Soggy Cat

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About

Soggy Cat is the nickname given to a cat named Shark that went viral around 2021 after their owner posted the photo to X (Twittter) of the cat wet and sitting in a bathtub. The photo was posted some time in 2021 and deleted when the user, @sillyfuny, deleted their account. The image gained viral spread over the following years as an exploitable reaction image.

Origin

On an unknown date in 2021, now-deleted X^[1] user @sillyfuny, aka Biscuit, posted a photo of their cat Shark wet and in the bathtub (shown below). The current X account @sillyfuny is run by someone who is not associated with Shark. The cat's owner also used to run the X^[2]^[3] account @bonsquer, which shared several photos of Shark in 2021, including a photo and video of Shark in the bath on June 28th and 29th, 2021.

In 2021, X^[4] user @cvsilly shared two Discord screenshots offering further evidence supporting the claim that @sillyfuny aka Biscuit or Bonsquer owned the cat, also explaining that they allegedly deleted their account for making false accusation against people, although this is unconfirmed (shown below).

Spread

The image of soggy cat, along with other images of Shark, gained viral spread throughout the 2020s, seeing use as an exploitable image and inspiring several gimmick accounts dedicated to it. For example, on March 22nd, 2022, X^[5] user @shadow06hunter posted a meme where Shark gets caught drawing a penis on an iPad, garnering over 23,000 likes in a year (shown below, left).

On October 25th, Tumblr^[6] user theedorksinlove posted a compilation of wet cat images including Shark, garnering over 18,000 notes in a year. On January 2nd, 2023, Instagram^[7] user surreal.cats posted an edit of the soggy cat image that gained over 75,000 likes in 10 months (shown below, right).

On May 4th, X^[8] user @Weedlord_Boner posted a thread consisting of numerous Shark photos, writing, "Soggy Cat’s alpha male rules for success 🧵," garnering over 1,000 likes in six months (portions shown below). The thread was reposted as images to /r/196^[9] on May 5th, garnering over 2,000 upvotes in the same span of time.