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Riffraff
A still of Leonid Kanevsky, host of "The Investigation Was Conducted...", gesturing toward men in the background. The caption "riffraff" turns his grave delivery into an ironic com
Read the storyBykav Bitch
“Bykav [expletive]” is a low-quality close-up of the screaming Semyon Lobanov from the series “Interns,” with a short caption addressed to Dr. Bykov. A misspelling in the name turn
Read the storyWas a Home, and a Beautiful Home
In Avengers: Infinity War, Thanos recalls his home planet Titan: on the left it is shown destroyed, on the right as he remembers it. The contrasting montage became an image of long
Read the storyI Had Some Kind of Tactic
A line from a 2015 interview with master jockey Alexander Nesyaev at the Moscow Hippodrome, which went viral in 2016. People use it ironically to brush off a question when they don
Read the storyThat Would Be Nice
A shot of Peter Parker, played by Tobey Maguire, with the polite phrase "That would be nice." It conveys a quiet hope of getting what one wants: he doesn't demand or argue, only ca
Read the storyBane vs. Pink Guy
A photoshop in which Pink Guy, the character of YouTuber Filthy Frank, has been added to a frame from the film “The Dark Knight Rises” showing Bane with his arms spread wide. They
Read the storyCristiano Ronaldo Bust
A bronze statue of footballer Cristiano Ronaldo installed at Madeira Airport in March 2017. Many felt it barely resembled him, and photos of it quickly became fuel for photoshops,
Read the storyStarring
Parody opening credits that list the cast as "some guy" and "a total idiot." The template borrows the Deadpool credits style, swapping formal names for cutting descriptions, and is
Read the storyEverything Is Perfect in Canada
The phrase “Everything is perfect in Canada” describes a meme in which a foreign country is portrayed as a place without flaws, and the picture is simply the Canadian flag. The ori
Read the storyIn Piter, You Drink (V Pitere - Pit')
A line from the song of the same name by Leningrad and Sergei Shnurov, now an unofficial tourist slogan for Saint Petersburg. It appears in captions and parodies, ironically playin
Read the storyIn Soviet Russia
The template is built on a red poster in Soviet style: a star, a hammer and sickle in a laurel wreath, and the caption “In Soviet Russia, memes watch you.” It is a variant of the w
Read the story“What’s the Problem?” Walked Up, Took Their Hand, Confidently Said…
The phrase “What’s the problem? Walked up, took their hand, confidently said…” is set as a caption on a photo of a couple on an embankment. The joke relies on a shift of tone: the
Read the storyVibe Check
A hand reaches toward a blurred yellow emoji with bulging eyes and a straight line for a mouth. Such a frame is often accompanied by the caption “vibe check”: as a joke, the hand i
Read the storyValentina Petrenko and Her Hairstyle
The meme is based on an official photo of Senator Valentina Petrenko, who represented Khakassia in the Federation Council: dark, voluminous hair styled into a tall, rounded shape r
Read the storyWaluigi
Waluigi is the lanky rival of Luigi from Nintendo games, whom the internet turned into an exaggeratedly great hero. His purple outfit, angular mustache, and cry of “Wah” become the
Read the storyWould You Like Tea With Sugar, or With My Tears?
A short voiced meme where a tender voice offers tea with tears instead of sugar, often shown with a cat peeking out of a teapot. Used for exaggerated reactions to touching or sad l
Read the storyVan Damme on the Splits
Jean-Claude Van Damme calmly spreads his legs into a split between two trucks. The advertising stunt “The Epic Split” became an image of a person held between two diverging sides:
Read the storyVan Damme Dancing
A still from the 1988 film Bloodsport in which Jean-Claude Van Damme, in a black tank top, dances awkwardly in a bar. It became a universal picture of good spirits and turns up in
Read the storyVanga (Baba Vanga)
A meme tied to the Bulgarian clairvoyant Vangelia Pandeva Gushterova, known as Baba Vanga. Her name became a byword for confident predictions, and gave Russian the verb "vanguyu,"
Read the storyVanya and Number Five Drive Past Each Other
A still from The Umbrella Academy: Vanya Hargreeves looks out of an old car's window with a stunned expression, spotting Number Five driving by. Captions describe an unexpected enc
Read the storyVarlamov and the High-Rises
“Varlamov and the High-Rises” is a series of photo edits from the late 2010s that play on the reputation of urbanist blogger Ilya Varlamov as an uncompromising critic of high-rise
Read the storyYour Order Will Be Delivered By
The phrase “Your order will be delivered by…” came from outdoor advertising for Delivery Club in May 2019, which showed couriers as people with life stories. Users quickly began in
Read the storyDoes Your Dog Bite?
“Does Your Dog Bite?” is a remake of a Cyanide & Happiness comic in which the Doberman’s danger becomes verbal. Instead of a bite, the dog can deliver a line that hurts the person
Read the storyToss a Coin to Your Witcher
The chorus “Toss a Coin to Your Witcher” is a song by the bard Jaskier (Lyutik in the Russian dub) from the Netflix series The Witcher, which became a meme after the first season c
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