Boxxy
Encyclopedia
Catherine "Catie" Wayne (born April 28, 1992), better known as the character Boxxy, is an American
internet celebrity
known for her highly energetic vlog
s. Her rise to exposure began in late 2008 and early 2009, surrounding self-made videos featuring Wayne anonymously under the name "Boxxy".
The videos were initially made to be posted to her Gaia Online
profile to which they then lead onto the website i-am-bored.com, which then spread to 4chan
resulting in a large online following and becoming an Internet meme
.
incidents among factions that claimed to either support or oppose Boxxy. This led to a denial of service attack on 4chan itself, shutting the site down for several hours. Participants went elsewhere, launching a "Twitter bomb
" that May. On YouTube
, the popular Boxxy channel was hacked and the source's identity outed. A number of spoofs, parody videos, and remixes were posted throughout the web.
In late 2010, Wayne began selling Boxxy items on eBay
.
On January 10, 2011, she posted a new, more introspective video onto a new YouTube
account (ANewHopeee) in-which she tells that Boxxy is a made-up character and that she acts. This video caused some discussions on its authenticity. On January 19, 2011, Boxxy was mentioned in a local Fox 11 report on Internet trolls.
On June 17, 2011, Wayne made a third YouTube account (Bodaciousboxxy) and continued uploading videos of herself. In this video she claims that the Boxxy in the video of January 2011 is not the real Boxxy, but a girl who looks a lot like her, who was supposedly hacked by a character named "Svetlana". In actuality, Boxxy and Svetlana both are Wayne herself, made evident by the copyright notice in her video descriptions: "© 2011 Catie Wayne (ANewHopeee/Boxxybabee/bodaciousboxxy) All rights reserved.", and confirmed by Wayne in a later video.
On July 21, 2011, she made a new video called "Calm Down, Holden." on the ANewHopeee channel clarifying that Boxxy and Svetlana are just characters created by her and thanking her fans for all their support. Flame War II had broke out throughout many message boards such as 4chan, reddit, and many others. The two main factions were those who enjoyed Boxxy's videos, and those who don't.
early in 2008, reposted to the site i-am-bored.com later in the year, and then eventually appeared on 4chan
's "/b/" message board.
Wayne currently publishes videos to YouTube under the aliases boxxybabee, ANewHopeee and bodaciousboxxy. She has previously published videos using two other accounts, S4TISFACTION and boxxybabe, both of which are now inactive. The following table contains a selection of videos and films in which Wayne has appeared in, or is expected to appear in.
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internet celebrity
Internet celebrity
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known for her highly energetic vlog
Vlog
Video blogging, sometimes shortened to vlogging or vidding or vidblogging is a form of blogging for which the medium is video, and is a form of Web television. Entries often combine embedded video or a video link with supporting text, images, and other metadata. Entries can be recorded in one take...
s. Her rise to exposure began in late 2008 and early 2009, surrounding self-made videos featuring Wayne anonymously under the name "Boxxy".
The videos were initially made to be posted to her Gaia Online
Gaia Online
Gaia Online is an English-language, anime-themed social networking and forums-based website. Gaiaonline was founded in 2003. but the name was changed to GaiaOnline.com in 2003 from go-gaia by its owner, Gaia Interactive...
profile to which they then lead onto the website i-am-bored.com, which then spread to 4chan
4chan
4chan is an English-language imageboard website. Launched on October 1, 2003, its boards were originally used for the posting of pictures and discussion of manga and anime...
resulting in a large online following and becoming an Internet meme
Internet meme
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.
History
The presence of the videos created a dispute on 4chan, leading to various flame wars and hackingHacking
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incidents among factions that claimed to either support or oppose Boxxy. This led to a denial of service attack on 4chan itself, shutting the site down for several hours. Participants went elsewhere, launching a "Twitter bomb
Google bomb
The terms Google bomb and Googlewashing refer to practices, such as creating large numbers of links, that cause a web page to have a high ranking for searches on unrelated or off topic keyword phrases, often for comical or satirical purposes...
