Series 5

Further reading about the references made in Series 5, Cards 1-50 as well as links & original images (if available).

Series 5, Card 1 - GODEMPEPE

Series 5, Card 1 - GODEMPEPE is the first of three Warhammer 40,000 cards created by an unknown artist. The other two being SPESSMUHPEPE and GUARDSPEPE shown just below. The image on the card is a modified version of the character Emperor of Mankind from the board game Warhammer 40,000.

Series 5, Card 2 - SPESSMUHPEPE

Series 5, Card 2 - SPESSMUHPEPE was created by an unknown artist. They also created the other two Warhammer 40,000 cards that made it into the Rare Pepe project - GODEMPEPE and GUARDSPEPE. The image on the card is a modified version of the character Space Marine from the board game Warhammer 40,000.

Series 5, Card 3 - GUARDSPEPE

Series 5, Card 5 - GUARDSPEPE was created by an unknown artist. They also created the other two Warhammer 40,000 cards that made it into the Rare Pepe project - GODEMPEPE and SPESSMUHPEPE. The image on the card is a pepefied version of the Astra Militarum, also known as the Imperial Guard. In the game, the Imperial Guard is the largest coherent fighting force in the galaxy. Perhaps that is why the artist minted 1 billion of them! You can learn more about the Imperial Guard and Warhammer 40,000 here.

Series 5, Card 6 - PEPEDUCREUX

Series 5, Card 6 - PEPEDUCREUX was created by the artist known as OE (@EverydayEarth on Twitter). OE created a total of 18 cards for the Rare Pepe directory including classics such as MONALISAPEPE, FRYPEPE, PEPECENT, and PEPEVANEYCK. The card is a parody of a 1793 painting entitled "Portrait de l'artiste sous les traits d'un moqueur" by Joseph Ducreux. The painting is one of several self-portraits of the artist. The text displayed in the PEPEDUCREUX GIF is a parody of the lyrics of the song Boyz-n-the-Hood by Eazy-E. OE translated the original lyrics "Crusin' down the street in my 6-4. Jockin' the freaks, clockin' the dough" into "Traversing down the boulevard in my 1764. Sequestering damsels, reprimanding Apostates."

Series 5, Card 29 - LITTLEBOPEPE

Series 5, Card 29 - LITTLEBOPEPE was created by the artist known as OE (@EverydayEarth on Twitter). The GIF on the card was taken from two different sources. The first was taken from Season 1 Episode 6 of the British Television sitcom Entitled Black Books that aired from 2000 to 2004. The episode is entitled "He's Leaving Home" and at the 18:45 mark, the character Manny who was played by English actor, comedian, and musician Bill Bailey was dressed as Little Bo-Peep for a photoshoot. You can view the whole episode here. The second part of the GIF was of a viral video from 2012 of a sheep pushing a fisherman into a lake.

Series 5, Card 45 - DANPEPERIAN

Series 5, Card 45 - DANPEPERIAN was created by an unknown artist who only created this masterpiece, and one other - PEPEONMUSK. The man that was "Pepefied" in the card is the Armenian-American poker player, businessman, and social media influencer Dan Bilzerian. The original photo appeared in an article that discussed Bilzerian being named Ambassador for the website GGPoker.