Recently, a meme has circulated the internet featuring a
gluttonous Bugs Bunny named “Big Chungus.” The character was originally
shown in the cartoon Wabbit Twouble from 1941, and has become massively popular in the past few months despite its brief resurfacing in 2017 on Reddit.


The word “chungus” was allegedly created by Jim Sterling in 2012, a
freelance video game writer, who incorporated the word in various
articles, and is defined as “meaning anything and everything.” Redditors
in 2018 then ascribed the term “Big Chungus” to the image of obese Bugs
Bunny photoshopped onto a Playstation 4 video game cover.


Now, memes of the absolute unit Chungus have morphed into jokes
internet-savvy users spread across social media channels, such as a
lovechild of Big Chungus and Ugandan Knuckles, or Big Chungus appearing
in various movie scenes for example.


Although the meaning of Big Chungus still remains elusive, it
illustrates the absurd creativity of the internet, spreading nonsensical
jokes with no apparent value except to bring joy to viewers. Who is
next?