Boxxy

Forgotten Internet · 2008–2009

Published

Boxxy was Catherine “Catie” Wayne’s internet character, known for energetic, exaggerated webcam videos. Originally made for online friends, the videos spread through Gaia Online, YouTube and anonymous imageboards. On 4chan, Boxxy divided viewers into supporters and opponents. The dispute escalated into attempts to identify Wayne and compromise her accounts. She later addressed the hostility on her ANewHopeee channel.

History

Originally made for online friends, the videos spread through Gaia Online, YouTube and anonymous imageboards. On 4chan, Boxxy divided viewers into supporters and opponents. The dispute escalated into attempts to identify Wayne and compromise her accounts. She later addressed the hostility on her ANewHopeee channel.

Significance

It showed how amateur webcam performance could become a cross-border online event through reposting, audience interpretation and conflict rather than a conventional media launch. Coverage and discussion stretched across American online platforms and press in the United Kingdom, Canada and Italy. It also left an unusually fragmented digital history. Deleted uploads, re-uploads and account interference have left the episode scattered across the web.

Persona and Visual Language

- Boxxy was a persona/character performed by Catherine “Catie” Wayne. - Recognisable markers included heavy black eyeliner, a side-swept fringe and fixed webcam framing. - “FOAR EVERYWUN FRUM BOXXY” preserved the character’s deliberately stylised phrasing.

Circulation

- January 2008 is the reported period for the original friend-directed Gaia Online/YouTube videos. - A Boxxy video was shared on I-Am-Bored on 27 December 2008 before circulating to 4chan. - The Boxxybabee account re-uploaded material on 8 January 2009. - “FOAR EVERYWUN FRUM BOXXY” followed on 9 January 2009.

2009 Conflict and Later Activity

- Discussion on 4chan’s /b/ board developed into a supporter-versus-opponent conflict in January 2009. - Reporting from the online dispute documented attempts to compromise accounts and identify Wayne, alongside a denial-of-service incident that temporarily disrupted 4chan. - Wayne later used the ANewHopeee channel, including a 2013 video addressing public hostility toward Boxxy.

Key facts

**Associated With:** Catherine “Catie” Wayne - performer and creator **Defining Feature:** Character-led webcam vlogs, reposting and online-community conflict **Status:** Preserved - / preserved online

Associated With

Catherine “Catie” Wayne - performer and creator

Defining Feature

Character-led webcam vlogs, reposting and online-community conflict

Status

Preserved - / preserved online

Primary Records

- **IAm Catie Wayne/Boxxy from YouTube. AMA!** - **How Could You Hate Boxxy?**

Image Sources

- **Image 1** - **Image 2** - **Image 3** - **Image 4** - **Image 5**

Rights Notice

Images are included for historical and archival reference. Rights holders may contact Forgotten Archive through the publishing account to request a credit correction or removal.

Gallery

Screenshot of a video page showing a smiling young woman with long brown hair and heavy black eyeliner holding a hand near her mouth; visible text includes “FOAR EVERYWUN FRUM BOXXY,” “boxxybabee,” “369K subscribers,” “228K,” and “25M views 17 years ago.”
Source
Credit

Boxxy

Licence

Historical Ephemera

Displayed for commentary and research. Fair dealing under the UK CDPA 1988 applies only where its conditions are met. No permission for reuse is granted.

Caption

Boxxy’s “FOAR EVERYWUN FRUM BOXXY” video survives in a YouTube page, connecting the familiar face with the upload that circulated online.

Screenshot of an older YouTube channel page in a web browser for “boxxybabe.” The page shows a profile photo of a young woman with dark hair, channel statistics, two video thumbnails featuring her face, subscriber icons, and navigation links.
Source
Credit

YouTube interface and Boxxy channel material; screenshot preserved by BoxxyGate

Licence

Historical Ephemera

Displayed for commentary and research. Fair dealing under the UK CDPA 1988 applies only where its conditions are met. No permission for reuse is granted.

Caption

The early boxxybabe channel page records the small online presence from which Boxxy's videos became a much larger internet phenomenon.

A Gaia Online profile page for “MoldyLunchboxx” shows a small armoured cartoon avatar, wishlist icons, friend avatars and an About section headed “OHAY. I’M BOXXY.”
Source
Credit

Gaia Online interface and MoldyLunchboxx profile; screenshot preserved by BoxxyGate

Licence

Historical Ephemera

Displayed for commentary and research. Fair dealing under the UK CDPA 1988 applies only where its conditions are met. No permission for reuse is granted.

Caption

The Gaia Online profile places Boxxy within an earlier community setting, before her video persona became the subject of wider attention.

Low-resolution close-up of a young woman with dark side-swept hair and heavy eyeliner looking toward the camera against a nearly black background.
Source
Credit

Boxxy

Licence

Historical Ephemera

Displayed for commentary and research. Fair dealing under the UK CDPA 1988 applies only where its conditions are met. No permission for reuse is granted.

Caption

A close-up preserves the expressive on-camera persona that became the focus of Boxxy’s internet following.

Close-up of a smiling young woman with long brown hair and heavy black eyeliner, her head tilted against a dark background.
Source
Credit

Boxxy

Licence

Historical Ephemera

Displayed for commentary and research. Fair dealing under the UK CDPA 1988 applies only where its conditions are met. No permission for reuse is granted.

Caption

Another frame captures Boxxy’s animated delivery, a reminder that the meme originated in a personal video performance.