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'''Internet phenomena''' are social and cultural phenomena specific to the Internet, such as [[Social:Internet meme|Internet meme]]s, which include popular [[Social:Catchphrase|catchphrase]]s, images, [[Finance:Viral video|viral video]]s, and jokes. When such fads and sensations occur online, they tend to grow rapidly and become more widespread because the instant communication facilitates [[Social:Word of mouth|word of mouth]] transmission.

The below partial list focuses more on Internet phenomena that are not restricted by regional Internet laws; other countries such as China or Pakistan do have Internet phenomena specific there that are not blocked by regional laws. These are covered in [[Social:List of Internet phenomena in China|List of Internet phenomena in China]] and [[Social:List of Internet phenomena in Pakistan|List of Internet phenomena in Pakistan]].
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==Advertising and products==
* Amazon Coat - an unnamed coat sold on the [[Finance:Online shopping|online store]] Amazon.com by the {{wipe|China}} clothing brand Orolay, previously known for its [[Engineering:Furniture|home furnishings]]. It became a [[Viral phenomenon|viral phenomenon]] from the period between December 2018 and the COVID-19 pandemic.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Jennings |first=Rebecca |date=2019-02-25 |title=How a coat on Amazon took over a neighborhood — and then the internet |url=https://www.vox.com/the-goods/2019/2/25/18233597/orolay-amazon-coat-upper-east-side |access-date=2023-03-20 |website=Vox |language=en}}</ref>
* Beanie Babies – Cited as being the world's first Internet sensation in 1995.<ref name="beanies">{{cite book|last=Bissonnette|first=Zac|date=March 2015|title=The Great Beanie Baby Bubble: Mass Delusion and the Dark Side of Cute|publisher=Penguin Books|chapter=The $12-per-hour Sociology Major Who Made Ty Warner a Billionaire| pages=107–121|isbn=978-1591846024}}</ref>
* [[Social:Cooks Source infringement controversy|''Cooks Source'' infringement controversy]] – This publication drew backlash after it committed copyright infringement by using an online article without permission for commercial purposes. This backlash further increased due to ''Cooks Source''<nowiki/>'s response which showed a misunderstanding of copyright and an increasing agitation to the original writer of the article.<ref name="Kravets_David">{{cite news |last=Kravets |first=David |date=5 November 2010 |title=Cooks Source Copyright Infringement Becomes an Internet Meme. |newspaper=Wired |url=https://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2010/11/web-decries-infringement/ |url-status=live |access-date=1 April 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101106115203/https://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2010/11/web-decries-infringement/ |archive-date=2010-11-06}}</ref>
* ''[[Social:Elf Yourself|Elf Yourself]]'' (2006) and ''Scrooge Yourself'' (2007) – [[Human–computer interaction|Interactive]] websites created by Jason Zada and Evolution Bureau for OfficeMax's holiday season [[Finance:Advertising campaign|advertising campaign]]. ''Elf Yourself'' allows visitors to [[Upload|upload]] images of themselves or their friends, see them as dancing [[Unsolved:Elf|elves]],<ref name=Bostonist>{{cite news|last=Roberts |first=Caroline |title=Go Elf Yourself! |url=http://bostonist.com/2006/12/24/go_elf_yourself.php |access-date=29 May 2012 |newspaper=Bostonist |date=24 December 2006 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151103170955/http://bostonist.com/2006/12/24/go_elf_yourself.php |archive-date=3 November 2015 }}</ref><ref name="Creativity">{{cite news|last=Aditham|first=Kiran|title=Jason Zada Leaves EVB|url=http://creativity-online.com/news/jason-zada-leaves-evb/130544|access-date=29 May 2012|newspaper=Creativity Magazine|date=26 August 2008|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131017064513/http://creativity-online.com/news/jason-zada-leaves-evb/130544|archive-date=17 October 2013}}</ref> and includes options to save or share the video.<ref name="Adland">{{cite book|last=Othmer|first=James P.|title=Adland |year=2009|publisher=Random House Digital, Inc.|volume=48, Developments in biological standardization|isbn=978-0385524964|pages=243–250|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mxlqaqRhUvwC&q=%22Elf+Yourself%22&pg=PA247|access-date=2013-07-10}}</ref> According to ClickZ, visiting the ''Elf Yourself'' site "has become an annual tradition that people look forward to".<ref name="ClickZ 2">{{cite news|last=Quenqua|first=Douglas |title=OfficeMax Adds Social Element to Elf Yourself 2009 |url=http://www.clickz.com/clickz/news/1692028/officemax-adds-social-element-elf-yourself-2009 |access-date=30 May 2012|newspaper=ClickZ|date=19 November 2009}}</ref> While not selling any one specific product, the two were created to raise consumer awareness of the sponsoring firm.<ref name="Social Media Judo">{{cite book|first1=Chris | last1=Aarons |first2=Geoff | last2=Nelson | first3=Nick | last3=White |title=Social Media Judo|year=2011|publisher=Dog Ear Publishing|isbn=978-1608448852|pages=146–156|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=G8Id2LayAOAC&q=%22Elf+Yourself%22&pg=PA147}}</ref>
* Flex Tape – An infomercial of the product Flex Tape. It became a meme after YouTuber [[Biography:JonTron|JonTron]] made a video reviewing the infomercial.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Matos |first1=Clinton |title=Phil Swift returns to butcher another boat in the name of Flex Tape |url=https://htxt.co.za/2018/05/phil-swift-returns-to-butcher-another-boat-in-the-name-of-flex-tape/ |access-date=10 April 2021 |work=Htxt |date=17 May 2018}}</ref>
* FreeCreditReport.com – A series of TV commercials that were posted on the Internet; many spoofs of the commercials were made and posted on YouTube.<ref name="Popkin_AS">{{cite news|last=Popkin|first=Helen A. S.|title=Sing it, FreeCreditReport.com guy!|url=http://www.nbcnews.com/id/26061279|access-date=1 April 2011|work=NBC News|date=7 August 2008}}</ref>
* [[Social:HeadOn|HeadOn]] – A June 2006 advertisement for a [[Unsolved:Homeopathy|homeopathic]] product claimed to relieve headaches. Ads featured the tagline, "HeadOn. Apply directly to the forehead", stated three times in succession, accompanied by a video of a [[Finance:Spokesperson|model]] using the product without ever directly stating the product's purpose. The ads were successively parodied on sites such as [[Company:YouTube|YouTube]] and rapper Lil Jon even made fun of it.<ref name="HeadOn">{{cite news|last=Howard|first=Theresa|title=Headache commercial hits parody circuit, well, HeadOn|url=https://www.usatoday.com/money/industries/health/drugs/2006-07-30-head-on-usat_x.htm|access-date=24 March 2011|newspaper=USA Today|date=31 July 2006}}</ref>
* Little Darth Vader – An advertisement by [[Company:Volkswagen|Volkswagen]] featuring young Max Page dressed in a Darth Vader costume running around his house trying to use "the Force". It was released on the Internet a few days prior to Super Bowl XLV in 2011, and quickly became popular.<ref name="Darth_Vader_Superbowl">{{cite news|last=Belsie|first=Laurent|title=Darth Vader Super Bowl commercial: What happens to child stars in ads?|url=http://www.csmonitor.com/Business/2011/0207/Darth-Vader-Super-Bowl-commercial-What-happens-to-child-stars-in-ads/Max-Page-VW-Passat-2011|access-date=25 March 2011|newspaper=The Christian Science Monitor|date=7 February 2011}}</ref> As of 2013 it was the most shared ad of all time.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap1000000131115/article/super-bowl-xlvii-an-event-of-epic-proportions|title=Super Bowl XLVII: An Event of Epic Proportions|work=National Football League|date=25 January 2013|access-date=25 January 2013}}</ref>
* LowerMyBills.com – Banner ads from this mortgage company feature endless loops of cowboys, women, aliens, and office workers dancing.<ref name="Stone_Brad">{{cite news|last=Stone|first=Brad|title=Don't Like the Dancing Cowboys? Results Say You Do|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2007/01/18/business/media/18adco.html|access-date=1 April 2011|newspaper=The New York Times|date=18 January 2007}}</ref><ref name="Gomes_Lee">{{cite news|last=Gomes|first=Lee|title=As Web Ads Grow, Sites Get Trickier About Targeting You|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB117866952685696562|access-date=1 April 2011|newspaper=The Wall Street Journal|date=9 May 2007}}</ref>
* ''The Man Your Man Could Smell Like'' – A television commercial starring Isaiah Mustafa reciting a quick, deadpan monologue while shirtless about how "anything is possible" if men use Old Spice. It eventually led to a popular [[Social:Viral marketing|viral marketing]] campaign which had Mustafa responding to various Internet [[Company:YouTube#User comments|comments]] in short YouTube videos on Old Spice's YouTube channel.<ref name="Saint_Nick">{{cite news|last=Saint|first=Nick|title=How "Old Spice Guy" Took The Internet By Storm|url=http://www.businessinsider.com/old-spice-guy-2010-7|access-date=1 April 2011|newspaper=Business Insider|date=16 July 2010}}</ref>
* "[[Social:Mac Tonight|Mac Tonight/Moon Man]]" – A McDonald's commercial made to promote dinner sales. Starting in 2007, the character in the commercial, "Mac Tonight" was utilized in videos where he is depicted promoting violence against minorities and promoting the [[Religion:Ku Klux Klan|KKK]] with racist parodies of rap songs. The best-known parody, "Notorious KKK" (a parody of ''Hypnotize'' by The Notorious B.I.G.), has accumulated over 119,000 views on YTMND.<ref name=salon>{{cite news|url=http://www.salon.com/2016/10/25/meet-moon-man-the-alt-rights-new-racist-rap-sensation-borrowed-from-1980s-mcdonalds-ads/|title=Meet Moon Man: The alt-right's racist rap sensation, borrowed from 1980s McDonald's ads|first=Matthew|last=Sheffield|work=Salon|date=25 October 2016}}</ref>
* "[[Biography:Chuck Testa|Nope, Chuck Testa]]" – A local commercial made for Ojai Valley [[Biology:Taxidermy|Taxidermy]], owned by [[Biography:Chuck Testa|Chuck Testa]], suggesting that the stuffed creatures were alive until Testa appeared, saying "Nope, Chuck Testa!"; the ad soon went viral.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://au.news.yahoo.com/thewest/entertainment/a/-/television/12484414/ad-men-thrive-on-chuck-take/ | title = Ad men thrive on Chuck take | work = The West Australian | first = Shannon | last = Harvey | date = 3 January 2012 | access-date = 22 August 2012 | archive-url = https://archive.today/20120707152437/http://au.news.yahoo.com/thewest/entertainment/a/-/television/12484414/ad-men-thrive-on-chuck-take/ | archive-date = 7 July 2012 | url-status = dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite news | url = http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-504784_162-20108853-10391705.html | title = No, Chuck Testa, thank you | first = Bailey | last = Johnson | date = 20 September 2011 | access-date =22 August 2012 | publisher = CBS}}</ref>
* [[Biology:Potato Parcel|Potato Parcel]] – a web site that allows the user to send anonymous personalized messages on [[Biology:Potato|potato]]es via the mail.<ref name="Koman 2015">{{cite web|first1=Tess|last1=Koman|url=http://www.cosmopolitan.com/lifestyle/news/a41713/potato-parceling-is-the-new-glitter-bombing/|title=Would You Send Your Enemies a Potato With a Mean Message?|work=Cosmopolitan|publisher=Hearst|date=9 June 2015|access-date=12 August 2016}}</ref><ref name="Robertson 2015">{{cite web|first1=Lindsey|last1=Robertson|url=http://mashable.com/2015/08/18/potato-in-the-mail/|title=Who knew mailing personalized potatoes could rake in so much cash?|work=Mashable|publisher=Mashable.com|date=18 August 2015|access-date=12 August 2016}}</ref><ref name="Whitten1 2015">{{cite web|first1=Sarah|last1=Whitten|url=https://www.cnbc.com/2015/08/19/this-guy-makes-10000-a-month-shipping-potatoes.html|title=This guy makes $10,000 a month shipping potatoes|work={{wipe|CNBC}}|publisher=CNBC LLC.|date=19 August 2015|access-date=12 August 2016}}</ref>
* ''Pepsi MAX & Jeff Gordon Present: Test Drive'' – A short film where NASCAR driver Jeff Gordon poses as an average car buyer to prank a cars salesman.<ref>{{cite news|last=Plemmons|first=Mark|url=http://www.hickoryrecord.com/independent_tribune/news/article_0671f852-8b41-11e2-8320-0019bb30f31a.html?mode=jqm|title=Jeff Gordon Pepsi Max test drive video shot in Concord goes viral|newspaper=Independent Tribune|access-date=7 September 2013}}</ref> A sequel, ''Test Drive 2'', was released the following year, with Gordon pranking a writer who had branded the original video as fake.<ref>{{cite web|last=Pennell|first=Jay|url=http://msn.foxsports.com/nascar/shake-and-bake/2014/02/27/test-drive-2-jeff-gordon-takes-reporter-for-wild-ride|title=Test drive 2: Jeff Gordon takes reporter for wild ride|work=Foxsports.com|date=27 February 2014|access-date=27 February 2014|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140227155849/http://msn.foxsports.com/nascar/shake-and-bake/2014/02/27/test-drive-2-jeff-gordon-takes-reporter-for-wild-ride|archive-date=27 February 2014}}</ref>
* "Rivals" – A commercial for video game retailer EB Games that promoted ''[[Software:Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare|Call of Duty]]''. The commercial drew criticism for its concept and the performances of its actors.<ref>{{cite news |last=Suprak |first=Nikola |date=21 December 2014 |title=EB Games' Rivals Commercial is a Thing of Terrible Beauty |url=http://www.hardcoregamer.com/2014/12/21/eb-games-rivals-commercial-is-a-thing-of-terrible-beauty/124983/ |publisher=Hardcore Gamer |access-date=20 July 2016 }}</ref>
[[File:Shake Weight.jpg|thumb|right|The Shake Weight]]
* Shake Weight – [[Finance:Infomercial|Infomercial]] clips of the modified dumbbell went viral as a result of the product's sexually suggestive nature.<ref name="Roberts_Tom">{{cite news|last=Roberts|first=Tom|title=Viral Video Chart: Mattress dominoes and the weirdest divorce hearing ever|url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/pda/2009/aug/07/mattress-dominoes-viral-video-chart|access-date=1 April 2011|newspaper=The Guardian|date=7 August 2009}}</ref>
* [[Company:Vans|Vans]] (2016) – Featured in the "Damn Daniel" viral internet meme.
*''What Would You Do For A Klondike Bar?'' – A slogan at the end of commercials advertising the ice cream sandwich Klondike bar. People on [[Company:YouTube|YouTube]] and [[Company:Facebook|Facebook]] began posting videos depicting people in dangerous and absurdist situations attempting to reach a Klondike Bar in response to the slogan.<ref>{{cite web |title=What Would You Do For A Klondike Bar? |url=https://www.warc.com/content/paywall/article/what-would-you-do-for-a-klondike-bar/129406 |website=Warc |access-date=13 April 2021}}</ref>
* Whopper Whopper – A song by American restaurant fast-food chain Burger King which serves as a jingle for the restaurant's signature burger, the Whopper<ref>{{cite news | url = https://nypost.com/2023/01/26/burger-king-whopper-songs-catchy-lyrics-now-a-viral-meme/ | title = New York Post | date = 26 January 2023 | access-date = 19 May 2023 | first = Jack | last = Hobbs }}</ref>  
* Will It Blend? – The [[Engineering:Blender|blender]] product [[Company:Blendtec|Blendtec]], claimed by its creator Tom Dickson to be the most powerful blender, is featured in a series of YouTube videos, "''Will It Blend?''" where numerous food and non-food items are used within the blender.<ref name="oratech">{{cite news | url = https://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/27/business/media/27adco.html | title = To Fix Bad Breath, a Gadget Seen on YouTube |work=The New York Times| date = 26 September 2010 | access-date=10 May 2011 | first = Claire Cain | last = Miller}}</ref>
* [[Company:Xtranormal|Xtranormal]] – A website allowing users to create videos by scripting the dialog and choosing from a menu of camera angles and predesigned CGI characters and scenes. Though originally designed to be used to ease [[Storyboard|storyboard]] development for filmmakers, the site quickly became popular after videos made with the tool, including "iPhone 4 vs HTC Evo", became viral.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.fastcompany.com/1715106/inside-xtranormals-budding-do-it-yourself-movie-empire | title = Inside Xtranormal's Budding Do-It-Yourself Movie Empire | first = Luke | last = O'Brien | date = 12 January 2011 | access-date = 11 October 2012 | work = Fast Company }}</ref><ref>{{cite news | url = https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052748704858404576134203647487090?mod=googlewsj | title = Animation Nation | date = 11 February 2011 | access-date = 11 October 2012 | work = {{wipe|The Wall Street Journal}}| first = Ellen | last = Gamerman }}</ref>

=={{anchor|Animation}}Animation and comics==
* [[Social:Animutation|Animutation]]s – Early [[Software:Adobe Flash|Flash]]-based animations, pioneered by Neil Cicierega in 2001, typically featuring foreign language songs (primary Japanese, such as "Yatta"), set to random pop-culture images. The form is said to have launched the use of Flash for inexpensive animations that are now more common on the Internet.<ref>{{cite news | title = Copy, paste, animate Pop culture crudely skewered in animutation | work = Toronto Star | date = 26 August 2006 | first = Shauna | last = Reppel | page = H3}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | url = http://www.salon.com/2001/04/26/animation_4/ | title = All hail Neil Cicierega | date = 26 April 2001 | access-date =20 June 2012 | work = Salon | first1 = Katharine | last1 = Mieszkowski | first2 = Amy | last2 = Standen}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.austinchronicle.com/screens/2002-01-25/84480/ | title = Mutant Genius | first = Sarah | last =Hepola | date = 25 January 2002 | access-date =20 June 2012 | work = Austin Chronicle}}</ref>
* ''Arthur'' – A 1996 PBS educational series that became popular on the Internet in July 2016 through humorous stills, including a still of the title character's clenched fist.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Carissimo|first1=Justin|title=Arthur memes have officially taken over the Internet|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/arthur-memes-have-taken-over-the-internet-a7161451.html|access-date=30 July 2016|date=29 July 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=Finley|first1=Taryn|title=These Funny As Hell Arthur Memes Will Have You Doubled Over Laughing|url=https://huffingtonpost.com/entry/arthur-is-funny-as-hell_us_579b635fe4b0e2e15eb57bb5|access-date=30 July 2016|work=The Huffington Post|date=29 July 2016}}</ref>
* Ate my balls – One of the earliest examples of an internet meme, which involved web pages depicting a particular celebrity, fictional character, or other subject's relish for eating testicles.<ref name="Barry">{{cite book |last1=Barry |first1=Dave |title=Dave Barry in Cyberspace |date=1997 |publisher=Fawcett Columbine |isbn=9780449912300 |page=155}}</ref>
* ''Axe Cop'' – Initially a web comic series with stories created by five-year-old Malachai Nicolle and drawn into comic form by his 29-year-old brother Ethan, the series gained viral popularity on the Internet due to the vividness and non-sequitur nature of Malachai's imagination, and has led to physical publication and a series of animated shorts in the 2012–2013 season for the Fox Television Network.<ref>{{cite news | url= https://www.wired.com/underwire/2011/02/axe-cop-fan-video/ | title = Axe Cop Fan Video Brings Outlandish Webcomic to Life | first = Caleb | last = Garling | date = 7 February 2011 | access-date =21 June 2012 | magazine = Wired}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url = http://boingboing.net/2011/01/17/axe-cop-insane-comic.html | title = Axe Cop: insane comic collaboration between 5-year-old and his 29-year-old brother | first = Cory | last = Doctorow | date = 17 January 2012 | access-date =21 June 2012 | publisher = Boing Boing}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | url = https://hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/fox-axe-cop-saturday-animation-block-315695 | title = Fox Adapting Web Comic 'Axe Cop' for Saturday Animation Block | date = 24 April 2012 | access-date =21 June 2012 | work = The Hollywood Reporter | first = Lesley | last = Goldberg}}</ref>
* Badger Badger Badger – A hypnotic loop of animal calisthenics set to the chant of "badger, badger, badger", created by Jonti "Weebl" Picking.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Silverman |first1=Dwight |title=Youth culture finding unity with online animations |url=https://www.chron.com/business/article/Computing-1497072.php |website=Chron |date=14 February 2004 |access-date=20 June 2020}}</ref>
*[[Social:Big Chungus|Big Chungus]] – A still frame of the 1941 Merrie Melodies short [[Social:Wabbit Twouble|Wabbit Twouble]] when Bugs Bunny mocks a fat Elmer Fudd. The meme originated from fictitious cover art for a video game titled ''Big Chungus'' (with "chungus" being a neologism associated with video game commentator James Stephanie Sterling), which featured a still from the scene, and was popularized by a [[Company:Facebook|Facebook]] post by a [[Company:GameStop|GameStop]] manager who alleged that a colleague's mother had inquired about purchasing the "game" as a gift.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/14/magazine/all-the-presidents-memes.html|title=All the President's Memes|last=Staley|first=Willy|date=2019-01-14|work=The New York Times|access-date=2019-02-01|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.dailydot.com/unclick/big-chungus-memes/|title=Big Chungus Is The Last Great Meme Of 2018|date=2018-12-28|website=The Daily Dot|language=en|access-date=2019-02-01}}</ref> Warner Bros. later incorporated Big Chungus into its own video game ''Looney Tunes World of Mayhem''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://comicbook.com/gaming/news/looney-tunes-world-of-mayhem-big-chungus/|title=Big Chungus Comes to Looney Tunes World of Mayhem|first=Marc|last=Deschamps|date=March 31, 2021|access-date=March 31, 2021|publisher=comicbook}}</ref>
[[File:Bongo Cat Redraw.png|thumb|right|Bongo Cat]]
* [[Social:Bongo Cat|Bongo Cat]] – Originated on [[Company:Twitter|Twitter]] on 7 May 2018 when a simple animated cat [[GIF]], was edited for it to play the song "Athletic" from the ''[[Software:Super Mario World|Super Mario World]]'' soundtrack. This cat has since been edited to play various songs on bongos, and later other instruments.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://nymag.com/selectall/2018/09/the-bongo-cat-meme-is-our-light-in-the-darkness.html|title=The Bongo Cat Meme Is Our Light in the Darkness|last=Feldman|first=Brian|work=Select All|access-date=2018-09-27|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.independent.ie/world-news/and-finally/bongo-cat-is-now-so-much-more-than-a-cat-playing-the-bongos-37341500.html|title=Bongo Cat is now so much more than a cat playing the bongos – Independent.ie|work=Independent.ie|access-date=2018-09-27|language=en}}</ref>
* "[[Social:Caramelldansen#Internet phenomenon|Caramelldansen]]" – A spoof from the Japanese visual novel opening ''[[Software:Popotan|Popotan]]'' that shows the two main characters doing a hip swing dance with their hands over their heads, imitating rabbit ears, while the background song plays the sped-up version of the song "Caramelldansen", sung by the Swedish music group Caramell. Also known as ''Caramelldansen Speedycake Remix'' or ''Uma uma dance'' in Japan, the song was parodied by artists and fans who then copy the animation and include characters from other anime performing the dance.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://news.livedoor.com/article/detail/3504781/|script-title=ja:【トレビアン動画】アキバでも垂れ流し!! 中毒動画『ｳｯｰｳｯｰｳﾏｳﾏ(ﾟ∀ﾟ)』|publisher=livedoor news|date=11 February 2008|access-date=28 January 2009|language=ja}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://news.livedoor.com/article/detail/3544687/|script-title=ja:腰クネクネ謎のダンス 「ウマウマ」大流行の兆し|publisher=livedoor news|date=8 March 2008|access-date=28 January 2009|language=ja}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.itmedia.co.jp/news/articles/0802/25/news030.html|title=「ウッーウッーウマウマ(ﾟ∀ﾟ)」がCD化 販売中止のトランスアルバムが新装復活|publisher=ITmedia|date=25 February 2008|access-date=28 January 2009|language=ja}}</ref>
* ''Charlie the Unicorn'' – A five-part series of videos involving the titular unicorn who is repeatedly hoodwinked by two other blue and pink unicorns, Lolz and Roffle, who take him on elaborate adventures in order to steal his belongings or cause him physical harm.<ref name="Cultural touchstones">{{cite web | url = http://hamptonroads.com/2009/04/cultural-touchstones-courtesy-youtube | title = Cultural touchstones courtesy of YouTube | work = The Virginian-Pilot | date = 21 April 2009 | access-date = 30 May 2008 | archive-date = 14 May 2011 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110514230058/http://hamptonroads.com/2009/04/cultural-touchstones-courtesy-youtube | url-status = dead }}</ref>
* ''Dancing baby'' – A 3D-rendered dancing baby that first appeared in 1996 by the creators of [[Software:Character Studio|Character Studio]] for 3D Studio MAX, and became something of a late 1990s [[Social:Popular culture|cultural icon]], in part due to its exposure on worldwide commercials, editorials about Character Studio, and the popular television series ''Ally McBeal''.<ref name="dancing_baby">{{cite news|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Kh0EAAAAMBAJ&q=dancing+baby&pg=PA1|title=Baby talk: This twisting tot is all the rage on the 'Net|last=McNamara|first=Paul|date=16 June 1997|publisher=Network World|access-date=21 January 2010}}</ref>
* ''The End of the World'' – A Flash-animated video by Jason Windsor in 2003 that depicts a situation when the entire world is nuked by rivalling countries.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Kleeman|first1=Sophie|title=12 Years Later, Here's What Happened to the Viral Mastermind Behind 'The End of the World' |url=https://mic.com/articles/128676/hokay-so-heres-the-earth-the-story-of-jason-windsors-the-end-of-the-world|access-date=24 June 2017|date=17 November 2015}}</ref><ref name=Background>{{cite news|last1=Covucci|first1=David|title=Hokay, so: What does the creator of 'The End of the World' think about Trump?|url=https://www.dailydot.com/unclick/end-of-world-video-donald-trump/|access-date=24 June 2017|work=The Daily Dot|date=20 January 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=Hern|first1=Alex|title=Flash is dead, and YouTube dealt the killing blow|url=https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2015/jan/30/flash-youtube-nostalgia|access-date=24 June 2017|work=The Guardian|date=30 January 2015}}</ref>
* ''Happy Tree Friends'' – A series of Flash cartoons featuring cartoon animals experiencing violent and gruesome accidents.<ref>G4 official website, the HTF TV series main channel [http://www.g4tv.com/attackoftheshow/features/51887/Happy-Tree-Friends-Join-Attack-of-the-Show.html] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110511143526/http://www.g4tv.com/attackoftheshow/features/51887/Happy-Tree-Friends-Join-Attack-of-the-Show.html|date=11 May 2011}}</ref>
* ''[[Social:Homestar Runner|Homestar Runner]]'' – A [[Flash animation|Flash animated]] Internet cartoon by Mike Chapman, Craig Zobel, and Matt Chapman, created in 1996 and popularized in 2000. The cartoon contains many references to [[Social:Popular culture|popular culture]] from the 1980s and 1990s, including video games, television, and popular music.<ref name="DeanKL">{{cite magazine|url=https://www.wired.com/culture/lifestyle/news/2003/06/59261// |title=HomestarRunner Hits a Homer |last=Dean |first=Kari Lynn |date=23 June 2003 |magazine=Wired Magazine |access-date=3 February 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100213071113/http://www.wired.com/culture/lifestyle/news/2003/06/59261 |archive-date=13 February 2010 }}</ref>
* '' I'll take a potato chip... and eat it!!!'' – A scene from the English-language dub of episode 8 of the anime adaptation of ''Death Note'', showing the main character Light Yagami taking a potato chip from a bag of chips and eating the chip<ref>{{cite web|last1=Hooton|first1=Christopher|title=Death Note trailer: Netflix manga-adapted film centres on teen in control of who lives and dies|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/news/death-note-netflix-2017-teaser-trailer-release-date-manga-adaptation-film-movie-a7645076.html|website=The Independent|date=23 March 2017|publisher=Independent Digital News & Media|access-date=26 April 2018}}</ref> in a dramatic way. The scene includes dramatic music and action movie-style camera cuts.