" that May. On YouTube
YouTube
YouTube is a video-sharing website, created by three former PayPal employees in February 2005, on which users can upload, view and share videos....
, the popular Boxxy channel was hacked and the source's identity outed. A number of spoofs, parody videos, and remixes were posted throughout the web.
In late 2010, Wayne began selling Boxxy items on eBay
EBay
eBay Inc. is an American internet consumer-to-consumer corporation that manages eBay.com, an online auction and shopping website in which people and businesses buy and sell a broad variety of goods and services worldwide...
.
On January 10, 2011, she posted a new, more introspective video onto a new YouTube
YouTube
YouTube is a video-sharing website, created by three former PayPal employees in February 2005, on which users can upload, view and share videos....
account (ANewHopeee) in-which she tells that Boxxy is a made-up character and that she acts. This video caused some discussions on its authenticity. On January 19, 2011, Boxxy was mentioned in a local Fox 11 report on Internet trolls.
On June 17, 2011, Wayne made a third YouTube account (Bodaciousboxxy) and continued uploading videos of herself. In this video she claims that the Boxxy in the video of January 2011 is not the real Boxxy, but a girl who looks a lot like her, who was supposedly hacked by a character named "Svetlana". In actuality, Boxxy and Svetlana both are Wayne herself, made evident by the copyright notice in her video descriptions: "© 2011 Catie Wayne (ANewHopeee/Boxxybabee/bodaciousboxxy) All rights reserved.", and confirmed by Wayne in a later video.
On July 21, 2011, she made a new video called "Calm Down, Holden." on the ANewHopeee channel clarifying that Boxxy and Svetlana are just characters created by her and thanking her fans for all their support. Flame War II had broke out throughout many message boards such as 4chan, reddit, and many others. The two main factions were those who enjoyed Boxxy's videos, and those who don't.
Videography
On the the videos depict Wayne in heavy eyeliner rambling excitedly about various things while displaying "ridiculous" and possibly "fake" odd personality quirks. They were originally posted to Gaia OnlineGaia Online
Gaia Online is an English-language, anime-themed social networking and forums-based website. Gaiaonline was founded in 2003. but the name was changed to GaiaOnline.com in 2003 from go-gaia by its owner, Gaia Interactive...
early in 2008, reposted to the site i-am-bored.com later in the year, and then eventually appeared on 4chan
4chan
4chan is an English-language imageboard website. Launched on October 1, 2003, its boards were originally used for the posting of pictures and discussion of manga and anime...
's "/b/" message board.
Wayne currently publishes videos to YouTube under the aliases boxxybabee, ANewHopeee and bodaciousboxxy. She has previously published videos using two other accounts, S4TISFACTION and boxxybabe, both of which are now inactive. The following table contains a selection of videos and films in which Wayne has appeared in, or is expected to appear in.
| Title | Date | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| "FOAR 4DD1 FRUM BOXXY" | January 8, 2009 | Boxxy | Re-published on boxxybabee's channel, addressing Gaia user 4DM1R4L 4WS0M3 |
| "FOAR ANT FRUM BOXXY" | January 8, 2009 | Boxxy | Addressing Gaia user 4nt |
| "FOAR EVERYWUN FRUM BOXXY" | January 9, 2009 | Boxxy | |
| "A New Hope" | November 25, 2010 | Princess Leia Organa Princess Leia Organa Princess Leia Organa of Alderaan is a fictional character in the Star Wars universe... |
Published on ANewHopeee's channel |
| "Things are about to get intense." | January 10, 2011 | Herself | |
| "Wassupp" | April 1, 2011 | Svetlana | |
| "FOAR SVETLANA FRUM BOXXY" | July 17, 2011 | Boxxy | Published on bodaciousboxxy's channel, re-published the next month on boxxybabee's channel |
| "Calm down, Holden." | July 21, 2011 | Herself | Published on ANewHopeee's channel |
| "FOAR LITTLE KINKY FRUM BOXXY" | August 21, 2011 | Boxxy | Published on boxxybabee's channel |
| The Chronicles of Rick Roll | 2011 |