MEME FINDER COLLECTION
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Disappearing Guy
The “disappearing guy” template: a series of frames in which a person flashes a peace sign and fades away before our eyes. In jokes, this depicts an instant exit from an awkward or
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So, There Are Three Rules
“So There Are Three Rules” is built on Disney Studios' “Aladdin”: the Genie explains the terms of wishes, and a new request forces him to add one more restriction. This version sho
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So, You Got Detention
“So, You Got Detention” is a meme built on a school video lecture by Captain America from Spider-Man: Homecoming. Chris Evans sits in front of the camera and addresses students in
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Itachi Strangles Sasuke
A frame from the anime Naruto: the older brother Itachi holds the younger Sasuke by the chin; Sasuke has blood on his lip and a downcast gaze. In January 2019 this picture was rema
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“Even the Chechens Were Scared of Them! The Most Unhinged Gang in the History of Modern Russia”
The “Even the Chechens Were Scared of Them!” template parodies the headline of a real video about Soviet criminal gangs and is used for ironically menacing captions on group photos
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There Were Four of Them, Four Lads
“There Were Four of Them, Four Lads” is a song-based formula for pictures and videos featuring a group of four characters. The sorrowful story of friendship from an online song tur
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Ich Will Nicht
A meme based on the German "Ich will nicht" ("I don't want to") from the track "Komm tanzen," where a dancing wolf refuses to dance yet keeps swaying. Used for jokes about unwillin
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Actually, There Are Three
A frame from the cartoon “Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse” (2018): Olivia Octavius, with a friendly smile, raises a hand with fingers spread. The meme serves as an ironic correct
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Yanny or Laurel
Yanny or Laurel is an audio dispute from May 2018: in one short recording, different listeners confidently heard different words. The speaker says “laurel,” but the circulating cop
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Yoda Sniffs
'Yoda Sniffs' is a reaction featuring the Jedi Master with closed eyes, whose pensive pose in memes becomes enjoyment of a smell or a pleasant sensation. The serious Star Wars char
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Yo, dogs, I'm Naruto Uzumaki
A teenage rap demo by AlvinToday, written in the voice of favorite characters, contains a casual self-introduction line that Naruto fans later adopted as a caption for images of th
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For the Better, Right?
Two Star Wars close-ups of Anakin Skywalker and Padmé Amidala on a grassy meadow. He announces ambitious, worrying plans while she hopefully asks if it will be for the better; the
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To Hell With Your Zodiac Sign
A template that swaps the zodiac sign for an everyday object, here three ice cream cones, and asks you to pick one so your personality can be judged by the choice. The image illust
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The Scenes You Are About to See Are Shocking in Their Cruelty and Indifference
Andrey Malakhov’s TV lead-in turns any following clip into a promise of sensation. The host’s serious look, the studio audience and the formula about cruelty collide especially com
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KAEF (Women in Pink Cubes)
“KAEF” is a frame of four women in large pink cubes that spell a four-letter word. The image grew out of a TV contest in which contestants assembled words while wearing cube costum
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At First Glance, What Does Ukraine Have to Do With It?
'At first glance, what does Ukraine have to do with it?' is a question about a connection that looks deliberately forced. In color variants, a single blue and yellow object is enou
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I Wanna Feel Good, Feel Good
The repeated line "Kaifovat' khochu, kaifovat'" spread through an energetic music clip on short-video platforms in early 2022. Russian-language discussions link it to Dagestani per
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What’s Your Name? And Your Full Name?
A short dialogue in the form of a postcard: asked for her name, a young woman answers “Inna”, and her interlocutor asks “And your full name?” and gets the answer “Innokenty”. The j
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How Guys and Girls Behave
A two-part picture: at the top, text about how girls fret over school photos and strictly judge their appearance; at the bottom, a shot of four smiling young men. The joke is built
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How Video Games Affect Kids
The #VideoGamesAreNotToBlame flash mob emerged in 2019 as a reaction from gamers to accusations that video games cause mass shootings and teenage violence. Users posted screenshots
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I Really Want a Tyanochka
A line from a Russian internet copypasta about longing for a girlfriend. It serves as a ready-made frame for nostalgic, self-deprecating captions, with "tyanochka" swapped for anyt
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How I Love BTS, Here They Are Left to Right
The photo captioned “How I love BTS, here they are left to right” does not show members of the Korean group BTS at all, but five men in camouflage uniforms with patches, berets and
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How to Kidnap Me
A photo of a homemade trap made from a plastic crate baited with pizza slices, used as a metaphor for how to lure someone in. The captions joke about a person's weaknesses and pref
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How to Talk to Short People
A two-panel "right / wrong" comic ironically showing two ways of talking to short people. The joke rests on the contrast between a condescending posture and a pointedly, almost com
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