* Joe Cartoon – Creator of interactive [[Flash animation]]s ''Frog in a Blender''<ref>{{cite news|first=Jamie |last=Allen |title=Shorts move from film-class project to big time on Web |url=http://archives.cnn.com/2000/SHOWBIZ/Movies/05/15/short.film/ |date=15 May 2000 |publisher=CNN |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130617082909/http://archives.cnn.com/2000/SHOWBIZ/Movies/05/15/short.film/ |archive-date=17 June 2013 }}</ref> and ''Gerbil in a Microwave'',<ref>{{cite web | first=Angela | last=Gunn | title=Gerbil in a Microwave | url=http://www.villagevoice.com/1999-08-24/long-island-voice/gerbil-in-a-microwave/ | date=24 August 1999 | work=The Village Voice | access-date=23 March 2009 | archive-date=24 December 2014 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141224002146/http://www.villagevoice.com/1999-08-24/long-island-voice/gerbil-in-a-microwave/ | url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>The [http://joecartoon.atom.com/cartoons/67-frog_in_a_blender Frog in a Blender] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100429083327/http://joecartoon.atom.com/cartoons/67-frog_in_a_blender |date=29 April 2010 }} and [http://joecartoon.atom.com/cartoons/64-gerbil_in_a_microwave Gerbil In A Microwave] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081218005917/http://joecartoon.atom.com/cartoons/64-gerbil_in_a_microwave |date=18 December 2008 }}, Flash animations on joecartoon.com are both credited: " 1999 The Joe Cartoon co."</ref> which were two of the first Flash cartoons to receive fame on the Internet.<ref>{{cite web|first=Bruce |last=Morrison |title=Internet cartoons represent the best non-porn content on web |url=http://media.www.thetigernews.com/media/storage/paper863/news/2003/11/21/Timeout/Internet.Cartoons.Represent.The.Best.NonPorn.Content.On.Web-1990721.shtml |date=21 November 2003 |work=TheTigerNews.com |access-date=23 March 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090205103728/http://media.www.thetigernews.com/media/storage/paper863/news/2003/11/21/Timeout/Internet.Cartoons.Represent.The.Best.NonPorn.Content.On.Web-1990721.shtml |archive-date=5 February 2009 }}</ref>
* [[Social:Kung Fu Bear|Kung Fu Bear]] –  an [[Social:Internet meme|Internet meme]] involving an Asian black bear who skillfully twirls, throws and catches a long staff.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cnn.com/video/?/video/sports/2010/05/31/nr.bear.kung.fu.moves.cnn |title=Video - Breaking News Videos from |publisher=CNN.com |access-date=2010-06-13 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100604032512/http://www.cnn.com/video/?%2Fvideo%2Fsports%2F2010%2F05%2F31%2Fnr.bear.kung.fu.moves.cnn |archive-date=June 4, 2010 }}</ref>
* [[Social:Loituma Girl|Loituma Girl]] (also known as Leekspin) – A looped [[Flash animation]] of an anime girl Orihime Inoue from the ''Bleach'' series twirling a leek, set to a scat singing section of the traditional {{wipe|Finland}} [[Social:Folk music|folk]] song "[[Social:Ievan Polkka|Ievan Polkka]]", sung by the Finnish quartet Loituma on their 1995 debut album ''Things of Beauty''.<ref name="PRI">{{cite web|last=Werman|first=Marco|date=18 August 2006|title=Global Hit|url=http://www.theworld.org/?q=node/3625|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061001164915/http://www.theworld.org/?q=node%2F3625|archive-date=1 October 2006|access-date=18 August 2006|work=The World|publisher=Public Radio International|format=radio}}</ref> The band's popularity rose tremendously<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.google.com/trends/explore#q=Loituma%2C%20folk%20music |website=Google Trends |title=Web Search interest: Loituma, folk music – Worldwide, 2004 – present |access-date=26 June 2016}}</ref> after the animation was posted in Russian [[Social:LiveJournal|LiveJournal]] in 2006. The song clip soon enjoyed overwhelming popularity as a ringtone.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://lurkmore.to/%D0%AF%D0%BA_%D1%86%D1%83%D0%BF_%D1%86%D0%BE%D0%BF|title=Як цуп цоп|website=lurkmore.to|access-date=12 October 2017|archive-date=18 April 2013|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130418215631/http://lurkmore.to/%D0%AF%D0%BA_%D1%86%D1%83%D0%BF_%D1%86%D0%BE%D0%BF|url-status=dead}}</ref>
* "Loss" – A [[Webcomic|webcomic]] strip published on June 2, 2008, by Tim Buckley for his gaming-related webcomic ''Ctrl+Alt+Del''. Set during a storyline in which the main character Ethan and his fiancée Lilah are expecting their first child, the strip — presented as a four-panel comic with no dialogue — shows Ethan entering a hospital, where he sees Lilah weeping in a hospital bed; she has suffered a [[Medicine:Miscarriage|miscarriage]]. It has received negative reception from critics and webcomic creators and been adapted and parodied many times.<ref name="NYMag">{{cite web |last=Feldman |first=Brian |date=November 6, 2015 |title=Talking to the Man Behind 'Loss,' the Internet's Longest-Running Miscarriage 'Joke' |url=http://nymag.com/selectall/2015/11/longest-running-miscarriage-meme-on-the-web.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170820064609/http://nymag.com/selectall/2015/11/longest-running-miscarriage-meme-on-the-web.html |archive-date=August 20, 2017 |access-date=June 4, 2018 |work=New York}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Miller |first=Ross |date=September 2, 2008 |title=PAX 2008: The Penny Arcade Interview |url=http://www.joystiq.com/2008/09/02/pax-2008-the-penny-arcade-interview/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080902233828/http://www.joystiq.com/2008/09/02/pax-2008-the-penny-arcade-interview/ |archive-date=September 2, 2008 |work=Joystiq}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Grayson |first=Nathan |date=April 9, 2021 |title=In 2007, Video Game Memes Took A Dark Turn |work=Kotaku |url=https://kotaku.com/in-2007-video-game-memes-took-a-dark-turn-1846654309 |url-status=live |access-date=July 28, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210516201815/https://kotaku.com/in-2007-video-game-memes-took-a-dark-turn-1846654309 |archive-date=May 16, 2021}}</ref><ref name="Gizmodo">{{cite news |last=Muncy |first=Julie |date=June 2, 2018 |title=One of the 'Net's Longest-Running Webcomics Has Done Something Weird to Its Most Memed Strip |work=Gizmodo |url=https://io9.gizmodo.com/one-of-the-nets-longest-running-webcomics-has-done-some-1826508119 |url-status=live |access-date=June 4, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201202041119/https://io9.gizmodo.com/one-of-the-nets-longest-running-webcomics-has-done-some-1826508119 |archive-date=December 2, 2020}}</ref>
* ''Motu Patlu'' – An Indian cartoon aired on Nickelodeon (India), made widely popular by a Nick India ad celebrating Teacher's Day in India, which has been reposted under the title "D se Dab".<ref>{{Cite web|last=Feldman|first=Brian|date=2017-11-13|title=I Have Not Known Inner Peace Since Discovering 'D se Dab'|url=https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2017/11/i-have-not-known-inner-peace-since-discovering-d-se-dab.html|access-date=2021-07-10|website=Intelligencer|language=en-us}}</ref>
* [[Social:Nyan Cat|Nyan Cat]] – A YouTube video of an animated flying cat, set to a [[Software:Utau|Utau]] song.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=%2Fg%2Fa%2F2011%2F05%2F03%2Fbusinessinsider-top-viral-videos-of-april-2011-5.DTL |title=TOP VIRAL VIDEOS OF APRIL: What's A "Nyan Cat"? |work=The San Francisco Chronicle |first=William |last=Wei |date=3 May 2011 |access-date=28 May 2011 |archive-date=9 May 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110509063449/http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=%2Fg%2Fa%2F2011%2F05%2F03%2Fbusinessinsider-top-viral-videos-of-april-2011-5.DTL |url-status=dead }}</ref>
[[File:Opera Mundi 2.png|thumb|right|A group of Polandball characters]]
* Polandball (more commonly known as Countryballs) – A user-generated Internet meme which originated on the /int/ board of German imageboard Krautchan.net in the latter half of 2009. The meme is manifested in a large number of online comics, where countries are presented as spherical personas that interact in often broken English, poking fun at national stereotypes and international relations, as well as historical conflicts.<ref>{{cite web |first=Wojciech |last=Oleksiak |url=http://culture.pl/en/article/polandball-a-case-study |title=Polandball – A Case Study |publisher=Culture.pl |access-date=30 November 2014}}</ref>
* [[Social:Pusheen|Pusheen]] – An animated grey tabby cat, originally drawn as a character in the webcomic "Everyday Cute" by artists Clare Belton and Andrew Duff.<ref>{{cite web|title= How an Internet Cat Craze Became a Toy Empire |url= https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-03-14/how-an-internet-cat-craze-became-a-toy-empire |last1= Mosendz |first1= Polly |date= 14 March 2016 |website= Bloomberg Business News |access-date= 18 March 2016 }}</ref> Belton has since released a Pusheen book.<ref>{{cite book|title= I am Pusheen the Cat |isbn= 978-1476747019 |last1= Belton |first1= Claire |date= 29 October 2013 |publisher= Simon and Schuster }}</ref>
* Rage comics – A large set of pre-drawn images including crudely drawn stick figures, clip art, and other artwork, typically assembled through website generators, to allow anyone to assemble a comic and post to various websites and boards. The ''New York Times'' reports that thousands of these are created daily.<ref>{{cite news | url = https://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/10/technology/personaltech/rage-comics-turn-everyday-stress-into-laughs.html?_r=2&pagewanted=1&emc=eta1 | title = Put Your Rage into a Cartoon and Exit Laughing | first = Paul | last = Boutin | date = 9 May 2012 | access-date =30 May 2012 | work = {{wipe|The New York Times}}}}</ref> Typically these are drawn in response to a real-life event that has angered the comic's creator, hence the term "rage comics", but comics assembled for any other purpose are also made. Certain images from rage comics are known by specific titles, such as "trollface" (a widely grinning man), "forever alone" (a man crying to himself), or "rage guy" (a man shouting "FUUUUU...").
* [[Social:Salad Fingers|Salad Fingers]] – A Flash animation series surrounding a green man with severely elongated fingers in a desolate world populated mostly by deformed, functionally mute people.<ref name="Gaudino_Elena">{{cite news|last=Gaudino |first=Elena |title=''Salad Fingers'' Stream of Consciousness Entertains Viewers |url=http://www.dailycampus.com/2.7437/salad-fingers-stream-of-consciousness-entertains-viewers-1.1062606 |access-date=25 February 2011 |newspaper=The Daily Campus |date=18 January 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110312111451/http://www.dailycampus.com/2.7437/salad-fingers-stream-of-consciousness-entertains-viewers-1.1062606 |archive-date=12 March 2011 }}</ref>
* Shut the fuck up, TERF - A crudely photoshopped image featuring ''Zombie Land Saga'' character Lily Hoshikawa, a trans girl, holding a gun with the caption "Shut the fuck up, [[Social:TERF|TERF]]".<ref name="ann-lily-uk">{{Cite web |title=Zombie Land Saga's Lily Becomes Example in U.K Parliament Talks on Twitter Abuse |url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/interest/2019-05-02/zombie-land-saga-lily-becomes-example-in-u.k-parliament-talks-on-twitter-abuse/.146349 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191127011501/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/interest/2019-05-02/zombie-land-saga-lily-becomes-example-in-u.k-parliament-talks-on-twitter-abuse/.146349 |archive-date=2019-11-27 |access-date=2023-04-04 |website=Anime News Network |language=en}}</ref><ref name="Museum Wales">{{Cite web |title=The Writing on the Wall: Marginalised Communities and Graffiti as Resistance {{!}} Cynfas |url=https://museum.wales/cynfas/article/2389/The-Writing-on-the-Wall-Marginalised-Communities-and-Graffiti-as-Resistance/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220519182807/https://museum.wales/cynfas/article/2389/The-Writing-on-the-Wall-Marginalised-Communities-and-Graffiti-as-Resistance/ |archive-date=2022-05-19 |access-date=2023-04-04 |website=Museum Wales |language=en}}</ref> The image was criticized as constituting a threat of violence, and presented in UK Parliament in May 2019 during a convening of the Human Rights Committee while questioning a Twitter employee on the subject of abuse.<ref name="ann-lily-uk" /><ref name="Museum Wales" /> In a tweet in January 2023, J. K. Rowling likened the meme to early twentieth century anti-suffragist artwork.<ref>{{Cite web |title=J.K. Rowling Compares Zombie Land Saga TERF Meme to Anti-Suffragist Art |url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/interest/2023-01-30/j.k-rowling-compares-zombie-land-saga-terf-meme-to-anti-suffragist-art/.194313 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230201030200/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/interest/2023-01-30/j.k-rowling-compares-zombie-land-saga-terf-meme-to-anti-suffragist-art/.194313 |archive-date=2023-02-01 |access-date=2023-04-04 |website=Anime News Network |language=en}}</ref>
* Simpsonwave – A genre of videos where clips of the American animated sitcom ''The Simpsons'' are filtered with tinted, [[VHS]]-like effects and played over psychedelic [[Philosophy:Vaporwave|vaporwave]] or chillwave tracks.<ref>{{cite web|last=Rodriguez|first=Krystal|date=2 June 2016|url=https://thump.vice.com/en_ca/article/simpsonwave-vaporwave-meme|title=Is Simpsonwave a Real Thing?|publisher=Thump. [[Company:Vice Media|Vice Media]]|access-date=4 June 2016}}</ref>
* Skibidi Toilet - A series of viral [[Company:YouTube|YouTube]] animations made by animator Alexey Gerasimov using [[Software:Source Filmmaker|Source Filmmaker]] which depicts a war between skibidi toilets (disembodied heads inside moving toilets which can be killed by being flushed down) and a faction of people with cameras, TVs and loudspeakers for heads.
* The Spirit of Christmas – Consists of two different [[Engineering:Animation|animated]] short films made by [[Biography:Trey Parker|Trey Parker]] and Matt Stone, which are precursors to the animated series ''South Park''. To differentiate between the two homonymous shorts, the first short is often referred to as ''Jesus vs. Frosty'' (1992), and the second short as ''Jesus vs. Santa'' (1995). Fox executive Brian Graden sent copies of ''Jesus vs. Santa'' to several of his friends, and from there it was copied and distributed, including on the internet, where it became one of the first [[Finance:Viral video|viral video]]s.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.gazette.uwo.ca/article.cfm?section=Arts&articleID=1811&month=11&day=9&year=2007 |title=The evolution of South Park |date=9 November 2007 |publisher=gazette.uwo.ca |access-date=9 August 2009 |last=Gregoris |first=Michael |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110611181531/http://www.gazette.uwo.ca/article.cfm?section=Arts&articleID=1811&month=11&day=9&year=2007 |archive-date=11 June 2011}}</ref> They were created by animating construction [[Cutout animation|paper cut-outs]] with [[Stop motion|stop motion]], and features [[Engineering:Prototype|prototype]]s of the main characters of ''South Park''.<ref name="time2">{{cite news|first1=Jeffrey |last1=Ressner |first2=James |last2=Collins |name-list-style=amp |title=Gross And Grosser|magazine={{wipe|Time (magazine)}}|date=23 March 1998|url=http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,988028-2,00.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100102061843/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,988028-2,00.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=2 January 2010|access-date=28 April 2009}}</ref>
* Steamed Hams – Remixes of a segment of ''The Simpsons'' episode "[[Social:22 Short Films About Springfield|22 Short Films About Springfield]]" involving Principal Skinner and Superintendent Chalmers, in which Skinner has invited Chalmers over to dinner, inadvertently sets his ham on fire, and covers it up by serving fast food hamburgers as "steamed hams".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/steamed-hams-at-25-simpsons-cast-and-crew-attempt-to-decipher-classic-moments-extraordinary-cult-following-4153712/|title='Steamed Hams' at 25: 'Simpsons' Cast and Crew Attempt to Decipher Classic Moment's Extraordinary Cult Following|work=The Hollywood Reporter|last=Parker|first=Ryan|date=April 14, 2021|access-date=January 21, 2022}}</ref>
* "This is fine" – A two-panel comic drawn in 2013 by KC Green as part of the ''Gunshow'' webcomic, showing an anthropomorphic dog sitting in a room on fire, and saying "This is fine". The comic emerged as a meme in 2016, used in situations, as described by ''The New York Times'', "halfway between a shrug and complete denial of reality". Numerous derivatives of the "This is fine" comic have been made.<ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.nytimes.com/2016/08/06/arts/this-is-fine-meme-dog-fire.html | title = Why 'This Is Fine' Is the Meme This Year Deserves | first= Katie | last = Rogers | date = 6 August 2016 | access-date = 2 March 2019 | work = {{wipe|The New York Times}} }}</ref>
*"Tuxedo Winnie the Pooh" – A photoshopped image of Winnie the Pooh sitting in an armchair from the featurette ''Winnie the Pooh and the Honey Tree'', which became popular on Reddit in 2019. The meme, which is also known as "A fellow man of culture", features Winnie the Pooh wearing a tuxedo and smiling.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2019-04-05|title=Tuxedo Pooh Bear Is The Latest Meme For You To Chortle Heartily At|url=https://www.pedestrian.tv/entertainment/tuxedo-pooh-bear-meme-wrap-up/|access-date=2021-02-21|website=Pedestrian TV|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2019-04-02|title=Class things up with this 'fancy' Winnie the Pooh meme|url=https://www.dailydot.com/unclick/winnie-pooh-fancy-meme/|access-date=2021-02-21|website=The Daily Dot|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title='Fancy Winnie The Pooh' Memes Are Here To Brighten Your Day|url=https://www.ndtv.com/offbeat/fancy-winnie-the-pooh-meme-is-here-to-brighten-your-day-2020088|access-date=2021-02-21|website=NDTV.com}}</ref>
* [[Social:The Ultimate Showdown of Ultimate Destiny|The Ultimate Showdown of Ultimate Destiny]] – A lethal battle royale between many notable real and fictitious characters from popular culture. Set to a song of the same name, written and performed by Neil Cicierega under his musician alias, "Lemon Demon."<ref>{{cite news|url=https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/thestar/access/1108664581.html?dids=1108664581:1108664581&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&date=Aug+26%2C+2006&author=Shauna+Rempel&pub=Toronto+Star&edition=&startpage=H.3&desc=Copy%2C+paste%2C+animate|title=Copy, paste, animate|work=Toronto Star|access-date=23 March 2009|first=Shauna|last=Rempel|date=26 August 2006|archive-date=15 June 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130615150831/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/thestar/access/1108664581.html?dids=1108664581:1108664581&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&date=Aug+26%2C+2006&author=Shauna+Rempel&pub=Toronto+Star&edition=&startpage=H.3&desc=Copy%2C+paste%2C+animate|url-status=dead}}</ref>
[[File:Webcomic xkcd - Wikipedian protester.png|thumb|right|xkcd's "Wikipedian Protester" comic]]
* Ultra Instinct Shaggy – A character interpretation that the ''Scooby-Doo'' character [[Social:Shaggy Rogers|Shaggy]] is immensely more powerful than he presents himself. The meme is usually presented as still frames of a behind-the-scenes interview of the 2002 live-action movie with subtitles implying that Shaggy is restraining his power to prevent catastrophe.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.polygon.com/2019/1/28/18201001/powerful-shaggy-meme-timeline-explained|title=Powerful Shaggy: an investigation|last=Radulovic|first=Petrana|date=2019-01-28|website=Polygon|access-date=2019-02-01}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://mashable.com/article/shaggy-scooby-doo-ultra-instinct-memes/|title=Shaggy from 'Scooby Doo' has extreme powers in this new meme|last=Anderson|first=Sage|website=Mashable|date=29 January 2019|language=en|access-date=2019-02-01}}</ref><ref name="Asarch">{{cite news |last1=Asarch |first1=Steven |title=Could Shaggy from Scooby Doo end up in 'Mortal Kombat'? |url=https://www.newsweek.com/shaggy-god-meme-reddit-matthew-willard-1310252 |access-date=3 February 2019 |work=Newsweek |date=29 January 2019 |language=en}}</ref> Subsequently, Warner Bros. canonized the meme as part of a credits gag in the animated film ''Mortal Kombat Legends: Battle of the Realms'',<ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.polygon.com/animation-cartoons/22650097/mortal-kombat-ultra-instinct-shaggy-mk-legends-battle-realms-scooby-doo | title = New Mortal Kombat movie canonizes Ultra Instinct Shaggy | first = Michael | last = McWhertor | date = August 31, 2021 | access-date = January 28, 2022 | work = Polygon }}</ref> as well as including Shaggy as a fighter in the ''[[Software:MultiVersus|MultiVersus]]'' crossover fighting game.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.gamespot.com/articles/wb-multiversus-fighting-game-confirmed-after-teasers/1100-6498143/|title=Warner Bros. Games Reveals MultiVersus, Makes Ultra Instinct Shaggy Real|last=Fanelli|first=Jason|date=November 18, 2021|website=GameSpot|access-date=November 18, 2021|archive-date=November 19, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211119170317/https://www.gamespot.com/articles/wb-multiversus-fighting-game-confirmed-after-teasers/1100-6498143/|url-status=live}}</ref>
* Weebl and Bob – A series of Flash cartoons created by Jonti Picking featuring two egg-shaped characters that like pie and speak in a stylistic manner.
* xkcd – A webcomic created by [[Biography:Randall Munroe|Randall Munroe]], popularized on the Internet due to a high level of math-, science- and geek-related humor,<ref>{{cite news | url = https://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/20/business/media/20link.html | title = When Pixels Find New Life on Real Paper | work = {{wipe|The New York Times}}| date = 19 April 2009 | access-date =22 June 2012 | first = Noah | last = Cohen}}</ref> with certain jokes being reflected in real-life, such as using Wikipedia's "{{bracket|{{not a typo|cita|tion needed}}}}" tag on real world signs<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-15037358.html | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20121105184506/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-15037358.html | url-status = dead | archive-date = 5 November 2012 | title = Questioning authority, one sticker at a time | work = The Boston Globe| date = 6 January 2008 | first = Joshua | last= Glenn}}</ref> or the addition of an audio preview for YouTube comments.<ref>{{cite news | url = https://www.theglobeandmail.com/technology/nerd-humour-hits-it-big/article1064437/ | title = Nerd humour hits it big | first= Ivar | last = Tossell | date = 23 October 2008 | access-date =22 June 2012 | work = The Globe and Mail}}</ref>

==Challenges==
{{Main|Social:List of Internet challenges}}
Challenges generally feature Internet users recording themselves performing certain actions, and then distributing the resulting video through social media sites, often inspiring or daring other users to repeat the challenge.

==Dance==
[[File:Harlem Shake meme B-Town ASU.jpg|thumb|upright|Two screenshots from before and after the drop in a Harlem Shake video]]
* Coffin Dance/Dancing Pallbearers – A group of Ghana pallbearers that respectfully dance during funeral processions had been covered by the BBC in 2017 and gained some initial Internet popularity.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/av/world-africa-40716576/ghana-s-dancing-pallbearers-bring-funeral-joy|title=Ghana's dancing pallbearers bring funeral joy|date=2017-07-26|website=BBC|language=en|access-date=2020-04-20}}</ref> In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, a popular [[Software:TikTok|TikTok]] video mashed the BBC footage with the EDM song "Astronomia" from Russian artist Tony Igy, creating a meme that appeared to spread as a morbidly humorous reminder about the dangers of COVID-19.<ref>{{cite web | url = https://variety.com/2020/music/news/coffin-dance-meme-music-song-astronomia-origin-russia-1234594523/ | title= Tracing the 'Coffin Dance' Meme Music's Path From Russia to Ghana to the World | first = Charlie | last= Amter | date = 30 April 2020 | access-date = 19 May 2020 | work = Variety }}</ref><ref>{{cite news | url = https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/africa/the-sudden-rise-of-the-coronavirus-grim-reaper-ghanas-dancing-pallbearers/2020/04/24/1e326d88-8421-11ea-81a3-9690c9881111_story.html | title = The sudden rise of the coronavirus grim reaper: Ghana's dancing pallbearers | first= Danielle | last=  Paquette | date = 25 April 2020 | access-date = 19 May 2020 | newspaper = {{wipe|The Washington Post}} }}</ref>
* Dab – A dance move where a person drops their head into a bent, slanted arm, with the other arm out straight and parallel.
* "Dancing Banana" – A banana dancing to the song "Peanut Butter Jelly Time" by the [[Social:Buckwheat Boyz|Buckwheat Boyz]].<ref>{{cite news|last1=Ermann|first1=Jeff|title=New Chorus Lines|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/sports/2006/05/11/new-chorus-lines-span-classbankheadas-old-time-chatter-disappears-centennial-creates-its-own-span/a88b8e81-cc3e-4af1-9a96-4739017af783/|access-date=12 May 2016|newspaper=The Washington Post|date=11 May 2006}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=Deutsch|first1=Lindsay|title=National PB&J Day: Dance, sing with banana meme|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation-now/2014/04/02/peanut-butter-jelly-time/7194151/|access-date=11 May 2016|work=USA TODAY|date=2 April 2014}}</ref>
* Hampster Dance – A page filled with hamsters dancing, linking to other animated pages. It spawned a fictional band complete with its own CD album release.<ref name="webfads">{{cite web|url = https://cnet.com/4520-11136_1-6268155.html | title = Top 10 Web Fads | access-date =12 March 2007 | author = Wood, Molly | website = CNET | date = 15 July 2005}}</ref>
* Harlem Shake – A video based on Harlem shake dance, originally created by YouTube personality Filthy Frank, and using an electronica version of the song by Baauer. In such videos, one person is dancing or acting strange among a room full of others going about routine business. After the drop in the song and a video cut, everyone starts dancing or acting strangely. The attempts to recreate the dance led to a viral spread on YouTube.<ref>{{cite news | url = http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-504784_162-57568940-10391705/the-harlem-shake-phenomenon-keeps-going-strong-with-grandmas-and-military/ | title = "The Harlem Shake" phenomenon keeps going strong (with grandmas and military) | first = Will | last = Goodman | date = 12 February 2013 | access-date = 13 February 2013 | work = CBS News }}</ref><ref>{{cite news | url = https://latimes.com/business/technology/la-fi-tn-harlem-shake-storms-the-internet-nemo-20130208,0,1734486.story | title = Forget Nemo: The Harlem Shake storms the Internet | date  =3 February 2013 | access-date = 13 February 2013 | first = Salvador | last = Rodriguez | work = {{wipe|Los Angeles Times}} }}</ref>
*"Hit the Quan" – A viral dance challenge to the song "Hit the Quan" by American rapper iLoveMemphis. Rich Homie Quan originally performed this dance in his music video for his song "Flex (Ooh, Ooh, Ooh)". iLoveMemphis produced the "Hit The Quan" based around Rich Homie Quan's dance. iLoveMemphis' song launched the "Hit the Quan" viral dance challenge because of its convenient lyrics to dance to.<ref name="billboard.com">{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/magazine-feature/6700764/iheart-memphis-rich-homie-quan-hit-the-quan-success|title=iHeart Memphis: I Spent $35 Making Hit Song 'Hit the Quan'|magazine=Billboard|date=21 September 2015|access-date=2019-04-30}}</ref> "Hit the Quan" reached 20 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 chart because of the popularity of the dance.<ref name="billboard.com"/> The dance challenge was very popular on social media platforms, especially Vine. Many celebrities participated in the popular dance challenge.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.muscleandfitness.com/athletes-celebrities/news/dwayne-johnson-crushes-hit-quan-dance-challenge|title=Dwayne Johnson Crushes the 'Hit the Quan' Challenge|website=Muscle & Fitness|date=9 October 2015|language=en|access-date=2019-04-30}}</ref> 
* "[[Social:Indian Thriller|Indian Thriller]]" – A viral scene from the Indian film ''Donga'' with added subtitles phonetically approximating the original lyrics as English sentences.<ref name="buffalaxed">{{cite news |url=https://www.wired.com/entertainment/theweb/news/2007/11/buffalax |title=Buffalax Mines Twisted Translations for YouTube Yuks |access-date=2008-03-26 |magazine= Wired |date=6 November 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131204045619/http://www.wired.com/entertainment/theweb/news/2007/11/buffalax |archive-date=2013-12-04}}</ref>
* JK Wedding Entrance Dance – The wedding procession for Jill Peterson and Kevin Heinz of St. Paul, Minnesota, choreographed to the song "Forever" by Chris Brown. Popularized on YouTube with 1.75 million views in less than five days in 2009.<ref name="Kaufman_Sarah">{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/07/24/AR2009072403199.html?hpid=topnews|title=Going to the Chapel & We're Gonna Get Jiggy|last=Kaufman|first=Sarah|date=25 July 2009|newspaper=The Washington Post|access-date=3 February 2010}}</ref> The video was later imitated in an episode of ''The Office'' on NBC.<ref name="The_Office_Wedding">{{cite news|url=https://huffingtonpost.com/2009/10/09/the-office-wedding-video_n_314916.html|title=The Office Wedding! (VIDEO) Jim & Pam's 'JK' Chris Brown Spoof|date=9 October 2009|work=Huffington Post|access-date=3 February 2010|first=Nico|last=Pitney}}</ref>
*"Kiki Challenge" or "#DoThe Shiggy" – A viral dance challenge to the song "In My Feelings" by Drake. This challenge was started by a comedian named Shiggy on the night that Drake released the album ''Scorpion''. Shiggy posted a video of himself on his Instagram account dancing along to part of the lyrics in what looks like in the middle of a neighborhood street.<ref name="Shiggy">{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/hip-hop/8466047/shiggy-drake-in-my-feelings-challenge-viral-favorites-interview|title=Shiggy on Starting a Viral Dance Challenge For Drake, and His Favorite Celebrity Versions|magazine=Billboard|date=19 July 2018|access-date=2019-04-30}}</ref> Shiggy commented #DoTheShiggy.<ref name="Shiggy" /> Drake claims the success of the song was due to Shiggy's popular dance to his song.<ref name="Shiggy" /> The dance challenge is often filmed with a twist of the original. The most popular twist of the dance is filmed from the passenger side of a moving vehicle through the open driver door where the would be driver is dancing moves along with the slowly moving car. This challenge received a lot of controversy due to the fact nobody was in control of the car. Performers have received fines and sometimes suffered injury.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/worldviews/wp/2018/07/31/arrests-fines-and-injuries-the-in-my-feelings-challenge-has-gone-global-with-dangerous-results/?noredirect=on|title=Arrests, fines and injuries: The 'In My Feelings' challenge has gone global, with dangerous results|last=Hassan|first=Jennifer|newspaper=The Washington Post|access-date=2019-04-29}}</ref> This viral dance challenge was performed by a number of professional athletes and celebrities.<ref name="Shiggy" /> The dance challenge was performed by people in the U.S. and spread to the rest of the world.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2018/aug/10/everybody-get-up-the-dance-crazes-changing-the-world|title=Everybody get up! The dance crazes changing the world|last=Phillips|first=Lior|date=2018-08-10|work=The Guardian|access-date=2019-04-30|language=en-GB|issn=0261-3077}}</ref>
* [[Social:Little Superstar|Little Superstar]] – A video of Thavakalai, a short Indian actor, break-dancing to MC Miker G & DJ Sven's remix of the Madonna song "Holiday". The clip comes from a 1990 Tamil film ''Adhisaya Piravi'', featuring actor Rajnikanth.<ref>{{cite web|first=Keith|last=Olbermann|title='Countdown with Keith Olbermann' for Sept. 29|url=http://www.nbcnews.com/id/15106585|work=NBC News|date=2 October 2006|access-date=12 May 2008}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|first=Tucker|last=Carlson|title='Tucker' for Sept. 28|url=http://www.nbcnews.com/id/15061731|work=NBC News|date=29 September 2006|access-date=12 May 2008}}</ref>
* [[Social:Running Man Challenge|Running Man Challenge]] – A dance move where participants in a way resembling running to the 1996 R&B song "My Boo" by Ghost Town DJ's{{Note|see "Running Man Challenge" in challenges}}. First posted to [[Software:Vine (service)|Vine]] by two teenagers from New Jersey, the dance went viral in 2016 after two University of Maryland basketball players posted their rendition.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Steinberg |first1=Dan |title=How a forgotten '90s dance hit made these Terps Internet famous |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/dc-sports-bog/wp/2016/04/28/my-boo-the-running-man-internet-stardom-for-these-college-basketball-players/ |access-date=27 January 2021 |agency=The Washington Post |date=28 April 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Ducey |first1=Kevin |title=The Running Man Challenge died too soon |url=https://www.si.com/extra-mustard/2016/04/26/video-running-man-challenge-college-basketball-vines-compilation-song |access-date=27 January 2021 |agency=Sports Illustrated |date=26 April 2016}}</ref> The dance gets its name because it is an adaptation of the original running man dance move.
