Keyboard Cat

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2009-05-14T20:14:50Z

original video by Charles Schmidt, remix & name by Brad O'Farrell

2009

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G-S0mFaPh-A active animals, cats, violence, remix, punchline, humiliation

Keyboard Cat <h2>Origins of Meme</h2> The original Keyboard Cat video was created by performance artist Charlie Schmidt and uploaded to YouTube on June 7th, 2007. <object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/J---aiyznGQ&hl=en&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/J---aiyznGQ&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object> Then on February 2nd, 2009 Brad O’Farrell used a clip from Schmidt’s video to express a moment of Fail in his own video, “Play him off, Keyboard Cat.” <object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie"><param name="allowFullScreen"><param name="allowscriptaccess"><embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" src="http://www.youtube.com/v/2ndx_IdlUQU&hl=en&fs=1" width="425" height="344"></object> <object width="560" height="340"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/P-4I6W66ewQ&hl=en&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/P-4I6W66ewQ&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="560" height="340"></embed></object> …and <a href="http://www.youtube.com/results?search_type=&amp;search_query=off+keyboard+cat">the hundreds of clones</a>, demonstrating the use of Keyboard Cat as an effective punchline to any awkward or painful situation: <h2>Press</h2> UPDATE! The Daily Show picks upon Keyboard Cat <table style='font:11px arial; color:#333; background-color:#f5f5f5' cellpadding='0' cellspacing='0' width='360' height='353'><tbody><tr style='background-color:#e5e5e5' valign='middle'><td style='padding:2px 1px 0px 5px;'><a target='_blank' style='color:#333; text-decoration:none; font-weight:bold;' href='http://www.thedailyshow.com/'>The Daily Show With Jon Stewart</a></td><td style='padding:2px 5px 0px 5px; text-align:right; font-weight:bold;'>M – Th 11p / 10c</td></tr><tr style='height:14px;' valign='middle'><td style='padding:2px 1px 0px 5px;' colspan='2'><a target='_blank' style='color:#333; text-decoration:none; font-weight:bold;' href='http://www.thedailyshow.com/video/index.jhtml?videoId=227367&title=daily/colbert-keyboard-cat'>Daily/Colbert – Keyboard Cat</a></td></tr><tr style='height:14px; background-color:#353535' valign='middle'><td colspan='2' style='padding:2px 5px 0px 5px; width:360px; overflow:hidden; text-align:right'><a target='_blank' style='color:#96deff; text-decoration:none; font-weight:bold;' href='http://www.thedailyshow.com/'>thedailyshow.com</a></td></tr><tr valign='middle'><td style='padding:0px;' colspan='2'><embed style='display:block' src='http://media.mtvnservices.com/mgid:cms:item:comedycentral.com:227367' width='360' height='301' type='application/x-shockwave-flash' wmode='window' allowFullscreen='true' flashvars='autoPlay=false' allowscriptaccess='always' allownetworking='all' bgcolor='#000000'></embed></td></tr><tr style='height:18px;' valign='middle'><td style='padding:0px;' colspan='2'><table style='margin:0px; text-align:center' cellpadding='0' cellspacing='0' width='100%' height='100%'><tr valign='middle'><td style='padding:3px; width:33%;'><a target='_blank' style='font:10px arial; color:#333; text-decoration:none;' href='http://www.thedailyshow.com/full-episodes/index.jhtml'>Daily Show Full Episodes</a></td><td style='padding:3px; width:33%;'><a target='_blank' style='font:10px arial; color:#333; text-decoration:none;' href='http://www.thedailyshow.com/tagSearchResults.jhtml?term=Clusterf%23%40k+to+the+Poor+House'>Economic Crisis</a></td><td style='padding:3px; width:33%;'><a target='_blank' style='font:10px arial; color:#333; text-decoration:none;' href='http://www.thedailyshow.com/tagSearchResults.jhtml?term=Republicans'>Political Humor</a></td></tr></table></td></tr></tbody></table> <ul> <li>Blog post <a href="http://www.urlesque.com/2009/04/10/breaking-play-him-off-keyboard-cat-is-our-new-obsession/">‘calling meme’</a> by Urlesque from April 10th, 2009:</li> <li>As of May 5th, 2009, Keyboard Cat is Ashton Kutcher’s <a href="http://twitter.com/aplusk/status/1707094821">favorite video</a> — his Twitter Follower 1M GET means the video has been assured major eyeballs</li> <li>On May 7th, 2009, <a href="http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/offbeat/2009/05/06/moos.keyboard.cat.cnn">CNN</a> broke the news that the cat, Fatso, died year ago and the keyboard cat original video was recorded nearly two decades ago (late 1980’s/early 1990’s).</li> </ul> <h2>Search Trending</h2> blue = “keyboard cat” <img src="http://www.google.com/trends/viz?q=keyboard+cat&graph=weekly_img&sa=N"></img>

