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[[caption-width-right:340:The picture that started it all.]]

''Creamsicle'' is an [[MemeticMutation internet meme]] that began life on Website/{{tumblr}} in May 2012, and spawned an enormous {{fandom}} literally overnight. It started off when tumblr user beekkake made a drawing poking fun at stereotypes about girls who use tumblr and Website/{{Facebook}}. Another user made FanArt of the two girls kissing, which led to numerous jokes about {{Shipping}} them together, with the {{Idiosyncratic Ship Nam|ing}}e of "Creamsicle". Less than a week later, there were ''hundreds'' of {{fanfic}}s, [[FanArt art, comics]], and even {{Filk Song}}s based on Creamsicle, as well as SpinOff characters. Most of this stuff can be found '''[[http://fuckyeahcreamsicle.tumblr.com/fycdirectory here]]'''.

The two characters are referred to as Snowflake and Sunglasses or [[GratuitousJapanese Normal-chan and Other Girl-sempai]] (or simply Normal and Other).

Compare ''Webcomic/VirginVsChad''.
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!!Creamsicle provides examples of:
* AffectionateParody: The entirety of the Creamsicle fandom is arguably a big fat meta-parody of itself and of fandom in general.
%%* BetaCouple: Prep and Emo.
%%* BoobsAndButtPose: Done spectacularly by Sunglasses in [[http://foervraengd.tumblr.com/post/22679591276/aaaaand-heres-the-last-page-for-tonight-thank this comic]].
%%* BrainyBrunette: Snowflake.
%%* CoolShades: Sunglasses, [[MeaningfulName of course]].
* DependingOnTheArtist: Is the black stripe around Sunglasses's chest a tube top bra, a censor bar, or a very small shirt? What are their eye colors?
* DependingOnTheWriter: Since there is no official {{canon}}, Sunglasses and Snowflake's characterizations may vary depending on who's writing them. Their basic personalities don't change much (Sunglasses is a sexy party girl, Snowflake is a nerd who writes fanfiction), but any details beyond that are entirely up to the writer.
%%* DumbBlonde: Sunglasses (when she isn't shown to have HiddenDepths, anyway).
%%* EmoTeen: One of the spin-off characters, the aptly named Emo.
* GeodesicCast: Many of the spin-off characters are basically variations of Sunglasses and Snowflake, but parodying different stereotypes. For example, [[http://fuckyeahcreamsicle.tumblr.com/tagged/Fudgesicle Prep and Emo]], or [[http://fuckyeahcreamsicle.tumblr.com/tagged/NuttyBuddy Lady K and Shibuyah]].
* GratuitousJapanese: Snowflake, Sunglasses, and the various spin-off characters are often referred to with UsefulNotes/JapaneseHonorifics.
* {{Fanon}}: Again, there is no official {{canon}}, so pretty much every fanfic written about them is based entirely on fanon. [[invoked]]
%%* HairContrastDuo: Three guesses who (and the first two don't count).
%%* HimeCut: [[http://fuckyeahcreamsicle.tumblr.com/post/27900340510/source-i-dont-know-it-reminded-me-of-how Good Anime Fan]] has this hairstyle.
%%* {{Hipster}}: Snowflake.
%%* IconicOutfit:
%%** Sunglasses's black [[BuffySpeak chest-stripe-thingy]], tiny shorts, and... [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin sunglasses]].
%%** Snowflake's purple shirt and jeans.
* IdiosyncraticShipNaming: One girl is orange and the other white, like Creamsicles, which are orange on the outside and white on the inside.[[invoked]]
* MoeAnthropomorphism: [[http://foervraengd.tumblr.com/post/22667082687/page-4-of-the-in-official-comic-creamsicle-im Princess Fandom-chan and Captain Shipping-chan]] are anthropomorphic personifications of {{fandom}} and {{shipping}}, respectively.
%%* OfficialCouple: Sunglasses and Snowflake, obviously.
* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: Depending on [[DependingOnTheWriter whose fanfic you're reading]], Sunglasses and Snowflake are either examples of this trope, or [[HisNameReallyIsBarkeep their names really are Sunglasses and Snowflake]].
%%* OppositesAttract: The entire point of the pairing, and most of the spin-off pairings as well.
* PoesLaw: The original picture was a parody of the concept of NotLikeOtherGirls. It was misunderstood as being in earnest by a large crowd, which led to people shipping them in defiance and starting the whole fandom.
%%* ProudToBeAGeek: Snowflake.
%%* PublicDomainCharacter
* RuleSixtyThree: Sunglasses and Snowflake have been drawn as men [[http://fuckyeahcreamsicle.tumblr.com/tagged/genderbend on more than one occasion]].
* SelfDeprecation: Snowflake embodies almost every stereotype about fanfic writers who use Website/{{tumblr}}. Most of the people who write stories and make art about her are fanfic writers who use tumblr.
%%* {{Seme}} & {{Uke}}: Lots of FanArt shows Snowflake as the uke to Sunglasses's seme. Usually PlayedForLaughs.
* ShamelessFanserviceGirl: Sunglasses, if you see the black stripe as being a censor bar.
%%* SoapboxSadie: Snowflake.
* SpearCounterpart: [[Website/FourChan /r9k/]] (itself part of a website thought to be the spear counterpart to Tumblr) ended up making a chart about the [[http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/virgin-vs-chad "Virgin Walk" vs. the "Chad Stride"]], whose roots matched up with Creamsicle's original parody chart. Since then, "Virgin" and "Chad" have been outright [[https://twitter.com/the_jieb/status/926894855237795841 drawn as acquaintances]] of Sunglasses and Snowflake.
%%* SpecialSnowflakeSyndrome: Snowflake's name alludes to this.
* StealthParody: The original drawing was supposed to be a parody of self-righteous {{hipster}}s. [[PoesLaw A lot of people didn't get the joke]].
%%* StopBeingStereotypical:
%%** [[https://fuckyeahcreamsicle.tumblr.com/tagged/being%20an%20anime%20fan Good Anime Fan and Bad Anime Fan]], with Bad Anime Fan representing the [[PrettyFlyForAWhiteGuy weeaboo]] stereotype.
%%** Also, [[http://foervraengd.tumblr.com/post/22656735862/page-3-of-creamsicle-comic-is-done-im-still Ally the Social Justice Knight's evil twin, Social Justice Sally]].
%%* {{Stripperiffic}}: Sunglasses's outfit.
%%* TanLines: Sunglasses has them.
%%* {{Tsundere}}: A common portrayal of Snowflake.
* YaoiFangirl:
** Snowflake writes SlashFic.
** One of the spin-off characters, Bad Anime Fan. She even wears a shirt that says "Yaoi."
%%* YuriFan: It's not uncommon to see Snowflake as one of these.
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