* [[T-pose]] – A surrealist "dance move" that became popular in April 2018 modelled after the default pose (also known as a bind pose) that many 3D models in games, animations, and more take in their raw file form.<ref>{{Cite news|title=How the 'T-pose' became a meme |work=The Daily Dot|date=15 May 2018}}</ref>
* [[Social:Techno Viking|Techno Viking]] – A muscular Nordic raver dancing in a technoparade in Berlin.<ref>{{Cite magazine|date=16 June 2008|title=Weezer's "Pork & Beans" Director on the Band's Viral Hit|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/weezers-pork-beans-director-on-the-bands-viral-hit-plus-exclusive-behind-the-scenes-video-250728/|magazine=Rolling Stone}}</ref>
* "Thriller" by the CPDRC Dancing Inmates – A recreation of Michael Jackson's hit performed by prisoners at the Cebu Provincial Detention and Rehabilitation Center (CPDRC) in the {{wipe|Philippines}}.<ref name="prison_thriller">{{cite news|url=http://www.gmanews.tv/story/55587/Cebu-inmates-going-for-another-YouTube-hit|title=Cebu inmates going for another YouTube hit|date=12 August 2007|publisher=GMA News|access-date=21 January 2010}}</ref> In January 2010, it was among the ten most popular videos on YouTube with over 20 million hits.<ref name="MosquedaMW">{{cite news|url=http://www.mb.com.ph/articles/239275/mj-s-choreographer-trains-dancing-prison-inmates |title=MJ's choreographer trains dancing prison inmates |last=Mosqueda | first=Mars W. Jr. |date=19 January 2010 |newspaper=Manila Bulletin |access-date=21 January 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100129033759/http://www.mb.com.ph/articles/239275/mj-s-choreographer-trains-dancing-prison-inmates |archive-date=29 January 2010 }}</ref>
* Triangle Dance Challenge – Three individuals place hands on each other's shoulders and jump to a different point on an invisible triangle. This gained popularity in 2019.<ref name="Time">{{cite magazine | title=The Delightful Triangle Dance Is the New Viral Craze Getting People Working as a Team | magazine=Time | url=https://time.com/5552400/triangle-dance-challenge/ | access-date=2019-07-23}}</ref><ref name="the Guardian 2019">{{cite web | title=Goodbye flossing, the new dance craze is 'the Triangle' – video | website=the Guardian | date=2019-03-13 | url=http://www.theguardian.com/global/video/2019/mar/13/goodbye-flossing-the-new-dance-craze-is-the-triangle-video | access-date=2019-07-23}}</ref>

==Email==
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* [[Biography:Bill Gates|Bill Gates]] Email Beta Test – An email chain-letter that first appeared in 1997 and still circulates. The message claims that America Online and [[Company:Microsoft|Microsoft]] are conducting a beta test and for each person one forwards the email to, they will receive a payment from Bill Gates of more than $200. Realistic contact information for a lawyer appears in the message.<ref name="snopes_microsoft_aol">{{cite web|url=http://www.snopes.com/inboxer/nothing/microsoft-aol.asp|title=Microsoft/AOL Giveaway|author1=Mikkelson, Barbara |author2=Mikkelson, David P. |date=16 December 2008|website=Snopes|access-date=4 February 2010}}</ref><ref name="st001">Crabb, Don. "Bill Gates: An Urban Legend in His Own Time." ''Chicago Sun-Times'' 15 February 1998</ref>
* [[Biography:Craig Shergold|Craig Shergold]] – A British former [[Medicine:Cancer|cancer]] patient who is most famous for receiving an estimated 350 million greeting cards, earning him a place in the ''Guinness Book of World Records'' in 1991 and 1992. Variations of the plea for greeting cards sent out on his behalf in 1989 are still being distributed through the Internet, making the plea one of the most persistent [[Social:Urban legend|urban legend]]s.<ref name="Kingman_Daily_Miner">{{cite news|title=Flood of postcards continuing after Craig Shergold cured of brain cancer.|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=932&dat=19980706&id=cqpPAAAAIBAJ&pg=5141,1126862|access-date=14 June 2012|newspaper=Kingman Daily Miner|date=6 July 1998}}</ref>{{Clarify|reason=is it an urban legend if it was true? maybe the "most persistent email chain letters" instead|date=July 2021}}
* [[Social:Goodtimes virus|Goodtimes virus]] – An infamous, [[Virus hoax|fraudulent virus warning]] that first appeared in 1994. The email claimed that an email virus with the subject line "Good Times" was spreading, which would "send your CPU into a nth-complexity infinite binary loop", among other dire predictions.<ref name="good_times_faq">{{cite web|url=http://fgouget.free.fr/goodtimes/goodtimes.html|title=Good Times Virus Hoax F.A.Q|last=Jones|first=Les|date=12 December 1998|publisher=fgouget.free.fr|access-date=4 February 2010}}</ref><ref name="virus_hoaxes">{{cite web|url=http://www.snopes.com/computer/virus/virus.asp|title=Virus Hoaxes & Realities|author1=Mikkelson, Barbara |author2=Mikkelson, David P. |website=Snopes|access-date=4 February 2010}}</ref>
* [[Social:Lighthouse and naval vessel urban legend|Lighthouse and naval vessel urban legend]] – Purportedly an actual transcript of an increasingly heated radio conversation between a U.S. Navy ship and a Canadian who insists the naval vessel change a [[Physics:Collision course|collision course]], ending in the punchline. This [[Social:Urban legend|urban legend]] first appeared on the Internet in its commonly quoted format in 1995, although versions of the story predate it by several decades.<ref name="Snopes lighthouse page">{{cite web|last=Mikkelson|first=Barbara|title=The Obstinate Lighthouse|url=http://www.snopes.com/military/lighthouse.asp|website=[[Philosophy:Snopes.com|Snopes.com]]|date=18 March 2008|access-date=17 September 2011}}</ref> It continues to circulate; the Military Officers Association of America reported in 2011 that it is forwarded to them an average of three times a day.<ref name="MOAA lighthouse blog entry">{{cite web|last=LoFiego|first=Mathew|title=Classic Bilge: The Lighthouse vs. The Aircraft Carrier|url=http://www.moaablogs.org/battleofthebilge/2009/03/classic-bilge-the-lighthouse-vs-the-aircraft-carrier/|publisher=Military Officers Association of America|date=29 March 2009|access-date=20 September 2011}}</ref> The Navy has a page specifically devoted to pointing out that many of the ships named weren't even in service at the time.<ref name="USN lighthouse joke denial">{{cite web|title=The Lighthouse Joke |author=United States Navy|author-link=United States Navy |url=http://www.navy.mil/navydata/navy_legacy_hr.asp?id=174 |date=2 September 2009 |access-date=17 September 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110921055917/http://www.navy.mil/navydata/navy_legacy_hr.asp?id=174 |archive-date=21 September 2011 }}</ref>
* [[Make Money Fast|MAKE.MONEY.FAST]] – One of the first spam messages that was spread primarily through [[Usenet]], or even earlier [[Bulletin board system|BBS]] systems, in the late 1980s or early 1990s. The original email is attributed to an individual who used the name "Dave Rhodes", who may or may not have existed.<ref name="Rudnitskaya_Alena">{{cite book|last=Rudnitskaya|first=Alena|title=The Concept of Spam in Email Communications.|year=2009|publisher=GRIN Verlag|isbn=978-3640401574|page=6|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=72d9PCtm7pQC&q=make.money.fast&pg=PA6|access-date=2013-07-10}}</ref> The message is a classic [[Finance:Pyramid scheme|pyramid scheme]] – one receives an email with a list of names and is asked to send $5 by postal mail to the person whose name is at the top of the list, add their own name to the bottom, and forward the updated list to a number of other people.<ref name="Gil_Paul">{{cite news|last=Gil|first=Paul|title=The Top 10 Internet/Email Scams.|url=http://netforbeginners.about.com/od/scamsandidentitytheft/ss/top10inetscams_9.htm|access-date=15 June 2012|newspaper=About.com|archive-date=3 November 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151103172709/http://netforbeginners.about.com/od/scamsandidentitytheft/ss/top10inetscams_9.htm|url-status=dead}}</ref>
* Neiman Marcus Cookie recipe – An email chain-letter dating back to the early 1990s, but originating as Xeroxlore, in which a person tells a story about being ripped off for over $200 for a cookie recipe from Neiman Marcus. The email claims the person is attempting to exact revenge by passing the recipe out for free.<ref name="neiman_marcus_cookie">{{cite web|url=http://www.snopes.com/business/consumer/cookie.asp|title=(Costs a) Fortune Cookie|last=Mikkelson|first=Barbara|date=24 June 2009|website=Snopes|access-date=4 February 2010}}</ref><ref name="De Vos">{{cite book|last=De Vos|first=Gail|title=Tales, rumors, and gossip: exploring contemporary folk literature in grades 7–12|publisher=Libraries Unlimited (A Member of Greenwood Publishing Group, Inc.)|location=Westport, Connecticut|year=1996|pages=21–22|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=M8bvN93y-fIC&q=Tales,+Rumors,+and+Gossip:+Exploring+Contemporary+Folk+Literature+in+Grades+7-12+neiman+marcus&pg=PA21|isbn=1-56308-190-3|access-date=4 February 2010}}</ref>
* [[Advance-fee scam|Nigerian Scam/419 scam]] – A mail scam attempt popularized by the ability to send millions of emails. The scam claims the sender is a high-ranking official of Nigeria with knowledge of a large sum of money or equivalent goods that they cannot claim but must divest themselves of; to do so, they claim to require a smaller sum of money up front to access the sum to send to the receiver. The nature of the scam has mutated to be from any number of countries, high-ranking persons, barristers, or relationships to said people.<ref>{{cite news | title = E-mail puts new life into old Nigerian Scam | work = Chicago Tribune | date = 29 April 2002 | first = Dave | last = Payton | page = 2}}</ref>

==Film and television==
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[[File:Tommy-Wiseau-3.jpg|thumb|Tommy Wiseau of ''The Room'' (2003)]]
* ''The Babadook'' (2014) – An Australian-Canadian [[Software:Psychological horror|psychological]] horror film that started trending on [[Company:Twitter|Twitter]] in June 2017 when the [[Social:Title character|title character]] became an unofficial mascot for the LGBT community.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Seavers|first1=Kris|title=The Babadook is this year's Pride Month's unofficial mascot|url=https://www.dailydot.com/unclick/babadook-gay-memes/|access-date=8 June 2017|work=The Daily Dot|date=7 June 2017}}</ref> Prior to that, rumors of the Babadook's sexuality began in October 2016, when some [[Company:Netflix|Netflix]] users reported seeing the film categorized as an LGBT movie on Netflix.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Stolworthy|first1=Jacob|title=The Babadook is being celebrated as a gay icon|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/news/the-babadook-is-being-celebrated-as-a-gay-icon-pride-june-netflix-a7778626.html|access-date=8 June 2017|work=The Independent|date=8 June 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=Bucher|first1=Chris|title='The Babadook' Is an LGBT Symbol: Best & Funniest Memes|url=http://heavy.com/social/2017/06/the-babadook-memes-lgbt-gay-pride-meaning/|access-date=8 June 2017|work=Heavy.com|date=7 June 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=Whitehead|first1=Mat|title=Just FYI, The Babadook Is A Queer Icon Now|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com.au/2017/06/08/just-fyi-the-babadook-is-a-queer-icon-now_a_22131899/|access-date=8 June 2017|work=Huffington Post|date=8 June 2017|language=en-AU}}</ref>
* ''[[Finance:Barbenheimer|Barbenheimer]]'' (2023) – A portmanteau of ''Barbie'' and ''Oppenheimer''. ''Barbenheimer'' began circulating ahead of the theatrical release of both films on July 21, 2023, with [[Social:Social networking service|social media]] users creating and sharing memes noting the juxtaposition between the films.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Jaworski |first=Michelle |date=2023-06-29 |title=Barbenheimer is the cinematic meme of the summer |url=https://www.dailydot.com/unclick/barbenheimer-memes/ |access-date=2023-07-02 |website=[[Company:The Daily Dot|The Daily Dot]] |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Gregory |first=Elizabeth |date=2023-06-30 |title=Barbenheimer: the internet reacts to the release of both films |url=https://www.standard.co.uk/culture/film/barbenheimer-boppenheimer-meme-barbie-margot-robbie-oppenheimer-b1091120.html |access-date=2023-07-10 |website=Evening Standard |language=en}}</ref>
* ''[[Social:Bee Movie|Bee Movie]]'' (2007) – Sped-up or slowed-down clips of the film have become popular on [[Company:YouTube|YouTube]].<ref>{{cite news|last1=Purdom|first1=Clayton|title=People are inexplicably flocking to watch Bee Movie at "20,000X speed"|url=https://avclub.com/article/people-are-inexplicably-flocking-watch-bee-movie-2-246092|access-date=29 November 2016|date=17 November 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=Alexander|first1=Julia|title=YouTube removes Bee Movie memes due to its policy on spam, deception and scams (update)|url=http://www.polygon.com/2016/11/23/13732986/bee-movie-meme-youtube-remove|access-date=29 November 2016|work=Polygon|date=23 November 2016}}</ref> One upload by "Avoid at All Costs" exceeded 12 million views as of December 2016.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Shamsian|first1=Jacob|title=This YouTube video that has been viewed over 13 million times could be the heralding of a new meme|url=http://www.thisisinsider.com/bee-movie-sped-up-meme-2016-12|access-date=3 December 2016|work=INSIDER|date=2 December 2016}}</ref> Many of the edited videos in this trend were taken down for spam due to the volume of videos posted by some channels.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Hathaway|first=Jay|date=2016-11-24|title=Why is YouTube Killing All These Sweet 'Bee Movie' Memes?|url=https://www.dailydot.com/unclick/bee-movie-memes-youtube/|access-date=2021-07-11|website=The Daily Dot|language=en-US}}</ref><!-- look for sources re: videos being taken down for copyright --> From September 2013 onwards, a few Internet users posted the entirety of the ''Bee Movie'' script on sites like [[Company:Tumblr|Tumblr]] and [[Company:Facebook|Facebook]].<ref>{{cite web |last1=Martineau |first1=Paris |title=A Complete History of Bee Movie's Many, Many Memes |url=https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2017/11/a-complete-history-of-bee-movies-many-many-memes.html |publisher=NYMag |date=2 November 2017 |access-date=31 May 2020}}</ref>
* ''[[Unsolved:The Blair Witch Project|The Blair Witch Project]]'' (1999) – The film's producers used [[Finance:Internet marketing|Internet marketing]] to create the impression that the documentary-style horror film featured real, as opposed to fictional events.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.experiencefestival.com/a/The_Blair_Witch_Project/id/1934054 |title=The Blair Witch Project – Marketing and method |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120223160936/http://www.experiencefestival.com/a/The_Blair_Witch_Project/id/1934054 |archive-date=23 February 2012 }}</ref>
* ''[[Social:Cloverfield|Cloverfield]]'' (2008) – Paramount Pictures used a [[Social:Viral marketing|viral marketing]] campaign to promote this monster movie.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://buzz.yahoo.com/buzzlog/85913/has-cloverfield-jumped-the-shark |title=Has 'Cloverfield' Jumped the Shark? |publisher=Yahoo! |access-date=10 January 2008 |date=10 January 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080113114227/http://buzz.yahoo.com/buzzlog/85913/has-cloverfield-jumped-the-shark |archive-date=13 January 2008 }}</ref>
* ''Dahmer – Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story'' (2022) – An anthology thriller true crime series by Ryan Murphy and Ian Brennan for Netflix. after its release, it became viral over [[Company:Twitter|Twitter]] and [[Software:TikTok|TikTok]].<ref>{{Cite magazine |title=Netflix's Dahmer Series Controversy |url=https://knowyourmeme.com/editorials/guides/what-is-the-new-dahmer-meme-and-what-does-he-want-you-to-watch |access-date=2022-12-17 |magazine=Time |language=en}}</ref>
* ''Downfall'' (2004) – A film depicting Adolf Hitler (portrayed in this film by Swiss actor Bruno Ganz) during his final days of his life. Multiple scenes in which Hitler rants in German have been parodied innumerable times on the Internet, including when Hitler finds out that Felix Steiner has failed to carry out his orders and when Hitler finds out ''SS-Gruppenführer'' Hermann Fegelein has gone AWOL. This scene often has its English subtitles replaced by mock subtitles to give the appearance that Hitler is ranting about modern, often trivial topics, and sometimes even breaks the fourth wall by referencing the Internet meme itself. While the clips are frequently removed for copyright violations, the film's director, Oliver Hirschbiegel, has stated that he enjoys them, and claimed to have seen about 145 of them.<ref name="BunzM">{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/pda/2010/feb/01/digital-media-youtube-hitler-parody|title=Just how many Hitler videos does the world need?|last=Bunz|first=Mercedes|date=2 February 2010|work=The Guardian |access-date=3 February 2010}}</ref><ref name="MesnickM">{{cite news|url=http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20100118/0414537797.shtml|title=Director of the Hitler Downfall Movie Likes The Hundreds of Parody Clips|last=Masnick|first=Mike|date=22 January 2010|publisher=techdirt|access-date=3 February 2010}}</ref>
* [[Social:Figwit|Figwit]] (abbreviated from "Frodo is great...who is that?") – A background elf character with only seconds of screen time and one line of dialog from ''The Lord of the Rings'' film trilogy played by Flight of the Conchords member Bret McKenzie, which became a fascination with a large number of fans. This ultimately led to McKenzie being brought back to play an elf in ''The Hobbit''.<ref>{{cite news | url = https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/film/3587070/Elf-who-launched-a-thousand-hits.html | title = Elf who launched a thousand hits | first = Oliver | last = Poole | date = 13 December 2002 | access-date =6 April 2011 |work=The Daily Telegraph}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | url = http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2003/01/10/1041990093364.html | title = The elf who turned into a chick magnet | first = Oliver | last = Poole | date = 11 January 2003 | access-date =6 April 2011 |work=The Age | location=Melbourne, Australia}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news | url = https://variety.com/article/VR1118034972 | title = 'Conchords' star McKenzie an elf in 'The Hobbit' | first = Dave | last = McNary | date = 4 April 2011 | access-date =6 April 2011 |work=Variety}}</ref>
*''Goncharov'' - A nonexistent film invented by users on [[Company:Tumblr|Tumblr]].<ref>{{cite news | newspaper=The New York Times | title=The Fake Scorsese Film You Haven't Seen. Or Have You? | date=November 22, 2022 | last=Kircher | first=Madison Malone | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/11/22/style/goncharov-scorsese-tumblr.html | access-date=November 22, 2022}}</ref> It is purported to be "the greatest mafia movie ever made," released in 1973.<ref name="goncharovfocus">{{Cite web |date=2022-11-21 |title=Martin Scorsese's Goncharov 1973 movie would be box office hit – if it were real |url=https://www.thefocus.news/culture/did-martin-scorsese-direct-goncharov-1973-tumblr-fiction-debunked/ |access-date=2022-11-21 |website=The Focus |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref name="goncharovtakesover" /> In 2020, a user posted a picture of a tag found on a pair of boots which featured details on the nonexistent film ''Goncharov'' in place of a brand label, which suggested it was "A film by Matteo JWHJ0715" and "presented" by Martin Scorsese. Users have inconsistently described the film as being directed by either Matteo JWHJ0715 or Scorsese. This label was speculated by several users to be a misprint of ''Gomorrah''.<ref name="goncharovhottest" /> ''Goncharov'' picked up traction again in late November 2022 when a user created a poster for the film that featured a lineup of actors and character names, ultimately sparking an elaborate fiction of the film's existence.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Where to Stream 'Goncharov' (1973), The Mysterious Martin Scorsese Movie Dominating Tumblr|work= Decider|first=Meghan|last=O'Keefe |url=https://decider.com/2022/11/21/where-to-stream-goncharov-1973/|date=2022-11-21 |access-date=2022-11-21 |language=en-US}}</ref> Discussion of the film involved detailed critical analysis of the plot, themes, symbolism, and characters, as well as creation of gifs, fan art, and theme music, all presented as if the film were real.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Radulovic |first=Petrana |date=2022-11-21 |title='Martin Scorsese's lost film' Goncharov (1973), explained |url=https://www.polygon.com/23471749/goncharov-1973-explained-tumblr-meme |access-date=2022-11-22 |website=Polygon |language=en-US}}</ref> The meme's popularity caused it to become a trending topic on the Tumblr platform.<ref name="goncharovfocus" /><ref name="goncharovtakesover">{{Cite web |title=Lost Martin Scorsese movie, Goncharov, takes over the internet |url=https://www.thedigitalfix.com/martin-scorsese/movie-goncharov |access-date=2022-11-21 |website=The Digital Fix |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref name="goncharovhottest">{{Cite web |last=Baker-Whitelaw |first=Gavia |date=2022-11-21 |title=Martin Scorsese's 'Goncharov' is the hottest film on Tumblr. It doesn't actually exist. |url=https://www.dailydot.com/unclick/goncharov-scorsese-movie-tumblr/ |access-date=2022-11-21 |website=The Daily Dot |language=en-US}}</ref> A similar meme that emerged on [[Software:TikTok|TikTok]] nine months later<!--in August 2023-->—about a fictional 1980s horror film, ''Zepotha''—drew comparisons to ''Goncharov''.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Diaz |first1=Ana |title=TikTok has invented a fake '80s horror movie named Zepotha |url=https://www.polygon.com/23831416/zepotha-opening-scene-tiktok-fake-80s-horror-movie-goncharov |website=Polygon |access-date=2023-08-15 |language=en |date=2023-08-14 |quote=''Zepotha'' really just seems like TikTok's take on ''Goncharov''...So far, ''Zepotha'' hasn't reached the same depth of planning, and it's prompted a bit of a rivalry between the two films.}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Rosenblatt |first1=Kalhan |title='Zepotha' is social media's favorite film — but it doesn't exist |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/pop-culture/zepotha-fake-movie-social-media-rcna99788 |website=NBCNews.com |access-date=2023-08-15 |language=en |date=2023-08-14 |quote="Zepotha" is not the first fake film to go viral. Last year, Tumblr users became obsessed with "Goncharov,"...It garnered similar fervor from people online}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Kemp |first1=Ellie |title=Who is Emily Jeffri? The independent artist behind TikTok's Zepotha trend |url=https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/uk-news/who-emily-jeffri-independent-artist-27519489 |newspaper=Manchester Evening News |access-date=2023-08-16 |language=en |date=2023-08-15 |quote=Last winter, a meme of a similar nature...on Tumblr...resulted in the concept of Goncharov}}</ref>
* ''[[Social:LazyTown|LazyTown]]'' (2004) – A children's television program originating from Iceland, which became very popular after one of the primary actors, Stefán Karl Stefánsson, was diagnosed with cancer and set up a GoFundMe page for support. The song "[[Social:We Are Number One|We are Number One]]" became a meme in October 2016, and many videos were created. It became one of the fastest growing memes in history, with 250 videos uploaded in 5 days.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.wetheunicorns.com/news/robbie-rotten-stefan-karl-stefansson-lazytown-meme/#bxBe3uKYcuprLqvy.97|title=YouTubers Are Using Memes To Help The Robbie Rotten Actor Fight Cancer|date=2016-11-30|newspaper=We The Unicorns|language=en-US|access-date=2016-12-16}}</ref>
*''Les Misérables'' (2012) - In April 2022, a clip of the film's version of the "Do You Hear the People Sing?" musical sequence circulated on Twitter in protest of the lockdown during the 2022 Shanghai COVID-19 outbreak. The clip was ultimately blocked by the Chinese government to stop further protest.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-04-23/china-web-users-race-to-post-censored-video-on-lockdown-troubles |title=China Web Users Race to Post Censored Video on Lockdown Troubles |newspaper={{wipe|Bloomberg News}} |date=23 April 2022}}</ref>
* ''The Lord of the Rings'' trilogy – Released between 2001 and 2003, just as meme culture was taking off, several moments from the films became part of the online culture, with, most notably, Sean Bean's character of Boromir stating "One does not simply walk into Mordor" as one of the most commonly referenced.<ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.polygon.com/lord-of-the-rings/22573659/lotr-memes-boromir-simply-walk-into-mordor-history | title = One cannot simply separate the Lord of the Rings movies from meme immortality | first  =  Isabelle | last = Lichtenstein | date = July 14, 2021 | access-date = July 14, 2021 | work = Polygon }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.avclub.com/sean-bean-checking-his-script-in-lord-of-the-rings-crea-1843828754 | title = Sean Bean checking his script in Lord Of The Rings created a classic meme | first= Reid | last =McCarter | date = June 1, 2020 | access-date = July 14, 2021 | work = The A.V. Club }}</ref> 
* ''Marble Hornets'' – A documentary-style horror, suspense short film series based on alternate reality experiences of the Slenderman tale. Marble Hornets was instrumental in codifying parts of the Slender Man mythos, but is not part of the inter-continuity crossover that includes many of the blogs and vlogs that followed it, although MH does feature in other canons as either a chronicle of real events or a fictional series.<ref name="Contemporary Legends">
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* ''[[Social:Mega Shark Versus Giant Octopus|Mega Shark Versus Giant Octopus]]'' (2009) – The theatrical trailer released in mid-May 2009 became a viral hit, scoring over one million hits on MTV.com and another 300,000 hits on YouTube upon launch, prompting brisk pre-orders of the DVD.<ref name="HellingSteve">{{cite news|url=http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20279240,00.html|title=Deborah Gibson Becomes a Viral Video Star|last=Helling|first=Steve|date=15 May 2009|work=People Magazine|access-date=16 February 2010|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110511193002/http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20279240,00.html?xid=rss-topheadlines|archive-date=11 May 2011}}</ref>
* [[Social:Minions (Despicable Me)|Minions]] - The mischievous yellow creatures from the ''Despicable Me'' franchise have, since their introduction in 2010, become ubiquitous in certain layers of meme culture.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.vox.com/2015/7/10/8928069/minions | title=Minions, explained | date=10 July 2015 }}</ref> The memes created with images of Minions have frequently been derided as bland or unintentionally absurd.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/danielspielberger/how-the-minions-took-over-the-world | title=How the Minions Took over the World | website=BuzzFeed News }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.insider.com/minion-memes-despicable-me-2017-6 | title=The 'Despicable Me' stars are baffled by the bizarre ways people are using Minions to express themselves | website=Insider.com }}</ref> In 2022, a phenomenon known as "Gentleminions" arose, in which young men and teen boys would arrive to ''Minions: The Rise of Gru'' in formal attire.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Murphy|first=J. Kim|title=The Rise of #Gentleminions: Why Gen-Z Is Wearing Suits to See 'Minions: The Rise of Gru'|url=https://variety.com/2022/digital/news/gentleminions-minions-the-rise-of-gru-tiktok-1235308906/|website=Variety|date=5 July 2022 |access-date=July 5, 2022}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last1=Shaw|first1=Danny|last2=Baker|first2=Viola|url=https://thetab.com/uk/2022/07/05/introducing-the-australian-high-school-students-who-started-the-viral-gentleminions-trend-rise-of-gru-despicable-me-260047|title=Introducing the Australian high school students who started the viral 'gentleminions' trend|date=July 4, 2022|website=The Tab UK|access-date=July 5, 2022}}</ref>
[[File:Bronycon summer 2012 cosplay session.jpg|thumb|right|The adult [[Social:My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic fandom|brony]] fandom of ''My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic'' grew from its 4chan roots.]]
* ''[[Social:My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic|My Little Pony]]'' – [[Company:Hasbro|Hasbro]]'s 2010 animated series to revive its toy line was discovered by members of [[Social:4chan|4chan]] and subsequently spawned a large adult, mostly male fanbase calling themselves "bronies" and creating numerous Internet memes and mashups based on elements from the show.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.awn.com/blogs/miscweant/ponies-and-bronies | title = Of Ponies and Bronies | first= Joe | last = Strike | date = 5 July 2011 | access-date =6 July 2011 | work = Animation World Network}}</ref><ref name="bronies">{{cite news | url = https://www.wired.com/underwire/2011/06/bronies-my-little-ponys/ | title = My Little Pony Corrals Unlikely Fanboys Known as 'Bronies' | first= Angela| last = Watercutter | date = 9 June 2011 | access-date =30 June 2011 | magazine = Wired}}</ref>
* [[Social:Re-cut trailer|Re-cut trailer]] – User-made trailers for established films, using scenes, voice-overs, and music, to alter the appearance of the film's true genre or meaning or to create a new, apparently seamless, film. Examples include casting the thriller-drama ''The Shining'' into a romantic comedy, or using footage from the respective films to create ''Robocop vs. Terminator''.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/movies/2012/06/movie-mash-ups-that-beat-abraham-lincoln-vampire-hunter/ | title = Movie Mash-ups That Beat Abraham Lincoln Vampire Hunter | first = Daniel | last = Eagen | date = 20 June 2012 | access-date = 19 July 2012 | publisher = Smithsonian Institution | archive-date = 24 June 2012 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120624230700/http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/movies/2012/06/movie-mash-ups-that-beat-abraham-lincoln-vampire-hunter | url-status = dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite news | url = https://www.usatoday.com/life/movies/2007-01-22-trailer-mashups_x.htm | title = Mashups add splice to movies | work = [[Software:USA Today|USA Today]] | first = Janet | last = Kornblum | date = 22 January 2007 | access-date =19 July 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title='Scary Poppins' y otros montajes alternativos – CINEMANÍA|url=http://www.cinemania.es/noticias/scary-poppins-y-otros-montajes-alternativos/|access-date=25 August 2016|date=1 October 2011|language=es-ES}}</ref>
* ''The Nutshack'' (2007) – a Filipino-American adult animated television series that has been widely mocked for its obnoxious characters, bad writing and animation, and especially for the theme song.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Roberson |first=Chris Chan |date=2017-11-17 |title=15 Cartoons You Always Said You Hated (But Secretly Watched) |url=https://www.cbr.com/bad-cartoons-you-love/ |access-date=2023-11-02 |website=CBR |language=en}}</ref> The series became an internet meme in the summer of 2016, though it died out a year later.
