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The evergreen formats that never left the rotation — the pointing Spider-Men, the templates everyone still uses.

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Blurry photo of a footballer in a white and red collared kit shouting head-back, captioned "Siiuuuu"

Siuuu (Cristiano Ronaldo's Celebration)

Wild-eyed man in a white shirt and striped tie gesturing frantically, cut out over an orange background with text "PEPE SILVIA"

Pepe Silvia

The striped bodycon dress photo, ambiguously white-gold or blue-black, on an orange background with bold text "THE DRESS"

The Dress

Four-panel collage: Yoda, warriors gripping pikes, a rising candlestick chart, and a man toasting, all captioned "HODL"

HODL

Screenshot of a tweet joking about hating country music, with a photo of a man in cowboy hat and overalls holding corn

Old Town Road

Pink card with hearts reading "Roses are red Violets are blue" above a muscular anime man pointing, and "Omae wa mo shindeiru"

Omae Wa Mou Shindeiru

A sepia-toned JoJo's Bizarre Adventure freeze-frame with the yellow "To Be Continued" arrow

To Be Continued

Blond anime ninja sprinting with torso pitched forward and both arms streaming behind him, blue sky and Japanese credits

Naruto Run

Cartoon squid character in a brown shirt striking a dab pose, head tucked into elbow, captioned "DAB"

The Dab

A cartoon dog sipping coffee in a room on fire, saying this is fine

This Is Fine

Five-panel American Chopper argument meme, two men shouting "YANNY!" and "LAUREL!" back and forth, chair thrown

Yanny or Laurel

Three-panel video collage of people performing a hand-and-arm dance, captioned "Why is everyone obsessed with viral Apple dance on TikTok?"

Apple Dance

Smiling teenage boy in a navy jacket with a red backpack in a school parking lot, captioned "Damn, Daniel!!!"

Damn Daniel

Dark end-credits card with white serif text reading "Directed by ROBERT B. WEIDE", small site watermark at bottom right

Directed by Robert B. Weide

Roy from The IT Crowd answering a phone with the line "have you tried turning it off and on again?"

Have You Tried Turning It Off and On Again?

Two identical Spider-Men pointing at each other

Spider-Man Pointing

Three black-and-white cartoon skeletons dancing, captioned "THIS IS YOUR DAILY REMINDER TO STAY SPOOKY" above a spooky-time reminder

Spooky Scary Skeletons

Connect Four box-art parody with two Simpsons characters, burgers and grill-marked discs, titled "Steamed Hams: An Unforgettable Luncheon!"

Steamed Hams

Two astronauts, one pointing a gun, 'always has been' format

Always Has Been

Two-panel Drake preference template, reject on top, approve on bottom

Drakeposting

Two panels of people outdoors having buckets of ice water poured over their heads, laughing and drenched

Ice Bucket Challenge

Man in a heavy black fur-hooded puffer jacket and cap on a palm-lined beach, captioned "MANS NOT HOT"

Man's Not Hot

Close-up of the animated bee from Bee Movie tilting his head back with his mouth open, low-resolution cutout on white

Bee Movie

Soulja Boy's "Crank That" single cover with white sunglasses and a cap

Crank That (Soulja Boy)

A man turning to look at a passing woman while his girlfriend reacts

Distracted Boyfriend

Four-panel Gru presenting a plan that backfires

Gru's Plan

Expanding brain multi-panel template glowing brighter each step

Expanding Brain

Man in blue blazer and sunglasses dancing amid flying debris, captioned "I didn't choose the Gangnam Style, the Gangnam Style chose me"

Gangnam Style

Person tumbling head-over-heels through a purple starfield beside a cut-out white fluffy dog's face

Shooting Stars

Facebook event "Storm Area 51, They Can't Stop All of Us" beside a photo of an alien figure in a doorway

Storm Area 51

Two muscular arms clasping in an epic handshake

Epic Handshake

Shoppers standing motionless among clothing-store mannequins, captioned "MANNEQUIN CHALLENGE" and "BEFORE IT WAS COOL"

Mannequin Challenge

Bearded man in a black t-shirt shouting against a green screen, hands on his thighs, captioned "JUST DO IT !!!"

