One of the top Twitter trends in the United States right now is “New Guy,” with over 56.3 thousand tweets and counting. New Guy is quickly becoming the next Internet fad and is arguably the first big meme of 2020, though some may be wondering exactly what New Guy is and why it’s gotten so much attention lately.
New Guy is a character originating from a comic strip from sweetbeans99, aka Mallorie Jessica Udischas. The comic depicts two coworkers: a purple-haired girl and a bald-headed man whose name tag simply reads “New Guy.” In the comic, the girl is laughing over a news story about a “millionaire gamer-bro” who got robbed, which is presumably a reference to thePewDiePie robberythat took place last month.
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New Guy asks the girl in the comic how she’d feel if she were robbed, and she responds by saying that she and New Guy won’t be the kind of coworkers that become good friends. While the girl appears to be the protagonist of the comic, many onTwitterhave taken a completely different view, siding with New Guy and creating a variety of “wholesome” memes featuring the character that spread a more positive message.
While the New Guy comic was first released in December, it only recently started getting recognition. Twitter has since been flooded with fan art of the character, and it’s only gaining momentum. The New Guy meme is unlikely to reach the same heights asBaby Yoda, but it’s become quite the sensation in a very short amount of time.
Since the New Guy character originated in a comic making fun of the PewDiePie robbery, it will be interesting to see if the YouTube star remarks on it. One of PewDiePie’s most popular ongoing series isMeme Review, where he takes a look at the most popular current memes, so it seems more likely than not that the New Guy meme will appear on his channel in some capacity in the future. If so, fans can expect the New Guy meme to become even more popular than it has already become.
Meanwhile, it’s unclear how New Guy creator sweetbeans99 feels about the way people have interpreted the comic. Her Twitter account is currently set to private, though whether or not that’s due to the spread of the New Guy meme is unknown.