* ''The Room'' (2003) – Written, produced, directed, and starring Tommy Wiseau, the low- budget independent film is considered one of the worst films ever made. However, through [[Social:Social media|social media]] and interest from comedians, gained a large number of ironic fans and turned into a cult classic. It is a popular source for memes based on some of the poorly delivered lines in the movie, such as "You're tearing me apart, Lisa!" (a shoehorned reference to an iconic James Dean line in ''Rebel Without a Cause'') and "Oh hi, Mark."<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.cleveland.com/movies/index.ssf/2010/01/a_bad_movie_called_the_room_is.html | title = A bad movie called 'The Room' is a picture of success | work = Cleveland Plain Dealer | date = 29 January 2010 | access-date = 30 October 2012 | first = Julie | last = Washington }}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine | url = https://ew.com/ew/article/0,,20246031,00.html | title = The Crazy Cult of 'The Room' | date = 12 December 2008 | access-date = 30 October 2012 | first = Clark | last = Collis | magazine=Entertainment Weekly}}</ref>
* ''Sharknado'' (2013) – A made-for-television film produced by The Asylum and aired on the SyFy network as a mockbuster of other disaster films, centered on the appearance of a [[Earth:Tornado|tornado]] filled with sharks in downtown Los Angeles. Though similar to other films from the Asylum, elements of the film, such as low-budget effects and choice of actors, led to the film becoming a social media hit and leading to at least four additional sequels.<ref>{{cite news | url = https://www.nytimes.com/2013/07/13/arts/television/sharknado-tears-up-twitter-if-not-the-tv-ratings.html | title = 'Sharknado' Tears Up Twitter, if Not the TV Ratings | first = Brian | last = Stelter | date = 13 July 2013 | access-date = 24 August 2015 | work = {{wipe|The New York Times}}}}</ref>
* ''[[Social:Shrek (franchise)|Shrek]]'' – A DreamWorks franchise that has an internet fandom likes the series.<ref name = "NYmag">{{cite web|last=Feldman|first=Brian|date=19 July 2016|url=https://nymag.com/selectall/2016/07/meme-teen-ogre-loads-the-rnc-with-call-for-new-memes.html|title=America Inspired by Teen Protester's Call at RNC: 'Make Memes Great Again'|work=New York|access-date=22 July 2016}}</ref> The viral video "Shrek is Love, Shrek is Life" was based on a homoerotic story on [[Social:4chan|4chan]] depicting the titular ogre engaging in anal sex with a young boy.<ref>{{cite web|last=Amidi|first=Amid|date=25 March 2014|url=http://www.cartoonbrew.com/cartoon-brew-pick/shrek-is-love-shrek-is-life-by-airplane-randy-nsfw-97759.html|title='Shrek is Love, Shrek is Life' by Airplane Randy (NSFW)|publisher=Cartoon Brew|access-date=24 January 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Alfonso III|first=Fernando|date=27 March 2014|url=http://www.dailydot.com/lol/shrek-is-love-shrek-is-life-meme/|title=A history of the Internet's freakish obsession with Shrek|work=[[Company:The Daily Dot|The Daily Dot]]|access-date=24 January 2016}}</ref>
* ''[[Social:Snakes on a Plane|Snakes on a Plane]]'' (2006) – Attracted attention a year before its planned release, and before any promotional material was released, due to the film's working title, its seemingly absurd premise, and the piquing of actor Samuel L. Jackson's interest to work on the film. Producers of the film responded to the Internet buzz by adding several scenes and dialogue imagined by the fans.<ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5298003 | title = 'Snakes on a Plane': Phenomenon on the Net | publisher = NPR | access-date =12 March 2007 | date = 26 March 2006}}</ref>
* ''[[Social:SpongeBob SquarePants|SpongeBob SquarePants]]'' – A Nickelodeon animated television series that has spawned various Internet memes. These memes include "Surprised [[Social:Patrick Star|Patrick]]",<ref name="Spongebob Memes 2"/> "[[Social:Mr. Krabs|Mr. Krabs]] Blur",<ref name="Spongebob Memes">{{cite news|last1=Watson|first1=Elijah|title=What makes 'SpongeBob SquarePants' the most memeable cartoon?|url=http://www.dailydot.com/unclick/why-so-many-spongebob-squarepants-memes/|work=Daily Dot|access-date=28 August 2016|date=13 May 2016}}</ref> "Caveman SpongeBob",<ref>{{cite news|last1=McCluskey|first1=Megan|title=These Are the Most 'Googled' Memes of 2016|url=http://time.com/4600125/memes-googled-2016/|access-date=4 January 2017|work=TIME.com|date=14 December 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=Barnes|first1=Shane|title=Clinton Trounces Trump, a Guide to Primitive Sponge, and More: Today's Recommended Reading|url=http://flavorwire.com/578642/clinton-trounces-trump-a-guide-to-primitive-sponge-and-more-todays-recommended-reading|work=Flavor Wire|access-date=28 August 2016|date=2 June 2016}}</ref> "Handsome Squidward",<ref name="Spongebob Memes 2">{{cite news|last1=Aran|first1=Isha|title=SpongeBob may be getting a musical, but the show's real legacy is on the internet|url=http://fusion.net/story/315705/spongebob-musical-memes/|access-date=28 August 2016|work=Fusion|date=17 June 2016|archive-date=27 August 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160827225420/http://fusion.net/story/315705/spongebob-musical-memes/|url-status=dead}}</ref> and "Mocking SpongeBob".<ref>{{cite news|last1=Tsuji|first1=Alysha|title=This SpongeBob SquarePants meme is taking over the internet, but wHaT DoEs iT mEaN?|url=http://ftw.usatoday.com/2017/05/what-is-spongebob-meme-mean-mocking-internet-chicken-episode-twitter-jokes|access-date=13 May 2017|work=For The Win|date=12 May 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=Hathaway|first1=Jay|title='Mocking Spongebob' is the most insulting meme of 2017|url=https://www.dailydot.com/unclick/mocking-spongebob-meme/|access-date=13 May 2017|work=The Daily Dot|date=9 May 2017}}</ref> In 2019, Nickelodeon officially released merchandise based on the memes.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Harbison |first1=Cammy |title=A new line of Spongebob Squarepants Masterpiece Memes figurines bring all your favorite SpongeBob memes to life. |url=https://www.newsweek.com/spongebob-meme-toys-nickelodeon-figures-where-buy-mocking-spongebob-toy-1404691 |access-date=25 April 2019 |work=Newsweek |date=24 April 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Tigg |first1=Fnr |title=Nickelodeon Releases Official Spongebob Meme Figures |url=https://www.complex.com/pop-culture/2019/04/nickelodeon-releases-official-spongebob-meme-figures |access-date=26 April 2019 |work=Complex |issue=24 April 2019 |language=en}}</ref>
* ''Star War: The Third Gathers: The Backstroke of the West'' – Around the time of release, a bootleg recording circulated on the internet via [[Peer-to-peer|peer-to-peer]] sharing websites. It quickly became notorious for its notable use of [[Social:Engrish|Engrish]],<!-- is it engrish or is it just poorly translated? --> like the translation of Darth Vader's line "No!" rendered as "Do not want". About a decade after the release of the bootleg, a fandub matching its subtitles was posted on YouTube.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/amp/heat-vision/star-wars-revenge-sith-bootleg-chinese-dialogue-is-a-masterpiece-960452 |title='Revenge of the Sith' Dubbed With Bootleg Chinese Dialogue Is a Fan-Made Masterpiece |work=The Hollywood Reporter |date=3 January 2017 |access-date=20 August 2017 |last1=Shanley |first1=Patrick }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://io9.gizmodo.com/let-us-rejoice-that-someone-dubbed-the-entire-chinese-b-1790936814/amp|title=Let Us Rejoice That Someone Dubbed The Entire Chinese Bootleg of Revenge of the Sith |publisher=io9 |access-date=20 August 2017 }}</ref>
* [[Social:22 Short Films About Springfield#"Steamed Hams"|Steamed Hams]] – A clip from the season seven episode of ''The Simpsons'', [[Social:22 Short Films About Springfield|22 Short Films About Springfield]], gained popularity with many remixes and edits to the Skinner and The Superintendent segment.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.polygon.com/2018/1/2/16842564/steamed-hams-meme-the-simpsons|title=The internet revives The Simpsons' greatest joke, 'Steamed Hams' (update)|last=Frank|first=Allegra|date=2018-01-02|website=Polygon|access-date=2018-02-26}}</ref>
* ''[[Social:Take This Lollipop|Take This Lollipop]]'' (2011) – An [[Interactivity|interactive]] horror short film and Facebook app, written and directed by Jason Zada to personalize and underscore the dangers inherent in posting too much personal information about oneself on the [[Internet]]. Information gathered from a viewer's Facebook profile by the film's app, used once and then deleted, makes the film different for each viewer.<ref name="Indiewire 10-20-11">{{cite news|url=https://indiewire.com/article/interview_jason_zada_the_director_behind_that_creepy_take_this_lollipop_web|title=Interview: Jason Zada, The Director Behind That Creepy "Take This Lollipop" Website|access-date=1 June 2012|newspaper=Indiewire|date=20 October 2011}}</ref><ref name="Brand Channel 10-18-11">{{cite news|last=Shayon |first=Sheila |title=Take This Lollipop Spooks Facebook Users |url=http://www.brandchannel.com/home/post/Take-This-Lollipop-101811.aspx |access-date=1 June 2012 |newspaper=Brandchannel |date=18 October 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120604064353/http://www.brandchannel.com/home/post/Take-This-Lollipop-101811.aspx |archive-date=4 June 2012 }}</ref><ref name="Social Media Today 10-31-11">{{cite news|title=Take This Lollipop Facebook App – Creepy Way to Visualize Your Privacy|url=http://socialmediatoday.com/lewis-bertolucci/378593/take-lollipop-facebook-app-creepy-way-visualize-your-privacy|access-date=1 June 2012|newspaper=Social Media Today|date=31 October 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120809113555/http://socialmediatoday.com/lewis-bertolucci/378593/take-lollipop-facebook-app-creepy-way-visualize-your-privacy|archive-date=9 August 2012}}</ref>
* ''The Three Bears'' (1939) – An animated short film made by Terrytoons based on the story Goldilocks and the Three Bears. One of the scenes from the short depicting Papa Bear saying "Somebody toucha my spaghet!" in a stereotypically thick Italian accent became an internet meme in December 2017.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Moreno |first1=Denisse |title='Somebody Touch My Spaghet' Memes Take Over Snapchat, Twitter |url=https://www.ibtimes.com/somebody-touch-my-spaghet-memes-take-over-snapchat-twitter-2640059 |work=International Business Times|access-date=31 May 2020 |date=10 January 2018}}</ref>
*''Treasure Island'' (1988) - A Russian animated film developed and distributed by Kievnauchfilm based on the novel of the same name by Robert Louis Stevenson. A loop of a scene from the film showing three characters in a walk cycle with [[Social:Dr. Livesey|Dr. Livesey]] showing a highly pronounced swagger, often overlaid with the phonk song, "Why Not" by Ghostface Playa, became an internet meme in August 2022.
*''West Side Story'' (2021) – A clip of the opening [[Engineering:Long take|long take]] shot of "The Dance at the Gym" sequence from Steven Spielberg's 2021 film version of the musical was uploaded to [[Company:Twitter|Twitter]] on February 25, 2022, and went viral over the weekend, reaching 3 million views and over 32,000 likes. It led to many users sharing images and clips of their favorite scenes and shots from the film during that time, while praising Spielberg's direction and Janusz Kamiński's cinematography.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thedigitalfix.com/west-side-story/spielberg-scene-goes-viral|title=West Side Story scene goes viral because Spielberg is the GOAT|first=Fiona|last= Underhill|date=1 March 2022|website=The Digital Fix|access-date=2 March 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Perine |first1=Aaron |title=West Side Story Fans Celebrate Gorgeous Spielberg Cinematography|url=https://comicbook.com/movies/news/west-side-story-spielberg-cinematography/|website=ComicBook.com |date=February 26, 2022 |access-date=February 26, 2022}}</ref> This was further amplified by a Twitter thread by filmmaker Guillermo del Toro analyzing the camerawork and blocking on this particular shot.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Massoto |first1=Erick |title=Guillermo del Toro Praises Steven Spielberg's Work on 'West Side Story' |url=https://collider.com/guillermo-del-toro-steven-spielbergs-west-side-story-filmmaking-comments/ |access-date=March 24, 2022 |work=Collider |date=February 28, 2022}}</ref>
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[[File:Bowsette another one by poderosoandrajoso.png|thumb|right|Bowsette is a fan-made, gender-swapped version of the Mario franchise character Bowser.]]
* "[[Social:All your base are belong to us|All your base are belong to us]]" – [[Social:Engrish|Badly translated English]] from the opening [[Software:Cutscene|cutscene]] of the European [[Engineering:Sega Genesis|Mega Drive]] version of the 1989 arcade game ''[[Software:Zero Wing|Zero Wing]].'' It has become a catchphrase, inspiring videos and other derivative works.<ref>{{cite news|author=Benner, Jeffrey |date=23 February 2001 |url=https://www.wired.com/news/culture/0,1284,42009,00.html |title=When Gamer Humor Attacks |access-date=15 May 2006 |magazine=Wired |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060428051644/http://www.wired.com/news/culture/0%2C1284%2C42009%2C00.html |archive-date=28 April 2006 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url =  https://www.theverge.com/2021/2/17/22287208/all-your-base-are-belong-to-us-20th-anniversary-internet-culture | title = All Your Base Are Belong To Us has turned 20 | first = Bijan | last= Stephan | date = February 17, 2021 | access-date = February 17, 2021 | work = [[The Verge]] }}</ref>
* ''Angry Birds'' - A mobile game series made by [[Company:Rovio Entertainment|Rovio Entertainment]] in December 2009 for the [[Software:App Store (iOS)|iOS]] and [[Company:Nokia|Nokia]] app stores, with a [[Software:Google Play|Google Play]] version releasing in October 2010.<ref>{{cite web|author=Garratt, Patrick|date=October 19, 2010|url=https://www.vg247.com/android-angry-birds-breaks-2-million-downloads-in-2-days|title=Android Angry Birds breaks 2 million downloads in 2 days|work=VG247|accessdate=September 4, 2022}}</ref> Since its release, the game has amassed a large following on both the internet and in media for its visuals and simple-to-understand game mechanics of launching a bird from a slingshot.<ref>{{cite web | url =  https://www.gamedeveloper.com/business/mobile-app-growth-study-why-the-angry-birds-are-so-popular | title = Mobile App Growth Study: Why The Angry Birds Are So Popular | first = Viral | last= Patel | date = May 30, 2018 | access-date = January 29, 2023 | work = Game Developer }}</ref> The game has also seen many forms of merchandising, with 30% of Rovio Entertainment's revenue coming from merchandise sales in 2011.<ref>{{cite web | url =  https://venturebeat.com/games/angry-birds-creator-rovio-says-merchandising-is-30-percent-of-revenue/ | title = Angry Birds creator Rovio says merchandising is 30 percent of revenue | first = Dean | last= Takahashi | date = May 7, 2012 | access-date = January 29, 2023 | work = GamesBeat }}</ref> In the early [[History:2010s|2010s]], the game and the game's characters were added to various [[Social:Image macro|image macro]]s, which mentioned the irony of the story and difficult nature of obtaining a high score in the game.<ref>{{cite web | url =  https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/subcultures/angry-birds | title = Angry Birds | date = January 29, 2012 | access-date = January 29, 2023 | work = KnowYourMeme }}</ref> The mobile game has seen a resurgence in the [[History:2020s|2020s]] for being featured in various [[Social:Shitposting|shitposts]], including "realistic angry birds" and "i'm the biggest bird".<ref>{{cite web | url =  https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/realistic-angry-birds | title = Realistic Angry Birds | date = April 30, 2021 | access-date = January 29, 2023 | work = KnowYourMeme }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url =  https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/im-the-biggest-bird | title = I'm the Biggest Bird | date = January 6, 2023 | access-date = January 29, 2023 | work = KnowYourMeme }}</ref>
* ''[[Software:Among Us|Among Us]]'' – A game made by game studio Innersloth released on [[Software:Steam (service)|Steam]] in 2018. The game reached internet fame in 2020 due to [[Company:Twitch (service)|Twitch]] [[Online streamer|streamers]] and [[Social:YouTuber|YouTuber]]s playing the game frequently. Still images from the game, phrases from the game like "Emergency Meeting" and "Dead body reported" as well as typical gameplay events have influenced internet memes. Other terms like "Sus", "Sussy", "Sussy Baka", "Amogus", and "When the imposter is sus" also became notable modern ironic memes on [[Social:Social media|social media platforms]].<ref>{{citation|last=Lorenz|first=Taylor|title=With Nowhere to Go, Teens Flock to Among Us – YouTubers, influencers and streamers popularized the multiplayer game. Then their fans started playing too.|date=14 October 2020|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/14/style/among-us.html|work={{wipe|The New York Times}}|access-date=14 October 2020|archive-date=October 14, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201014204604/https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/14/style/among-us.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{citation|last=Rodriguez|first=Salvador|title=How Amazon's Twitch turned an obscure game called Among Us into a pandemic mega-hit|date=14 October 2020|url=https://www.cnbc.com/2020/10/14/how-among-us-became-a-mega-hit-thanks-to-amazon-twitch.html|work={{wipe|CNBC}}|archive-date=October 15, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201015160729/https://www.cnbc.com/2020/10/14/how-among-us-became-a-mega-hit-thanks-to-amazon-twitch.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
* Arrow in the knee – City guards in ''[[Software:The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim|The Elder Scrolls V]]'' would utter the line: "I used to be an adventurer like you, then I took an arrow in the knee". The latter part of this phrase quickly took off as a catchphrase and a snowclone in the form of "I used to X, but then I took an arrow in the knee" with numerous image macros and video parodies created.<ref>{{cite web|last=Carter|first=Johnathan Grey|title=Skyrim Fan Takes An Arrow in the Knee|url=http://www.escapistmagazine.com/news/view/114677-Skyrim-Fan-Takes-An-Arrow-in-the-Knee|publisher=The Escapist|access-date=10 April 2012|date=10 December 2011|archive-date=23 March 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190323163415/http://www.escapistmagazine.com/news/view/114677-Skyrim-Fan-Takes-An-Arrow-in-the-Knee|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|last=Silver|first=Curtis|title=Epic Video: "The Dragonborn Comes" by Peter Hollens & Lindsey Stirling|url=https://www.wired.com/geekdad/2012/04/epic-video-the-dragonborn-comes-by-peter-hollens-lindsey-stirling/|magazine=Wired|access-date=31 May 2012|date=6 April 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://kotaku.com/5886648/how-they-came-up-with-skyrims-arrow-in-the-knee-line|title=How They Came Up With Skyrim's 'Arrow in the Knee' Line|first=Stephen|last=Totilo|date=20 February 2012 | website=Kotaku | access-date=12 October 2017}}</ref>
* Bowsette – A fan-made depiction of the ''[[Software:Super Mario|Super Mario]]'' character Bowser using Toadette's Super Crown [[Software:Power-up|power-up]] from the [[Engineering:Nintendo Switch|Nintendo Switch]] title ''[[Software:New Super Mario Bros. U#New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe|New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe]]'' to transform into a lookalike of Princess Peach. The character became popular following a four-panel webcomic posted by a user on Twitter and [[Social:DeviantArt|DeviantArt]] in September 2018.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.polygon.com/2018/9/24/17895848/bowsette-an-investigation |title=Bowsette: An Investigation |website=Polygon |last=Radulovic |first=Petrana |access-date=2018-09-28 |date=2018-09-28 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180928185423/https://www.polygon.com/2018/9/24/17895848/bowsette-an-investigation |archive-date=2018-09-28 |url-status=live }}</ref>
* But can it run [[Software:Crysis (video game)|''Crysis'']]? – A question often asked by PC gaming and hardware enthusiasts. When released in 2007, Crysis was extremely taxing on [[Computer hardware|computer hardware]], with even the most advanced consumer [[Engineering:Video card|graphics cards]] of the time unable to provide satisfactory [[Frame rate|frame rate]]s when the game was played on its maximum graphical settings.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/crysis-10-year-anniversary-benchmarks,5329.html|title=But Can It Run Crysis? 10 Years Later|date=2017-11-13|work=Tom's Hardware|access-date=2018-08-22|language=en-US}}</ref> As a result, this question is asked as a way of judging a certain computer's capability at gaming.
* Can it run [[Software:Doom (1993 video game)|''Doom'']]? – A common joke question with any hardware that has a CPU, due to the vast amount of ports the game has received. Examples of unconventional hardware that ''Doom'' has been ported to include a Canon Proxima printer, the VIC-20, the Touch Bar on the 2016 MacBook Pro, a smart fridge, an ATM, a billboard truck, and within the game itself.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/qkjv9x/a-catalogue-of-all-the-devices-that-can-somehow-run-doom|title=A Catalogue of All the Devices That Can Somehow Run 'Doom'|date=2016-05-08|work=Motherboard|access-date=2018-03-01|language=en-us}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.pcgamer.com/pianos-printers-and-other-weird-things-you-can-play-doom-on/|title=Pianos, printers, and other surprising things you can play Doom on|work=pcgamer|access-date=2018-03-01|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.wired.com/2003/01/but-can-it-run-doom|title=But Can It Run Doom?|magazine=WIRED|access-date=2018-03-01|language=en-US}}</ref>
*Doomguy and Isabelle – The pairing of Isabelle from the ''[[Software:Animal Crossing|Animal Crossing]]'' video game series and Doomguy from the [[Software:Doom (franchise)|''Doom'']] franchise due to the shared release date of ''[[Software:Animal Crossing: New Horizons|Animal Crossing]]'' and ''[[Software:Doom Eternal|Doom Eternal]]''.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Lee |first1=Julia |title=How did Animal Crossing's Isabelle and the Doomguy become best friends? |url=https://www.polygon.com/2020/2/24/21150803/animal-crossing-isabelle-doomguy-doom-eternal-new-horizons |website=Polygon |date=24 February 2020 |access-date=5 March 2020}}</ref>
* ''[[Software:Elden Ring|Elden Ring]]'' – A 2022 video game that spawned multiple memes, such as:
** {{visible anchor|Let me solo her}} – The colloquial name for an ''Elden Ring''  player who specializes in fighting Malenia, the game's most difficult boss fight, and whose character wears no armor but a jar as a helmet.<ref name="PCG legendary"/> "Let me solo her" became widely acclaimed within the game's online community after volunteering to deal with Malenia on behalf of other players through the game's player summoning feature, and successfully defeating her at least four thousand times without assistance.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Wood |first=Austin |date=March 8, 2023 |title=Let Me Solo Her has played Elden Ring for almost 1,000 hours and beaten Malenia over 4,000 times |url=https://www.gamesradar.com/let-me-solo-her-has-played-elden-ring-for-almost-1000-hours-and-beaten-malenia-over-4000-times |access-date=May 24, 2023 |website=GamesRadar+}}</ref> Videos of the player's performances became popular and widely shared on multiple [[Social:Social news website|social news website]]s.<ref name="PCG legendary">{{Cite news |last=Fenlon |first=Wes |date=2022-04-14 |title='Let me solo her' is Elden Ring's first legendary player |language=en |work=PC Gamer |url=https://www.pcgamer.com/let-me-solo-her-is-elden-rings-first-legendary-player/ |url-status=live |access-date=April 18, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220419032608/https://www.pcgamer.com/let-me-solo-her-is-elden-rings-first-legendary-player/ |archive-date=April 19, 2022 |df=mdy-all}}</ref> The player's exploits was acknowledged by the game's publisher,<ref>{{Cite news |last=Dinsdale |first=Ryan |date=7 July 2022 |title=Bandai Namco Sent Let Me Solo Her a Sword In Recognition Of Their Elden Ring Exploits |work=IGN |url=https://www.ign.com/articles/elden-ring-bandai-namco-let-me-solo-her-recognition |url-status=live |access-date=19 July 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220716052214/https://www.ign.com/articles/elden-ring-bandai-namco-let-me-solo-her-recognition |archive-date=July 16, 2022}}</ref> and became the subject of fan labor.<ref>{{Cite web |last1=Dinsdale |first1=Ryan |title=Elden Ring Hero Let Me Solo Her Is Now an NPC Thanks to New Mod |work=IGN |date=2022-04-19 |url=https://www.ign.com/articles/elden-ring-hero-let-me-solo-her-is-now-an-npc-thanks-to-new-mod |language=en |access-date=2022-04-27 |df=mdy-all }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last1=Gurwin |first1=Gabe |title=Legendary Elden Ring Player Immortalized As Free 3D-Printed Model |work=GameSpot |date=2022-04-15 |url=https://www.gamespot.com/articles/legendary-elden-ring-player-immortalized-as-free-3d-printed-model/1100-6502512/ |language=en-US |access-date=2022-04-18 |df=mdy-all |archive-date=April 19, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220419032608/https://www.gamespot.com/articles/legendary-elden-ring-player-immortalized-as-free-3d-printed-model/1100-6502512/ |url-status=live}}</ref> Let me solo her was awarded PC Gamer's Player of the Year award for 2022.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.pcgamer.com/gamer-of-the-year-2022-let-me-solo-her/|title=Gamer of the Year 2022: Let Me Solo Her|first=Tyler|last=Colp|date=2022-12-21|work=PC Gamer|access-date=2022-12-22|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221222092305/https://www.pcgamer.com/gamer-of-the-year-2022-let-me-solo-her/|archive-date=2022-12-22|url-status=live}}</ref>
** "Maidenless" – a term repeated by multiple non-player characters. Its original context is that the player character has yet to achieve an important gameplay milestone, but it has been appropriated by the player community as a joke or insult.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Jiang |first=Sisi |date=February 28, 2022 |title=Elden Ring Players Keep Owning Each Other About Being 'Maidenless'|work=Kotaku |url=https://kotaku.com/elden-ring-maidenless-meme-varre-npc-fromsoftware-1848602100|access-date=July 26, 2022}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Cryer |first=Hirun|date=February 28, 2022 |title="Maidenless" has quickly become the Elden Ring community's most devastating insult|work=GamesRadar |url=https://www.gamesradar.com/maidenless-has-quickly-become-the-elden-ring-communitys-most-devastating-insult/|access-date=July 26, 2022}}</ref>
* ''[[Software:Flappy Bird|Flappy Bird]]'' – A [[Finance:Free-to-play|free-to-play]] [[Software:Casual game|casual]] [[Software:Mobile game|mobile game]] released on the [[Software:App Store (iOS)|iOS App Store]] on 24 May 2013, and on [[Software:Google Play|Google Play]] on 30 January 2014, by [[Software:Independent video game development|indie mobile app developer]] Dong Nguyen. The game began rapidly rising in popularity in late-December 2013 to January 2014 with up to 50 million downloads by 5 February. On 9 February, Nguyen removed the game from the mobile app stores citing negative effects of the game's success on his health and its addictiveness to players. Following the game's removal from the app stores, numerous clones and derivatives of the game were released with varying similarities to the original game.<ref>{{cite web|last=Ellis Hamburger|first=Ellis|title=Indie smash hit 'Flappy Bird' racks up $50K per day in ad revenue|url=https://www.theverge.com/2014/2/5/5383708/flappy-bird-revenue-50-k-per-day-dong-nguyen-interview|work=The Verge|date=5 February 2014|publisher=Vox Media|access-date=15 February 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Nguyen|first=Lan Anh|title=Exclusive: Flappy Bird Creator Dong Nguyen Says App 'Gone Forever' Because It Was 'An Addictive Product'|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/lananhnguyen/2014/02/11/exclusive-flappy-bird-creator-dong-nguyen-says-app-gone-forever-because-it-was-an-addictive-product/|work=Forbes|access-date=15 February 2014}}</ref>
* ''I Love Bees'' – An [[Alternate reality game|alternate reality game]] that was spread virally after a one-second mention inside a [[Software:Halo 2|Halo 2]] advertisement. Purported to be a website about honey bees that was infected and damaged by a strange artificial intelligence, done in a disjointed, chaotic style resembling a crashing computer. At its height, over 500,000 people were checking the website every time it updated.<ref>{{cite magazine|last=Terdiman |first=Daniel |title=I Love Bees Game a Surprise Hit |url=https://www.wired.com/culture/lifestyle/news/2004/10/65365 |magazine=Wired |access-date=10 April 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110710053650/http://www.wired.com/culture/lifestyle/news/2004/10/65365 |archive-date=10 July 2011 |date=18 October 2004 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
* {{anchor|Lamar roasts Franklin}}Lamar Roasts Franklin – A cutscene in the 2013 action-adventure video game ''[[Software:Grand Theft Auto V|Grand Theft Auto V]]'' where Lamar Davis, portrayed by comedian Slink Johnson, berates Franklin Clinton, portrayed by actor and former rapper Shawn Fonteno, for Franklin's haircut and his relationship with his girlfriend, ending in Lamar uttering the word "nigga" in a condescending, sing-song voice and giving Franklin the middle finger, much to the latter's chagrin. The cutscene experienced a resurgence in popularity in late 2020 when parodies of the scene were uploaded on [[Company:YouTube|YouTube]] and other video hosting sites. It usually involves Lamar's character model being replaced with various popular culture icons such as Darth Vader, Vegeta, and Snow White among others, with Lamar's dialogue dubbed to account for the characters used. In 2021, Fonteno and Johnson reprised their roles as Franklin and Lamar respectively in a live-action re-enactment of the cutscene.<ref name="reenactment">{{Cite news |last=Good |first=Owen S. |date=2021-01-13 |title=GTA 5's 'Lamar roasts Franklin' meme goes IRL with original actors |language=en |url=https://www.polygon.com/2021/1/13/22228982/gta-5-lamar-roasts-franklin-original-actors-video |access-date=2021-01-23}}</ref><ref name="cnet">{{Cite news |last=Boom |first=Daniel Van |title=GTA V's dumbest meme re-created IRL with the game's actual actors |language=en |url=https://www.cnet.com/news/gta-vs-dumbest-meme-recreated-irl-with-the-games-actual-actors/ |access-date=2021-01-23}}</ref> Later that year, Fonteno and Johnson once again reprised their roles in ''The Contract'' DLC for ''[[Software:Grand Theft Auto Online|Grand Theft Auto Online]]'', complete with a homage to the original roast cutscene.<ref name="gtacontract">{{Cite news |title=Lamar roasts Franklin again in GTA Online's The Contract update |language=en-GB |url=https://www.pcgamesn.com/grand-theft-auto-v/franklin-mission |access-date=2022-01-06}}</ref>
* [[Social:Leeroy Jenkins|Leeroy Jenkins]] – A ''[[Software:World of Warcraft|World of Warcraft]]'' player charges into a high-level dungeon with a distinctive cry of "Leeeeeeeerooooy... Jeeenkins!", ruining the meticulous attack plans of his group and getting them all killed.<ref name = "PCGamerUK">{{cite magazine |title=The Ballad of Leeroy Jenkins |magazine= PC Gamer UK| first= Craig |last= Pearson |date= August 2005}}</ref>
* Let's Play – Videos created by video game players that add their commentary and typically humorous reactions atop them playing through a video game. These videos have created a number of Internet celebrities who have made significant money through ad revenue sharing, such as [[Biography:PewDiePie|PewDiePie]] who earned over $12 million from his videos in 2015.<ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.forbes.com/sites/maddieberg/2015/10/14/the-worlds-highest-paid-youtube-stars-2015/ | title= The World's Highest-Paid YouTube Stars 2015 | first = Madeline | last = Berg | date = 14 October 2015 | access-date = 15 October 2015 | work = {{wipe|Forbes}} }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2014/jan/02/lets-play-youtube-pewdiepie-one-direction | title = Let's Play – the YouTube phenomenon that's bigger than One Direction | work = {{wipe|The Guardian}} | date = 2 January 2014 | access-date = 4 January 2016 | first = Fred | last = McConnell }}</ref>
* ''[[Software:Line Rider|Line Rider]]'' – A Flash game where the player draws lines that act as ramps and hills for a small rider on a sled.<ref>{{Cite magazine| last=Ressner | first=Jeffrey | title=The Newest Time Waster: Line Rider | url=http://www.time.com/time/business/article/0,8599,1548299,00.html | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061121214645/http://www.time.com/time/business/article/0,8599,1548299,00.html | url-status=dead | archive-date=21 November 2006 | access-date=30 April 2006 | magazine=Time }}</ref>
*''[[Software:Mafia City|Mafia City]]'' – A mobile game that has become infamous for its odd advertising involving a person drastically increasing their stats for doing various mob-related activities, and for the phrase "That's how mafia works".<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.newsweek.com/thats-how-mafia-works-pewdiepie-mafia-city-meme-big-chungus-1285920|title='That's how mafia works' has become January's biggest meme (sorry Big Chungus)|first=Steven|last=Asarch|date=2019-01-09|website=Newsweek|language=en|access-date=2019-02-01}}</ref>
[[File:The Cake is a Lie (12521108583).jpg|thumb|right|"[[Social:The cake is a lie|The cake is a lie]]", based on the false promise of a Black Forest cake as a reward, is popularized from the video game series ''Portal''.]]