2009-10-20T18:56:48Z

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2009-04-30T17:05:47Z

World of Warcraft in-game video

2006

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v= active video games, world of warcraft, yelling, youtube, viral, epic fail

Leeroy Jenkins <h2>Origin</h2> Leeeeeeeeeeerooooy Jenkinnnnns is a catchphrase first screamed by a World of Warcraft player of the same name, just before ignorantly charging headlong into battle and ruining his group’s carefully laid plans. IRL Leeroy is known as Ben Schulz. LET’S DO THIS! <object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/LkCNJRfSZBU&hl=en&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/LkCNJRfSZBU&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object> <blockquote>The original video, well over 10M views (>9000)</blockquote> The video and numerous catchphrases (“at least I have chicken” etc) would become much parodied, Ben would keynote ROFLCON in 2008, and it would even appear as a question on the gameshow Jeopardy <img src="http://garlinggauge.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/11/leeroy_jenkins_jeopardy_clue.jpg" height="200" /> <h2>Spread</h2> <ul> <li><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-N6sqdrJzVo">obligatory techno remix</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dfSMLR-d8Iw">300 vs. Leeroy Jenkins edit</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bUS53FPAcFY">Halo trailer Jenkins edit</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aH7s2BYbUAo" title="LOTR edit">Leeroy Jenkins at the Black Gates</a></li> </ul> Jenkins’ popularity may have led to <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V2_ueohYRhU">the following</a> World of Warcraft-based Toyota Tacoma truck advertisement (>3M views). Remember kids: memes beget ad campaigns. All your money are belong to… er, <object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/V2_ueohYRhU&hl=en&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/V2_ueohYRhU&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>

2009-11-10T14:31:43Z

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2009-04-11T00:25:24Z

Ohio Sex Offender Database

2005

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v= active image, hard to believe, exploitables, copy & paste, YTMND, photoshop

Brian Peppers <h2>About</h2> Brian Peppers was a sex offender from Ohio whose hard-to-believe photo was widely circulated on the Internet in 2005. <img src="http://knowyourmeme.com/icons/138/original/Picture_2.png?1239409522" height="150" /> While it was initially suspected to be fake, online sleuths <a href="http://www.snopes.com/photos/people/peppers.asp">Snopes.com</a> were able to confirm the photo’s authenticity with Ohio authorities. Snopes even managed to dig up some photos of <a href="http://images.encyclopediadramatica.com/images/6/6c/Growing_up_with_peppers.jpg">Brian in highschool</a> Snopes also suggests that Peppers’ unusual appearance may be due to “malformation of the cranium caused by a branchial arch condition such as Apert syndrome or Crouzon syndrome.” <h2>Spread</h2> The photo of B-Peps followed a typical memetic path of photoshoppery, “OMG WTF” and “stop being so mean,” culminating in Jimbo Wales banning Brian Peppers from Wikipedia. On YTMND we would see numerous excellent pages for the fad, and the infamous <a href="http://allenpeppers.ytmnd.com/">‘Allen Peppers incident’</a>, which turned out to be fake. Notable links <ul> <li><a href="http://community.livejournal.com/brian_peppers/">‘WE LOVE SEX OFFENDER BRIAN PEPPERS’ community on LiveJournal</a> (still reasonably active)</li> <li><a href="http://brianpeppers.ytmnd.com/">first Brian Peppers YTMND</a> (March 28, 2005)</li> <li>sadly, many notable sources for B-Pepe photoshops are now offline</li> </ul> Brian Peppers would set the bar high for sex-offender memes to come (e.g. <a href="/memes/pedobear">Pedobear</a>) <h2>Crimes</h2> Peppers was sentenced to 30 days in jail with 5 years probation in 1998 for the crime of “Gross Sexual Imposition.” Allegedly he groped a nurse on at least 2 occasions. <h2>Search Trending</h2> “brian peppers” <img src="http://www.google.com/trends/viz?q=brian+peppers&graph=weekly_img&sa=N" alt="" />

2009-10-24T22:33:41Z

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2009-04-24T15:21:16Z

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1kxSXBopSRU active websites, ytmnd, oldschool

