--- title: The Internet Loves Pizza Rat description: March on, you little rodent canonical: https://time.com/4043775/pizza-rat-internet/ author: Sarah Begley article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-09-21T23:24:54.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:25:01.457Z og:title: Here's How the Internet Reacted to the Amazing #PizzaRat og:description: March on, you little rodent og:url: https://time.com/4043775/pizza-rat-internet/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Here's How the Internet Reacted to the Amazing #PizzaRat twitter:description: March on, you little rodent twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Here's How the Internet Reacted to the Amazing #PizzaRat by [Sarah Begley](https://time.com/author/sarah-begley/) ## Sarah Begley Sep 21, 2015 11:24 PM UTC by [Sarah Begley](https://time.com/author/sarah-begley/) ## Sarah Begley Sep 21, 2015 11:24 PM UTC When [a video of a rat dragging a slice of pizza](http://time.com/4043383/rat-pizza-slice-subway/) down the New York City subway steps surfaced on Monday, the Internet instantly fell in love. What’s not to like about a plucky little animal getting his snack on despite the odds? The rodent seemed to speak to New Yorkers’ tastes and frustrations, even while appealing to their sense of whimsy. Here are some of the ways the Internet reacted to the legend that is #PizzaRat. > [](https://twitter.com/RealGilbert/status/646085822630989824) > [](https://twitter.com/Rizzo/status/646065771257446400) > [](https://twitter.com/AlbieManzo/status/646093617589784576) > [](https://twitter.com/petersuderman/status/646055432679780353) > [](https://twitter.com/ishaantharoor/status/646060352581595138) > [](https://twitter.com/JoeMande/status/646074537063264256) > [](https://twitter.com/markhoppus/status/646077845425405952) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4043775/pizza-rat-internet/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4043775/pizza-rat-internet/"},"headline":"Here's How the Internet Reacted to the Amazing #PizzaRat","datePublished":"2015-09-21T23:24:54.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:25:01.457Z","description":"March on, you little rodent","url":"https://time.com/4043775/pizza-rat-internet/","keywords":["Newsfeed","animals"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Sarah Begley","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/sarah-begley/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4043775/pizza-rat-internet/","name":"Here's How the Internet Reacted to the Amazing #PizzaRat"}}]}] ```