*''Portal'' – The games in the ''Portal'' series introduced several Internet memes, including the phrase "[[Social:The cake is a lie|the cake is a lie]]",<ref>{{cite web | url = http://arts.nationalpost.com/2011/04/19/qa-with-portal-2-writers-erik-wolpaw-and-jay-pinkerton/ | title = Q&A with Portal 2 writers Erik Wolpaw and Jay Pinkerton | first = Matt | last = Braga | work = The National Post | date = 11 April 2011 | access-date =20 June 2012}}</ref> and the space-obsessed "Space Core" character.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://pc.gamespy.com/pc/elder-scrolls-v/1218191p1.html | title = Impressions: Skyrim's Portal 2 Mod | first = Nathan | last = Grayson | date = 7 February 2012 | access-date =20 June 2012 | publisher = GameSpy}}</ref>
* Press {{key press|F}} to pay respects – A prompt for the player to press a button on the PC version of ''[[Software:Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare|Call of Duty]]'', where the player character would approach the coffin of a fallen comrade in response. The mechanic is repeatedly criticized and ridiculed for both being arbitrary and unnecessary, as well as being inappropriate to the tone of the funeral the game otherwise intends to convey.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://venturebeat.com/2014/11/03/gamings-most-ridiculous-button-prompts-including-call-of-dutys-press-f-to-pay-respects/|title=Gaming's most ridiculous button prompts, including Call of Duty's 'Press F to Pay Respects'|date=November 3, 2014|access-date=February 11, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190414121103/https://venturebeat.com/2014/11/03/gamings-most-ridiculous-button-prompts-including-call-of-dutys-press-f-to-pay-respects/|archive-date=April 14, 2019|url-status=live|df=mdy-all}}</ref> The phrase has since become an [[Social:Internet meme|Internet meme]] in its own right, sometimes used unironically: during the tribute stream for the Jacksonville Landing shooting, viewers posted a single letter "F" in the chat.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://dotesports.com/culture/news/maddens-jacksonville-tribute-stream-and-a-new-language-of-digital-mourning|title=Madden's Jacksonville tribute stream and a new language of digital mourning|date=September 7, 2018|access-date=February 11, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190414121102/https://dotesports.com/culture/news/maddens-jacksonville-tribute-stream-and-a-new-language-of-digital-mourning|archive-date=April 14, 2019|url-status=live|df=mdy-all}}</ref>
[[File:QWOP screenshot.jpg|thumb|''QWOP''{{'s}} title refers to the four keyboard keys used to move the muscles of the sprinter avatar.]]
[[File:Wordle 196 example.svg|thumb|right|An example of a solution from the viral game "Wordle", developed by Josh Wardle]]
* [[Software:Roblox|Roblox]] – a sandbox game that has spawned several memes, such as its "oof" sound.{{Citation needed|date=November 2023}}
* ''[[Software:QWOP|QWOP]]'' – A browser-based game requiring the player to control a sprint runner by using the Q, W, O, and P keys to control the runner's legs. The game is notoriously difficult to control, typically leaving the runner character flailing about. The concept developed into memes based on the game, as well as describing real-life mishaps as attributable to ''QWOP''.<ref>{{cite news | url = https://www.wired.com/magazine/2011/07/st_alpha_videogames/ | title = Soul-Crushing Realism Is a Videogame Hit | magazine = Wired |date = 26 July 2011 | access-date = 22 February 2013 | first = Fred | last = Benenson }}</ref>
* Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon – A trivia/parlor game based around linking an actor to Kevin Bacon through a chain of co-starring actors in films, television, and other productions, with the hypothesis that no actor was more than six connections away from Bacon. It is similar to the theory of [[Social:Six degrees of separation|six degrees of separation]] or the [[Erdős number]] in mathematics. The game was created in 1994, just at the start of the wider spread of Internet use, populated further with the creation of movie database sites like [[Social:IMDb|IMDb]], and since has become a board game and contributed towards the field of [[Network science|network science]].<ref>{{cite news | url = http://content.usatoday.com/communities/entertainment/post/2012/04/kevin-bacon-/1#.T9vdULVYvVA | title = Kevin Bacon embraces 'six degrees' idea after all | work = [[Software:USA Today|USA Today]] | date = 19 April 2012 | access-date =15 June 2012 | first = Cindy | last = Clark}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/magazine/8029774.stm | title = How Kevin Bacon sparked a new branch of science | publisher = BBC | date = 5 May 2009 | access-date =15 June 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5062495 | title = IMDb Turns 15 Years Old | publisher = NPR | date = 20 December 2005 | access-date =15 June 2012 | first = John | last = Ridley}}</ref>
* ''[[Software:Sonic the Hedgehog|Sonic the Hedgehog]]'' – A video game series created by [[Company:Sega|Sega]] that has spawned multiple memes, such as:
**Sonic ''Real-Time Fandubs'' {{Anchor|Sonic Real-Time Fandubs}} – The YouTube channel SnapCube has produced a series of improvised fandubs of several ''Sonic'' titles, including ''[[Software:Sonic Adventure 2|Sonic Adventure 2]],'' ''[[Software:Sonic the Hedgehog (2006 video game)|Sonic the Hedgehog (2006)]]'' and ''[[Software:Shadow the Hedgehog (video game)|Shadow the Hedgehog]]'' which have themselves earned their own fandom and derivative works based on jokes from the series.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Anderson |first=Sage |date=2019-05-09 |title=Voice actors overdubbed the worst 'Sonic' game to make it the best 'Sonic' game |url=https://mashable.com/article/sonic-the-hedgehog-real-time-fan-dub |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190609222955/https://mashable.com/article/sonic-the-hedgehog-real-time-fan-dub/ |archive-date=2019-06-09 |access-date=2022-12-23 |website=Mashable |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Arguello |first=Diego |title=How an online improv group became the 'MST3K' of video games |url=https://www.inverse.com/gaming/video-games-improv-snapcube-real-time-fan-dub |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210727075621/https://www.inverse.com/gaming/video-games-improv-snapcube-real-time-fan-dub |archive-date=2021-07-27 |access-date=2022-12-23 |website=Inverse |language=en}}</ref>
**Sanic – A purposely misdrawn Sonic that has been referenced by Sega themselves, and used in merchandise;<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.polygon.com/2017/11/26/16701374/sonic-forces-sanic-hegehog-t-shit|title=Sonic Forces pays tribute to Sanic Hegehog meme|last=Good|first=Owen S.|date=2017-11-26|website=Polygon|access-date=2018-02-26}}</ref>
**and "Ugandan Knuckles" – A meme that gained high popularity thanks to the social game ''[[Software:VRChat|VRChat]]'', where players with a crude [[Social:Knuckles the Echidna|Knuckles]] model asked other players if they "knew da wae" ("know the way"), who their "queen" was, clicking their tongue, and spitting repeatedly.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.polygon.com/2018/1/8/16863932/ugandan-knuckles-meme-vrchat|title='Ugandan Knuckles' is overtaking VRChat|last=Alexander|first=Julia|date=2018-01-08|website=Polygon|access-date=2018-02-26}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/news/2018/02/09/ugandan-knuckles-do-you-know-de-wey-meme-explained/307575002/|title=The Ugandan Knuckles, 'do you know de wey' meme explained|work=USA TODAY|access-date=2018-02-26|language=en}}</ref>
*{{anchor|Surprised Pikachu}} Surprised Pikachu – An image of the Pokémon Pikachu with a blank look and an open mouth. It is used as a reaction image to show either shock or lack thereof.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Britton |first1=David |title=Surprised Pikachu is the internet's new favorite reaction meme |url=https://www.dailydot.com/unclick/surprised-pikachu-meme/ |website=Daily Dot |access-date=27 March 2020 |date=26 October 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Surprised Pikachu Is Twitter's Latest Favourite Meme |url=https://www.ndtv.com/offbeat/surprised-pikachu-is-twitters-latest-favorite-meme-1947123 |website=NDTV |publisher=NDTV Offbeat Desk |access-date=27 March 2020 |date=14 November 2018}}</ref>
* Twitch Plays ''Pokémon'' – An "experiment" and channel created by an anonymous user on the [[Company:Twitch (service)|Twitch]] in February 2014. Logged-in viewers to the channel can enter commands in chat corresponding to the physical inputs used in the JRPG video game ''Pokémon Red.'' These are collected and parsed by a chat software robot that uses the commands to control the main character in the game, which is then live-streamed from the channel. The stream attracted more than 80,000 simultaneous players with over 10 million views with a week of going live, creating a chaotic series of movements and actions within the game, a number of original memes, and derivative fan art. The combination has been called an entertainment hybrid of "a video game, live video and a participatory experience," which has inspired similar versions for other games.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.polygon.com/2014/2/14/5411790/twitch-plays-pokemon-creator-interview-twitchplayspokemon | title=How Twitch is crowd-sourcing an amazing Pokémon multiplayer game | first=Michael | last=McWhertor | date=14 February 2014 | access-date=24 February 2014 | publisher=Vox Media}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.cnn.com/2014/02/18/tech/gaming-gadgets/twitch-plays-pokemon/ | title=Can 80,000 people play this video game together? | first=Larry | last=Frum | date=18 February 2014 | access-date=18 February 2014| publisher=CNN}}</ref>
* U R MR GAY – A message allegedly hidden in the ''[[Software:Super Mario Galaxy|Super Mario Galaxy]]'' box art, which appears when each letter not decorated with a star is removed from the art. It was first noticed by a NeoGAF poster in September 2007. Video game journalists have debated as to whether the message was placed on purpose or was simply a humorous coincidence.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Sliwinski|first1=Alexander|title='U R MR GAY' message discovered in Super Mario Galaxy box art|url=https://www.engadget.com/2007/09/18/u-r-mr-gay-message-discovered-in-super-mario-galaxy-box-art/|website=Engadget|access-date=7 February 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last1=Cundy|first1=Matt|title=Super Mario Galaxy says: U R MR GAY|url=https://gamesradar.com/super-mario-galaxy-says-u-r-mr-gay/|website=GamesRadar|date=17 September 2007|access-date=7 February 2018}}</ref>
* ''[[Software:Untitled Goose Game|Untitled Goose Game]]'' – A 2019 video game developed by Australian game studio [[Company:House House|House House]], in which the player controls a goose causing mischief in an English village. An early teaser for the game in 2017 led to strong interest in the title, and on release, the game quickly became an Internet meme.<ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-49852317 | title = How a horrible goose topped the gaming chart | date =2 October 2019 | access-date = 2 October 2019 | publisher = BBC }}</ref><ref>{{cite news | url = https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2019/09/30/playing-untitled-goose-game-is-new-punching-wall/ | title=  Playing 'Untitled Goose Game' is the new punching a wall | first1 = Abby | last1 = Ohlheiser | first2 = Sonia | last2 =Rao | date = 30 September 2019 | access-date = 2 October 2019 | newspaper = {{wipe|The Washington Post}} }}</ref>
* ''Wordle'' – A word-guessing game similar to ''Jotto'' and ''[[Software:Mastermind (board game)|Mastermind]]'', where the player has only six tries to guess a five-letter word each day, the game indicating whether letters are in the word and/or in the correct position. The game grew popular over a few weeks after the ability to share results with others via social media was added near the end of 2021.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Victor |first=Daniel |date=January 3, 2022 |title=Wordle Is a Love Story |work={{wipe|The New York Times}} |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/03/technology/wordle-word-game-creator.html |url-status=live |access-date=January 5, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220105013745/http://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/03/technology/wordle-word-game-creator.html |archive-date=January 5, 2022}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Wakefield |first=Jane |date=January 5, 2022 |title=Wordle creator promises viral game will stay simple and ad-free |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-59881512 |url-status=live |access-date=January 5, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220105135341/https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-59881512 |archive-date=January 5, 2022}}</ref> The game's popularity led to [[Company:The New York Times Company|The New York Times Company]] acquiring the game from its creator Josh Wardle at the end of January 2022 for an undisclosed seven-figure sum.<ref name="WordlePurchase">{{cite news |last1=Tracy |first1=Marc |title=The New York Times Buys Wordle |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/31/business/media/new-york-times-wordle.html |access-date=31 January 2022 |work=The New York Times |date=31 January 2022 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20220131235432/https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/31/business/media/new-york-times-wordle.html |archive-date=31 January 2022 |url-status=live }}</ref>

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* Baby mugging and Baby suiting – ''MommyShorts'' blogger Ilana Wiles began posting pictures of babies in mugs, and later adult business suits, both of which led to numerous others doing the same.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.dailydot.com/lol/photo-meme-baby-mugging/ | title="Baby mugging" isn't what it sounds like | work=[[Company:The Daily Dot|The Daily Dot]] | date=29 May 2013 | access-date=14 January 2015 | author=Jaworski, Michelle}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.today.com/parents/baby-suiting-its-thing-share-pics-your-mini-moguls-us-2D79469125 | title=Baby Suiting: It's a thing. Share pics of your mini moguls with us | publisher=NBC News | work=Today Parents | date=1 April 2014 | access-date=14 January 2015 | author=Varma-White, Kavita}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.nydailynews.com/life-style/baby-suiting-instagram-trend-turns-tots-businessmen-article-1.1738259 | title=Suit up! New Instagram trend turns babies into mini businessmen | publisher=NYDailyNews.com | work=New York Daily News | date=28 March 2014 | access-date=14 January 2015 | author=Taylor, Victoria}}</ref>
* [[Social:Babylonokia|Babylonokia]] – A clay tablet, shaped like a [[Engineering:Mobile phone|mobile phone]] designed by Karl Weingärtner. Fringe scientists and alternative archaeology proponents subsequently misrepresented a photograph of the artwork as showing an 800-year-old archaeological find; that story was popularised in a video on the YouTube channel ''Paranormal Crucible'' and led to the object being reported by some press sources as a mystery.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Moye |first1=David |title=Ancient Babylonian Cellphone Isn't Ancient, Babylonian Nor A Nokia |url=https://www.huffingtonpost.com.au/entry/ancient-babylonian-nokia-isnt-ancient-babylonian-nor-a-nokia_n_568d70abe4b0c8beacf5630b?ri18n=true |website=Huffington Post |date=11 January 2016 |access-date=20 June 2020}}</ref>
* [[Social:Bert is Evil|Bert is Evil]] – A satirical website stated that Bert of ''Sesame Street'' is the root of many evils. A juxtaposition of Bert and [[Biography:Osama bin Laden|Osama bin Laden]] subsequently appeared in a real poster in a Bangladesh protest.<ref name="BBC_Bert">{{cite news|title=Bert in the frame with Bin Laden|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/1594600.stm|access-date=2 July 2010|work=BBC News|date=12 October 2001}}</ref><ref name="CNN_Bert">{{cite news|title='Muppet' producers miffed over Bert-bin Laden image |url=http://archives.cnn.com/2001/US/10/11/muppets.binladen/ |access-date=2 July 2010 |publisher=CNN |date=11 October 2001 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090602181335/http://archives.cnn.com/2001/US/10/11/muppets.binladen/ |archive-date=2 June 2009 }}</ref>
* Blinking white guy – An animated GIF of former ''Giant Bomb'' video producer Drew Scanlon blinking in surprise, originating from a 2013 video on the website, became an internet meme in 2017.<ref name="DrewScanlon2017Buzzfeed">{{cite web |url=https://www.buzzfeed.com/tanyachen/heres-the-full-hilarious-backstory-of-the-white-guy-blinking?bftw |title=We Talked To The "White Guy" From The White Guy Blinking Meme And He's Blown Away By It |publisher=BuzzFeed |date=February 22, 2017 |access-date=March 2, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170224220225/https://www.buzzfeed.com/tanyachen/heres-the-full-hilarious-backstory-of-the-white-guy-blinking?bftw |archive-date=February 24, 2017}}</ref> Multiple outlets have noted the versatility of the GIF's use as a reaction.<ref name="DrewScanlon2017Mashable">{{cite web |url=http://mashable.com/2017/02/16/dan-scanlon-reaction-gif-meme/#cWHr2JZJYkqb |title=This salty reaction GIF is the internet's best new meme |publisher=Mashable |date=February 17, 2017 |access-date=March 2, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170219210238/http://mashable.com/2017/02/16/dan-scanlon-reaction-gif-meme/#_5vg.dAmVkqO |archive-date=February 19, 2017}}</ref><ref name="DrewScanlon2017Cosmopolitan">{{cite web |url=http://www.cosmopolitan.com/entertainment/a8958692/blinking-guy-gif-meme-funny-tweets/ |title=17 Tweets That Prove That GIF of a Dude Blinking Is the Most Relatable Meme Ever |publisher=Cosmopolitan |date=February 21, 2017 |access-date=March 2, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170222011637/http://www.cosmopolitan.com/entertainment/a8958692/blinking-guy-gif-meme-funny-tweets/ |archive-date=February 22, 2017}}</ref>
* Blue waffle – An Internet hoax originating in 2010 purporting an unknown [[Medicine:Sexually transmitted infection|sexually transmitted disease]] affecting only women, causing severe infection and blue discoloration to the [[Biology:Vagina|vagina]]. The disease has been confirmed as false.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Biggers |first=Alana |date=2020-01-16 |title=Blue waffle disease: Is it a real STD? |url=https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/323731 |access-date=2022-07-05 |website=[[Company:Medical News Today|Medical News Today]] |language=en}}</ref> Kathy McBride, a New Jersey councilwoman in the city of Trenton, cited it in a 2013 city council meeting, not realizing that it was a hoax.<ref name="nj.c_Tren">{{Cite web |last=Duffy |first=Eric |date=2013-04-03 |title=Trenton councilwoman falls prey to 'blue waffle disease' internet hoax |url=http://www.nj.com/mercer/index.ssf/2013/04/trenton_councilwoman_falls_pre.html |access-date=2015-05-03 |work=NJ.com}}</ref><ref name="newy_Pran">{{Cite web |date=2013-04-06 |title=Prankster Leads Trenton Councilwoman To Raise Question About Made-Up 'Disease' |url=http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2013/04/06/prankster-leads-trenton-councilwoman-to-raise-question-about-made-up-disease/ |access-date=2015-05-03 |work=CBS New York}}</ref>
* #BreakTheInternet – The November 2014 issue of ''Paper'' included a cover image of Kim Kardashian in a partially nude pose, exposing her buttocks, taken by photographer Jean-Paul Goude. It was captioned "#breaktheinternet", as the magazine desired to set a record in social media response from it. Several other photos from the shoot were also released, including one that mimicked one that Goude took for his book ''Jungle Fever'' involving a "campaign incident". ''Paper''{{'}}s campaign set a record for hits for their site, and the photographs became part of Internet memes.<ref>{{cite news | url = https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/fashion/news/kim-kardashian-recreates-iconic-jean-paul-goude-naked-champagne-incident-photo-for-paper-magazine-9855577.html | title = Kim Kardashian recreates iconic Jean-Paul Goude naked 'Champagne Incident' photo | first = Emma | last = Akbareian | date = 13 April 2015 | access-date = 12 November 2015 | work = The Independent }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.bbc.com/news/blogs-trending-30041509 | title = #BBCtrending: Did Kim Kardashian #breaktheinternet? | date = 13 November 2014 | access-date = 12 November 2015 | publisher = BBC }}</ref>
* Brian Peppers – In 2005, a photo surfaced of a man named Brian Peppers, noted for his appearance, which suggests [[Medicine:Apert syndrome|Apert syndrome]] or [[Medicine:Crouzon syndrome|Crouzon syndrome]]. Found on the Ohio sex offender registry website, the photo gained traction after being shared on website [[Social:YTMND|YTMND]]. Peppers died in 2012 at the age of 43.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/brian-peppers/|title=FACT CHECK: Brian Peppers|website=[[Philosophy:Snopes|Snopes]]|date=24 May 2005 |access-date=18 July 2018}}</ref>
* Crasher Squirrel – A photograph by Melissa Brandts of a squirrel which popped up into a timer-delayed shot of Brandts and her husband while vacationing in Banff National Park, Canada, just as the camera went off. The image of the squirrel has since been added into numerous images on the Internet.<ref name="CrasherSquirrel">{{cite web |url=https://www.nationalgeographic.com/pages/topic/yourshot?startgallery=116&image=9 |title=The Daily Dozen |work=National Geographic |date =7 August 2009 |access-date=28 August 2009}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/scene-stealing-squirrel-crashes-banff-tourist-photo-1.831911 |title=Scene-stealing squirrel crashes Banff tourist photo |publisher=CBC |date=13 August 2009 |access-date=28 August 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090816182719/https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/scene-stealing-squirrel-crashes-banff-tourist-photo-1.831911 |archive-date=16 August 2009 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.cnbc.com/id/32492654/ |title=Can "Crasher Squirrel" Make Money? |date=20 August 2009 | access-date=4 February 2010 | publisher={{wipe|CNBC}} | first=Jane | last=Wells}}</ref>
* ''CSI: Miami'' Puts on Sunglasses – The cold opening for nearly all ''CSI: Miami'' episodes ended with star David Caruso as Horatio Caine, in the initial stages of an investigation, putting on his sunglasses and making a quip or pun related to the crime, before the show hard cut to the opening credits, played against the scream of "Yeah!" in The Who's "Won't Get Fooled Again".<ref>{{cite magazine | url = https://ew.com/tv/2017/09/25/csi-miami-tribute-david-caruso-sunglasses/ | title = A tribute to David Caruso, Horatio Caine's sunglasses, and CSI: Miami cold opens | first =  Derek | last = Lawrence | date = September 25, 2017 | access-date = July 20, 2021 | magazine = Entertainment Weekly }}</ref> Image macros of Caruso putting on sunglasses, or similar images for other fictional characters, and the introductory scenes of the ''CSI: Miami'' opening became frequent, typically used as response to other puns made on user forums or with the puns and the following "YEAH!" incorporated into the image macro.<ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.looper.com/344413/what-happened-to-the-cast-of-csi-miami/ | title = What Happened To The Cast Of CSI: Miami? | first = Jordan | last = Baranowski | date = March 31, 2021 | access-date = July 20, 2021 | work = Looper }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.cnbc.com/id/46105978 | title = CSI Miami: the Funny Years | first = Jane | last = Wells | date = January 23, 2012 | access-date = July 20, 2021 | work = {{wipe|CNBC}} }}</ref>
* [[Social:Cursed image|Cursed image]]s – Images (usually photographs) that are perceived as odd or disturbing due to their content, poor quality or both.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Hongo |first1=Hudson |title=Cursed Images Is the Last Twitter Account You See Before You Die |url=https://gizmodo.com/cursed-images-is-the-last-twitter-account-you-see-befor-1785925077 |website=Gizmodo |date=30 August 2016 |access-date=24 May 2020}}</ref>
* [[Social:Dat Boi|Dat Boi]] – An animated [[GIF]] of a unicycling frog associated with the text "here come dat boi!" that began on [[Company:Tumblr|Tumblr]] in 2015 before gaining popularity on [[Company:Twitter|Twitter]] in 2016.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://avclub.com/article/read-inside-dat-boi-years-weirdest-meme-236739|title=Inside Dat Boi, the year's weirdest meme|work=The A.V. Club|last=Dart|first=Chris|date=13 May 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dailydot.com/lol/dat-boi-frog-unicycle-meme/|title=Say 'waddup' to Dat Boi, the unicycling frog meme|work=[[Company:The Daily Dot|The Daily Dot]]|last=Klee|first=Miles|date=2 May 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://nymag.com/selectall/2016/05/the-strange-journey-of-dat-boi-the-years-best-meme-so-far.html|title=The Strange Journey of 'Dat Boi,' the Year's Best Meme So Far|work=New York Magazine|last=Feldman|first=Brian|date=12 May 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.inverse.com/article/15300-what-is-dat-boi-and-why-is-it-so-sweet-an-exploration|title=What is 'Dat Boi,' and Why Is It So Sweet?: An Exploration|work=Inverse|last=Cook-Wilson|first=Winston|date=6 May 2016}}</ref>
*DashCon Ball Pit – A convention held in July 2014 by users of [[Company:Tumblr|Tumblr]] that "imploded" due to a number of financial difficulties and low turnout. During the convention, a portable [[Engineering:Ball pit|ball pit]] was brought into a large empty room. When some premium panels were cancelled, the attendees were offered an extra hour in the ball pit as compensation. The implosion and absurdity of aspects like the ball pit quickly spread through social media.<ref>{{cite web|last=Peterson|first=Eric|date=16 July 2014|title=Social media convention in Schaumburg implodes|url=http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20140716/news/140718973/|access-date=16 July 2014|work=Chicago Daily Herald}}</ref>
* [[Software:DALL-E|DALL-E]] - A web-based program introduced in 2022 that uses [[Artificial intelligence|artificial intelligence]] to construct an array of images from a text prompt. The resulting images, often shared across social media, can range from humorous, to uncanny, to near-perfect results.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2022/jun/19/from-trump-nevermind-babies-to-deep-fakes-dall-e-and-the-ethics-of-ai-art | title=From Trump Nevermind babies to deep fakes: DALL-E and the ethics of AI art | website=TheGuardian.com | date=18 June 2022 }}</ref>
* Distracted boyfriend – A stock photograph taken in 2015 which went viral as an Internet meme in August 2017.<ref>{{cite web |last=Hathaway |first=Jay |url=https://www.dailydot.com/unclick/distracted-boyfriend-meme/ |title=The distracted boyfriend is everyone's favorite new meme |date=24 August 2017 |work=[[Company:The Daily Dot|The Daily Dot]] |access-date=21 July 2018}}</ref>
* [[Social:Dog shaming|Dog shaming]] – Originating on Tumblr, these images feature images of dogs photographed with signs explaining what antics they recently got up to.<ref name=time>{{cite news|last=Pous|first=Terri|title=Dogshaming: The Greatest Tumblr of Canine Misbehavior Ever|url=http://newsfeed.time.com/2012/08/22/dogshaming-todays-tumblr-of-the-week/|access-date=2 December 2012|newspaper=Time|date=22 August 2012}}</ref>
* [[Social:Doge (meme)|Doge]] – Images of dogs, typically of the Shiba Inus, overlaid with simple but poor grammatical expressions, typically in the Comic Sans MS font, gaining popularity in late 2013.<ref>{{cite magazine | url = http://www.slate.com/blogs/browbeat/2013/11/15/doge_pronunciation_how_do_you_pronounce_the_name_of_the_shibe_doge_meme.html | title = How Do You Pronounce "Doge"? | first = Forrest | last= Wickman | date = 15 November 2013 | access-date = 23 November 2013 | magazine = Slate }}</ref> The meme saw an ironic resurgence towards the end of the decade,<ref>{{cite web |last1=Ritzen |first1=Stacey |title=The 50 memes that defined the decade |url=https://www.dailydot.com/unclick/best-memes-decade-2010s/ |publisher=Daily Dot |access-date=30 May 2020 |date=13 December 2019}}</ref> and was recognised by multiple media outlets as one of the most influential memes of the 2010s.<ref>{{cite web|last=Soen|first=Hayley|url=https://thetab.com/uk/2019/12/04/meme-of-the-decade-134375|title=The votes are in: This is officially the best meme of the entire decade|website=The Tab|date=4 December 2019|access-date=30 May 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Romano|first=Aja|url=https://www.vox.com/the-highlight/2019/12/11/20991671/memes-decade-doge-baby-yoda|title=11 memes that captured the decade|work=Vox|date=18 December 2019|access-date=30 May 2020}}</ref> The meme has also spawned [[Social:Dogecoin|Dogecoin]], a form of [[Finance:Cryptocurrency|cryptocurrency]].<ref>{{cite news | url = http://www.cnn.com/2014/02/26/tech/innovation/dogecoin-cryptocurrency-tech-irpt/index.html | title = Man selling home for $135,000 in Dogecoins | first = Jareen | last = Imam | date = 26 February 2014 | access-date = 26 February 2014 | publisher = CNN }}</ref>
* Don't talk to me or my son ever again – Images of a subject, be they product or individual, pictured with a smaller version of themself, captioned with the text "don't talk to me or my son ever again". Popular in 2016.<ref>{{cite web |last=Bergado |first=Gabe |date=18 March 2016 |work=Daily Dot |title=The Internet has one simple demand: 'Don't talk to me or my son ever again' |url=https://www.dailydot.com/unclick/dont-talk-to-me-or-my-son-again-meme/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210419100320/https://www.dailydot.com/unclick/dont-talk-to-me-or-my-son-again-meme/ |archive-date=19 April 2021 |url-status=live}}</ref>
* The Dress – An image of a dress posted to Tumblr that, due to how the photograph was taken, created an [[Physics:Optical illusion|optical illusion]] where the dress would either appear white and gold, or blue and black. Within 48 hours, the post gained over 400,000 notes and was later featured on many different websites.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Ford|first1=Dana|title=What color is this dress?|url=http://www.cnn.com/2015/02/26/us/blue-black-white-gold-dress/|access-date=28 February 2015|publisher=CNN|date=27 February 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|last1=Rogers|first1=Adam|title=The Science of Why No One Agrees on the Color of This Dress|url=https://www.wired.com/2015/02/science-one-agrees-color-dress/|access-date=27 February 2015|magazine=Wired|date=26 February 2015}}</ref>
* ''Ecce Homo / Ecce Mono / Potato Jesus'' – An attempt in August 2012 by a local woman to restore Elías García Martínez's aging fresco of Jesus in Borja, Spain led to a botched, amateurish, monkey-looking image, leading to several memes.<ref>{{cite news | url = http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-503543_162-57501085-503543/ruined-fresco-draws-attention-fans-in-spain/ | title = Ruined fresco draws attention, fans in Spain | first = Sara | last = Dover | date = 27 August 2012 | access-date = 28 August 2012 | work = CBS News }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.eonline.com/news/340818/jesus-restoration-gone-awry-and-5-other-botched-pop-culture-redos | title = Jesus Restoration Gone Awry and Five Other Botched Pop-Culture Redos! | date = 24 August 2012 | access-date = 28 August 2012 | first = John | last = Boone | publisher = E! Online }}</ref>
* Every time you masturbate... God kills a kitten – An image featuring a [[Biology:Kitten|kitten]] being chased by two [[Social:Domo (NHK)|Domos]], and has the tagline "Please, think of the kittens".<ref>{{cite news|last=Horen|first=Tom|url= http://www.startribune.com/lifestyle/style/31178504.html |title= Domo: From underground to advertiser|newspaper= Star Tribune |date= 20 October 2008|access-date=27 December 2016}}</ref>
*First World problems – A stock image of a woman crying with superimposed text mocking people with trivial complaints compared to that of issues in the [[Social:Third World|Third World]].<ref>{{Cite news|date=2019-03-06|title=Life beyond the meme: what happens after you go viral|language=en-GB|work=BBC Three|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/bbcthree/article/e6511d6a-ea8c-4e27-aac3-728205903635|access-date=2021-04-22}}</ref>[[File:Big Floppa and Justin 2 (cropped).jpg|thumb|Big Floppa]]
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*Floppa - a collection of images either portraying [[Biology:Caracal|caracal]]s or a specific caracal by the name of Goshe, Shlepa or more commonly Big Floppa. The collection of images do not portray to a specific theme ''per se'', but always hold Floppa as a centerpoint or personification of something.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Smolikhina |first=Ekaterina |date=2021-07-01 |title=Знакомьтесь, Шлепа, большой русский кот: как домашний каракал покорил соцсети |url=https://www.amic.ru/news/obschestvo/www.amic.ru/news/obschestvo/znakomtes-shlepa-bolshoy-russkiy-kot-kak-domashniy-karakal-pokoril-socseti |access-date=2022-07-05 |website=amic |language=ru }}{{Dead link|date=May 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Nambiar |first=Prerna |date=2022-05-22 |title=Raise a Floppa creator reveals why the game was deleted from Roblox |url=https://www.hitc.com/en-gb/2022/05/22/raise-a-floppa-deleted-2/ |access-date=2022-07-05 |website=HITC |language=en-GB}}</ref>
* [[Social:Goatse.cx|Goatse.cx]] – A [[Social:Shock site|shock image]] of a distended [[Biology:Anus|anus]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.scotsman.com/topics.cfm?tid=759&id=651492004 |title=Lazy Guide to Net Culture: NSFW |first=Stewart |last=Kirkpatrick |work=The Scotsman |date=9 June 2004 |access-date=15 March 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120629083319/http://news.scotsman.com/topics.cfm?tid=759&id=651492004 |archive-date=29 June 2012 }}</ref>
* Grogu – The popularity of the TV series ''The Mandalorian'' led to many memes of the "Baby Yoda" character.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Webb Mitovich |first1=Matt |title=Baby Yoda's Soup-Sipping Moment: How Mandalorian Director Bryce Dallas Howard's Kids Made It Happen |url=https://tvline.com/2020/06/05/baby-yoda-soup-sipping-moment-how-it-happened-mandalorian-episode-4/ |website=TVLine |date=5 June 2020|access-date=20 June 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Jain |first1=Sanya |title=These Baby Yoda Memes Are A Big Hit on the Internet |url=https://www.ndtv.com/offbeat/these-baby-yoda-memes-are-a-hit-on-the-internet-2142534 |publisher=NDTV |date=3 December 2019 |access-date=20 June 2020}}</ref>
