![A Headpat and A Cheek Pinch A Headpat and a Cheek Pinch meme format.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/i.kym-cdn.com/entries/icons/mobile/000/050/514/cover11.jpg)
A Headpat and A Cheek Pinch
Part of a series on デデチ (Dedechi) / @dEi_pft. [View Related Entries]
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About
A Headpat and A Cheek Pinch is an exploitable transparent PNG POV meme template by Japanese artist Dedechi in which one hand is shown patting an invisible head while the other pinches a cheek. Posted in late June 2024, the format achieved virality on X / Twitter in the following week as people edited the image into other pictures.
Origin
On June 25th, 2024, Japanese artist and X user Dedechi (@dEi_pft) posted an exploitable template showing two hands from the first-person perspective with one patting an invisible head and the other pinching a cheek belonging to the same head. The template (shown below) garnered over 23,000 reposts and 99,000 likes on X[1] in two weeks.
![A Headpat and a Cheek Pinch Exploitable Template](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/002/847/831/dd3.png)
Spread
Starting on the same day, users on X[2] posted both fan art and memes using the provided template. For example, on June 25th, 2024, X user @rouninnminarai posted an image that applied the template to a frame from the music video "Perfect Human" by RADIO FISH and garnered over 10,000 reposts and 120,000 likes in two weeks (shown below, left).
On June 26th, 2024, X[3] user @risenoooo used the exploitable in a fan art of J-pop singer Ado that garnered over 2,700 reposts and 46,000 likes in two weeks (shown below, right).
![@rouninnminarai](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/002/847/832/51f.jpg)
The template maintained popularity through late June 2024.
Related Memes
Cheek Grabbing Material
Cheek Grabbing Material refers to a transparent PNG made by artist Dedechi showing a hand reaching out to pinch someone's cheeks. The exploitable image caption is translated from Japanese to read, "Here's some cheek-grabbing material." The PNG came to be edited onto different drawings soon after it was posted in May 2024, becoming a redraw format with various characters being grabbed.
![Cheek Grabbing Material 9:05 ->](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/002/823/122/d53.png)
![Cheek Grabbing Material L](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/002/823/118/0ed.png)
![Cheek Grabbing Material](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/002/823/113/e87.png)
Various Examples
Template
![A Headpat and a Cheek Pinch Exploitable Template](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/002/847/831/dd3.png)
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