MEME FINDER COLLECTION
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Frozen Jack Nicholson
A frame from the final scene of Kubrick's "The Shining" (1980) where Jack Nicholson's character lies frozen in a snowy hedge maze. It's a popular template for jokes about freezing
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Teary-Eyed Cat
“Teary-Eyed Cat” turns an ordinary cat photo into an exaggerated reaction: a wet sheen in the eyes looks like tears, though it is a graphic effect. The image conveys a small disapp
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Zapomnite odnu frazu: Vse budet, no ne srazu (“Remember One Phrase: Everything Will Happen, Just Not Right Away”)
A young man in a quilted blue vest raises a finger and solemnly tells the camera to remember one phrase. The line parodies pompous quotes and becomes a joke answer to any long wait
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Remember, Scum
“Remember, Scum” is a meme that grew out of a motivational photo of a man in front of a boxing bag. A serious declaration of resilience turned into a rough reminder about the silly
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“Scammed the Mammoth” (Zaskamil Mamonta)
“Zaskamil mamonta” is Russian scam slang meaning someone fooled a gullible mark, here illustrated with a mammoth in the snow. The phrase is linked to a 2019 “Mamont” scheme and a r
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GameCube Intro
The GameCube intro is a short sound intro of the Nintendo GameCube console (2001), in which a rolling purple cube assembles the logo. Since 2009 it has been reworked in video remix
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Shut Up and Take My Money
A line from Fry in "Futurama" expressing delight and a readiness to pay instantly for something he likes. Online it stands for an impulsive urge to buy or support something very ap
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Enchanting in Minecraft
A screenshot of the Minecraft enchanting table window: a sword, a stack of lapis lazuli, and three lines of unreadable symbols with the numbers 7, 15, and 30. These symbols are not
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Why Are You Running?
"Why Are You Running?" is a question from the Nigerian film Pretty Liars that became a loud reaction to a conversation partner fleeing. In memes, a bewildered man demands an explan
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Zaya
“Zaya” is a song by Milena Chizhova, which in April 2018 Danya Kashin parodied. His image in bunny ears spread into pictures. In the frame Kashin lies among bottles and packaging:
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ASCII Asterisks Change the Mood
A picture from a 2019 tweet: a small figure with a microphone appears in a field of asterisks and dots, while the captions “Me: :(” and “Me: :)” show a change of mood. The meme wor
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It's So Beautiful Here, I'm Losing My Breath
A meme based on a line from the song “Pink Wine” by Elzhey and Feduk. The phrase is overlaid on a sunset photo and used both as sincere awe at a moment and as a literal description
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Big Guy at McDonald's
A photo of a very large, muscular man in a gray wrestling-style tank top, standing at a fast-food counter side-on to the camera, while behind the counter two staff members in black
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Hello, I Represent the Oriflame Company
“Hello, I'm from Oriflame” turns the unexpected appearance of a character into the visit of a salesperson who is determined to start a conversation. In this edit Jack Nicholson pee
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Zelensky Crush
A portrait of Volodymyr Zelensky at a desk in an official office, captioned as a fan crush. It's posted as a tongue-in-cheek reaction to charisma, confidence, or a good photo, not
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Earth-chan
Earth-chan is a meme in the form of an anime girl whose hair is colored like the surface of the planet, with oceans and continents. The character serves as an anthropomorphic embod
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The Mirror Shows the Deepest Desires
The Erised mirror meme carries the magical rule from “Harry Potter” over into a joke about what a person wants most. In the frame, Harry is lit by cold blue light and stares straig
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Winter Is Coming
House Stark's motto from "Game of Thrones," used in memes as a warning about any inevitable event. It's usually paired with Ned Stark holding a sword, tying epic solemnity to munda
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Duolingo's Angry Owl
Duo, the green owl mascot of the Duolingo language app, is shown in memes holding a pistol beside itself. The joke takes the app's insistent reminders to absurd lengths: a missed l
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Evil X Be Like
A caption format in which a familiar person or character gets a twisted, inverted version of their usual line or image, usually paired with a negative-colored template picture. The
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Angry Jigglypuff
Jigglypuff from the trailer for the film “Pokémon: Detective Pikachu” scowls, while a man beside it sleeps at a table with his head resting on his arms. The frame from the trailer,
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Angry Cat Escaping the Flood
A series of photoshopped edits based on a photo of a ginger cat swimming through murky water during the 2017 Houston flood. Its disgruntled scowl became the basis for captions abou
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Angry Michael Phelps (Phelps Face)
A photo of swimmer Michael Phelps in a dark hoodie at the 2016 Rio Olympics. His stern look became a symbol of focused anger and indignation, and spawned the hashtag #PhelpsFace.
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Angry Man Pointing at His Hand
A fragment from an old genre painting: a young man in a beige coat and a flat cap angrily jabs his finger at the hand of another participant in the argument. Online, this crop is u
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