Tree Fiddy
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"Tree Fiddy" is a catchphrase associated with a story about the Loch Ness Monster originally told in an episode of the animated television series South Park. In the context of forums and imageboard sites, the phrase serves as the anti-climactic punchline in bait-and-switch stories that abruptly end with Loch Ness Monster begging for $3.50.
Origin
The phrase originated from a South Park episode titled “The Succubus” aired on April 21st, 1999. In the episode, the parents of the character Chef tell stories about encountering the Loch Ness Monster, who constantly begs the couple for $3.50.
Chef's dad: It stood above us looking down with these big red eyes…Chef's mom: Oh it was so scary!
Chef's dad: And I yelled, I said "What do you want from us monster?!"
And the monster bent down and said "I need about treefiddy." [silent pause]Kyle: What's treefiddy?
Chef's dad: Three dollars and fifty cents.
Chef's mom: Treefiddy.
Loch Ness Monster
The Loch Ness Monster is a creature that is considered a cryptid since there is no empirical evidence supporting its existence. Sightings have occurred at Loch Ness in the Scottish Highlands where people often describe the creature as bearing physical similarities to a plesiosaur, an extinct order of aquatic reptiles from the Mesozoic era.
Spread
The top rated Urban Dictionary[8] definition for "tree fiddy" was submitted on May 6th, 2003:
tree fiddy: The amount of three dollars and fifty cents
God Dammit Loch Ness Monster, I ain't gonna give you no tree fiddy.
The first YTMND[7] was created on May 3rd, 2004, which contained a screenshot of Chef's parents with the audio from the South Park episode. Since then, several other YTMNDs[6] have been created using the same audio. On November 13th, 2004, the website treefiddy.com[16] was launched, which features a paypal button asking for users to donate $3.50. The phrase is commonly used on the Body Building[11] forums with some users complaining about its over-saturation. On November 13th, 2010, a greentext story was posted to a "model rage stories" 4chan[15] thread that used the phrase as the punchline (shown below).
The meme has since spread to the art-sharing website deviantArt[3], FunnyJunk[10] and Tumblr under the tag "#tree fiddy."[2] Several Facebook[4] pages have been created referencing the catchphrase including "Tree Fiddy"[12] which has over 2,000 likes, "God Damnit Loch Ness Monster, I ain't gonna give you no tree fiddy!"[13] which has over 1,800 likes and "I need about Tree Fiddy…."[14] which has over 1,500 likes as of January 30th, 2012.
Notable Examples
Notable Videos
The audio file of the dialogue from the South Park episode has made its way into several YouTube Poop videos and music remixes.
Search Interest
External References
[1] Wikipedia – Loch Ness Monster
[2] Tumblr – #tree fiddy
[3] deviantArt – tree fiddy="tree+fiddy"
[4] Facebook – tree fiddy
[5] Body Building Forums – I'm sick of people saying bout tree fiddy
[6] YTMND – search – tree fiddy search – tree fitty
[7] YTMND – tree fitty
[8] Urban Dictionary – tree fiddy
[9] Reddit – The_Loch_Ness_Monsta
[10] FunnyJunk – tree fiddy
[11] Body Building Forums – tree fiddy
[12] Facebook – Tree Fiddy
[13] Facebook – God Dammit Loch Ness Monster, I ain't gonna give you no tree fiddy!
[14] Facebook – I need about Tree Fiddy….
[15] Chanarchive – model rage stories via WayBack Machine
[16] Treefiddy – gimmie treefiddy
![File: (124 KB, 339x323, thiskillsthe..png) Anonymous 12/18/13(Wed)02:32:23 UTC-9 No.522018626 Reply] I am about a typical 26 year old /b/ro. I'm also highly socially awkward like most miscers. I temporarily live with my parents as I recently lost my home (long story). Turns out I have a total crush on my sister and tend to get raging hardons when she's near, but she doesnt seem to care. One night my mom and dad go to their school reunion (they both met in school). I sat down watching T.V. while my sister is upstairs doing whatever. Out of no where, sister comes into the living room wearing only her bra and panties I got so f------ hard She sits next to me, my boner showing no signs of stopping. I cant help it and keep staring at her boobs, they're so f------ huge. So I talk to her about her day and, just casual. When out of nowhere she rests her shoulder on me and strokes my hand I stare at her in the eyes and smile. She smiles back. Ive been drinking a bit, so I try and make a move, knowing I can blame it on the vodka Ive been drinking. Funnily enough she let's me. I begin groping her boobs and I swear I'm about to c-- in my pants. She pulls away and says she cant. I ask her if it's because we're brother and sister. She says no, because she needs something first. "Anything," I say grabbing both of her hands She stares deeply into my eyes and in the most seductive way "I need about tree fiddy." Now it was about this time I realized this beautiful sister of mine was a 8 story tall crustacean from the Paleozoic era. That goddamned Loch-Ness monster had tricked me again!](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/list/000/662/496/448.jpg "448.jpg")
