
On September 20th, 2018, Redditor Chigwisin shared a variation in the /r/funny subreddit. The variant reads, "when u accidentally look at someone and realize they were already looking at you." Within four years, the post received more than 100,000 views (shown below, center). Months later, on August 13th, 2016, an anonymous Imgur user included a variation in a photo dump. Three days later, a variation of the meme with the same caption was published by Instagram user The post received more than 6,300 likes in less than four years (shown below, left). The photo is no longer available on the Mr. However, because there is a watermark for "Mr Fabian," it's likely that this is a repost. For example, Twitter user tweeted a variant on May 20th, 2016 (shown below). The side-by-side image of the awkward look then spread further in the following weeks and months. He shared the image to the private Facebook group Con qué Profesor DE LA U.LIMA debo matricularme (translated to "With which professor of the University of Lima should I enroll?") with the caption "When you're staring at your crush like an idiot and she noticed." On May 5th, 2016, Facebook user Daniel Flores created and shared the original Awkward Look Monkey Puppet meme after photoshopping the character's eyes in the second frame of the format by making them appear to look toward the camera (seen below).
#SHIFTY EYES MONKEY MEME SERIES#
On August 8th, 2008, YouTuber Vart vartmaz published an extended clip from the series that features several shots of Pedro in profile (shown below). The series featured the character Kento, known as Pedro in the Spanish dub. On April 13th, 1984, a Spanish-language dub of the series aired in Latin America under the title Niños en Crecimiento. In the coming days, several news sites published articles about the new photographs of Chloe, including BuzzFeed, Bustle and Seventeen.The series Ōkiku naru Ko aired from April 7th, 1959 to March 18th, 1988. That day, Twitter user tweeted the photographs of Chloe along with the caption "Y'all look at my girl Chloe all grown up." Within 72 hours, the tweet gained over 105,000 likes and 41,000 retweets. On May 22nd, 2017, the Instagram posted photographs of Chloe visiting Google in Sao Paulo, Brazil (shown below).

On November 13th, BuzzFeed reported on the parody phenomenon in an image compilation post titled "Side-Eyeing Chloe Is Officially The Patron Saint Of Tumblr."

On September 24th, BuzzFeed picked up on Lee's GIF photo set in a post titled "Girl Reacting To Disneyland Is The Only Reaction You’ll Need For Anything Ever." On November 1st, Tumblr user Yungbasedblogger uploaded a reaction image based on a screenshot of Chloe's reaction with the caption "could u fucking not," racking up over 120,000 notes in two weeks.īy November 5th, a single topic blog named Chloe Queen of Everything had been launched to showcase a series of photoshopped images featuring the face of Chloe on celebrities. On September 18th, Tumblr user Lee submitted an animated GIF photo set of highlights from the YouTube video, including one of Chloe reacting to her sister's crying, with the caption "i just love this because chloe is like 'da hell is this girl cryin about.'" In less than a month, the post gained more than 895,700 notes. As the older sister, Lily, breaks into tears of joy, Chloe is briefly seen on camera with a disturbed look on her face. On September 12th, 2013, YouTuber KAftC uploaded a video titled "Lily's Disneyland Surprise… AGAIN," which shows two sisters, Lily and Chloe, reacting to the news of a surprise trip to Disneyland on their way to school.
