The complete guide to internet meme origins — from 1997 Pikachu screenshots to 2020s viral formats.
Tardar Sauce, the perpetually unimpressed feline who became the face of negativity.
Boromir's Mordor speech that became the internet's go-to warning about impossible tasks.
Sweet Brown's iconic quote about priorities that took over the internet.
KC Green's comic panel about calmly ignoring obvious catastrophe.
The two-panel approval/disapproval format from Drake's music video.
Drew Scanlon's GIF that became the definitive face of disbelief.
The confident vs insecure comparison format.
The expanding brain tiers of increasingly absurd logic.
Two muscled arms clasping in agreement over unexpected common ground.
The stock photo that became the universal template for distraction.
Pikachu's shocked face at completely predictable consequences.
The four-panel plan that works until it obviously doesn't.
The debate table format for stating absurd or unpopular opinions.
Two separate viral images combined into the internet's favorite argument format.