* [[Social:Grumpy Cat|Grumpy Cat]] – A cat named Tardar Sauce that appears to have a permanent scowl on her face due to feline dwarfism, according to its owner. Pictures of the cat circulated the Internet, leading it to win the 2013 Webby for Meme of the Year, and her popularity has led her to star in a feature film.<ref name="wsj">{{cite news|last=Rosman |first=Katherine |date=31 May 2013 |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424127887324412604578513352795950958 |title=Grumpy Cat Has an Agent, and Now a Movie Deal |work=The Wall Street Journal|access-date=2013-05-30}}</ref> Tardar Sauce died on 14 May 2019.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Mezzofiore |first1=Gianluca |title=Grumpy Cat, the grouchy-faced furball that launched a thousand memes, is dead |url=https://edition.cnn.com/2019/05/17/celebrities/grumpy-cat-dead-intl-scli/index.html |publisher=CNN |date=17 May 2019 |access-date=31 May 2020}}</ref>
* [[Biography:Hide the Pain Harold|Hide the Pain Harold]] – A Hungarian electrical engineer named András Arató became a meme after posing for stock photos on the websites iWiW and Dreamstime. He initially wasn't very happy with his popularity, but has grown to accept it. He realized he did similar things when he was younger such as drawing on Hungarian poet John Arany's portraits, making him look like a pirate. The meme depicts photos of Arató smiling, while viewers believe the smile masks serious sorrow and pain, hence the name "Hide the Pain Harold".<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://dailynewshungary.com/hide-pain-harold-hungarian-internet-sensation/|title=Hide the pain Harold, the Hungarian internet sensation|date=2018-01-20|website=Daily News Hungary|language=en-US|access-date=2019-11-16}}</ref>
*  Homophobic dog – A series of images of a white dachshund accompanied by homophobic captions, such as "not too fond of gay people" and "let's hope it's just a phase". According to the dog's owners, a gay couple, most of those memes were made and shared by members of the [[Social:LGBT community|LGBTQ community]] to mock homophobic people.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Cavender |first=Elena |date=2022-06-09 |title=Bitch, you better show me the best memes of 2022 (so far) |url=https://mashable.com/article/best-memes-of-2022 |access-date=2022-07-05 |website=Mashable |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Krol |first=Jacklyn |date=2022-05-18 |title=The Homophobic Dog Meme, Explained |url=https://popcrush.com/the-homophobic-dog-meme-explained/ |access-date=2022-07-05 |website=PopCrush |language=en}}</ref> A fake {{wipe|The Washington Post}} headline describing the dog as "the new face of online homophobia"<ref>{{Cite news |date=2022-05-17 |title=Fact Check-The Washington Post did not publish a headline on a dog becoming the 'new face of online homophobia' |language=en |work={{wipe|Reuters}} |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/factcheck-wp-dog-idUSL2N2X929P |access-date=2022-07-05}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Faguy |first=Ana |title=Fact check: Screenshot of purported homophobic dog story is fabricated |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/factcheck/2022/06/08/fact-check-screenshot-supposed-washington-post-story-fabricated/9907327002/ |access-date=2022-07-05 |website=USA TODAY |language=en-US}}</ref> was criticized by Christina Pushaw, press secretary of Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, unaware that it was not a real article.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Spocchia |first=Gino |date=2022-05-18 |title=DeSantis press secretary 'duped' by fake story about 'homophobic dog' |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/homophobic-dog-desantis-press-secretary-b2081668.html |url-access=subscription |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220518141759/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/homophobic-dog-desantis-press-secretary-b2081668.html |archive-date=2022-05-18 |access-date=2022-07-05 |website=The Independent |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Ibrahim |first=Nur |date=2022-05-17 |title=Did WaPo Publish, 'This Dog is the New Face of Online Homophobia'? |url=https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/washington-post-dog-homophobia-article/ |access-date=2022-07-05 |website=[[Philosophy:Snopes|Snopes]] |language=en-US}}</ref>
* Hurricane Shark or Street Shark, a recurring hoax circulated after a variety of natural disasters,<ref name="bbc-fake">{{Cite news |last=Eveleth |first=Rose |date=18 November 2014 |title=Hurricane Sandy: Five ways to spot a fake photograph |language=en |work=BBC Future |publisher=BBC Online |url=https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20121031-how-to-spot-a-fake-sandy-photo |access-date=1 October 2022}}</ref> appearing to show a shark swimming in a flooded urban area, usually after a hurricane. Several images have been used, most often one of a freeway that first appeared during Hurricane Irene in 2011. However, a 2022 video of a shark or other large fish swimming in Hurricane Ian's floodwaters in Fort Myers, Florida, proved to be real, itself becoming part of the phenomenon and leading to phrases like "Hurricane Shark is real".<ref name="nyt-real">{{Cite news |last=Victor |first=Daniel |date=September 30, 2022 |title=For Once, the Hurricane Shark Was Real |work={{wipe|The New York Times}} |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/30/us/hurricane-shark-ian-hoax.html |url-status=live |url-access=limited |access-date=September 30, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220930162041/https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/30/us/hurricane-shark-ian-hoax.html |archive-date=September 30, 2022}}</ref><ref name="bfn-real">{{Cite web |last=Hall |first=Ellie |date=2022-09-29 |title=The Hurricane Shark Is Real |url=https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/ellievhall/hurricane-ian-hurricane-shark-street-shark-florida |access-date=1 October 2022 |website=BuzzFeed News |language=en}}</ref>
*[[Social:Instagram egg|Instagram egg]] – A photograph of an egg on [[Software:Instagram|Instagram]], which formerly received the most number of likes on both the platform<ref name="Iasimone">{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/8493277/egg-kylie-jenner-stormi-most-liked-instagram-photo-record|title=An Egg Dethrones Kylie Jenner & Travis Scott's Baby for Most Liked Instagram Photo Ever|first1=Ashley|last1=Tasimone|date=14 January 2019|magazine=Billboard|access-date=14 January 2019|archive-date=10 April 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190410110551/https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/8493277/egg-kylie-jenner-stormi-most-liked-instagram-photo-record|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="GWR">{{cite web | last=Thorne | first=Dan | title=Egg photo breaks Kylie Jenner's record for most liked image on Instagram | work=Guinness World Records | date=14 January 2019 | url=http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/news/2019/1/egg-photo-breaks-kylie-jenners-record-for-most-liked-image-on-instagram-554801 | access-date=22 January 2019 | archive-date=28 January 2019 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190128213841/http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/news/2019/1/egg-photo-breaks-kylie-jenners-record-for-most-liked-image-on-instagram-554801 | url-status=live }}</ref> and the highest in any social media.{{efn-ua|name=liked|A source from 14 January 2019,<ref name="Overall">{{cite web|url=https://www.globalvillagespace.com/egg-becomes-most-liked-instagram-post/|title='Egg' becomes most-liked Instagram post|author=News Desk|date=14 January 2019|website=Globalvillagespace.com|access-date=14 January 2019|archive-date=31 March 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190331220031/https://www.globalvillagespace.com/egg-becomes-most-liked-instagram-post/|url-status=live}}</ref> says that with over 25 million likes, the only online post with more likes than the egg is the "[[Social:Despacito|Despacito]]" YouTube music video with 31 million likes; however, the egg as of March 2019 has 54.5 million likes, making it the most-liked online post of all time}}
* Islamic Rage Boy – A series of photos of Shakeel Bhat, a Muslim activist whose face became a personification of angry [[Religion:Islamism|Islamism]] in the western media. The first photo dates back to his appearance in 2007 at a rally in Srinigar, the capital of {{wipe|India}} [[Place:Kashmir|Kashmir]]. Several other photos in other media outlets followed, and by November 2007, there were over one million hits for "Islamic Rage Boy" on Google and his face appeared on boxer shorts and [[Bumper sticker|bumper sticker]]s.<ref name="Rajghatta_Chidanand">{{cite news |url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2007-07-01/us/27994267_1_t-shirts-poster-boy-protests |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120127222740/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2007-07-01/us/27994267_1_t-shirts-poster-boy-protests |url-status=dead |archive-date=27 January 2012 |title=Kashmir's 'Rage Boy' invites humour, mirth|last=Rajghatta|first=Chidanand|date=1 July 2007|work=The Times of India |access-date=16 February 2010}}</ref>
* [[Philosophy:Keep Calm and Carry On|Keep Calm and Carry On]] – A [[Phrasal template|phrasal template]] or snowclone that was originally a [[Philosophy:Motivational poster|motivational poster]] produced by the UK government in 1939 intended to raise public morale. It was rediscovered in 2000, became increasingly used during the 2009 global recession, and has spawned various parodies and imitations.<ref>{{cite web|last=Henley|first=Jon|title=What crisis?|url=https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2009/mar/18/keep-calm-carry-on-poster|work=The Guardian|location=London|access-date=29 November 2013|date=17 March 2009}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Walker|first=Rob|title=Remixed Messages|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/05/magazine/05FOB-consumed-t.html|work=The New York Times|access-date=29 November 2013|date=1 July 2009}}</ref>
* Listenbourg – An image of a [[Photomontage|photoshopped]] map of [[Earth:Europe|Europe]] with a red arrow pointing to the outline of a fictional country adjacent to Portugal and {{wipe|Spain}}.<ref name="CNN-News18">{{cite news |author=Buzz Staff |date=2022-11-03 |title=Listenbourg is at the Centre Of a Meme Storm, Here's Why |url=https://www.news18.com/news/buzz/listenbourg-is-at-the-centre-of-a-meme-storm-heres-why-6301951.html |url-status=live |work=CNN-News18 |location=[[Place:New Delhi|New Delhi]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221104121338/https://www.news18.com/news/buzz/listenbourg-is-at-the-centre-of-a-meme-storm-heres-why-6301951.html |archive-date=2022-11-04 |access-date=2022-11-25}}</ref><ref name="Euronews">{{cite news |last=Brezar |first= Aleksandar |date=2022-11-04 |title=What is Listenbourg? Why is it going viral on Twitter? Why did the meme become so big in Europe? |url=https://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2022/11/02/what-is-listenbourg-why-is-it-going-viral-on-twitter-why-did-the-meme-become-so-big-in-eur |url-status=live |work=Euronews |location=Lyon |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221120042512/https://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2022/11/02/what-is-listenbourg-why-is-it-going-viral-on-twitter-why-did-the-meme-become-so-big-in-eur |archive-date=2022-11-20 |access-date=2022-11-25}}</ref> 
* [[Social:Little Fatty|Little Fatty]] – Starting in 2003, the face of Qian Zhijun, a student from Shanghai, was [[Earth:Superimposition|superimposed]] onto various other images.<ref>{{cite news|date=16 November 2006 |first=Clifford |last=Coonan |work=The Independent |url=http://news.independent.co.uk/world/asia/article1987610.ece |title=The new cultural revolution: How Little Fatty made it big |access-date=21 February 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061119040505/http://news.independent.co.uk/world/asia/article1987610.ece |archive-date=19 November 2006 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |work=Times online | first=Jane| last=Macartney|date=22 November 2006|url=http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/asia/article644809.ece | title=A fat chance of saving face | access-date =21 February 2007}}</ref>
* [[Social:Lolcat|Lolcat]] – A collection of humorous [[Social:Image macro|image macro]]s featuring cats with misspelled phrases, such as "[[Company:I Can Has Cheezburger?|I Can Has Cheezburger?]]".<ref name="Daily_Freeman">{{cite news|url=http://www.dailyfreeman.com/articles/2010/01/13/life/doc4b4d3caa8f2dc144957167.txt|title=Life LAJARA: Internet teems with crazy, silly memes|last=Lajara|first=Ivan|date=13 January 2010|work=Daily Freeman|access-date=20 January 2010|archive-date=13 November 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121113172153/http://www.dailyfreeman.com/articles/2010/01/13/life/doc4b4d3caa8f2dc144957167.txt|url-status=dead}}</ref> The earliest versions of LOLcats appeared on [[Social:4chan|4chan]], usually on Saturdays, which were designated "Caturday", as a day to post photos of cats.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://thedp.com/node/54393|title=Iz not cats everywhere? Online trend spreads across campus|last=Richards|first=Paul|date=14 November 2007|work=The Daily Pennsylvanian|access-date=20 January 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110823023452/http://thedp.com/node/54393|archive-date=23 August 2011|url-status=dead}}</ref>
* [[Biology:Pallas's cat|Manul]] – A Russian meme that was introduced in 2008. It is typically an image macro with a picture of an unfriendly and stern-looking Pallas's cat (also known as a manul) accompanied by a caption in which the cat invites you to pet it.{{refn|<ref>{{cite web|url=http://rus.postimees.ee/211008/glavnaja/kalejdoskop/42660.php|title=Манул стал культовым котом Рунета|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081024115609/http://rus.postimees.ee/211008/glavnaja/kalejdoskop/42660.php|archive-date=2008-10-24|trans-title=The manul has become a cult figure on the Runet|website=Postimees|date=2008-10-21}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://aif.ru/society/article/22354|title=Кот манул – новая звезда Рунета|trans-title=The manul cat is a new star of the Runet|work=Argumenty i Facty|date=31 October 2008}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.moskva.fm/stations/FM_107.0/programs/mediasapiens/2008-11-01_21:39:12|title=MediaSapiens (radio show)|date=2008-11-01|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130130033658/http://www.moskva.fm/stations/FM_107.0/programs/mediasapiens/2008-11-01_21:39:12|archive-date=2013-01-30|work=Moskva.FM}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nat-geo.ru/article/263/|title=Степной отшельник|work=National Geographic (Russia)|date=June 2009|pages=85–91|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111113024521/http://www.nat-geo.ru/article/263|archive-date=2011-11-13}}</ref><ref name="Lenta.ru-20121005">{{cite news |url=http://lenta.ru/news/2012/10/05/pogladkota/ |title=Талисманом московского зоопарка стал манул |date=2012 |trans-title=Manul became the mascot of the Moscow zoo |access-date=2013-07-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131129005507/http://lenta.ru/news/2012/10/05/pogladkota/ |archive-date=29 November 2013 |url-status=bot: unknown }}</ref>}}
* McKayla is not impressed – A Tumblr blog that went viral after taking an image of McKayla Maroney, the American gymnast who won the silver medal in the vault at the 2012 Summer Olympics, on the medal podium with a disappointed look on her face, and photoshopping it into various "impressive" places and situations, e.g. on top of the Great Wall of China and standing next to Usain Bolt.<ref>{{cite news|last=Cohen |first=Ben |url=https://blogs.wsj.com/dailyfix/2012/08/08/mckayla-is-not-impressed-by-this-meme/?mod=wsj_streaming_stream |title=McKayla Is Not Impressed By This Meme |work=The Wall Street Journal |date=8 August 2012 |access-date=16 August 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|author=08/09/2012 12:51 pm Updated: 08/09/2012 4:44 pm |url=https://huffingtonpost.com/2012/08/09/mckayla-maroney-tumblr-is-not-impressed-fab-five-photos_n_1760225.html |title=McKayla Maroney Tumblr Shows She 'Is Not Impressed' With Pretty Much Everything (PHOTOS) |work=Huffington Post |access-date=16 August 2012 |date=9 August 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://sports.yahoo.com/photos/olympics-mckayla-maroney-is-not-impressed-meme-slideshow/mckayla-maroney-meme-photo-1344522530.html |title=McKayla Maroney meme goes viral {{pipe}} Photo Gallery |publisher=[[Software:Yahoo! Sports|Yahoo! Sports]] |date=9 August 2012 |access-date=16 August 2012}}</ref>
* Nimoy Sunset Pie – A Tumblr blog that posted mashups combining American actor Leonard Nimoy, [[Astronomy:Sunset|sunset]]s, and pie.<ref name="Edelman 2012">{{cite web|first1=Scott|last1=Edelman|url=http://www.blastr.com/2010/04/spock_pie_1_weird_website.php|title=Spock + Pie = 1 weird website|work=Blastr|publisher=Syfy|date=14 December 2012|access-date=16 September 2016|archive-date=8 October 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161008092312/http://www.blastr.com/2010/04/spock_pie_1_weird_website.php|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="Guzman 2010">{{cite web|first1=René A.|last1=Guzman|url=http://blog.mysanantonio.com/geekspeak/2010/04/nimoy-sunset-pie-when-art-meets-artifice-with-mr-spock-and-baked-treats/|title=Nimoy Sunset Pie: When art meets artifice with Mr. Spock and baked treats|work=San Antonio Express-News|publisher=Hearst Corporation|date=27 April 2010|access-date=16 September 2016|archive-date=14 April 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210414011306/https://blog.mysanantonio.com/geekspeak/2010/04/nimoy-sunset-pie-when-art-meets-artifice-with-mr-spock-and-baked-treats/|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="Laessig 2010">{{cite web |first1=Gavon |last1=Laessig|url=http://www.lawrence.com/news/2010/apr/26/nimoy-sunset-pie/|title=Nimoy Sunset Pie|work=Lawrence.com|date=26 April 2010|access-date=16 September 2016}}</ref><ref name="MelissBuzzFeed 2010">{{cite web |author=MelissBuzzFeed|url=https://www.buzzfeed.com/melismashable/spock-pie-1ase|title=Spock Pie [PIC]|work=BuzzFeed|publisher=BuzzFeed, Inc.|date=1 May 2010|access-date=16 September 2016}}</ref><ref name="Plait 2010">{{cite web|first1=Phil|last1=Plait|url=http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2010/05/14/nimoy-sunset-pie/|title=Nimoy. Sunset. Pie.|work=Discover|publisher=Kalmbach Publishing|date=14 May 2010|access-date=16 September 2016|archive-date=23 March 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190323163400/http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2010/05/14/nimoy-sunset-pie/|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="Schmidt 2010">{{cite web|first1=Mackenzie|last1=Schmidt|url=http://www.villagevoice.com/news/your-new-favorite-non-bro-meme-nimoy-sunset-pie-6713866|title=Your New Favorite Non-Bro Meme: Nimoy Sunset Pie|work=The Village Voice|publisher=Village Voice, LLC.|date=21 May 2010|access-date=16 September 2016}}</ref>
* [[Social:O RLY?|O RLY?]] – Originally a text phrase on [[Company:Something Awful|Something Awful]], and then an image macro done for [[Social:4chan|4chan]]. Based around a picture of a snowy owl.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://findarticles.com/p/news-articles/telegraph-herald-dubuque-iowa/mi_8023/is_20070819/cat-tales/ai_n44821510/ |title=Cat-tales |last=Hogstrom |first=Erik |date=19 August 2007 |work=Telegraph-Herald |access-date=7 March 2010 |location=Dubuque, Iowa |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100529181601/http://findarticles.com/p/news-articles/telegraph-herald-dubuque-iowa/mi_8023/is_20070819/cat-tales/ai_n44821510/ |archive-date=29 May 2010 }}</ref>
* [[Social:Oolong (rabbit)|Oolong]] – Photos featured on a popular Japanese website of a rabbit that is famous for its ability to balance a variety of objects on its head.<ref name="oolong">{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2003/05/25/arts/design/25BOXE.html|title=Prospecting for Gold Among the Photo Blogs|last=Boxer|first=Sarah|date=25 May 2003|work=The New York Times|access-date=4 February 2010}}</ref>
* [[Social:Pepe the Frog|Pepe the Frog]] – A cartoon frog character from a 2005 web cartoon became widely used on [[Social:4chan|4chan]] in 2008, often with the phrase "feels good man".<ref>{{cite web|last1=Khan|first1=Imad|title=4chan's Pepe the Frog is bigger than ever—and his creator feels good, man|url=http://www.dailydot.com/lol/4chan-pepe-the-frog-renaissance/|publisher=The Daily Dot|access-date=2 June 2015|date=12 April 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last1=Kiberd|first1=Roisin|title=4chan's Frog Meme went Mainstream, So They Tried to Kill It|url=http://motherboard.vice.com/read/4chans-frog-meme-went-mainstream-so-they-tried-to-kill-it|website=motherboard.vice.com|access-date=2 June 2015|date=9 April 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.vice.com/read/feels-good-man-728|title=The Creator of Pepe the Frog Talks About Making Comics in the Post-Meme World|work=VICE}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last1=Notopoulos|first1=Katie|title=1,272 Rare Pepes|url=https://www.buzzfeed.com/katienotopoulos/1272-rare-pepes|publisher=BuzzFeed|access-date=2 June 2015|date=11 May 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last1=Eördögh |first1=Fruzsina |title=With all its political bluster, Anonymous can't shake its 'prankster' past |url=https://news.yahoo.com/political-bluster-anonymous-cant-shake-prankster-past-141612625.html |access-date=2 June 2015 |date=22 May 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150603011233/https://news.yahoo.com/political-bluster-anonymous-cant-shake-prankster-past-141612625.html |archive-date=3 June 2015 }}</ref> In 2015, the New Zealand government accepted proposals for a new national flag and a flag with Pepe, known as "Te Pepe", was submitted.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.govt.nz/browse/engaging-with-government/the-nz-flag-your-chance-to-decide/gallery/design/3724 |title=Te Pepe |work=New Zealand Government |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160107060750/https://www.govt.nz/browse/engaging-with-government/the-nz-flag-your-chance-to-decide/gallery/design/3724 |archive-date=7 January 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.smh.com.au/world/new-zealand-flag-designs-kwi-piwi-or-kiwi-20150516-gh35k5.html|title=New Zealand flag designs: Kwi, piwi or kiwi?|work=The Sydney Morning Herald|date=16 May 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/may/15/new-zealands-new-flag-15-quirky-contenders|title=New Zealand's new flag: 15 quirky contenders|first=Elle|last=Hunt|work=the Guardian|date=15 May 2015}}</ref>
* [[Social:Seriously McDonalds|Seriously McDonalds]] – A photograph apparently showing racist policies introduced by [[Company:McDonald's|McDonald's]]. The photograph, which is a hoax, went viral, especially on Twitter, in June 2011.<ref>{{cite web |title=McDonald's racist Twitter message was hoax |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/mcdonalds-racist-twitter-message-was-hoax/ |work=CBS News |date=15 June 2011 |access-date=31 May 2020}}</ref><!--
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*Spider-Man Pointing at Spider-Man – An image of the episode "Double Identity" of the 1967 TV series ''Spider-Man'' where the character Spider-Man and a criminal with the same costume point at each other.<ref name="spiderman">{{Cite web |last=Leston |first=Ryan |date=February 23, 2022 |title=Marvel Releases the 'Spider-Man Pointing' Meme... in Live-Action |url=https://www.ign.com/articles/marvel-spider-man-pointing-meme-tom-holland-andrew-garfield-tobey-maguire |access-date=2022-02-26 |website=IGN}}</ref> It is often used online when a person coincidentally acts or looks like another person.<ref name="spiderman2">{{Cite web |last=Yehl |first=Joshua |date=December 21, 2018 |title=Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse End Credits Scene Explained |url=https://www.ign.com/articles/2018/12/21/spider-man-into-the-spider-verse-ending-explained |access-date=2022-02-26 |website=IGN}}</ref> The meme was referenced in the post-credit scene of Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse and a real-life version with three Spider-Man actors - Tom Holland, Andrew Garfield and [[Biography:Tobey Maguire|Tobey Maguire]] - was tweeted by Marvel to announce the release of Spider-Man: No Way Home on 4K UHD and Blu-ray.<ref name="spiderman2"/><ref name="spiderman"/>
* Stonks – An image featuring [[Social:Meme Man|Meme Man]] in a suit against an image of the stock market, used to highlight or satirize absurd topics related to finance or the economy.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Dennin |first1=James |title=The 'stonks' meme can teach you a lot about the stock market |url=https://melmagazine.com/en-us/story/stonks-meme-boglehead-investing |website=Mel Magazine |date=August 2019 |access-date=11 November 2020}}</ref>
* Success Kid – An image of a baby who is clenching his fist while featuring a determined look on his face.<ref>{{cite web | url = https://abcnews.go.com/Health/internet-success-kids-dad-kidney-transplant/storyt?id=30288035 | title = Success Kid's Dad Needs a Kidney Transplant | last = Lupkin | first = Sydney | work = ABC News | date = 2015-04-14 | access-date = 2015-04-16 }}</ref>
* [[Social:Trash Doves|Trash Doves]] – A sticker set of a purple bird for iOS, Facebook messenger, Facebook comments, and other messaging apps created by Syd Weiler. The animated headbanging pigeon from the sticker set started to go viral in Thailand<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.khaosodenglish.com/culture/net/2017/02/11/thainet-flips-headbanging-bird/|title=Thainet Flips Out Over Headbanging Bird|first=Asaree|last=Thaitrakulpanich|date=2017-02-11|newspaper=Khaosod English|access-date=2017-02-15|language=en-US}}</ref> and it became globally viral on social media.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.dailydot.com/debug/trash-dove-purple-bird-facebook/|title=Trash Dove is spreading like a virus. Can Facebook do anything to stop it?|date=2017-02-14|newspaper=The Daily Dot|access-date=2017-02-15|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.cleveland.com/entertainment/index.ssf/2017/02/facebook_sticker_trash_dove_fl.html|title=Facebook sticker "Trash Dove" floods comment conversations on social media|newspaper=cleveland.com|access-date=2017-02-15|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-38967825|title=What does this purple bird mean?|date=2017-02-14|newspaper=BBC News|access-date=2017-02-15|language=en-GB}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.dailydot.com/unclick/purple-bird-trash-dove-comments/|title=What's up with this purple bird that is all over your Facebook?|date=2017-02-14|newspaper=The Daily Dot|access-date=2017-02-15|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/technology/shortcuts/2017/feb/15/trash-dove-how-a-purple-bird-took-over-facebook|title=Trash dove: how a purple bird took over Facebook|last=Cresci|first=Elena|date=2017-02-15|newspaper=The Guardian|access-date=2017-02-17|language=en-GB|issn=0261-3077}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com.au/2017/02/12/trash-doves-the-purple-floppy-bird-flocking-your-facebook-newsf/|title=Trash Doves: The Purple Floppy Bird Flocking Your Facebook Newsfeed|website=Huffington Post Australia|access-date=2017-02-17|archive-date=2 July 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170702033154/http://www.huffingtonpost.com.au/2017/02/12/trash-doves-the-purple-floppy-bird-flocking-your-facebook-newsf/|url-status=dead}}</ref>
* Tron Guy – Jay Maynard, a computer consultant, designed a ''Tron'' costume, complete with skin-tight [[Chemistry:Spandex|spandex]] and light-up plastic armor, in 2003 for Penguicon 1.0 in Detroit, Michigan. The Internet phenomenon began when an article was posted to [[Social:Slashdot|Slashdot]], followed by [[Company:Fark|Fark]], including images of this costume.<ref name="tronguy">{{cite news|url=http://www.citypages.com/2008-08-13/news/being-tron-guy/1 |title=Being Tron Guy |last=Palosaari |first=Ben |date=12 August 2008 |newspaper=City Pages |access-date=21 January 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100309114049/http://www.citypages.com/2008-08-13/news/being-tron-guy/1 |archive-date=9 March 2010 }}</ref>
* Vancouver Riot Kiss – An image supposedly of a young couple lying on the ground kissing each other behind a group of rioters during the riots following the Vancouver Canucks' Stanley Cup loss to the Boston Bruins on 15 June 2011. The couple, later identified as Australian, Scott Jones, and local resident, Alexandra Thomas, were not actually kissing but Jones was consoling Thomas after being knocked down by a police charge.<ref name="Ross_Nick">{{cite news|last=Ross|first=Nick|title=Vancouver Riot Kiss becomes internet meme|url=http://www.abc.net.au/technology/articles/2011/06/18/3247348.htm|access-date=20 June 2011|publisher=Australian Broadcasting Corporation|date=19 June 2011}}</ref>
* [[Social:Wojak|Wojak]] – also known "Feels Guy", a bald male character with a sad expression on his face, often used as a reaction image to represent feelings such as melancholy, regret or loneliness. It has been used to convey different feelings by means of [[Philosophy:Memetics|memetic]] transformation and modification into many various unique forms, all with different meanings. Some represent specific ideas or roles in certain situations, such as the [[NPC (meme)|NPC meme]], which mocks supposed [[Groupthink|groupthink]] and a lack of individuality among a group of people. It has also spawned many derived characters, all based on the original but used to represent different emotions.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Gadre |first1=Soham |title=Inside the Male-Dominated Meme Hijacked by Lib-Bashing Trumpsters |url=https://www.thedailybeast.com/inside-wojak-the-male-dominated-meme-hijacked-by-lib-bashing-trumpsters |website=The Daily Beast |date=4 April 2020 |access-date=1 August 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Myers |first1=Quinn |title=HOW WOJAK MEMES TOOK OVER THE INTERNET |url=https://melmagazine.com/en-us/story/wojak-meme-history-meaning |website=MEL Magazine |date=4 December 2020 |access-date=1 August 2021}}</ref>
* Woman yelling at a cat – A screenshot of the members of the television show ''The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills'' Taylor Armstrong and Kyle Richards showing Armstrong shouting and pointing with the finger, followed by a photo of a confused cat (identified as [[Social:Smudge (meme cat)|Smudge]]) sitting behind a table with food. The meme emerged in mid-2019, when [[Company:Twitter|Twitter]] users joined the photos and included texts that looked like a mockery of the cat to the angry woman.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.semana.com/tecnologia/articulo/el-origen-del-meme-de-la-mujer-exaltada-y-el-gato-malvado/630160 |title=El origen del meme de la mujer exaltada y el gato malvado  |access-date=22 December 2019 |date=31 August 2019 |work=Semana |publisher=Publicaciones Semana |location=Bogotá |language=es }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.oprahmag.com/entertainment/a29739536/cat-meme-taylor-armstrong-explained/ |title=What is The Cat Meme, and Why Is That Woman Yelling? An Explanation of the Hilarious Viral Moment |access-date=22 December 2019 |last=Mitchell |first=Amanda |date=8 November 2019 |work=The Oprah Magazine}}</ref>{{anchor|The worst person you know}}
*Worst person you know - a satirical article by ClickHole with a picture of Josep Maria García.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-06-19 |title='The worst person you know': the man who unwittingly became a meme |url=https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2022/jun/19/the-worst-person-you-know-the-man-who-unwittingly-became-a-meme |access-date=2022-06-20 |website={{wipe|The Guardian}} |language=en}}</ref>
* Wood Sitting on a Bed – An image of a nude man sitting on a bed that gained notoriety at the beginning of the [[Medicine:COVID-19|COVID-19]] pandemic.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Zargoza |first1=Alex |title=The Untold Story of Wood, the Well-Endowed Man From Those Coronavirus Texts |url=https://www.vice.com/en/article/wxeywy/the-untold-story-of-wood-the-well-endowed-man-from-those-coronavirus-texts |access-date=12 December 2020 |work=VICE |date=March 27, 2020 |language=en}}</ref> 
* "You are not immune to propaganda." – A [[Glitch art|glitch art]] representation of Garfield, with the caption "You are not immune to propaganda" surrounding it.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Radulovic |first1=Petrana |title=The best memes of 2019, so far |url=https://www.polygon.com/2019/3/18/18236768/best-funny-memes-2019 |publisher=Polygon |date=6 September 2019 |access-date=31 May 2020}}</ref>

==Music==
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== People ==
*[[Social:Meme Man|Meme Man]] – Fictional character often featured in surreal memes, depicted as a [[3D rendering|3D render]] of a smooth, bald, and often disembodied and blue-eyed male head.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Surreal Memes Are the Last Escape the Internet Has|url=https://www.vice.com/en/article/xwz833/surreal-memes-are-the-last-escape-the-internet-has|access-date=2021-07-30|website=www.vice.com|date=July 2017 |language=en}}</ref>
*Salt Bae – Turkish chef and restaurateur Nusret Gökçe earned fame in 2017 for his camera-friendly approach to preparing and seasoning meat, including a video in 2017 which he sprinkles salt, sparkling in the sunlight, onto a steak.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Messina|first=Victoria|title=This Sensually Sassy Chef Just Set the Internet on Fire With a Hilarious New Meme|language=en-US|newspaper=POPSUGAR Tech|url=http://www.popsugar.com/tech/What-Salt-Bae-Meme-42971685#photo-42971685|access-date=2017-01-24}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Lang|first=Cady|title=The Salt Bae Meme Has Inspired a Portrait Made of Real Salt|url=http://time.com/4643483/salt-bae-meme-portrait/|access-date=2017-01-24|website=TIME.com|date=23 January 2017 }}</ref> Gökçe's approach has been compared to dinner theater, in that his actual finished product is secondary to the performance.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Burton|first=Monica|date=6 February 2018|title=What the Critics Are Saying About Salt Bae's NYC Restaurant|work=Eater|url=https://www.eater.com/2018/1/26/16932642/salt-bae-nurs-et-new-york-city-restaurant-reviews|url-status=live|access-date=3 October 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181004103740/https://www.eater.com/2018/1/26/16932642/salt-bae-nurs-et-new-york-city-restaurant-reviews|archive-date=4 October 2018}}</ref>
*[[Biography:Hide the Pain Harold|Hide the Pain Harold]] – Hungarian retired model András István Arató became the subject of a meme in 2011, due to seemingly fake smile as the model in stock images.

