Reaction memes

22 published memes with short summaries. Open any card for the full story.

Bad Luck Brian

The red-faced yearbook outtake that became an Advice Animals template for catastrophically unlucky outcomes.

Jul 14

Hide the Pain Harold

András Arató’s stock-photo smile became the universal face of concealed discomfort.

Jul 13

7x7=49

The equation treated as an absurdly attractive 'hear me out.'

Apr 1

Woman Yelling at Cat

Woman Yelling at Cat became huge in 2019 by combining two unrelated images: a 2011 Real Housewives of Beverly Hills screenshot of Taylor Armstrong crying and po

Mar 21

Geeked Patrick Star / Happy Patrick

The blissed-out pink reaction image used to show overwhelming happiness.

Dec 1

Your AI Slop Bores Me

Your AI Slop Bores Me is an anti-AI reaction image and website meme used to push back against generic AI-made content and celebrate chaotic human-made replies.

Oct 17

Surprised Pikachu

A reaction image for acting shocked by an obvious result.

Sep 26

Smudge the Cat

The Ottawa rescue cat whose disgusted dinner-table stare became half of Woman Yelling at a Cat.

Jun 19

Stonks

Meme Man standing confidently before a market chart, used to celebrate financial logic that is brilliant, terrible or both.

Jun 5

Mocking SpongeBob

The bent SpongeBob and alternating capitals used to repeat someone’s words in a sneering voice.

May 4

Distracted Boyfriend

A three-person stock photo became the internet’s clearest joke about abandoning one priority for a more tempting distraction.

Jan 1

Roll Safe

Kayode Ewumi taps his temple while delivering the internet's favorite confidently terrible advice.

Nov 15

Arthur's Fist

Arthur's clenched cartoon fist became the internet's shorthand for anger held just barely under control.

Jul 27

Monkey Puppet

A wide-eyed monkey puppet glancing sideways—the universal reaction for guilt, discomfort and pretending not to notice.

Mar 1

Drake Hotline Bling

Drake rejects one option and approves another in the internet's classic preference template.

Oct 31

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Leonardo DiCaprio Toast

Jay Gatsby raising a coupe glass: the internet's polished reaction for celebration, approval and smug congratulations.

May 13

Unsettled Tom

A rough fan-comic drawing of Tom that reacts to a punchline crossing from strange into deeply wrong.

Jan 9

This Is Fine

The burning-room dog used to describe calm denial during a crisis.

Jan 9

Scumbag Steve

The tilted-hat Advice Animal used for the selfish friend who borrows, lies, freeloads and leaves everyone else with the bill.

Jan 21

Pointing Spider-Man

Two identical Spider-Men point at each other—the reaction image for copycats and uncanny similarity.

Jan 1

Condescending Wonka

Gene Wilder’s leaning Willy Wonka turns any boast or obvious claim into a patient, sarcastic put-down.

Jan 1

Feels Guy

The wistful MS Paint face better known as Wojak, built to carry loneliness, empathy and almost every internet mood in between.

Dec 16