No topic is too niche for a good meme, but the "bowling alley screen when you get a strike" may be one of the oddest niche topics yet to reach memedom. Sure, the topic was ripe for the picking: the surreal animations that still pepper American bowling alleys share aesthetic similarity to the gonzo 3D sh*tposts that have found a solid audience in the weird part of YouTube for the last few years.

Still, the memeing of that minuscule piece of suburban ephemera has been fascinating (and hilarious) to watch. It's as though memers everywhere collectively went, "Oh yeah, remember that? That was really weird." The resulting deluge of memes about the humble bowling alley have been a joy to watch, as cursed images and hellish animations have flooded the memescape. Here are some of our favorites.