Single-Serving Sites <h2>About</h2> Single-serving sites are web sites comprised of a single page with a dedicated domain name and do only one thing. While such sites have existed since the dawn of the internet, the meme was detailed & named by popular linkblogger <a href="http://kottke.org">Jason Kottke</a> in 2008 In fact, one of the earliest intenet memes was a single serving site: the <a href="/memes/hampster-dance">Hampster Dance</a> <h2>List of Notable Single-Serving Sites</h2> <ul> <li><a href="http://purple.com">Purple.com</a></li> <li><a href="http://sometimesredsometimesblue.com">Sometimes Red, Sometimes Blue.com</a></li> <li><a href="http://islostarepeat.com">Is Lost A Repeat?</a></li> <li><a href="http://amiawesome.com/">Am I Awesome?</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.khaaan.com/">KHAAAAAAAAN</a></li> <li><a href="http://barackobamaisyournewbicycle.com">Barack Obama is Your Bicycle</a> (and numerous spinoffs)</li> </ul> Barack Obama is Your New Bicycle in particular has enjoyed a great deal of success and has been transformed into a book. You’re The Man Now Dog was a single-serving site created by Max Goldberg and inspired by an irreverent audio snippet from the film Finding Forrester. The format — one piece of looping audio, one piece of repeated image, quasi-3D text effects — was so widely replicated that Goldberg established <a href="http://ytmnd.com">ytmnd.com</a> as a community hub for this particular style of SSS. YTMND has gone on to launch many notable memes, including Captain Jean-Luc Picard, lol, internet, and Ueleleleleu (Batman) The single-serving concept has more recently spread to platforms like Twitter & Tumblr, where people create “themed” blogs/microblogs, such as the <a href="http://puddleblog.tumblr.com">Puddle Blog</a> (which features daily photos of the same puddle) and Twitter accounts like the <a href="http://twitter.com/towerbridge">Tower Bridge</a>, which documents the opening & closing of said and lets you know which ship was passing through. There are also Single Serving Sites based around instant reactions. <a href="http://instantrimshot.com/">Instant Rimshot</a>: the earliest and best-known reaction site. Follows a successful joke or one-liner. Equivalent to “BADUM-TISH!” in spoken conversation. <a href="http://sadtrombone.com/">Sad Trombone</a>: follows an ironic or tragicomic observation. Equivalent to the vocalized “sad trombone sound” in spoken conversation. <a href="http://buuurn.com/">Buuurn</a> (that’s three ’U’s): follows a stinging insult, comeback or retort. Equivalent to “Burn!”, “Zing!” or “Oh snap!” in spoken conversation. <a href="http://instantcrickets.com/">Instant Crickets</a>: follows a failed joke or non sequitur. Equivalent to an awkward silence in spoken conversation. <a href=http://iskanyewestadouchebag.com/>Is Kanye West a Douchebag?</a> There’s a little more to this one than first meets the eye.

2009-10-16T22:44:54Z

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http://ytmndisyournewbicycle.ytmnd.com

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2009-03-18T23:01:43Z

barackobamaisyournewbicycle.com

2008

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v= active politics, catchphrase, single-serving, mainstream, politician, pop icon

Barack Obama is your new bicycle <a href="http://barackobamaisyournewbicycle.com">barackobamaisyournewbicycle.com</a> was created by San Francisco freelance writer and Wired contributing editor Mathew Honan in February 2008. Classified as a single-serving site, users would see random Barack Obama non sequiturs. Quickly, the site gained a large following. The hotly contested presidential race fueled the growth of this meme, which produced various spin-offs, including <a href="http://www.hillaryclintonisyournewbicycle.com/">Hillary Clinton is your new bicycle</a> (defunct), <a href="http://palin.appspot.com/">Sarah Palin in your new bicycle’s flat tire</a>, and <a href="http://isyournewbicycle.com/">The ‘… Is Your New Bicycle’ Meme Is Your New Bicycle</a>. Other political single-serving sites were made for <a href="http://johnmccainisyournewbicycle.com/">John McCain</a>, <a href="http://michelleobamaisyournewbicycle.com/">Michelle Obama</a>, and <a href="http://ronpaulisyournewbicycle.com/">Ron Paul</a>. In August 2008, the book <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B001RNI308?ie=UTF8&tag=rocketboom-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=B001RNI308">Barack Obama Is Your New Bicycle: 366 Ways He Really Cares</a> was published, which included 366 Obama non sequiturs. Some examples from the site and book include: <ul> <li>Barack Obama danced with your mom at your sister’s wedding</li> <li>When one of your vocalists came down with a nasty bronchitis bug, Barack Obama sang backup in your band</li> <li>Barack Obama left a comment on your blog</li> <li>Barack Obama warmed up your car for you</li> </ul>

2009-09-14T17:07:46Z

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2009-01-02T01:59:30Z

Pimp My Ride

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H1wZbIdlSTI active nested function, catchphrase, image macro, celebrity, rap, mtv, twitter, hiphop, pop-culture