== Politics ==
* Arrest of Vladimir Putin – A viral video showing the mock arrest of Vladimir Putin and his trial.<ref name="Yahoo">{{cite news | url = https://news.yahoo.com/fake-putin-arrest-video-becomes-online-hit-094114602.html| title = Fake Putin arrest video becomes online hit| date = 16 February 2012 | work = [[Software:Yahoo! News|Yahoo! News]] | access-date =9 July 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/300032/20120216/arrest-vladimir-putin-video-viral-russia.htm| title = 'Arrest of Vladimir Putin' Video Goes Viral in Russia| date = 16 February 2012 | website = International Business Times | access-date =9 July 2012}}</ref>
* ''Barack Obama vs. Mitt Romney'' – A fictitious rap battle between 2012 election [[Social:Candidate|candidate]]s [[Biography:Barack Obama|Barack Obama]] and Mitt Romney. As of October 2020, the video has over 150 million views.<ref>{{cite news|last=Kaufman|first=Leslie|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2013/10/30/arts/television/epic-rap-battles-seeks-staying-power-on-youtube.html?_r=0|title=Making Silly Showdowns for YouTube|newspaper=The New York Times|date=30 October 2013|access-date=15 December 2013}}</ref>
* Bernie or Hillary? – A political poster that compares the positions of Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders on certain issues. It was typically used by Sanders supporters to make fun of Clinton's attempts to seem relatable to the voter base while they perceived Sanders to be more knowledgeable and in-depth on the issues.<ref name="Hess 2016">{{cite web|first1=Amanda|last1=Hess|url=http://www.slate.com/articles/technology/users/2016/02/the_bernie_vs_hillary_meme_is_weird_ceaseless_and_kind_of_sexist_just_like.html|title=The Bernie vs. Hillary meme is weird, ceaseless, and kind of sexist, just like the 2016 campaign.|work=Slate|publisher=The Slate Group|date=9 February 2016|access-date=5 May 2016}}</ref><ref name="Lewis 2016">{{cite web|first1=Gabriella|last1=Lewis|url=https://www.vice.com/read/we-asked-an-expert-if-memes-could-determine-the-outcome-of-the-presidential-election|title=We Asked an Expert if Memes Could Determine the Outcome of the Presidential Election|work=Vice|publisher=[[Company:Vice Media|Vice Media]]|date=20 March 2016|access-date=5 May 2016}}</ref><ref name="Sanders 2016">{{cite web|first1=Sam|last1=Sanders|url=https://www.npr.org/2016/02/05/465752565/-memeoftheweek-bernie-or-hillary-sexist-or-nah|title=#MemeOfTheWeek: Bernie Or Hillary. Sexist Or Nah?|work=NPR Politics|publisher=NPR|date=5 February 2016|access-date=5 May 2016}}</ref> However, some critiqued the meme by saying that it played into sexist stereotypes.<ref name="Hess 2016" /><ref name="Sanders 2016" />
* Joe Biden – There are numerous iterations of President Joe Biden as a meme.<ref>{{cite web |last=Millstein |first=Seth |url=https://www.bustle.com/p/the-15-all-time-best-joe-biden-memes-ranked-30830 |title=The 15 All-Time Best Joe Biden Memes, Ranked |magazine=Bustle |date=16 January 2017 |access-date=26 April 2019 }}</ref> The portrayal of Biden in ''The Onion'' was popular on the Internet and influenced other memes about him, as well as his broader public image.<ref>{{cite web |last=Feldman |first=Brian |url=https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2016/07/biden-grabs-podium-tim-kaine.html |title=[Grabs Podium], the Best Vice-Presidential Meme, Faces Down the Tim Kaine Era |department=Intelligencer |website=New York |date=28 July 2016 |access-date=3 July 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181113140619/http://nymag.com/intelligencer/2016/07/biden-grabs-podium-tim-kaine.html |archive-date=13 November 2018 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=McNear |first=Claire |url=https://www.theringer.com/2016/7/28/16040686/joe-biden-speech-dnc-4ad8bdd7937b |title=Joe Biden's Final Great Moment |website=The Ringer |date=28 July 2016 |access-date=1 July 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190701214754/https://www.theringer.com/2016/7/28/16040686/joe-biden-speech-dnc-4ad8bdd7937b |archive-date=1 July 2019}}</ref> After Donald Trump won the 2016 U.S. presidential election, images of Biden as the "Biden Bro" or "Prankster Joe Biden" began circulating online. In these memes, Biden was paired with [[Biography:Barack Obama|Barack Obama]] and captioned with various fictional conversations planning pranks and jokes on the president-elect. Biden is portrayed as the immature prankster of the duo, with Obama as his exasperated straight man.<ref>{{cite web|first1=AJ|last1=Willingham|title=The 11 Best Joe Biden Memes as America Says Bye to its Uncle in Chief|website=CNN|url=http://www.cnn.com/2016/11/14/politics/joe-biden-memes-trnd/|access-date=13 December 2016|date=14 November 2016}}</ref>{{Update inline|date=July 2021|reason=Update to cover more recent Biden memes post-2016}}
* [[Social:Bush shoeing incident|Bush shoeing incident]] – During a press conference in 2008, Muntadhar al-Zaidi threw both of his shoes at then-president George W. Bush. Afterwards, various Flash-based browser games and gifs were created to poke fun of the incident.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Wallace|first1=Lewis|title=Bush Shoe-Toss Immortalized in Games, Animations|url=https://www.wired.com/2008/12/bush-shoe-toss/|access-date=24 August 2016|date=16 December 2008}}</ref>
* [[Social:Crush on Obama|Crush on Obama]] – A music video by Amber Lee Ettinger that circulated during the 2008 United States presidential election. As well as its sequels, the video caught the attention of bloggers, mainstream media, and other candidates, and achieved 12.5 million views on YouTube by 1 January 2009.<ref name="Obama_Girl">{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WaBicMvGidsC&q=obama+girl&pg=PA142|title=YouTube and Video Marketing: An Hour a Day|publisher={{wipe|John Wiley & Sons}}|year=2009|pages=142–143|isbn=978-0-470-45969-0|access-date=2 July 2010|author8=Jarboe, Greg}}</ref>
* Dean scream – Former Governor of Vermont Howard Dean's concession speech following the 2004 New Hampshire Democratic primaries included Dean rattling off a list of states in escalating volume as crowd noise rose, resulting in increasingly distorted audio and culminating in an unusual "yeehaw" scream. It was one of the first political Internet memes.<ref name = "NBCNews">{{cite web|last=Murray|first=Mark|date=18 January 2019|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/meet-the-press/howard-dean-s-scream-turns-15-its-impact-american-politics-n959916|title=As Howard Dean's 'scream' turns 15, its impact on American politics lives on|work=NBC News|access-date=15 February 2020}}</ref>
* Delete your account – A phrase used on [[Company:Twitter|Twitter]] to criticize the opinions of opponents. On 9 June 2016, Hillary Clinton tweeted this phrase towards Donald Trump. Afterwards, the tweet has become her most retweeted tweet of all time.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Gilbert|first1=Jason|last2=Chiel|first2=Ethan|last3=Matthews|first3=David|title=The 10 Best 'delete Your Account' Tweets of Twitter's First 10 Years|url=http://fusion.net/story/282905/delete-your-account-meme-best-tweets/|website=Fusion|access-date=9 June 2016|archive-date=22 October 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161022214808/http://fusion.net/story/282905/delete-your-account-meme-best-tweets/|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=Lang|first1=Cady|title=Hillary Clinton Tweets 'Delete Your Account' to Donald Trump|url=http://time.com/4363217/hillary-clinton-delete-your-account/|access-date=9 June 2016|work=TIME.com|date=9 June 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=Victor|first1=Daniel|title=Hillary Clinton to Donald Trump: 'Delete Your Account'|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/06/10/us/politics/hillary-clinton-to-donald-trump-delete-your-account.html|access-date=9 June 2016|work=The New York Times|date=9 June 2016}}</ref>
* [[Organization:University of Florida Taser incident|Don't Tase Me, Bro!]] – An incident at a campus talk by Senator John Kerry where a student yelled his now-infamous phrase while being restrained by police.<ref>{{cite magazine | last=Stirland | first=Sarah Lai | title="Don't Tase Me, Bro!" Jolts the Web | url=http://blog.wired.com/27bstroke6/2007/09/dont-tase-me-br.html | access-date=9 October 2007 | magazine=Wired | date=19 September 2007}}</ref>
* Eastwooding – After Clint Eastwood's speech at the 2012 Republican National Convention, in which he spoke to an empty chair representing President [[Biography:Barack Obama|Barack Obama]], photos were posted by users on the Internet of people talking to empty chairs, with various captions referring to the chair as either Obama or Eastwood.<ref name="Ngak_Chenda">{{cite news|last=Ngak|first=Chenda|title=Eastwood's speech sparks Twitter trend, "Eastwooding" photo meme.|url=http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-501465_162-57504488-501465/eastwoods-speech-sparks-twitter-trend-eastwooding-photo-meme/|access-date=31 August 2012|newspaper=CBS News|date=31 August 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Ortiz|first=Erik|title=Clint Eastwood inspires 'Eastwooding': Social media users upload empty chair pics online|url=http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/eastwooding-inspires-social-media-users-upload-empty-chair-pics-clint-eastwood-speech-article-1.1148602|work=New York Daily News|access-date=31 August 2012|date=31 August 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Tsukayama|first=Hayley|title=#Eastwooding is the Twitter meme of the day|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/faster-forward/post/eastwooding-is-the-twitter-meme-of-the-day/2012/08/31/74c85f5a-f378-11e1-892d-bc92fee603a7_blog.html|newspaper=The Washington Post|access-date=31 August 2012|date=31 August 2012}}</ref>
*"[[Unsolved:Epstein didn't kill himself|Epstein didn't kill himself]]" – A bait-and-switch joke originating on the app iFunny in October 2019,<ref>{{cite web |last1=Khawaja |first1=Jemayel |title='Jeffrey Epstein Didn't Kill Himself' Is Peak Meme After Art Basel Prank |url=https://variety.com/2019/digital/news/jeffrey-epstein-didnt-kill-himself-meme-1203431048/ |work=Variety |date=10 December 2019 |access-date=30 May 2020}}</ref> two months after his [[Unsolved:Death of Jeffrey Epstein|death]] in August. Many memes alleged involvement of Donald Trump, Hillary Clinton, or other notable figures.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Simon |first1=Scott |last2=Caldwell |first2=Don |title=Epstein's Death Becomes A Meme |url=https://www.npr.org/2019/11/16/780067957/epsteins-death-becomes-a-meme |publisher=NPR |date=16 November 2019 |access-date=31 May 2020}}</ref> The meme saw mainstream popularity in late 2019, being unexpectedly snuck into cable news interviews by guests such as on FOX News and MSNBC.<ref>{{cite magazine |last1=Grey Ellis |first1=Emma |title='Epstein Didn't Kill Himself' and the Meme-ing of Conspiracy |url=https://www.wired.com/story/epstein-didnt-kill-himself-conspiracy/ |magazine=Wired |access-date=30 May 2020 |date=15 November 2019}}</ref> It was also referenced by [[Biography:Ricky Gervais|Ricky Gervais]] at the 77th Golden Globe Awards due to the alleged connections between Epstein and people in the Hollywood film industry.<ref>{{Cite web|last=White|first=Abbey|date=2020-01-05|title=Golden Globes: Read Ricky Gervais' Scathing Opening Monologue|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/transcript-ricky-gervais-golden-globes-2020-opening-monologue-1266516/|access-date=2021-07-11|website=The Hollywood Reporter|language=en-US}}</ref>
* Forest raking – After U.S. President's Donald Trump's comments that {{wipe|Finland}} spent "a lot of time on raking and cleaning its forest floor", Finnish people began circulating satirical images of themselves raking the forests to stop wildfires.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.sfchronicle.com/california-wildfires/article/Finland-raking-President-Trump-memes-wildfire-13405330.php|title=Finland churns out hilarious memes mocking Trump's raking comment|date=2018-11-19|work=SFChronicle.com|access-date=2018-11-20|language=en-US}}</ref>
* Jesusland map – A map created shortly after the 2004 U.S. presidential election that [[Social:Satire|satirizes]] the red/blue states scheme by dividing the {{wipe|United States}} and {{wipe|Canada}} into "The United States of Canada" and "Jesusland".<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2006/11/19/magazine/19wwln_lede.html?_r=2|title=The Last 20th-Century Election?|first=Matt|last=Bai|date=19 November 2006|work=The New York Times Magazine|access-date=24 August 2016}}</ref>
* Kekistan – A fictional country created by 4chan members that has become a political meme and online movement used notably by the [[Religion:Alt-right|alt-right]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2017/may/23/alt-right-online-humor-as-a-weapon-facism |title=Hiding in plain sight: how the 'alt-right' is weaponizing irony to spread fascism |last=Wilson |first=Jason |date=23 May 2017 |newspaper=The Guardian |access-date=15 June 2017}}</ref>
* [[Social:Miss Me Yet?|Miss Me Yet?]] – Billboards that appeared on American highways in early 2010 that featured George Bush asking "Miss me yet?".<ref>{{Cite news|last=Gay|first=Mara|date=9 February 2010|title=Bush Billboard Poses $64,000 Question|work=Aol News|url=http://www.aolnews.com/nation/article/miss-me-yet-nostalgia-for-george-w-bush-looms-large-on-minn-billboard/19350502|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100620135759/http://www.aolnews.com/nation/article/miss-me-yet-nostalgia-for-george-w-bush-looms-large-on-minn-billboard/19350502|archive-date=20 June 2010}}</ref> Inspired a series of themed merchandise from online agencies such as CafePress.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-503544_162-6216739-503544.html |work=CBS News |title="Miss Me Yet?" Bush Merchandise a Hit Online |access-date=15 April 2010 |date=31 May 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100323051855/http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-503544_162-6216739-503544.html |archive-date=23 March 2010 }}</ref>
* Mug shot of Donald Trump – the first ever mugshot of a former U.S. president, Donald Trump, in August 2023.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Bushard |first=Brian |title=Trump Mug Shot Memes: Here Are The Most Popular Ones Flooding The Internet |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/brianbushard/2023/08/25/trump-mug-shot-memes-here-are-the-most-popular-ones-flooding-the-internet/ |access-date=2023-11-02 |website=Forbes |language=en}}</ref>
* [[Series of tubes]] – A phrase originally coined as an analogy by Senator Ted Stevens to describe the [[Internet]] in the context of opposing network neutrality. His statement was later remixed on [[Company:YouTube|YouTube]] and [[Social:YTMND|YTMND]].<ref>{{cite news|last1=Dashevsky|first1=Evan|title=A Remembrance and Defense of Ted Stevens' 'Series of Tubes'|url=https://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2458760,00.asp|access-date=24 August 2016|date=5 June 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=A History of Internet Fads And Trends|url=http://www.cbsnews.com/news/a-history-of-internet-fads-and-trends/|access-date=24 August 2016|date=7 August 2008}}</ref>
* Strong – A political advertisement issued by Texas Governor [[Biography:Rick Perry|Rick Perry]] presidential campaign in December 2011 for the 2012 Republican Party presidential primaries. The video was parodied<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Politics/The-Vote/2011/1212/Perrodies-How-Rick-Perry-ad-spawned-a-viral-Internet-sensation-video|date=12 December 2011|title='Perrodies'? How Rick Perry ad spawned a viral Internet sensation|work=The Christian Science Monitor|author=Feldmann, Linda}}</ref> and became one of the most disliked videos on YouTube.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.villagevoice.com/music/why-do-people-want-rick-perry-to-be-more-disliked-than-rebecca-black-6642051|title=Why Do People Want Rick Perry To Be More "Disliked" Than Rebecca Black?|last=Barthel|first=Mike|date=2011-12-09|website=Village Voice|access-date=2016-05-05}}</ref>
* Ted Cruz–Zodiac meme – A mock [[Unsolved:Conspiracy theory|conspiracy theory]] suggesting that American Senator and Presidential candidate [[Biography:Ted Cruz|Ted Cruz]] was the Zodiac Killer, an unidentified Californian serial killer of the late 1960s and early 1970s.<ref name=npr>{{cite news|last1=Sanders|first1=Sam|title=#MemeOfTheWeek: Ted Cruz and the Zodiac Killer|url=https://www.npr.org/2016/02/26/468153952/-memeoftheweek-ted-cruz-and-the-zodiac-killer|access-date=1 May 2016|publisher=NPR|date=26 February 2016}}</ref>
* [[Social:Thanks Obama|Thanks Obama]] – A sarcastic expression used by critics of President Barack Obama to blame personal troubles and inconveniences on public policies supported or enacted by the administration.<ref name="schwarz">{{cite news|last=Schwarz|first=Hunter|date=13 February 2015|title='Thanks Obama.' The evolution of a meme that defined a presidency|newspaper={{wipe|The Washington Post}}|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2015/02/13/thanks-obama-the-evolution-of-a-meme-that-defined-a-presidency/|url-access=subscription|access-date=16 September 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160915144252/https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2015/02/13/thanks-obama-the-evolution-of-a-meme-that-defined-a-presidency/|archive-date=15 September 2016}}</ref>
* ''[[Company:JibJab#"This Land"|This Land]]'' – [[Flash animation]] produced by [[Company:JibJab|JibJab]] featuring cartoon faces of George W. Bush and John Kerry singing a parody of "This Land Is Your Land" that spoofs the 2004 United States presidential election. The video became a viral hit and viewed by over 100 million, leading to the production of other JibJab hits, including ''Good to Be in D.C.'' and ''Big Box Mart''.<ref name="Graham_Jefferson">{{cite news|url=https://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/2009-12-10-jibjab-ecards_N.htm|title=JibJab satirists turn to e-card genre|last=Graham|first=Jefferson|date=11 December 2009|work=USA Today|access-date=21 January 2010}}</ref>
*Winnie the Pooh comparison to Xi Jinping – In 2013, a still image of China Chinese leader Xi Jinping meeting with US President Barack Obama was compared to Winnie the Pooh and Tigger. As comparisons of Pooh to Xi persists, the government tightened its censorship to suppress the trend.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Haas |first1=Benjamin |title=China bans Winnie the Pooh film after comparisons to President Xi |url=https://amp.theguardian.com/world/2018/aug/07/china-bans-winnie-the-pooh-film-to-stop-comparisons-to-president-xi |access-date=25 January 2024 |work=The Guardian |date=7 August 2018}}</ref> The comparisons are not limited from internet users in China. The phenomenon has been reported to occur in the Philippines.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Galvez |first1=Daphne |title=Xi the Pooh memes swamp PH social media |url=https://globalnation.inquirer.net/171406/look-filipinos-welcome-chinas-xi-jinping-with-pooh |access-date=25 January 2024 |work=Philippine Daily Inquirer |date=20 November 2018 |language=en}}</ref>

==Videos==
{{Main|Social:List of viral videos}}

==Other phenomena==
* "And I oop" – A video of drag queen Jasmine Masters stopping a story to say the phrase "and I oop" after accidentally hitting himself in the testes.<ref>{{cite web |last=Ritzen |first=Stacey |title=How 'and I oop' became the perfect reaction meme for shocking developments |url=https://www.dailydot.com/unclick/jasmine-masters-and-i-oop-reaction-meme/ |website=[[Company:The Daily Dot|The Daily Dot]] |access-date=13 July 2019 |date=24 May 2019 }}</ref>
* April the Giraffe – A [[Biology:Reticulated giraffe|reticulated giraffe]] who had two of her live births streamed on the Internet to much fanfare.<ref name="giraffecamoff">{{cite news|url=https://www.cbsnews.com/dfw/news/april-the-giraffe-live-stream-set-to-end-today/|title=April the Giraffe live stream set to end today|agency=Associated Press|date=21 April 2017|access-date=21 April 2017}}</ref>
* "Banana for scale" – An [[Social:Internet meme|internet meme]] that became popular for humorously measuring lengths of various objects. In this internet phenomenon, other objects juxtaposed with a banana are accompanied with the text "banana for scale".<ref name="bananaforscale">{{cite web |last1=Alfonso III |first1=Fernando |title=How the 'banana for scale' became the yardstick of the Internet |url=https://www.dailydot.com/unclick/banana-for-scale-meme-history/ |website=[[Company:The Daily Dot|The Daily Dot]] |access-date=October 26, 2020 |date=March 2, 2020 |archive-date=October 28, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201028204044/https://www.dailydot.com/unclick/banana-for-scale-meme-history/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
* ''Ben Drowned'' – A self-published three-part [[Engineering:Multimedia|multimedia]] [[Alternate reality game|ARG]] [[Web fiction#Web serial|web serial]] and web series inspired by [[Social:Creepypasta|creepypasta]] and ''[[Software:The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask|The Legend of Zelda]]'', created by Alexander D. Hall.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Van Allen |first1=Eric |title=The Zelda Ghost Story That Helped Define Creepypasta |url=https://www.kotaku.com.au/2017/10/the-zelda-ghost-story-that-helped-define-creepypasta/ |publisher=Kotaku |date=28 October 2017 |access-date=31 May 2020}}</ref>
* [[Social:Binod (meme)|Binod (meme)]] – An internet fad which became popular in {{wipe|India}} in 2020.<ref name="binod">{{Cite web |date=August 9, 2020 |title=Binod: The most bizarre meme trend of the year |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/viral-news/binod-the-most-bizarre-meme-trend-of-year/articleshow/77448500.cms |access-date=2022-10-08 |website=The Times of India |language=en}}</ref> It originated from a comment by a user with the screen name 'Binod', who had added only the word 'Binod' as a comment. This was followed by a video by Slayy Point, mocking "Binod" and YouTube comment sections in general. People started spamming the word 'Binod' across social media, primarily in [[Company:YouTube|YouTube]] comments and stream chats.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2020-12-10 |title='What is Binod': Know about viral trend that made it to Google's 'Year in search' list |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/it-s-viral/what-is-binod-know-about-viral-trend-that-made-it-to-google-s-year-in-search-list/story-ZLk3gE94Uam3FR1kmgTTrK.html |access-date=2022-10-08 |website=Hindustan Times |language=en}}</ref> A number of organisations also posted memes, including Netflix India,<ref name="The Economic Times">{{Cite news |title=Netflix India makes 'Binod' memes on 'Stranger Things', 'Sex Education', netizens have a hearty laugh |work=The Economic Times |url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/magazines/panache/paytm-netflix-tinder-join-the-binod-meme-trend-heres-how-the-twitter-meme-fest-originated/articleshow/77459942.cms |access-date=2022-10-08}}</ref> [[Company:Twitter|Twitter]] and [[Software:Tinder (app)|Tinder]].<ref name="The Economic Times"/> [[Company:Paytm|Paytm]] temporarily changed its Twitter name to 'Binod'.<ref name="binod" />
* Brad's Wife – On 27 February 2017, Brad Byrd of Harrison County, Indiana posted on Cracker Barrel's [[Company:Facebook|Facebook]] page, asking them why they fired his wife, Nanette, after 11 years of service. The intense and serious nature of the post drew viral attention, and internet users began [[Philosophy:Sarcasm|semi-sarcastically]] demanding answers, using hashtags such as #BradsWife and #JusticeForBradsWife. This meme was notable for being popular with baby boomers as well as younger internet users. After the post was about a week old, several corporations jumped on the viral [[Philosophy:Bandwagon effect|bandwagon]] and began to publicly send job offers to Nanette Byrd.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Spence |first1=Shay |title=People Are Trolling Cracker Barrel's Facebook Page After an Alleged Employee Firing |url=https://people.com/food/cracker-barrel-brads-wife-fired-social-media/ |website=People |publisher=Meredith Corporation |access-date=27 August 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Saggio |first1=Jessica |title=BDB: People are STILL trolling Cracker Barrel, the road closure saga continues and an epic video |url=https://www.floridatoday.com/story/news/2017/04/13/bdb-people-still-trolling-cracker-barrel-road-closure-saga-continues-and-epic-video/100374462/ |website=Florida Today |publisher=USA Today |access-date=27 August 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Wieczner |first1=Jen |title=These Companies Are Hiring Brad's Wife After Cracker Barrel Fired Her |url=https://fortune.com/2017/03/31/cracker-barrel-brads-wife-justice-now-hiring/ |website=Fortune |access-date=27 August 2020}}</ref>
* Cats on the Internet – Images of [[Biology:Cat|cat]]s are very popular on the Internet, and have seen extensive use in internet memes, as well as some cats becoming Internet celebrities.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Dewey |first1=Caitlin |title=Comment: The fascinating, feel-good psychology of Internet cat videos |url=https://www.sbs.com.au/news/comment-the-fascinating-feel-good-psychology-of-internet-cat-videos |publisher=SBS |date=17 June 2015 |access-date=31 May 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Yang |first1=Jeff |title=Grumpy Cat may be gone, but our obsession with internet cats will never die |url=https://edition.cnn.com/2015/04/02/opinions/yang-internet-cats/ |publisher=CNN |date=17 May 2019 |access-date=31 May 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Williams |first1=Rhiannon |title=Top 10 internet cats hall of fame |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/internet/10649297/Top-10-internet-cats-hall-of-fame.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220111/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/internet/10649297/Top-10-internet-cats-hall-of-fame.html |archive-date=11 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |newspaper=The Telegraph |access-date=31 May 2020 |date=19 February 2014}}{{cbignore}}</ref>
* [[Social:Chuck Norris facts|Chuck Norris facts]] – [[Social:Satire|Satirical]] [[Social:Factoid|factoid]]s about martial artist and actor [[Biography:Chuck Norris|Chuck Norris]] that became popular culture after spreading through the Internet.<ref>{{cite news|last=Farhi|first=Paul|title=Tough Love: Norris Fans Board the Chuck Wagon|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/01/02/AR2006010200282_2.html|newspaper=The Washington Post|access-date=3 January 2013|date=2 January 2006}}</ref>
* {{anchor|Creepypasta}}[[Social:Creepypasta|Creepypasta]] – [[Social:Urban legend|Urban legend]]s or scary stories circulating on the Internet, many times revolving around specific videos, pictures, or video games.<ref name="Considine_Austin">{{cite news|last=Considine|first=Austin|title=Bored at Work? Try Creepypasta, or Web Scares.|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/14/fashion/14noticed.html|access-date=16 July 2012|newspaper={{wipe|The New York Times}}|date=12 November 2010}}</ref> The term "creepypasta" is a mutation of the term "copypasta": a short, readily available piece of text that is easily copied and pasted into a text field. "Copypasta" is derived from "copy/paste", and in its original sense commonly referred to presumably initially sincere text (e.g. a blog or forum post) perceived by the copy/paster as undesirable or otherwise preposterous, which was then copied and pasted to other sites as a form of trolling. In the pre-Internet era, such material regularly circulated as [[Social:Faxlore|faxlore]].
