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2016

Memes that started this year

Film still of a man in a dark suit outdoors, captioned "YOU KNOW, I'M SOMETHING OF A SCIENTIST MYSELF."

You Know, I'm Something of a Scientist Myself

Mustached man in a light shirt and jeans sitting alone on a yellow porch swing on a lawn, looking bored

Pablo Escobar Waiting

Sweating Jordan Peele meme

Sweating Jordan Peele

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

To Be Continued

A dejected Ben Affleck seated beside Henry Cavill during the Batman v Superman interview

Sad Affleck

Blurry close-up of a ginger-and-white hamster pressed against a cage wall, mouth wide open and front paws tucked up

Scared Hamster

Surreal 'only in Ohio' cursed scene

Only in Ohio

Kermit the Frog facing a second Kermit wearing a dark hooded cloak against a gray background

Evil Kermit

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

Damn Daniel

Talk-show host in a grey sweater holding a "maury" card, captioned "OUR LIE DETECTORS HAVE DETERMINED" and "THAT IS A LIE"

Maury Lie Detector

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

Bee Movie

Two Scooby-Doo panels: the gang beside a sheeted figure captioned "let's see what this meme really is", then the unmasking

Let's See Who This Really Is

Heavily motion-blurred cartoon red crab with green eyestalks spinning in a crowded street, everything smeared and out of focus

Confused Mr. Krabs

Man in a grey suit with wild hair gripping a metal fence and shouting, subtitled "LET ME IN"

Let Me In

A man tapping his temple with a knowing smirk

Roll Safe

Film still of a long white-haired, bearded wizard in dim blue light, subtitled "So you have chosen... death."

So You Have Chosen Death

Green 3D frog riding a unicycle with one arm outstretched, captioned "here come dat boi!!!!!!" and "o shit waddup!"

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Dat Boi

Three stacked Donald Duck cartoon panels labeled "He protec," "He attac," and "But most importantly, he erec"

He Protec He Attac

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

Mannequin Challenge

Three LazyTown Robbie Rotten characters in pinstripe costumes from "We Are Number One"

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We Are Number One

Two stacked film stills of an animated snow leopard with a straw in his teeth, subtitled "Finally! A worthy opponent!" and "Our battle will be legendary!"

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Finally! A Worthy Opponent!

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)

Side-by-side cartoon aardvark in a yellow sweater and round glasses, beside a close-up of his tightly clenched brown fist

Arthur Fist

Candace Payne laughing in her car while wearing an electronic Chewbacca mask

Chewbacca Mom

Tweet screenshot captioned "Michael Phelps. #Olympics" showing a hooded athlete firing a laser beam at a rival's flaming hair

Michael Phelps Death Stare

Simpsons still of cartoon men waving cash on a boat deck while two monkeys fight, one holding a bone

Simpsons Monkey Knife Fight

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"

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

Water Bottle Flip

Man in a tan suit and red tie speaking against a black background, captioned "STOP IT" above and "GET SOME HELP" below

Stop It, Get Some Help

Black-and-white stick figure at a computer beside the text 'Bill is on the internet... Bill is smart. Be like Bill.'

Be Like Bill

Two-panel still of a tall black droid against a grey sky, subtitled 'Congratulations! You are being rescued! Please do not resist.'

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Congratulations! You Are Being Rescued

School hallway photo of one boy appearing to hover in midair while another in a raglan tee runs blurrily toward the camera

Floating Boy Chasing Running Boy

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

Unexpected John Cena

Four-panel grid of a blonde woman looking confused, with white math equations and geometry diagrams overlaid on her face

Math Lady (Confused Calculations)

It Is Wednesday, My Dudes meme

It Is Wednesday, My Dudes

The original Ctrl+Alt+Del "Loss" four-panel hospital comic

Loss

Tight close-up of a bald man in a pale suit with tears streaming down both cheeks against a red backdrop

Crying Jordan

Suited man on a pink carpet labelled "ME" while a long-haired bearded man labelled "2018" creeps up grinning behind him

Jason Momoa Sneaks Up on Henry Cavill

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

Road Work Ahead

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

Kazoo Kid