from January 2015, and the theme song video and the show came four years later, January 2019. So, I hope OP got some credit for Nickelodeon and Funrise apparently just scraping imgur for content? 🤔
posted by xedrik at 1:01 PM on January 11, 2023 [1 favorite]
I think it's the other way around. That imgur post is from January 2015, and the theme song video and the show came four years later, January 2019. So, I hope OP got some credit for Nickelodeon and Funrise apparently just scraping imgur for content? 🤔
posted by xedrik at 1:01 PM on January 11, 2023 [1 favorite]
Excellent post. Top-drawer. Just needs... a little glitter, you know?
*grins, ducks, runs*
posted by humbug at 1:03 PM on January 11, 2023 [1 favorite]
*grins, ducks, runs*
posted by humbug at 1:03 PM on January 11, 2023 [1 favorite]
But what about a sparkly rainbow butterfly fairy unicorn dragon kitten princess?
posted by Foosnark at 1:11 PM on January 11, 2023 [1 favorite]
posted by Foosnark at 1:11 PM on January 11, 2023 [1 favorite]
I think it's the other way around.
Whoops, so it is! I hope the OP got credit for it, too.
posted by aniola at 1:14 PM on January 11, 2023
Whoops, so it is! I hope the OP got credit for it, too.
posted by aniola at 1:14 PM on January 11, 2023
sparkly rainbow butterfly unicorn kitten
Oh great -- now I need to change my password.
posted by This_Will_Be_Good at 1:23 PM on January 11, 2023 [10 favorites]
Oh great -- now I need to change my password.
posted by This_Will_Be_Good at 1:23 PM on January 11, 2023 [10 favorites]
Years ago a friend of mine and I saw this and I wanted to attempt to make one of these in yarn. I never quite figured out how to Frankenstein that shit, but I wanted to.
posted by jenfullmoon at 1:33 PM on January 11, 2023 [2 favorites]
posted by jenfullmoon at 1:33 PM on January 11, 2023 [2 favorites]
Now that is a photoshop
posted by Going To Maine
No it isn't! Shut up! SHUT UP!
posted by Splunge at 2:11 PM on January 11, 2023 [6 favorites]
posted by Going To Maine
No it isn't! Shut up! SHUT UP!
posted by Splunge at 2:11 PM on January 11, 2023 [6 favorites]
It's ok. Yes Splunge. There really is a sparkly rainbow butterfly unicorn kitten.
posted by aniola at 2:35 PM on January 11, 2023 [8 favorites]
posted by aniola at 2:35 PM on January 11, 2023 [8 favorites]
oh no why are its wings upside down what abomination has god sent to destroy us all
No, the image is of the *rear* of the SRBUK. It's to disorient predators
posted by foonly at 2:45 PM on January 11, 2023 [1 favorite]
No, the image is of the *rear* of the SRBUK. It's to disorient predators
posted by foonly at 2:45 PM on January 11, 2023 [1 favorite]
No, the image is of the *rear* of the SRBUK. It's to disorient predators
Then I don't want to see the horror that undoubtedly forms its hideous maw.
Now, excuse me while I go pray to Mothra to save us all
posted by house-goblin at 3:13 PM on January 11, 2023 [1 favorite]
Then I don't want to see the horror that undoubtedly forms its hideous maw.
Now, excuse me while I go pray to Mothra to save us all
posted by house-goblin at 3:13 PM on January 11, 2023 [1 favorite]
calculated to amaze
posted by glonous keming at 4:12 PM on January 11, 2023
posted by glonous keming at 4:12 PM on January 11, 2023
Hi, gang! I made this, and I've still got the psd file laying around here to prove it!
My friend's daughter wanted a rainbow unicorn butterfly kitten, so I made this for her. My friend posted it and it went viral. I've seen it on shirts, mugs, keychains, pins, plushies, towels... pretty much everything. There was even a cartoon , but the creator claims he thought of it allll by himself. I wouldn't have cared much about that if it was just my usual silly post stuff, but it's always felt like it was stealing a kid's idea for a kids' show, which seems dickish.
...and though people often say otherwise, THE WINGS ARE RIGHT SIDE UP.
posted by dogwelder at 4:14 PM on January 11, 2023 [73 favorites]
My friend's daughter wanted a rainbow unicorn butterfly kitten, so I made this for her. My friend posted it and it went viral. I've seen it on shirts, mugs, keychains, pins, plushies, towels... pretty much everything. There was even a cartoon , but the creator claims he thought of it allll by himself. I wouldn't have cared much about that if it was just my usual silly post stuff, but it's always felt like it was stealing a kid's idea for a kids' show, which seems dickish.