* [[Biology:Harambe#Fall-out and Internet memes|Dicks out for Harambe]] – A slogan that was popularized months after the [[Biology:Harambe|death of Harambe]], a gorilla in a Cincinnati zoo, which could be interpreted as telling individuals to expose their [[Medicine:Human penis|penises]] in public in honor of the gorilla (although the word "dicks" here is slang for guns). The line was notably uttered by actor Danny Trejo.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Romano|first1=Aja|title=Harambe the gorilla is still dead. But Harambe the meme won't die.|url=https://www.vox.com/2016/8/17/12457468/harambe-meme-social-commentary-explained|access-date=18 August 2016|work=Vox|date=17 August 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=Feldman|first1=Brian|title=The Dark Internet Humor of Harambe Jokes|url=https://nymag.com/selectall/2016/07/harambe-forever.html|access-date=18 August 2016|date=27 July 2016}}</ref>
* ''[[Software:Dumb Ways to Die|Dumb Ways to Die]]'' – A 2012 Metro Trains Melbourne safety campaign that became popular on the Internet in November 2012.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Crear |first1=Simon |title=Cute Melbourne safety video Dumb Ways to Die becomes internet smash |url=https://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/cute-dumb-ways-to-die-melbourne-safety-video-becomes-internet-smash/news-story/ee8b402e469be46369cc9c0ff904ea4a |publisher=Herald Sun |date=19 November 2012 |access-date=31 May 2020}}</ref>
* [[Social:Elsagate|Elsagate]] – controversy surrounding children's YouTube videos in the late 2010's.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Popper |first=Ben |date=2017-02-20 |title=Adults dressed as superheroes is YouTube's new, strange, and massively popular genre |url=https://www.theverge.com/2017/2/20/14489052/youtube-kids-videos-superheroes-disney-characters-fart-jokes |access-date=2023-11-01 |website=The Verge |language=en}}</ref>
* [[Social:Florida Man|Florida Man]] – Crimes involving bizarre behavior, perpetrated by men from the state of Florida.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.miaminewtimes.com/news/how-floridas-proud-open-government-laws-lead-to-the-shame-of-florida-man-news-stories-7608595|title=How Florida's Proud Open Government Laws Lead to the Shame of "Florida Man" News Stories|first=Kyle|last=Munzenrieder|newspaper=Miami New Times|date=2015-05-12}}</ref><ref name="nprfloridaman">{{cite news|last1=Siegel|first1=Robert|title='Florida Man' On Twitter Collects Real Headlines About World's Worst Superhero|url=https://www.npr.org/2013/02/14/172034470/florida-man-on-twitter-collects-real-headlines-about-worlds-worst-superhero|access-date=4 December 2014|agency=National Public Radio|date=14 February 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | url = https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/magazine/wp/2019/07/15/feature/is-it-okay-to-laugh-at-florida-man-2/?noredirect=on | title = Is It Okay to Laugh at Florida Man? | first = Logan | last = Hill | date =15 July 2019 | access-date = 19 July 2019 | newspaper = {{wipe|The Washington Post}} }}</ref>
* Freecycling – The exchange of unwanted goods via the Internet.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/property/3342861/Treasure-or-trash.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121114092614/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/property/3342861/Treasure-or-trash.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=14 November 2012|work=The Daily Telegraph |title=Treasure or trash?|first=Jeremy|last=Clarke|date=27 June 2005 }}</ref>
*Gabe the Dog – Gabe was a miniature American Eskimo dog owned by YouTube user gravycp. In January 2013, gravycp uploaded a short video of Gabe barking. The footage itself never went viral though it was used in dozens of song remixes, some of which accrued up to half a million views.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.theverge.com/2016/9/17/12942418/arf-gabe-bork-meme-youtube-videos|title=What to do when pop culture forgets your favorite meme|last=Tiffany|first=Kaitlyn|date=2016-09-17|website=The Verge|access-date=2019-09-02}}</ref>
* Get stick bugged lol {{ndash}} a video clip of a stick insect swaying as bait-and-switch meme similar to [[Social:Rickrolling|Rickrolling]], in which an irrelevant video would unexpectedly transition to the clip when the stickbug revealed with the caption "Get stick bugged LOL".<ref>{{cite news |last1=Sommer |first1=Liz |title=What Is Stick Bugging? – Get Stick Bugged LOL |url=https://stayhipp.com/glossary/what-is-stick-bugging-get-stick-bugged-lol/ |website=StayHipp |access-date=12 July 2021 |date=14 August 2020}}</ref>
* Get Out of My Car – an animated video created by Psychicpebbles, which uses the real audio of a man yelling at a woman to get out of his car.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2016-07-13 |title=Irate Uber Driver Is Caught On Tape: 'Get Out Of My Car NOW!' - CBS Los Angeles |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/losangeles/news/irate-uber-driver-is-caught-on-tape-get-out-of-my-car-now/ |access-date=2023-11-02 |website=www.cbsnews.com |language=en-US}}</ref>
* [[Social:This Man|Have You Seen This Man?]] – A viral website that emerged on the Internet in the late 2000s, claiming to gather data about a mysterious figure only known as ''This Man'' that appears in dreams of people who never saw him before.<ref>{{cite web |title=HAVE YOU SEEN THIS MAN? |url=https://www.thisman.org |website=thisman.org |access-date=22 March 2021}}</ref>
* Horse ebooks / Pronunciation Book – A five-year-long viral marketing [[Alternate reality game|alternate reality game]] for a larger art project developed by Synydyne. "Horse_ebooks" was a Twitter account that seemed to promote [[E-book|e-book]]s, while "Pronunciation Book" was a YouTube channel that provided ways to pronounce English words. Both accounts engaged in non-sequiturs, making some believe that the accounts were run by automated services. Pronunciation Book shifted to pronouncing numerals in a countdown fashion in mid-2013, concluding in late September 2013 revealing the connection to Horse_ebook and identity of Synydyne behind the accounts, and the introduction of their next art project.<ref>{{cite magazine | url = https://newyorker.com/online/blogs/elements/2013/09/horse-ebooks-and-pronunciation-book-revealed.html | title = Horse_ebooks is human after all | magazine = The New Yorker | date = 24 September 2013 | access-date = 24 September 2013 | first = Susan | last = Orlean | archive-date = 25 June 2014 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140625060232/http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/elements/2013/09/horse-ebooks-and-pronunciation-book-revealed.html | url-status = dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url  =https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2013/09/-horse-ebooks-is-the-most-successful-piece-of-cyber-fiction-ever/279946/ | title = @Horse_Ebooks Is the Most Successful Piece of Cyber Fiction, Ever | first = Robinson | last=  Meyer | date=  24 September 2013 | access-date=  24 September 2013 | work = The Atlantic }}</ref>
* [[Social:Hou De Kharcha|Hou de Kharcha]], a meme in [[Social:Marathi language|Marathi]]<ref>{{Cite web |date=2013-11-24 |title=Hou de Kharcha |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/pune/hou-de-kharcha/ |access-date=2023-11-20 |website=The Indian Express |language=en}}</ref>
* [[Software:HyperCam|Unregistered HyperCam 2]] – The watermark which displayed in the upper-left corner of footage recorded with free versions of the HyperCam 2 screen capture software developed by Hyperionics, Inc. The software was widely used to screen record for YouTube videos during late 2000s to early 2010s, and was frequently used in the production of tutorial videos and [[Software:Club Penguin|Club Penguin]] gameplay. Videos with the watermark were often accompanied by "Trance" or "Dreamscape" by 009 Sound System.
* I am lonely will anyone speak to me – A thread created on MovieCodec.com's forums, which has been described as the "Web's Top Hangout for Lonely Folk" by ''Wired'' magazine.<ref name="Andrews_Robert">{{cite news|last=Andrews |first=Robert |title=Misery Loves (Cyber) Company |url=https://www.wired.com/culture/lifestyle/news/2005/06/68010 |access-date=25 March 2011 |newspaper=Wired |date=30 June 2005 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090110183032/http://www.wired.com/culture/lifestyle/news/2005/06/68010 |archive-date=10 January 2009 }}</ref>
* Johnny Johnny Yes Papa – a children's nursery rhyme series.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Shamsian |first=Jacob |title=The bizarrely catchy 'Johny Johny Yes Papa' meme is freaking people out |url=https://www.insider.com/johny-johny-yes-papa-meme-everything-you-need-to-know-2018-8 |access-date=2023-11-01 |website=Insider |language=en-US}}</ref>
* Ligma joke - a meme to set up a crude joke.<ref>{{Cite web |title=ligma Meaning {{!}} Pop Culture by Dictionary.com |url=https://www.dictionary.com/e/pop-culture/ligma/ |access-date=2022-11-22 |website=Dictionary.com |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Heath |first=Alex |date=2022-10-28 |title=People are pretending to be laid-off Twitter employees carrying boxes outside of HQ |url=https://www.theverge.com/2022/10/28/23428775/twitter-fake-employee-layoff-rahul-ligma-elon-musk |access-date=2023-10-12 |website=The Verge |language=en}}</ref>
[[File:One red paperclip.jpg|thumb|The paperclip that Kyle MacDonald converted into a house, after 14 trade-ups]]
* [[Social:Netflix and chill|Netflix and chill]] – An English language slang term using an invitation to watch [[Company:Netflix|Netflix]] together as a [[Social:Euphemism|euphemism]] for sex, either between partners or casually as a booty call. The phrase has been popularized through the Internet.<ref name="fusion">{{cite web | url=http://fusion.net/story/190020/netflix-and-chill/ | title='Netflix and chill': the complete history of a viral sex catchphrase | publisher=Fusion.net | date=27 August 2015 | access-date=14 November 2015 | author=Roose, Kevin | archive-date=28 August 2015 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150828065217/http://fusion.net/story/190020/netflix-and-chill/ | url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name="rickett">{{cite news | url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/shortcuts/2015/sep/29/how-netflix-and-chill-became-code-for-casual-sex | title=How 'Netflix and chill' became code for casual sex | work={{wipe|The Guardian}} | date=29 September 2015 | access-date=14 November 2015 | author=Rickett, Oscar}}</ref>
* Omission of New Zealand from maps – [[Earth:New Zealand|New Zealand]] is often excluded from world maps, which has caught the attention of New Zealander users on the Internet.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.mic.com/articles/186238/so-many-world-maps-forget-new-zealand-its-now-become-a-hilarious-meme|title=So many world maps forget New Zealand it's now become a hilarious meme|first=Chris|last=Caesar|publisher=Mic|date=20 November 2017}}</ref>
* One red paperclip – The story of a Canadian blogger who bartered his way from a red paperclip to a house in a year's time.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/5167388.stm|title=Man turns paper clip into house|date=11 July 2006|access-date=21 July 2009|work=BBC UK}}</ref>
* Please excuse my dear Aunt Sally - A mnemonic used to memorize the order of operations (parentheses, exponents, multiplication, division, addition, subtraction). Fondly remembered by students of the United States school curriculum.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.edweek.org/teaching-learning/opinion-please-excuse-my-dear-aunt-sally-pemdas-forever/2011/01|title=Please Excuse My Dear Aunt Sally (PEMDAS)--Forever!|first=David|last=Ginsburg|newspaper=Education Week |publisher=BBC|date=1 January 2011}}</ref>
* [[Social:Planking (fad)|Planking]] – Also known as the Lying Down Game. An activity consisting of lying in a face down position, with palms touching the body's sides and toes touching the ground, sometimes in bizarre locations. Some compete to find the most unusual and original location in which to play.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/6162412/The-lying-down-game-how-to-play.html |title=The lying down game: how to play |date=2009-09-09 |work=The Daily Telegraph |access-date=2023-07-14}}</ref>
* Reality shifting – A mental phenomenon similar to lucid dreaming or [[Medicine:Maladaptive daydreaming|maladaptive daydreaming]] that appeared on [[Software:TikTok|TikTok]], in which practitioners believe they travel to alternate realities, usually fictional (for example the Wizarding World of the Harry Potter franchise).<ref>{{citation|title=Inside 'reality shifting', the trend where TikTokers claim they can enter the world of Harry Potter|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2021/07/17/reality-shifting-tiktok/|date=17 July 2021|access-date=28 December 2022}}</ref>
* [[Social:Rickrolling|Rickrolling]] – an internet prank in which a video unexpectedly plays the music video for "[[Social:Never Gonna Give You Up|Never Gonna Give You Up]]" by Rick Astley instead of what was advertised.<ref>{{Cite news |title=The 80's Video That Pops Up, Online and Off |work=The New York Times |date=24 March 2008 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/24/business/media/24rick.html |last1=Nussenbaum |first1=Evelyn }}</ref>
* Savage Babies – also known as the Most Savage Babies in Human History, a meme popular in 2016 that uses clips from the Indian children's YouTube channel VideoGyan 3D Rhymes, namely their series of nursery rhymes "Zool Babies". The videos are heavily distorted and given edgy, ironic titles that exaggerate the meaning of the video, such as "Five Little Babies Dressed as Pilots" becoming "Savage Babies Cause [[Religion:September 11 attacks|9/11]]".<ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-07-22 |title=Videogyan Kid's channel |url=https://vlogbox.com/videogyan-kids/ |access-date=2023-11-02 |language=en-US}}</ref>
* SCP Foundation – A creative writing website that contains thousands of fictitious containment procedures for paranormal objects captured by the in-universe SCP Foundation, a secret organization tasked with securing and documenting objects that violate natural law and/or pose a threat to humanity's perception of normalcy and further existence.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Eichler|first1=Alex|title=Enter the SCP Foundation's Bottomless Catalog of the Weird|url=http://io9.com/5476680/enter-the-scp-foundations-bottomless-catalog-of-the-weird|website=io9|date=21 February 2010 |access-date=6 February 2015}}</ref><ref name="scippyscip">{{cite news|last1=Baker-Whitelaw|first1=Gavia|title=Meet the secret foundation that contains the world's paranormal artifacts|url=http://www.dailydot.com/fandom/scp-foundation-paranormal-artifact-containment-horror/|work=Daily Dot|access-date=16 May 2015}}</ref> The website has inspired numerous spin-off works, including a stage play and video games such as ''[[Software:SCP – Containment Breach|SCP – Containment Breach]]''.<ref name="scippyscip" /><ref name="Belfield">[http://belfieldfm.ie/2014/10/08/welcome-to-the-ethics-committee/ "Welcome to the Ethics Committee"] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150416034009/http://belfieldfm.ie/2014/10/08/welcome-to-the-ethics-committee/ |date=16 April 2015 }}, at Belfield FM/UCD Student Radio; by Una Power; published 8 October 2014; retrieved 15 April 2015</ref>
* Siren Head – A fictional cryptid which has an air raid siren as a head, created by horror artist Trevor Henderson. It has accumulated a fan following which has spawned numerous pieces of fan works and fan-made video games. Many video edits have depicted Siren Head playing various songs over a populated area.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Watts |first1=Rachel |title=Meet Siren Head, a horrifying monster haunting the internet |url=https://www.pcgamer.com/meet-siren-head-a-horrifying-new-monster-haunting-the-internet/ |website=PC Gamer |date=10 July 2020 |access-date=11 July 2021}}</ref> Siren Head has been erroneously recognized as an SCP, most notably when the character was briefly submitted to the SCP Foundation Wiki as SCP-6789; the entry was removed after Henderson and site users expressed intention to keep Siren Head independent of the SCP Foundation Wiki.<ref>{{Cite tweet |user=slimyswampghost |number=1256319628596277248 |date = May 1, 2020 |title=Just to clarify, Sirenhead is not and never was an SCP! Nothing against them, I just want to keep him his own thing.}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Sirenhead |url=http://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/forum/t-11723627/sirenhead |website=SCP Foundation |access-date=11 July 2021}}</ref> Another entry, ''SCP-5987'', was inspired by the character name and the controversy from the deleted entry.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Cerastes|title=SCP-5987 – Sirenhead|url=http://www.scpwiki.com/scp-5987|website=SCP Foundation|date=10 May 2020}}</ref>
* Smash or Pass – A game in which players decide whether they would hypothetically "smash" (have sex with) someone or "pass" (choose not to).<ref>{{cite news |last1=Panecasio |first1=Steph |title=TikTok Is Playing 'Smash or Pass' With Disney Filters |url=https://www.cnet.com/culture/internet/tiktok-is-playing-smash-or-pass-with-disney-filters/ |access-date=10 July 2022 |work=CNET |language=en}}</ref>
* Spiders Georg - A meme which imagines that the (untrue) statistic that the "average person eats 3 spiders a year" is the result of a statistical error caused by the incorporation of "Spiders Georg", a fictional character who resides in a cave and eats over ten thousand spiders every day, into the study from which this conclusion was drawn. The meme originated with a Tumblr post by user Max Lavergne, and has inspired many derivative works about the character.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Baker-Whitelaw |first=Gavia |date=2013-11-17 |title=The saga of Spiders Georg, Tumblr's weirdest phenomenon |url=https://www.dailydot.com/parsec/fandom/spiders-georg-tumblr-post-meme/ |access-date=2022-12-24 |website=The Daily Dot |language=en-US}}</ref> Variations of the meme have imagined other characters named "Georg" to explain other real or imagined statistics and beliefs.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2014-06-03 |title=This Meme Is A Reminder You Really Can't Trust Facts You Read On The Internet |url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/spiders-georg-meme_n_5412861 |access-date=2022-12-24 |website=HuffPost |language=en}}</ref>
* [[Social:Steak and Blowjob Day|Steak and Blowjob Day]] – A meme suggesting that a complementary holiday to Valentine's Day, primarily for men, takes place on 14 March each year.<ref name=sheknows2014>{{cite web |url=http://www.sheknows.com/community/love/whats-deal-steak-and-blow-job-day-anyway |title=What's the Deal With "Steak and Blow Job Day"? |last=Jones |first=Feminista |date=2014 |publisher=SheKnows Media |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180801220952/http://www.sheknows.com/community/love/whats-deal-steak-and-blow-job-day-anyway |archive-date=1 August 2018 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
*Storm Area 51 – A joke event created on [[Company:Facebook|Facebook]] to "storm" the highly classified Area 51 military base, with over 1,700,000 people claiming to be attending and another 1,300,000 claiming they were "interested" in going.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/science/2019/jul/16/storm-area-51-internet-meme-facebook-event|title=1.5 million people have signed up to storm Area 51. What could go wrong?|last=Matei|first=Adrienne|date=2019-07-17|work=The Guardian|access-date=2019-07-20|language=en-GB|issn=0261-3077}}</ref> 1,500 people arrived in the vicinity of Area 51 the day of the event, September 20, 2019, only one of whom actually breached the boundary and was quickly escorted off the premises.<ref name="IndieAttendance">{{cite news |last1=Baynes |first1=Chris |title=Storm Area 51: Hundreds of people gather at US military base to 'see them aliens' |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/storm-area-51-military-aliens-nevada-rachel-a9114211.html |newspaper=The Independent |date=21 September 2019|access-date=23 September 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.npr.org/2019/09/20/762897934/storm-area-51-fails-to-materialize|title='Storm Area 51' Fails To Materialize|newspaper=NPR|date=20 September 2019|language=en|access-date=2019-10-04|last1=Zialcita|first1=Paolo}}</ref>
* [[Unsolved:Slender Man|Slender Man]] or Slenderman – A creepypasta meme and urban-legend fakelore tale created on 8 June 2009 by user Victor Surge on [[Company:Something Awful|Something Awful]] as part of a contest to [[Photo manipulation|edit photographs]] to contain "supernatural" entities and then pass them off as legitimate on paranormal forums. The Slender Man gained prominence as a frightening malevolent entity: a tall thin man wearing a suit and lacking a face with "his" head only being blank, white, and featureless. After the initial creation, numerous stories and videos were created by fans of the character.<ref name="Contemporary Legends"/><ref name="Marble Hornets ARG"/> Slender Man was later [[Software:Slender: The Eight Pages|adapted into a video game]] in 2012 and became more widely known. There is also a film released in 2018 to negative reviews.
* Surreal memes – A type of meme that are artistically bizarre in appearance and whose humor derives from their absurd style. Certain qualities and characters, such as Meme Man, Mr. Orange, and a minimalist style, are frequent markers of the meme.<ref>{{cite web |title=Surreal memes deserve their own internet dimension |url=https://mashable.com/article/surreal-memes |website=Mashable |date=6 February 2019 |access-date=11 July 2021}}</ref>
* [[Social:The Million Dollar Homepage|The Million Dollar Homepage]] – A website conceived in 2005 by Alex Tew, a student from Wiltshire, England, to raise money for his university education. The [[Home page|home page]] consists of a million [[Pixel|pixel]]s arranged in a 1000 × 1000 pixel grid. The image-based links on it were sold for $1 per pixel in 10 × 10 blocks.<ref>{{cite web |title=Student's cash-raising net scheme |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/wiltshire/4271694.stm |publisher=BBC |access-date=31 May 2020 |date=22 September 2005}}</ref>
* [[Social:Three Wolf Moon|Three Wolf Moon]] – A t-shirt with many ironic reviews on Amazon.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/8061031.stm|title=Joke review boosts T-shirt sales|first=Daniel|last=Emery|publisher=BBC|date=21 May 2009}}</ref>
* Throwback Thursday – The trend of posting older, nostalgic photos on Thursdays under the [[Hashtag|hashtag]] #ThrowbackThursday or #TBT.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Gannes |first1=Liz |title=Throwing Back to the Origins of Throwback Thursday |url=https://www.vox.com/2014/5/1/11626346/throwing-back-to-the-origins-of-throwback-thursday |publisher=Vox |date=1 May 2014 |access-date=31 May 2020}}</ref>
* The Undertaker vs. Mankind – A [[Social:Copypasta|copypasta]] where at the end of a comment of an irrelevant topic, the event is referenced.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Kooser|first=Amanda|date=29 November 2017|title=Hell in a Cell: The surprising story behind the Reddit meme|work=Cnet|url=https://www.cnet.com/news/reddit-memes-hell-in-a-cell|access-date=17 June 2020}}</ref>
* Vibe Check – Generally ascribed as a spiritual evaluation of a person's mental and emotional state.<ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.fastcompany.com/90424037/vibe-check-diagnosis-now-theres-a-viral-test-to-go-along-with-the-viral-meme |  title = Vibe check diagnosis: Now there's a viral 'test' to go along with the viral meme | first = Christopher | last = Zara | date = October 29, 2019 | access-date = July 11, 2021 | work = Fast Company }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url = https://variety.com/2020/digital/features/vibe-check-tik-tok-videos-daniel-spencer-1203540844/ | title = Meet the Man Behind the 'Vibe Check' TikTok Videos Taking the Internet by Storm | first = Adam | last =Vary | date = November 20, 2020 | access-date = July 11, 2021 | work = Variety }}</ref> 
* Vuvuzelas – The near-constant playing of the buzz-sounding vuvuzela instrument during games of the 2010 World Cup in South Africa led to numerous vuvuzela-based [[Social:Internet meme|memes]], including YouTube temporarily adding a vuvuzela effect that could be added to any video during the World Cup.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://articles.cnn.com/2010-07-09/tech/vuvuzelas.youtube_1_vuvuzela-youtube-swarm?_s=PM:TECH |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100902050542/http://articles.cnn.com/2010-07-09/tech/vuvuzelas.youtube_1_vuvuzela-youtube-swarm?_s=PM:TECH |url-status=dead |archive-date=2 September 2010 |title=Vuvuzela chorus may peak online Sunday |first=Damon |last=Brown |date=9 July 2010 |access-date=3 December 2010 |work=CNN }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.newsweek.com/2010/07/09/requiem-for-a-bzzzzzzzzz.html | title = Requiem for a Bzzzzzzzzz | first = Sarah | last = Frank | date = 9 July 2010 | access-date=3 December 2010 |work=Newsweek}}</ref>
* Yanny or Laurel – An audio illusion where individuals hear either the word "Yanny" or "Laurel".<ref>{{cite news|last1=Salam|first1=Maya|last2=Victor|first2=Daniel|title=Yanny or Laurel? How an Audio Clip Divided the Internet|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/15/science/yanny-laurel.html|access-date=16 May 2018|work=The New York Times|date=15 May 2018}}</ref>
* [[Social:YouTube Poop|YouTube Poop]] – Video mashups in which users deconstruct and piece together video for psychedelic or absurdist effect.<ref>{{cite book|last=Stryker|first=Cole|title=Epic Win for Anonymous: How 4chan?s Army Conquered the Web|year=2011|publisher=Penguin|isbn=9781590207383|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=cbWNirl8gsMC&pg=PT177}}</ref>

==See also==
* [[Social:Cats and the Internet|Cats and the Internet]]
* [[Index of Internet-related articles]]
* [[Social:Internet culture|Internet culture]]
* [[Social:Internet meme|Internet meme]]
* [[Know Your Meme]]
* List of YouTubers
* [[Outline of the Internet]]
* [[Unsolved:Urban legends and myths|Urban legends and myths]]
* Usenet personality
* [[Viral phenomenon]]

==Notes==
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==References==
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