US | viral video Plucky 'Pizza Rat' Inspires Its Own Hashtag This little guy is no quitter By Neal Colgrass Posted Sep 21, 2015 8:55 PM CDT Copied Plucky 'Pizza Rat' Inspires Its Own Hashtag Matt Little's video of what Twitter is calling #pizzarat. (YouTube) Only in New York City: A new YouTube video shows a rat dutifully dragging its slice of cheese pizza down the stairs into a subway station, UPI reports. The rat sadly gives up on its prize, but Matt Little's video is still going viral and inspiring all kinds of tweets with the hashtag #pizzarat. USA Today rounds up a few: I have taken the pizza wasted on the subway forgive me it was wasted on the ground forgive me it was so pizza and I'm a rat—Kelsey D. Atherton (@AthertonKD) September 21, 2015 Coming soon on @Medium: "Why I'm leaving New York," by #pizzarat—Carlos Lozada (@CarlosLozadaWP) September 21, 2015 2016 candidates on #pizzarat: Trump: Thief! Hillary: Every rat deserves a slice Rubio: It needs water Jeb!: I smoked a rat once—Brian Ries (@moneyries) September 21, 2015 I hope one day after I make it as a writer someone asks me how I found the perseverance not to quit. And I'll just share a gif of #pizzarat.—Emily Timbol (@EmilyTimbol) September 21, 2015 Now a guy named Kurt Fraser has posted a little competition, tweeting that "# pizzarat is cool and all but check out # cigarettecrab." Indeed, he's photographed a crab sitting by a curb with a once-lit cigarette in its claw. Read These Next Gavin Newsom has filed a massive lawsuit against Fox News. White House rolls with Trump's 'daddy' nickname. New York Times ranks the best movies of the 21st century. New Fox star, 23, misses first day after car troubles. See 1 photo Report an error