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Xzibit Yo Dawg <h2>Origins</h2> Xzibit is the host of the MTV show <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0007KIFKU?ie=UTF8&tag=rocketboom-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=B0007KIFKU">Pimp My Ride</a> and is well known for putting awesome things like <a href="http://www.tv.com/pimp-my-ride/antwons-mitsubishi-mirage/episode/321701/summary.html?tag=ep_guide;ep_title;4">fishtanks</a>, <a href="http://www.tv.com/pimp-my-ride/ryans-volkswagen-bus/episode/375393/summary.html?tag=ep_guide;ep_title;2">clothes dryers</a>, and even <a href="http://www.tv.com/pimp-my-ride/erins-chevy-blazer/episode/380493/summary.html?tag=ep_guide;ep_title;4">fireplaces</a> in the back of your car. Pimp. The “Yo dawg” or “Sup dawg” image macro first appeared on the ’chans in early 2007 and experienced a resurgence in late 2008 on Reddit, Tumblr, and other mainstream forums & blogs. It follows a simple format: <blockquote> Standard: {yo,sup} dawg, I herd you like X, so I put an X in your Y so you can VERB while you VERB Repetitive: {yo,sup} dawg, I herd you like X, so I put an X in your X so you can X while you X Abstract: {yo,sup} dawg, I herd you like X, so I put an Y in your Z so you can VERB while you VERB </blockquote> <h2>Media</h2> The following image is widely considered the original image macro: <img src="http://knowyourmeme.com/i/177/original/800px-Sup_dawg.jpg" alt="" /> The photo used in the original macro is from <a href="http://www.superiorpics.com/event/Gridiron_Gang_Film_Promotion/index3.html">this promo photoshoot</a> for the movie “Gridiron Gang” <h2>Trending</h2> “yo dawg” (blue), “sup dawg” (red) <img src="http://google.com/trends/viz?q=yo+dawg,+sup+dawg&date=ytd&geo=all&graph=weekly_img&sort=0&sa=N" alt="" /> <h2>Nesting, recursion</h2> The Yo Dawg image macro has a unique characteristic in being recursive. This multi-layered structure in the Yo Dawg formula makes it reminiscient of the <a href=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strange_loops>“strange loops”</a> described in Douglas Hofstadter’s <a href=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G%C3%B6del,_Escher,_Bach>Gödel, Escher, Bach</a>. <h2>Xzibit’s reaction</h2> The explosive popularity of microblogging service Twitter has reached celebrities, Xzibit included. In one of his first tweets he decries his embodiment as a meme: <a href=http://twitter.com/mrxtothaz/status/1260527355> View Tweet </a> …which led to the creation of this image macro: <img src="http://knowyourmeme.com/system/photo/image/788/widget_chisjweY9dhkLeIEaQPuEL.jpg"></img> Several days later, he rescinded his criticism, saying “i’m not mad @ you”: <a href=http://twitter.com/mrxtothaz/status/1265979909>View Tweet</a> In the final stage of celeb-o-meme — “acceptance” — Xzibit embraces the yo dawg, attempting to his own: <a href=http://twitter.com/mrxtothaz/status/1266000157>View Tweet</a>

2009-11-20T20:05:25Z

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http://hellofuture.ytmnd.com/

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2009-04-08T17:29:51Z

Homepage of 11 Year old Mike Bloun

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v= active kids, girls, awkward, 1998, websites

Hello My Future Girlfriend “… this is what I sound like” 11 year old Mike Blount created the original “Hello My Future Girlfriend” site in 1998 while in the sixth grade. Many of the other kids at young Mike’s elementary school had “girlfriends,” and feeling left out, he busted out some MIDI files and made <a href="http://www.2atoms.com/comedy/worstoftheweb/blount.htm">an epic web-page</a> (note: archive via 2atoms) A YouTube clip with the audio (and an unverified photo of Mike): <object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/ge7mozA-ptI&hl=en&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/ge7mozA-ptI&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object> <h2>Testimony</h2> Mike has explained the story <a href="http://mike.winterdiamond.com/history.php">in his own words:</a> <blockquote> …in an act of desperation, I created the web page. I planned to meet a nice girl in yahoo chat, and then give her the web page address, and hope for the best. </blockquote> And on its viral spread: <blockquote> In 2000, I received my first email from someone who had seen the web page. It was very negative, and quite surprising. I just shrugged it off, and thought that it was just the one person that saw the page. The next day, my hotmail inbox was flooded; I bet I received at least 50 messages. Some were positive, and some were negative. At the time I was only 13 years old. The positive emails were encouraging and the negative emails had a depressing effect. It seemed for every one positive email, there were three negative ones. Soon the phone calls started. Middle of the night, people would call, and ask if I had a girlfriend. I had not told my parents about the web page, and I really didn’t want them to know. Well, eventually I had to tell them. They couldn’t believe I had done it, well, neither could I. So, I tried to get into my tripod account and delete the web page. However, I had forgotten the password, so, there was nothing I could do. Later, I found out that my simple web page had been mirrored all over the internet. </blockquote> <h2>Where is he now?</h2> Mike is still active on the internet to this day, and has a <a href="http://www.myspace.com/chaoticlife05">MySpace</a> and <a href="http://www.mikeirl.com/">a blog</a> He also sells “memeriabilia” in the <a href="http://www.cafepress.com/hmfg">Official Hello My Future Girlfriend Shop</a> (on CafePress) People have made t-shirts of the meme: http://www.flickr.com/photos/elemenoh/2996613291/ <h2>Related</h2> <ul> <li>“safety not guaranteed”</li> <li>I Kiss You!</li> </ul>

