Nyan Cat

Nyan Cat is the name of a YouTube video uploaded in April 2011, which became an Internet meme. The video merged a Japanese pop song with an animated cartoon cat with the body of a Pop-Tart, flying through space, and leaving a rainbow trail behind it. The video ranked at number 5 on the list of most viewed YouTube videos in 2011.

Animated GIF
On April 2, 2011, the GIF animation of the cat was posted by 25-year-old Christopher Torres of Dallas, Texas, who uses the name "prguitarman", on his website LOL-Comics. Torres explained in an interview where the idea for the animation came from: "I was doing a donation drive for the Red Cross and in-between drawings in my Livestream video chat, two different people mentioned I should draw a “Pop Tart” and a “cat”." In response, he created a hybrid image of a Pop-Tart and a cat, which was developed a few days later into the animated GIF."

 The Song 

 ​ The original version of the song "Nyanyanyanyanyanyanya!" was uploaded by user "daniwell" to the Japanese video site  Nico Nico Douga on July 25, 2010. The song features the Vocaloid Hatsune Miku ( 初音ミク ). The Japanese word for the sound cats make, "nyā"  ( にゃ ), is the equivalent of the English language word "meow".

A user named "Momo Momo" ("もももも") uploaded a remixed version of the song "Nyanyanyanyanyanyanya!", adding the repeating vocal sound "nyan" throughout the song, to Nico Nico Douga on January 31, 2011. The added vocal sound was created using the singing synthesizer software UTAU with the voice preset, "Momone Momo" (桃音モモ). The UTAU voice preset, "Momone Momo", gets its name from the kanji "momo" 桃, meaning "peach", and "ne" 音, meaning "sound". The voice source used to create the Momone Momo voice was Fujimoto Momoko (藤本萌々子), a Japanese woman who lives in Tokyo.

 YouTube Video  YouTube user "saraj00n" combined the cat animation with the "Momo Momo" version of the song "Nyanyanyanyanyanyanya!", and uploaded it to YouTube on April 5, 2011, three days after Torres had uploaded his animation, giving it the title "Nyan Cat". The video rapidly became a success after being featured on websites including G4 and CollegeHumor. Christopher Torres said: "Originally, its name was Pop Tart Cat, and I will continue to call it so, but the Internet has reached a decision to name it Nyan Cat, and I’m happy with that choice, too."

Relationship with Fishweed
Nyan Cat and Fishweed first met in Fishweed 3, after the Jellyfish's Transportation services teleported Fishweed to Nyan Cat. Ever since then the two have become best buddies, inseperatable even by the forces of evil!

Appearances on Fishweed

 * Fishweed 3 (First Appearance)
 * Fishweed 4
 * Fishweed 5
 * Fishweed 6
 * Fishweed 7