Meme History

Internet Memes

Rick and roll is an internet prank that redirects a person to the music video for Rick Astley’s 1987 hit “Never Gonna Give You Up.” The bait is typically a disguised link...

internet culture

The Jessica Simpson Chicken of the Sea meme pairs a candid photograph of the singer and actress with the name of the canned tuna brand, creating a recurring joke about her publi...

Internet Memes

Pepe the Dog is a stylized cartoon character created by artist Matt Furie, first appearing in the early 2000s in the satirical comic Boy’s Club. Originally a laid-back, chill...

internet culture

On May 28, 2016, a 17-year-old western lowland gorilla named Harambe was fatally shot at the Cincinnati Zoo after a child entered his enclosure. The incident and the later sale...

Culture and Society

The Zach Galifianakis nodding meme originates from a brief, repeated head movement captured in a 2009 interview on the late-night show Chelsea Lately . In the clip, Galifianakis...

Celebrity Profiles

The phrase “I know what you did last summer” entered popular culture through the 1997 horror thriller and has persisted as a shorthand for accountability, secrecy, and dread...

internet culture

The Red Jumpsuit Guy is an internet meme built around a 2006 photograph of a teenage boy in a red Jumpsuit staring into the middle distance with a neutral expression. The image...

internet culture

Rick Roll Release Date refers to the 1987 launch of Rick Astley’s single “Never Gonna Give You Up,” which later became the basis of an enduring online prank. This evergree...