MEME FINDER COLLECTION
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Chewbacca Mask Lady
A viral 2016 Facebook Live video of Candace Payne laughing uproariously in a Chewbacca mask while sitting in her car. At its peak it was the platform's most-watched live video and
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Zhenshchina Mechetsya (Frantic Woman)
"Zhenshchina mechetsya" ("woman darting around") names videos of a woman in a white T-shirt spinning, bending, and changing direction to a rhythmic sound. The format is used to sho
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Woman Tries Kombucha
Three frames from a video in which a woman tries kombucha: first she drinks from the can, then she winces, then she looks to the side with a bewildered expression. The video with t
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She-Hulk (Zhenshchina-Khalk)
A close-up of Jennifer Walters' greenish face recalls the trailer for 'She-Hulk: Attorney at Law'. In memes the frame prompts talk about a digital character's expressiveness and ex
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Dwayne Johnson Roaring in Front of a Waterfall
A photo of Dwayne Johnson roaring with his fists clenched in front of a waterfall. A crude caption about a full toilet was attached to it, and parodies swap in any other loud achie
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The Life-Giving Power of the Cucumber
A meme about folk healer Doctor Popov, who recommended an unconventional cucumber-based remedy for hemorrhoids on TV. The phrase now ironically labels absurd folk-medicine advice d
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Zhigan and Dzhigan
A play on the similar names of two Russian rappers, Roma Zhigan and Dzhigan. The meme wave grew after an old feud was mentioned in an Oxxxymiron song, leading people to mix the two
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Life Is Getting Better
“Life Is Getting Better” (#ЖизньНалаживается, #LifeIsImproving) is a hashtag under which well-known people posted about good life in Russia in October 2017. Users responded with ir
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Legendary Boka and His Grandson Zhoka (Concert Poster)
A concert poster advertising “The legendary BOKA and his grandson, the popular singer ZHOKA,” whose rhyming names made it a template for jokes about paired names from 2014 on.
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Zhora Bulkin
Chubby animated boy from children's programs on the Bibigon and Karusel channels. The meme pairs him with the exclamation "oh schit", a Russian transliteration of "oh shit" express
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Zhzhz
An abstract meme: three plump 3D bees on a gray background and the inscription “ЖъЖъь,” which imitates buzzing. The image works like a sound and an intonation: it is added to light
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For Mom, For Dad
“For Mom, For Dad” is a comic by Chilik about a child whom ordinary persuasion does not convince to eat a spoonful of food. In the full story the decisive element is an unexpected
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For Me and For Sashka
“For Me and For Sashka” is a playful call to pull oneself together, borrowed from the Russian sports drama Going Vertical (Dvizhenie Vverkh). After a review by BadComedian in sprin
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What Are You in For? (I Killed a Man)
A comic of two inmates: a big guy confesses to murder, then asks his neighbor what he did. The answer is a minor or absurd crime that sounds worse in context. It peaked in populari
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It Depends on Context
A graying man in dark clothing looks into the camera with raised eyebrows and spread hands: this is a still of the Twelfth Doctor from the series Doctor Who. It is captioned with t
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A Riddle from Jacques Fresco
A dark template with an older bald man and the caption "A riddle from Jacques Fresco. You have 30 seconds to think it over," where the riddle is absurd.
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Mysterious Look in a Mexican Hat (“Zagadochnyj vzglyad v meksikanskoj shlyape”)
A crude drawing of a round-headed character in a yellow sombrero with a poker face, paired with deliberately misspelled advice: in awkward moments, say nothing and just give a myst
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Back Desks
A still from the film “The Avengers” (2012): six superhero characters sit at a table in a diner, all with tired, drained expressions. In memes, such an image is captioned as a grou
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The Back Side of the Christmas Tree
A single festive Christmas tree that has dense branches, baubles, and bows on one side, and bare dark twigs on the other. The picture jokes that a beautiful facade sometimes rests
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Thoughtful Peter Griffin
A still from the animated series “Family Guy”: Peter sits on a bench, chin propped on his fist in deep thought, while a translucent figure appears beside him. The meme runs on the
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Fuckawesomba
A close-up of Shrek squinting with laughter and grinning widely against a forest background. Attached to the picture is a slang word used to express delight: “very good, awesome.”
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Zach Galifianakis and Math Formulas
Zach Galifianakis with formulas is an image of a person tensely trying to calculate something. Alan from “The Hangover” carries the seriousness of a card calculation over to an eve
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Zac Efron Shrugs
The meme with Zac Efron turns a smile and open palms into a reply to the question of where the money went: the character seems to admit the purchase but is not going to make excuse
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Zalupa Ivanycha
“Zalupa Ivanycha” is a fictional film around which users create posters, reviews and a legend about a non-existent movie. The joke sets the serious tone of film criticism against a
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