...and though people often say otherwise, THE WINGS ARE RIGHT SIDE UP.
posted by dogwelder at 4:14 PM on January 11, 2023 [73 favorites]
My friend and I love your work! :) Thanks for surfacing!
posted by jenfullmoon at 4:19 PM on January 11, 2023 [1 favorite]
posted by jenfullmoon at 4:19 PM on January 11, 2023 [1 favorite]
This is relevant to my interests!
posted by probably not that Karen Blair at 4:47 PM on January 11, 2023
posted by probably not that Karen Blair at 4:47 PM on January 11, 2023
In the somewhat ineffable order-of-adjectives in English, shouldn't it be
Sparkly Rainbow Unicorn Butterfly Kitten
NOT
Sparkly Rainbow Butterfly Unicorn Kitten, which sounds wrong to me
There's a difference between a unicorn-kitten, with butterfly wings VS a butterfly-kitten, with one horn.
No?
So kitten type: [sparkly-rainbow-unicorn]{butterfly variant} NOT kitten type: [sparkly-rainbow-butterfly]{unicorn variant}
If the photoshop made those monarch butterfly wings rainbow colored, I could be convinced otherwise.
posted by bartleby at 5:37 PM on January 11, 2023 [3 favorites]
Sparkly Rainbow Unicorn Butterfly Kitten
NOT
Sparkly Rainbow Butterfly Unicorn Kitten, which sounds wrong to me
There's a difference between a unicorn-kitten, with butterfly wings VS a butterfly-kitten, with one horn.
No?
So kitten type: [sparkly-rainbow-unicorn]{butterfly variant} NOT kitten type: [sparkly-rainbow-butterfly]{unicorn variant}
If the photoshop made those monarch butterfly wings rainbow colored, I could be convinced otherwise.
posted by bartleby at 5:37 PM on January 11, 2023 [3 favorites]
This is exactly what my morning needed.
posted by zenon at 6:16 AM on January 12, 2023 [1 favorite]
posted by zenon at 6:16 AM on January 12, 2023 [1 favorite]
Just so everyone knows, I have once again been poking around on Ravelry for monarch butterfly and kitten and unicorn horn patterns.
posted by jenfullmoon at 4:37 PM on January 12, 2023 [2 favorites]
posted by jenfullmoon at 4:37 PM on January 12, 2023 [2 favorites]
SQUEEEEE!!
I've had a rotten few days and I need this soooooooooooooooo much.
posted by kathrynm at 5:25 PM on January 15, 2023 [1 favorite]
I've had a rotten few days and I need this soooooooooooooooo much.
posted by kathrynm at 5:25 PM on January 15, 2023 [1 favorite]
Hi, gang! I made this
So do you have an official outlet for merch 'cause I'd love a sparkly rainbow butterfly unicorn kitten sticker for my hardhat.
posted by Mitheral at 5:11 AM on January 17, 2023 [2 favorites]
So do you have an official outlet for merch 'cause I'd love a sparkly rainbow butterfly unicorn kitten sticker for my hardhat.
posted by Mitheral at 5:11 AM on January 17, 2023 [2 favorites]
I, also, would like a way to give you money in exchange for something. Prints, a shirt?
posted by mhoye at 6:20 AM on January 17, 2023 [1 favorite]
posted by mhoye at 6:20 AM on January 17, 2023 [1 favorite]
I saw the dogwelder name in the sidebar, and thought, “wow, is that a DC Hitman reference?” Checked the user profile, and yes indeed it is. Zombie Night at the Gotham Aquarium was a beautiful set piece comedy.
posted by notoriety public at 10:46 AM on January 17, 2023
posted by notoriety public at 10:46 AM on January 17, 2023
Hey, if anyone's still reading this thread, here's a tumblr post with a link to the highest resolution version of the original image.
https://www.tumblr.com/dogwelder/692975750199033856/if-youve-ever-seen-this-rainbow-butterfly-unicorn
posted by dogwelder at 9:05 PM on January 17, 2023 [1 favorite]
https://www.tumblr.com/dogwelder/692975750199033856/if-youve-ever-seen-this-rainbow-butterfly-unicorn
posted by dogwelder at 9:05 PM on January 17, 2023 [1 favorite]
@mhoye, feel free to use the linked image above in any way you see fit!
posted by dogwelder at 9:06 PM on January 17, 2023 [2 favorites]
posted by dogwelder at 9:06 PM on January 17, 2023 [2 favorites]
Thank you, dogwelder. I will not abuse your kindness.
posted by mhoye at 11:06 AM on January 18, 2023
posted by mhoye at 11:06 AM on January 18, 2023
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