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Is this real life, or is this just Fanta sea

An illustration depicting Pepe the Frog, a well-known internet meme character, sitting in a small wooden boat. The boat floats on a bright orange liquid that appears to be pouring from an oversized Fanta soda can positioned in the top left corner. Above the scene, handwritten-style text reads, 'Is this real life, or is this just Fanta sea?', which is a pun on the word 'fantasy'. Pepe has a concerned or confused expression, with wide eyes and a slightly open mouth, as he navigates the small boat through the orange liquid. The background is plain white, emphasizing the central elements of the Fanta can, the orange liquid, and Pepe in the boat.
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Is this real life, or is this just Fanta sea?

Overview

An illustration depicting Pepe the Frog, a well-known internet meme character, sitting in a small wooden boat. The boat floats on a bright orange liquid that appears to be pouring from an oversized Fanta soda can positioned in the top left corner. Above the scene, handwritten-style text reads, 'Is this real life, or is this just Fanta sea?', which is a pun on the word 'fantasy'. Pepe has a concerned or confused expression, with wide eyes and a slightly open mouth, as he navigates the small boat through the orange liquid. The background is plain white, emphasizing the central elements of the Fanta can, the orange liquid, and Pepe in the boat.

Origin notes

This meme was sourced from Reddit's r/Meme community. It is a remix of the Pepe the Frog meme character, originally created by Matt Furie, combined with a brand reference to Fanta soda. The humor stems from the pun replacing 'fantasy' with 'Fanta sea', leveraging Fanta's iconic orange color to create a visual joke where the soda becomes a 'sea'. The image likely uses digital illustration software to combine the Fanta can, orange liquid, and Pepe in a boat into a cohesive meme.

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