2009-09-14T15:44:39Z

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2009-03-25T15:31:46Z

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v= deadpool japan, anime, music, music videos, lofi

Anime Music Videos [[stub]] —jdubs

2009-06-01T14:37:25Z

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2009-03-10T18:38:45Z

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=16JutKkzXLU active youtube star, gaia, camgirl, controversy, war, big eye, webcam

Boxxy In January 2009 a young GaiaOnline user named “BoxxyBabee” posted several hyperactive, seemingly innocuous videos to YouTube. Discovered via a post on i-am-bored, the division between Boxxy h8rs and those declaring her “Queen of /b/” culminated in a civil war that crashed 4chan. Some called her cancer — others called her the cure. Was she trolling? Was she legit? Either way she’s now gone underground, her flash-in-the-pan popularity leaving a brief burn-mark on Internets history. Her most notable & final video: <object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/Yavx9yxTrsw&hl=en&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/Yavx9yxTrsw&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>

2009-11-06T21:46:58Z

http://knowyourmeme.com/system/icons/87/original/Boxxy_Sweet.jpg?1236710866

http://knowyourmeme.com/system/icons/64/thumb/dont-tase-me-bro.png?1232062894

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don%27t_tase_me_bro http://www.encyclopediadramatica.com/Don%27t_Tase_Me_Bro

http://knowyourmeme.com/system/icons/64/square/dont-tase-me-bro.png?1232062894

2009-01-15T23:36:11Z

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v= active violence, politics, youtube, cellphone

Don't tase me bro! On September 17, 2007, Andrew Meyer confronted Senator John Kerry at a speech at the University of Florida about Kerry’s involvement with the organization known as Skull & Bones. The encounter ended with Meyer being forcibly removed by police and tasered repeatedly, during which time he screamed the famous phrase “DON’T TASE ME BRO!” <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SaiWCS10C5s&feature=bz301">Closeup video of the event</a>: <object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/SaiWCS10C5s&hl=en&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/SaiWCS10C5s&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object> One of many r-r-r-remixes: <object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/AkMkGOpAF4s&hl=en&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/AkMkGOpAF4s&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object> Andrew Meyer vs. MC Hammer: <object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/Xzkd_m4ivmc&hl=en&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/Xzkd_m4ivmc&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>

2009-09-16T09:35:21Z

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http://knowyourmeme.com/system/icons/63/thumb/Picture_2.png?1232033096

http://macrochan.org/search.py?tag=Neutral%3AFuck%3Afffffffuuuuuuu

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2009-01-15T15:24:57Z

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v= active 4chan, image macro, 4pane, neutral

160

Rageguy (fffuuuu) A 4chan meme that became popular in late 2008, the “fffuuuuu” Rageguy is an ‘exploitable’ 4pane image macro in which the main character expresses serious disappointment/exasperation/displeasure with a given scenario (typically caused on accident) stub — please help add images, videos, and links below

2009-11-20T23:26:42Z

http://knowyourmeme.com/system/icons/63/original/Picture_2.png?1232033096

http://knowyourmeme.com/system/icons/60/thumb/lhc-hires-0610026_02-A4-at-144-dpi.jpg?1231958332

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Large_hadron_collider http://www.encyclopediadramatica.com/Large_Hadron_Collider http://macrochan.org/search.py?tag=Themes%3ALarge%20Hadron%20Collider

http://knowyourmeme.com/system/icons/60/square/lhc-hires-0610026_02-A4-at-144-dpi.jpg?1231958332

2009-01-14T18:32:44Z

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v= active science, doomsday, youtube

Large Hadron Collider The Large Hadron Collider is “the world’s largest and highest-energy particle accelerator, intended to collide opposing particle beams, protons at an energy of 7 TeV/particle or lead ions at 574 TeV/ion” (Wikipedia) The LHC is also the source of a great deal of anxiety, as some physicists have stated this atom-smasher will create tiny blackholes that could destroy the Earth!! This hasn’t happened… yet. Some lulzy spinoffs, remixes, variations, and opnions: <ul> <li><a href="http://lhcis42.com/">LHC is the answer to Life, the Universe, and Everything</a></li> <li>high-res LHC photos on Boston.com’s <a href="http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2008/08/the_large_hadron_collider.html">The Big Picture</a></li> <li>Wired: <a href="http://blog.wired.com/wiredscience/2008/09/the-bosons-that.html">Best- and Worst-case Scenarios for the LHC</a></li> <li>the quite boring <a href="http://lhc.web.cern.ch/lhc/">official LHC homepage</a></li> </ul> Live Webcam of the LHC (<A href="http://www.cyriak.co.uk/lhc/lhc-webcams.html">link</a>): <IFRAME SRC=“http://www.cyriak.co.uk/lhc/lhc-webcams.html” WIDTH=500 HEIGHT=750> To view the contents of this iframe (in this case a live view of the LHC), click <A HREF="http://www.cyriak.co.uk/lhc/lhc-webcams.html">here</A>. </IFRAME> Videos: The <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j50ZssEojtM">Large Hadron Collider Rap</a> <object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/j50ZssEojtM&hl=en&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/j50ZssEojtM&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object> British ‘comedians’ talk about the LHC, aka the BLACK HOLE MACHINE: <object height="350" width="425"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/4rjJ4T8ViFQ"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/4rjJ4T8ViFQ" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" height="350" width="425"></object> stub — please add lulzy images, links & video below

