The Official Nyan Cat Fan Club.

Nyan_Cat#
Nyan Cat (also known as Pop Tart Cat) is an internet meme, referring to an 8-bit animated gif of a flying cat with the body of a cherry Pop-Tart, leaving a rainbow behind the cat; or to a video of the animated ​.GIF​, set to a remix of the song "Nyanyanyanyanyanyanya!"


Origin#
The original animation was made by Chris Torres (PRguitarman) on April 2, 2011. He then posted it to the website LOL-Comics, intending it to be "cute". YouTube user "saraj00n" combined the cat animation with the version of the song Nyanyanyanyanyanyanya!--uploaded by Nico Nico Douga user "もももも" (Momo Momo) and uploaded it to YouTube on April 5, 2011. Nico Nico Douga user Momo Momo uploaded his/her version of the song Nyanyanyanyanyanyanya! to Nico Nico Douga on January 31, 2011.
Momo Momo previously made his/her version of the song with the UTAU "Momone Momo" 桃音モモ whose name comes from the kanji "momo" 桃, meaning "peach", and "ne" 音, meaning sound Momone Momo's first name Momo "モモ" is written in katakana to indicate it is not a word of Japanese origin. The voice source used to create Momone Momo was Fujimoto Momoko (藤本萌々子) and Momone Momo was created in February 2009. The original song "Nyanyanyanyanyanyanya!", made with the vocaloid Hatsune Miku (初音ミク), was uploaded by user daniwellP to Nico Nico Douga July 25, 2010. The song's lyrics refer to the Japanese word for the sound cats make, "nyā" (にゃあ).


Popularity#
Nyan Cat saw increased popularity after being featured on the blog for Tosh.0 on April 15, 2011. Later, the Annoying Orange made a parody of the video, further popularizing it, and as of June 2011, the YouTube video has had over 18 million views. Due to its popularity, many new remixes and cover versions have been made, some hours long, and an app was created for iPhone, iPad, Android and HP webOS.
YouTube modified the video player "seek" slider bar for the video page so that the slider thumb resembles Nyan Cat, while leaving a rainbow trail (which is the played amount of the video).


Games#
Several fan created games featuring Nyan Cat were developed, after its development as a meme. One of the first ones was Nyan Cat: Reloaded (formerly Nyan Cat Game) by MeisterMariues, created on April 20. It was developed with Yoyogames Game Maker. Later, more games were created, like Lost in Space by mylostgames, or Nyan Cat FLY by krangGAMES. Chris Torres (prguitarman) developed his own game called "Nyan Cat" for iOS, and it became the first official game.