Shia LaBeouf's 'Just Do It'

A girl smirking at the camera as a house burns behind her

Disaster Girl

Two-panel SpongeBob screenshot captioned "The original Harlem Shake," one character alone above and a roomful flailing below

Harlem Shake

Four stills of a man in tinted glasses and a leopard-print coat and scarf gesturing and singing against white

PPAP (Pen-Pineapple-Apple-Pen)

TikTok clip of a dark-haired girl mid-dance in a bedroom doing the Renegade

Renegade

Vintage YouTube player titled "Rick Astley-Never Gonna Give You Up" showing a singer in a beige trench coat dancing in a brick archway

Rickroll

A skeleton slumped waiting on a bench

Waiting Skeleton

Circular crop of a bearded man in a black jacket and gold watch pointing at the camera, captioned "AND ANOTHER ONE"

DJ Khaled "Another One"

Man in a blue jacket looking at his phone on a balcony above misty mountains, subtitled "It's rewind time"

It's Rewind Time

Man with a huge black handlebar moustache in a white suit, captioned "My name is Giovanni Giorgio but everybody calls me Giorgio"

My Name Is Giovanni Giorgio

Two panels of a startled blue-grey cartoon rat, captioned "WHEN YOU FIND OUT YOUR IN A TIKTOK MUSICAL:"

Ratatouille the Musical

Collage labelled "vsco girl": smiling teen in an oversized tie-dye shirt with Crocs, scrunchies and a yellow water bottle

VSCO Girl

Water bottles balanced upright on a table with a red arrow and a shocked onlooker

Water Bottle Flip

Split video still: close-up of black boots on pavement beside a shouting man in glasses, captioned "WHAT ARE THOSE?!"

What Are Those?

Cartoon underwater scene with a blue shark and a pink character riding a yellow shark, captioned "Hey baby sharks, timesheets!"

Baby Shark

Blank template of the comic panel where a caped Batman slaps a yellow-caped Robin across the face against a red background

Batman Slapping Robin

Three-panel thumbnail of people dancing in unison: a man amid neon lasers, firefighters by an engine, and masked hospital staff, titled "Blinding Lights"

Blinding Lights Challenge

Wild-eyed man grinning through a splintered hole in a wooden door, captioned "HERE'S JOHNNY"

Here's Johnny

Dark armoured anime creature with red eyes and a blue mouth guard, captioned "ALL ACCORDING TO THE KEIKAKU", imgflip watermark

Just According to Keikaku

Black-and-white line drawing of a lumpy face with a huge toothy grin and squinting eyes on white

Trollface

A man in a fox costume on a couch under the subtitle "What does the fox say?"

What Does the Fox Say?

Man in a pale blue shirt smirking in front of white siding, with large text "Why You Always Lying ?"

Why You Always Lying

Bearded long-haired man in a blue tank top standing beneath a double rainbow over mountains

Double Rainbow

Numa Numa meme

Numa Numa

Success Kid fist pump baby meme

Success Kid

Cartoon bus interior: a glum passenger facing a grey rock wall, a smiling one facing sunlit mountains at sunset

Two Guys on a Bus

Four-panel stick comic ending "Oh no" and "It's" above a wrestling graphic reading "JOHN CENA" with an /unexpectedcena tag

Unexpected John Cena

Wipe It Down meme

Wipe It Down

You Know I Had to Do It to Em meme

You Know I Had to Do It to Em

Yearbook photo of a red-haired boy in a plaid sweater vest with braces, captioned "Yesterday, this boy got a pet rock"

Bad Luck Brian

Chocolate Rain

One does not simply Boromir meme

One Does Not Simply

Young man in a cap filming himself inside a car for the "road work ahead" Vine

Road Work Ahead

Close-up of a grape gripped by surgical instruments with its skin peeled back, captioned "THEY DID SURGERY ON A GRAPE"

They Did Surgery on a Grape

Yo Dawg Xzibit recursion meme

Yo Dawg (Xzibit)

Boardroom cartoon: a boss asks about a fire, staff answer "call 911," "pray," "pictures," and one is thrown out the window

Boardroom Meeting Suggestion

Purple and pink cartoon unicorns leaning over a white unicorn lying in grass, captioned "Let's go to Candy Mountain, Charlie."

Charlie the Unicorn

Crude white rage-comic face with a pained grin, captioned "I'm not single, I just like to be forever alone"

Forever Alone

Retro webpage headed "THE HAMPSTER DANCE — dance the night away" filled with rows of tiny cartoon hamsters

Hampster Dance

Two stills of a blond boy in a blue T-shirt playing a red kazoo and speaking outdoors, subtitled "Wait a minute"

Kazoo Kid

Furious spiky-haired anime warrior in Saiyan armor crushing a scouter, captioned "IT'S OVER" and "9000!!!!"

It's Over 9000!

