What is Pedobear?
'''Pedobear''' is an [[internet meme]] that gained popularity on [[4chan]]. Pedobear is usually posted as a way to mock users requesting or posting sexualized images of children on 4chan. Pedobear first appeared on 2channel, a popular bulletin board system in [[Japan]] and was originally called Kumā (interjection of Kuma which means bear in Japanese) or Safety Bear. Pedobear has also been featured as [[iStockphoto]] wallpaper and was in the background of a cover of the auto magazine Import Tuner.<ref>[http://www.geekosystem.com/pedobear-vancouver-5-times-pedobear-has-fooled-the-world/ Vancouver and More: 5 Times Pedobear has Infiltrated the Real World &#124; Geekosystem]</ref> On July 3, 2009, Michael R. Barrick, a Canadian artist had created two pictures showing Pedobear together with the mascots of [[2010 Winter Olympics|2010 Winter Olympic]] and Paralympic Games. Gazeta Olsztyńska, a Polish newspaper mistakenly used one of the pictures for a February 4, 2010 front page story about the Olympics in Vancouver. == Other websites == * [http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/pedobear Pedobear at KnowYourMeme.com] ==References== {{reflist}} [[Category:Internet memes]] {{stub}}