you've seen me before
Harold isn't a new character somebody drew last week. He already had his run. This is him coming back, and being straight about what happened in between.
everywhere
One duck, one photo, one line. He got passed around until the face alone was enough. People who were there still recognise it instantly.
nobody steering
Attention moved to the next thing. The site went dark, the domain lapsed into a spam page, and the chart bled out with no one funding anything. That part isn't worth spinning.
same duck, new pond
Same face, same tone, relaunched on PumpSwap so trading actually pays for the coin instead of paying nobody. The fees are the difference.