Green velociraptor in a thinking pose on a green background, captioned 'If swearing makes you immature, then why do adults also swear'

Philosoraptor

Grainy photo of a young man in a sideways fur-trimmed cap standing in a doorway, captioned "NO MEME"

Scumbag Steve

All your base are belong to us Zero Wing meme

All Your Base Are Belong to Us

Grid of fifteen snarling wolf-head macros on orange and yellow backgrounds with aggressive motivational captions like "effort breeds success"

Courage Wolf

The 1996 3D-rendered Dancing Baby in a diaper, posed mid cha-cha on a black background

Dancing Baby

Smiling man in a blue polo with a cigarette in his mouth, captioned 'Sees grammatical error, doesn't correct it'

Good Guy Greg

Snarling black wolf baring its fangs, captioned "Take hunting rifle to McDonald's / shoot people's chicken sandwiches!"

Insanity Wolf

Beach collage of a young man posing on a post labelled "Deading", "Planking", "Owling", "Koalaing" and "Toweling"

Planking

Three panels of felt wizard puppets on a blue backdrop, captioned "May I have your attention please!" and replies

Potter Puppet Pals

Bearded warrior in a red cape shouting on a battlefield while holding a spear, captioned "THIS IS SPARTA"

This Is Sparta

Y U No Guy rage face meme

Y U No Guy

Mallard duck swimming, captioned "If you buy something for $100 that was $300, you haven't saved $200, you've spent $100"

Actual Advice Mallard

Rows of cartoon badgers standing in a green field under a blue sky, arms outstretched in a calisthenics pose

Badger Badger Badger

Two anime schoolgirls in sailor uniforms, purple and blue hair, hands raised as bunny ears above their heads on orange stars

Caramelldansen

Bear resting its paws on a log, captioned "I turn the sink on to make it sound like I washed my hands"

Confession Bear

Green frog on a green pinwheel background, captioned "Spill drink on the floor" and "time will clean it up"

Foul Bachelor Frog

Eighteenth-century oil self-portrait of a man in a black hat and wig, grinning and pointing directly at the viewer

Joseph Ducreux (Archaic Rap)

Cartoon dog in a yellow banana suit dancing with maracas beside a seated man, caption "IT'S PEANUT BUTTER JELLY TIME!!!"

Peanut Butter Jelly Time

Powerthirst meme

Powerthirst

Penguin walking on a split red-and-blue diamond background, captioned "MAKES A JOKE, EVERYONE LAUGHS / NOT AT YOUR JOKE"

Socially Awkward Penguin

Man in shirt and tie leaning in warily, captioned "I don't know and at this point I'm too afraid to ask"

Afraid To Ask Andy

Rooster head on a red and pink starburst background with a bar-joke setup and the flat punchline "They enjoy a night out."

Anti-Joke Chicken

A crude cartoon man declaring "BUT I AM LE TIRED!" from the 2003 End of the World Flash cartoon

End of the World (Flash Cartoon)

Smiling orange-haired anime girl in a purple shirt holding a green leek, pale blue swirls behind her

Leekspin (Loituma Girl)

Mallard duck swimming on green water, captioned "YOU KNOW WHAT WILL SAVE YOUR RELATIONSHIP?" and "A BABY"

Malicious Advice Mallard

Cartoon face reduced to two googly eyes and an enormous gaping red-lipped mouth on black, captioned "SHOPE DE NOPE!"

Shoop Da Whoop

Crude MS Paint cartoon brawl of superheroes, a robot and a dinosaur under the title "The Ultimate Showdown of Ultimate Destiny"

The Ultimate Showdown of Ultimate Destiny

Crudely painted purple dinosaur statue standing in bushes with arms outstretched, captioned "Cha cha real smooth"

Cha Cha Real Smooth

YTMND (You're the Man Now, Dog) meme

YTMND (You're the Man Now, Dog)

Candid close-up of a smiling man wearing a "Judson Laipply" name tag

Evolution of Dance

By format

By era

All 103 entries in Classics

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B

C

D

E

F

Forever Alone 2010
Foul Bachelor Frog 2011

G

H

Hampster Dance 1998
Harlem Shake 2013
Have You Tried Turning It Off and On Again? 2006
Here's Johnny 1980
HODL 2013

I

J

Joseph Ducreux (Archaic Rap) 2011
Just According to Keikaku 2008

K

Kazoo Kid 2016

L

Leekspin (Loituma Girl) 2006

M

N

Naruto Run 2019
Numa Numa 2004

O

P

R

S

Scumbag Steve 2011
Shia LaBeouf's 'Just Do It' 2015
Shoop Da Whoop 2007
Shooting Stars 2017
Siuuu (Cristiano Ronaldo's Celebration) 2013
Socially Awkward Penguin 2011
Spider-Man Pointing 2011
Spooky Scary Skeletons 2013
Steamed Hams 2017
Storm Area 51 2019
Success Kid 2011

T

U

The Ultimate Showdown of Ultimate Destiny 2005
Unexpected John Cena 2016

V

VSCO Girl 2019

W

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