2009-11-07T04:03:50Z

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http://knowyourmeme.com/system/icons/58/thumb/1231821095902.jpg?1231821583

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Dark_Knight_(film) http://www.encyclopediadramatica.com/Why_So_Exploitable%3F

http://knowyourmeme.com/system/icons/58/square/1231821095902.jpg?1231821583

2009-01-13T04:39:43Z

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v= active 4panes, mainstream, batman, superheroes, subtitles

Dark Knight 4pane Features Batman and the Joker in a similar style to [[Rageguy]] and others. Called “Why So Exploitable?” on ED Notable quotes: “Why So Serious?” “If you’re good at something you never do it for free.” “Wanna know how I got these scars? "

2009-11-14T20:39:37Z

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http://knowyourmeme.com/system/icons/57/thumb/800px-Motivational93.png?1231373942

http://encyclopediadramatica.com/I_accidentally_X http://www.macrochan.org/search.py?tag=Neutral%3AI%20accidentally%20the%20whole%20X

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2009-01-08T00:19:03Z

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v= active catchphrase, 4chan, accidents, winrar

I accidentally... I accidentally most of the description for this meme. At 11:09 Tuesday morning, May 20th, 2008 an Anon on 4chan’s /b/ posted the following message. hey /b/ I need your help I accidentally 93MB of .rar files what should I do…is this dangerous ? Leaving out verbs caught on, popping up everywhere both intentionally and accidentally.

2009-11-15T23:33:00Z

627

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http://knowyourmeme.com/system/icons/56/thumb/over9000.jpg?1231044197

http://www.encyclopediadramatica.com/Over_9000 http://wiki.ytmnd.com/Over_9000

http://knowyourmeme.com/system/icons/56/square/over9000.jpg?1231044197

2009-01-04T01:44:07Z

Dragon Ball Z

2006

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v= true active dragon ball, anime, characters, catchphrase, intense, power level

