{"slug":"is-this-a-pigeon","name":"Is This A Pigeon","alternateFormats":[{"slug":"is-this-a-pigeon-captioned","label":"With Caption"}],"url":"/templates/is-this-a-pigeon.jpg","w":1587,"h":1425,"top":"IS THIS","bottom":"","description":"Is This A Pigeon meme generator. An anime character points at a butterfly and calls it something completely wrong. The internet's go-to format for confident misidentification.","keywords":"is this a pigeon meme, butterfly meme, misidentify meme, anime meme","year":2011,"origin":"From the 1991 anime \"The Brave Fighter of Sun Fighbird.\" An android character gestures at a butterfly and sincerely asks \"Is this a pigeon?\" The scene was never meant to be funny — it's a robot learning about Earth — but the internet turned it into the perfect template for confidently wrong identifications. For more confused-energy memes, see Futurama Fry (\"Not sure if…\") or Ancient Aliens (\"It's aliens\").","format":"template","textBoxes":[{"label":"Person","x":2,"y":2,"w":50,"h":23,"placeholder":"Who's confused","fontFamily":"Arial","fontColor":"#FFFFFF","strokeColor":"#000000","strokeWidth":2,"isBold":true,"isItalic":false,"isAllCaps":false,"textAlign":"center","fontSize":42,"opacity":1},{"label":"Butterfly","x":58,"y":32,"w":39,"h":19,"placeholder":"The thing they're looking at","fontFamily":"Arial","fontColor":"#FFFFFF","strokeColor":"#000000","strokeWidth":2,"isBold":true,"isItalic":false,"isAllCaps":false,"textAlign":"center","fontSize":42,"opacity":1},{"label":"Is This a...?","x":1,"y":81,"w":98,"h":16,"placeholder":"What they think it is","fontFamily":"Arial","fontColor":"#FFFFFF","strokeColor":"#000000","strokeWidth":2,"isBold":true,"isItalic":false,"isAllCaps":false,"textAlign":"center","fontSize":42,"opacity":1}],"howToMake":["The Is This a Pigeon template is loaded with 3 text fields: the confused person, the butterfly, and the question at the bottom","Label the person with who's confused, the butterfly with what they're actually looking at, and the bottom with what they incorrectly think it is (usually 'Is this a [wrong thing]?')","The person label overlays the anime character, the butterfly label tags what they're pointing at, and the misidentification spans the bottom","White text with dark outlines reads well over the anime's bright colors. Size the bottom question large so the wrong answer lands","Confident misidentification complete? Download as PNG or Share to call out anyone getting something obviously wrong"],"exampleCaptions":["ME","ANY MINOR INCONVENIENCE","IS THIS A REASON TO CANCEL ALL MY PLANS"],"exampleAltText":"Is This a Pigeon meme about treating any minor inconvenience as a reason to cancel all plans","exampleRefreshDate":"2026-02-22","seo":{"aliases":["Butterfly Meme","Is This A Pigeon Anime","Misidentification Meme","Wrong Label Meme","Confused Anime Guy"],"description":"An anime character wearing glasses and a white jacket over a colored shirt stands in front of a building, gesturing toward a yellow butterfly with one hand while looking at it with a completely sincere expression. A subtitle reads \"Is this a pigeon?\" — despite the answer being obviously no. The meme conveys the confident incorrectness of someone misidentifying something obvious, whether it's calling a clearly bad idea \"innovation\" or mistaking any mild inconvenience for a personal attack.","definition":"An anime character in glasses and a white jacket gestures at a butterfly and earnestly asks, \"Is this a pigeon?\" The format lets you label the person, the butterfly, and the wildly wrong identification — making it the go-to meme for calling out anyone who confidently gets something completely wrong.","useCases":[{"category":"Misidentifying Things","examples":["Person: my parents / Butterfly: me closing my bedroom door / Is this: teenage rebellion?","Person: my brain at 3am / Butterfly: a random embarrassing memory from 2014 / Is this: something I need to think about right now?","Person: recruiters / Butterfly: 6 months of experience / Is this: a senior developer?","Person: my immune system / Butterfly: a single piece of dust / Is this: a deadly pathogen?","Person: me / Butterfly: any basic human interaction / Is this: flirting?"]},{"category":"Work & Career","examples":["Person: my boss / Butterfly: me taking my actual lunch break / Is this: quiet quitting?","Person: HR / Butterfly: two coworkers being friends / Is this: a workplace relationship violation?","Person: the company / Butterfly: a pizza party / Is this: adequate compensation?","Person: management / Butterfly: a new open floor plan / Is this: collaboration?","Person: my employer / Butterfly: me leaving at 5pm / Is this: a lack of dedication?"]},{"category":"Parenting & Family","examples":["Person: my mom / Butterfly: me sneezing once / Is this: pneumonia?","Person: parents / Butterfly: a B+ on a test / Is this: failure?","Person: grandma / Butterfly: me wearing shorts in 60° weather / Is this: hypothermia?","Person: my mom / Butterfly: me not answering one call / Is this: I've been kidnapped?","Person: relatives at Thanksgiving / Butterfly: me being single / Is this: a problem we need to discuss for 3 hours?"]},{"category":"Technology & Internet","examples":["Person: every company in 2026 / Butterfly: literally anything / Is this: something we should add AI to?","Person: my WiFi / Butterfly: 2 devices connected / Is this: too much bandwidth?","Person: websites / Butterfly: me trying to read an article / Is this: someone who wants 47 notifications?","Person: app developers / Butterfly: a perfectly working app / Is this: something that needs a complete redesign?","Person: tech companies / Butterfly: your personal data / Is this: a product?"]},{"category":"Health & Wellness","examples":["Person: WebMD / Butterfly: a headache / Is this: a rare tropical disease?","Person: fitness influencers / Butterfly: walking / Is this: not a real workout?","Person: my body / Butterfly: one night of bad sleep / Is this: time to be exhausted for 3 days?","Person: diet culture / Butterfly: eating a second meal / Is this: overeating?","Person: my allergies / Butterfly: a single flower blooming 5 miles away / Is this: an emergency?"]},{"category":"School & Education","examples":["Person: college admissions / Butterfly: one B on a transcript / Is this: an unqualified applicant?","Person: students / Butterfly: the professor clearing their throat / Is this: the class is cancelled?","Person: my professor / Butterfly: Wikipedia / Is this: academic dishonesty?","Person: me / Butterfly: reading the chapter summary / Is this: studying?","Person: group project members / Butterfly: adding their name to the slide / Is this: contributing?"]},{"category":"Adulting & Daily Life","examples":["Person: me / Butterfly: buying a houseplant / Is this: having my life together?","Person: me / Butterfly: making my bed once / Is this: being a responsible adult?","Person: me / Butterfly: cooking pasta instead of ordering takeout / Is this: being a chef?","Person: me / Butterfly: owning a screwdriver / Is this: being handy?","Person: me / Butterfly: filing taxes on time / Is this: peak adulting?"]}]}}