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The character was born during a Red Cross charity drawing event on a livestream when two different viewers suggested Torres draw a "Pop-Tart" and a "cat". He merged the ideas into a single doodle and later animated it into the iconic GIF.

The original animation (first known as "Pop Tart Cat") was posted on April 2, 2011 , by artist Christopher Torres , known online as prguitarman . The pixel art GIF features a cat with a Pop-Tart for a body flying through space, leaving a rainbow trail in its wake. The Creation Story Nyan Cat [original]

Watch the story of how a simple doodle became one of the internet's most iconic memes: I Accidentally Became A Meme - Nyan Cat BuzzFeedVideo YouTube• Jul 1, 2021 The character was born during a Red Cross