The Pepe the Frog character did not originally have racist or anti-Semitic connotations. In that appearance, the character also first used its catchphrase, 'feels good, man.' The character first appeared in 2005 in the on-line cartoon Boy's Club. Pepe the Frog is a cartoon character that has become a popular Internet meme (often referred to as the 'sad frog meme' by people unfamiliar with the name of the character).