It's Over 9000! <h2>About</h2> Dragon Ball (ドラゴンボール Doragon Bōru?) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Akira Toriyama. With the ending of Dragon Ball, Toei Animation quickly released a second anime television series, Dragon Ball Z (ドラゴンボールZ（ゼット） Doragon Bōru Zetto, commonly abbreviated DBZ). Picking up where the first left off, Dragon Ball Z is adapted from the final twenty-six volumes of the manga series. It premiered in Japan on April 26, 1989 and ran for 291 episodes until January 31, 1996. In the original Japanese dub of the series, and in both the Japanese and English language mangas, Vegeta states that Goku’s level is actually “over 8000.” This can be seen in <a href=http://knowyourmeme.com/i/16140/original/over8000.jpg?1252164066>this scan from the manga</a>. On October 17th, 2006, 4Channer and Youtube user <a href=http://www.youtube.com/user/Kajetokun>Kajetokun</a> uploaded the video “9000!! NINE THOUSAAAAANDD!” Today, the video has over five million views. <object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/TBtpyeLxVkI&hl=en&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/TBtpyeLxVkI&hl=en&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object> <h2>Modern Usage</h2> As early as 2007, the number 7 has been wordfiltered on 4chan to turn into “Over 9000.” The phrase adopted from <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000KWZ1TI?ie=UTF8&tag=rocketboom-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=B000KWZ1TI">Dragon Ball Z</a> is now used in place of saying “Like a million!” or “Tons!” when talking about a relatively large amount. Example dialogue: <blockquote> Person one: How many people were at the dorm room party last night? Person two: “Over NINE THOUSAAAAAAAND!” </blockquote> <h2>Spread</h2> The original “9000” video quickly drew attention from DBZ fans, and inspired remix videos right from the start. The meme quickly spread to YTMND within days. On YTMND, there had already been a <a href=http://ytmnd.com/search?q=hal+9000&x=0&y=0>HAL9000</a> fad, centered around the computer from the famous Stanley Kubrick film 2001: A Space Odyssey. But on December 24th, 2006, YTMNDer <a href=http://ytmnd.com/users/CyrisMustang/>CyrisMustang</a> created <a href=http://ninethousandusd.ytmnd.com/>“How much will the PS4 retail for?”</a> YTMND’s surrounding both HAL9000 and “Over 9000” were created through 2007, but by 2008 nearly all YTMND’s containing the number 9000 were in reference to the famous DBZ line. Furthermore, overall Google searches for the obscure “Over 9000” DBZ reference also surpassed all searches for the wellknown “HAL9000” from Kubrick’s film. <script type="text/javascript" src="http://www.gmodules.com/ig/ifr?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com%2Fig%2Fmodules%2Fgoogle_insightsforsearch_interestovertime_searchterms.xml&up__property=empty&up__search_terms=%22hal+9000%22%7C%22over+9000%22%7Chal9000&up__location=empty&up__category=0&up__time_range=empty&up__compare_to_category=false&synd=ig&w=650&h=300&lang=en-US&title=Google+Insights+for+Search&border=%23ffffff%7C3px%2C1px+solid+%23999999&output=js"></script> <h2>Press</h2> In April of 2008, <a href=http://www.japanator.com/elephant/post.phtml?pk=7824>Kajetokun was interviewed by Cybernetic Tigerz of Japanator.com</a>. Here are some excerpts from the interview: <blockquote> J: When you made the Dragon Ball cutup, did you have any idea it would go on to become such a huge phenomenon over the Internet? Or was it just something that you made for a small group of friends? K:I had no idea it was going to get this big. Really it was just a small little something I made as an inside joke for my friends. My friend Patrick posted it on /b/ and then I ended up having like 20,000 views the next day.Then Scott from VGcats front page linked my video and I woke up to 200,000 views. </blockquote> <blockquote> J: Now that you’ve created an immensely popular meme, do you feel like you understand how they work better? Looking from the inside out, could you identify an element that makes a meme successful with the general public? Or is it all completely random? K:Honestly I never intended any of my videos to produce memes. They’re just movies that were made to be funny. I guess a successful meme is just something that’s funny. </blockquote> <blockquote> J: Tell me now, is 4chan the organization behind the scenes that controls you, or is it something more sinister? K:4Chan influences my type of humor and some of the things I watch, sure, but rarely did they ever influence what actual goes into the video (with the exception of over 9000 which originated from an obscure image on 4chan.) That usual comes about from screwing around with my friends and cracking jokes as we watch old shows. </blockquote> <ul> <li><a href=http://www.japanator.com/elephant/post.phtml?pk=7824>Read the FULL INTERVIEW on Japanator.com</a></li> </ul> <h2>4Chan trolls Oprah</h2> Over 9000 struck a chord with 4Chan early on, but in September of 2008, one particular Anonymous troll left a message on Oprah Winfrey’s message board, claiming to represent an organized network of pedophiles. Oprah took the bait, and read the post to her audience. Considering the power and influence that Oprah has, this was viewed by many Anon’s as an “Epic Win.” Oprah had fallen for it, and was very disturbed. The original video of Oprah’s message to her audience was <a href=http://www.youtube.com/index?ytsession=juj2gGfardLfTQa8lc_6mdf_kEhpU49bfxWt1LqL4FY-SzHu1liP5i0qY4yreySuznwUuXN04Djib4xLOmiZAcT-rQJO04RvsMScow0AexUydUWrU0-3i0XqDvQ80q3eo532xKrxOfmcGuAah4-ndz_Gs9xyg9HDMGCOOcan7ZgL7MF91BFpYO6WJDDySMkaukyIOa-Yz00ZjlEjCv9wdk1Who035LV5imX29KW-KZp-y-2ZiAkJrqTRUle_d_wpKmXgMWnZ8h_G5XaAUBQQ1yF5SsWx2Q8->quickly removed due to a copyright claim by Harpo, Inc.</a> Despite that fact, many “Oprah 9000” remix videos followed. <a href=http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=oprah+9000&search_type=&aq=f>These videos can be viewed on Youtube.</a>

2009-11-17T21:14:39Z

627

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http://knowyourmeme.com/system/icons/55/thumb/domo_kun.jpg?1231010302

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Domo-kun

http://knowyourmeme.com/system/icons/55/square/domo_kun.jpg?1231010302

2009-01-03T19:18:23Z

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v= active non-english, copy & paste, photoshop, NHK, Japan, cartoon, character

Domo Domo-Kun (どーもくん Dōmo-kun) is the mascot of Japan’s NHK television station, appearing in several 30 second stop-motion sketches shown as station identification during shows. Domo, the main character, is described as “a strange creature that hatched from an egg. Domo’s favorite food is Japanese-style meat and potato stew, and he has a strong dislike for apples, due to an unexplained mystery in his DNA. Domo can only communicate via producing a low-pitched noise which sounds somewhat like his own name, but other characters appear to understand him. Domo-kun is known to pass gas repeatedly when nervous or upset.” Domo is often pasted in to relevant or major scenes of disaster as the apparent cause for destruction and retreat. A useage very similar to the more contemporary <a href="http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/43-disaster-girl">Disaster Girl</a>.

