The origin
A cat named Tardar Sauce had a fixed downturned expression caused by an underbite and feline dwarfism; a photograph was posted to Reddit in 2012.
How it spread
She became a commercial brand with books, appearances and merchandise, and died in 2019.
What it means
Projected mood. Every caption assigns a feeling to an animal that simply looked that way.
Follow the source
Short editorial summary written by Random Access Memes from the sources above; the wording is ours, not theirs. Every link was checked for a live response on September 13, 2026.