2009-09-04T00:50:36Z

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http://knowyourmeme.com/system/icons/54/thumb/SYPBJPYZ3AX4FKYSBLKZJ5JPRZVEA7OK.jpg?1230991920

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barrel_roll http://www.encyclopediadramatica.com/Barrel_roll http://www.macrochan.org/search.py?tag=Neutral%3ADo%20a%20barrel%20roll http://wiki.ytmnd.com/Barrel_Roll

http://knowyourmeme.com/system/icons/54/square/SYPBJPYZ3AX4FKYSBLKZJ5JPRZVEA7OK.jpg?1230991920

2009-01-03T14:12:00Z

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v= active barrel, roll, starfox

Do a Barrel Roll! On April 27, 1997 the entire N64 world did a collective barrel roll with the release of Star Fox 64. Whether it was the inane manner in which Peppy repeated the exact same sound byte throughout the game or the exhilaration of completing a 360 degree longitudinal rotation along a helical path, the phrase “Do A Barrel Roll!” still takes many of yesteryear’s gameplayers back to childhood for all it’s irreverence and mindless innocence (even when said gameplayers were your parents or even grandparents by now). The original Barrel Roll YTMND eventually popped up in 2004, spawning the used and once abused Barrel Roll derivatives left for today’s nostalgic perusal. <object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/wIkJvY96i8w&hl=en&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/wIkJvY96i8w&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object> Do a Barrel Roll <object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/mv5qzMtLE60&hl=en&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/mv5qzMtLE60&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object> Remix <object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/4CaYzsQ0fkY&hl=en&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/4CaYzsQ0fkY&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object> Tom Green gets Barrel Rolled. <object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/57eebhJc6zY&hl=en&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/57eebhJc6zY&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object> Compilation

2009-10-25T21:38:15Z

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http://knowyourmeme.com/system/icons/53/thumb/7211-7211-20051026_095359-320x240.jpg?1230939708

http://knowyourmeme.com/system/icons/53/square/7211-7211-20051026_095359-320x240.jpg?1230939708

2009-01-02T23:41:48Z

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v= active afro, ninja, nunchucks, fail, humiliation

Afro Ninja <h2>About</h2> A short video clip that became popular during the pre-youtube era of a guy who fails while auditioning for a role in a martial-arts movie but earns an A+ for effort. From <a href="http://waxy.org/2004/10/afroninja_found/">Waxy</a>: <blockquote> “Mark Allen Hicks, a stunt man auditioning for a Nike commercial with Allen Iverson and Jim Kelly. Edward works with people who know Mark, and one friend saw him come out of the audition ‘pissed off with a bloody nose.’” </blockquote> <a href="http://blog.wired.com/underwire/2008/07/afroninja-mark.html">Subsequent interview</a> with Mark Hicks by Wired. <object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/BEtIoGQxqQs&hl=en&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/BEtIoGQxqQs&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>

2009-09-14T16:08:32Z

http://knowyourmeme.com/system/icons/53/original/7211-7211-20051026_095359-320x240.jpg?1230939708

http://knowyourmeme.com/system/icons/52/thumb/killer_instinct_gold2.jpg?1230938464

http://www.encyclopediadramatica.com/index.php/COMBO_BREAKER

http://knowyourmeme.com/system/icons/52/square/killer_instinct_gold2.jpg?1230938464

2009-01-02T23:21:05Z

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v= active combo, breaker

COMBO BREAKER Used in a message board to break a chain of people repeating the same phrase over and over, or going back and forth with out resolve. It is almost universally ignored. Combo breakers are one of 4chan’s older memes, and its usage has moderately spread elsewhere. Sampled assets come from the Killer Instinct video game released in 1993.

2009-11-13T05:27:41Z

http://knowyourmeme.com/system/icons/52/original/killer_instinct_gold2.jpg?1230938464

http://knowyourmeme.com/system/icons/51/thumb/Milhouse_Demotivator.jpg?1230937539

http://encyclopediadramatica.com/Milhouse

http://knowyourmeme.com/system/icons/51/square/Milhouse_Demotivator.jpg?1230937539

2009-01-02T23:05:40Z

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v= active millhouse, simpsons

Milhouse Is Not A Meme Millhouse is not a meme, but “Millhouse is not a meme” is a meme. This usually plays out in a forum or comment section, somewhat to the same of effect of the famous “Who’s on first”, “Who’s on second” dialogue, but much less wittingly, like two children alternating indefinitely between “No I didn’t”, “Yes you did”. For example: Commenter: Millhouse is a meme. Commenter: Millhouse is not a meme. Commenter: Millhouse is not a meme, but “Millhouse is not meme” is a meme. Hopefully at this point, someone will call a <a href="http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/52-combo-breaker">Combo Breaker</a> to end the mindless de ja vu.

2009-11-18T17:40:20Z

http://knowyourmeme.com/system/icons/51/original/Milhouse_Demotivator.jpg?1230937539