It's the end of May, and once again, we're rounding up five of the biggest memes that you might have seen floating around your feed the past few days.

This week, memes about a specific moment from the second season of The Last Of Us TV series got people heated, a woman from a meme about Christopher Columbus got netizens begging for sauce, the U.S. President got a tasty new nickname and more.

Here are five big memes from the past week that you need to catch up on.

I'm Gonna Be A Dad

The second season of HBO's The Last Of Us TV show adaptation is finished, and one specific scene from the fourth episode has, for better or for worse, left a lasting impression on many viewers.

In the scene, Ellie, played by actress Bella Ramsey, learns that her traveling companion and girlfriend Dina (Isabela Merced) is pregnant with her ex Jesse's baby. Ellie responds a bit strangely in an apocalyptic situation in which having a baby becomes vastly more complicated, joking, "I'm gonna be a dad."

This is a stark difference from how she reacts to the news in the video game, which sees Ellie react with shock and anger and call Dina a "burden."

While some fans of the game were upset with how much the scene differed from TLOU2, many saw the quick joke as an excuse to call the show "woke" and harp on about the downfall of modern television and society as a whole, while some just mocked it for being cringe.

The phrase, "I'm gonna be a dad," then became a major meme in the following weeks on sites like Twitter and the /r/TheLastOfUs2 subreddit (whose users notably seem to hate The Last Of Us 2), also elevating other unfortunate memes about Bella Ramsey.

Examples

What Columbus Saw

The internet seemingly found a new face to simp over this week, thanks to one very specific, somewhat dark meme about what Christopher Columbus saw when he pulled up to the Americas.

The "What Columbus Saw" format has been going around since late last year. Typically, the memes involve posting an image, be it a drawing, AI-generated photo or actual photo, of someone who resembles a beautiful indigenous American woman, under a caption like, "This is what Christopher Columbus saw when he landed in the Americas."

Ultimately, the meme acts as engagement bait by baiting people into leaving comments asking who the person in the image is or what the joke means.

Recently, a version of the meme was posted on Twitter that uses a photo of a woman who appears to be dressed as the BRchan mascot Kuruminha. The post garnered hundreds of thousands of likes and a massive campaign to find the woman, who is allegedly X user @SantoriMary, or mimiesquisitinha on Instagram.

The meme itself also has a dark punchline about the things Columbus allegedly did to an indigenous Carib woman, adding a horrific twist to the viral meme.

Examples

King Charles / Changmao 长毛

Alphas everywhere are celebrating the undeniable aura of a Chinese dog named Changmao, who can do everything the typical alpha male wishes they could with just a single paw.

Changmao, or King Charles as he's known outside of China, is a shaggy shelter dog who started going viral on Douyin, the Chinese version of TikTok, this month. It only takes a video or two to see what makes Changmao so special.

When other dogs in the shelter act up, Changmao rushes onto the scene to subdue them, usually by pinning them to the ground with a single paw until they settle down. No matter how much the restless dog gnashes and fights, eventually, they all submit to Changmao, apparently knowing he's the alpha in the situation.

One of the most impressive examples of this is a video of a Cane Corso bowing down to Changmao as he goes to subdue another dog. Cane Corsos are some of the biggest dogs out there, so you might imagine they'd be the alpha in most situations. With Changmao around, that will simply never be the case.

Examples

The rise of King Charles as a leader👑 pic.twitter.com/Y4AvHKyQDP

— Wholesome Side of 𝕏 (@itsme_urstruly) May 28, 2025

King Charles' dog subdued the challenger again. pic.twitter.com/UgIfYSWANL

— king charles (@kingcharlesdoge) May 30, 2025

#TACO Trade / Let's Go TACO

President Donald Trump has earned a new nickname this week after he got a little upset when a New York Times journalist asked him about the acronym "TACO."

Reporter: Wall Street analysts have a new term called the TACO trade.. Saying Trump always chickens out on tariffs… Trump: I kick out?Reporter: Chicken out.Trump: I gave the E.U. a 50% tax tariff. They called up and said, please, let meet right now. You call that… pic.twitter.com/lPQK9iZ70d

— Acyn (@Acyn) May 28, 2025

"TACO" is an acronym coined by Financial Times columnist Robert Armstrong in an editorial published earlier this month. The acronym stands for "Trump Always Chickens Out," and is used in reference to his repeated delays and repeals of reciprocal tariffs on certain countries.

The acronym started spreading this month, but really took off on the 28th when Trump was asked about it during a press conference and seemed to be upset about the implication that he "chickened out" of anything.

Now, TACO memes are appearing all across social media as Trump detractors try their hardest to make it a thing. They're even pumping out merch plastered with the slogan and parodying the MAGA catchphrase "Let's Go Brandon" with the catchy new phrase, "Let's Go TACO." We'll see if it sticks.

Examples

Upset Because of a Certain Someone

Finally, over on every Know Your Meme user's favorite app, TikTok, an Amazing World of Gumball scene has inspired a trend about the gripes we all have with mysterious status updates.

@ladygawa_ "2 days.." TILL WHAT #gumball #tawog #fyp #instagram #darwin #fypシ゚ #foryoupage ♬ original sound – ladygawa

In the original scene, the characters Gumball and Darwin take on the roles of anonymous trolls and begin messing with their classmates on social media.

During this, they find a vague status update from Leslie that reads, "Upset because of a certain someone, they know who they are," inspiring Darwin to leave the comment, "Stop posting mysterious status updates when we have no idea who you're talking about."

A lot of TikTokers related to the scene and, in an effort to call out the types of people who make intentionally mysterious status updates, started a trend using its audio.

The trend sees TikTokers share videos of themselves responding to cryptic posts with Darwin's exact comment, recreating the scene as accurately as possible and simply using the dialogue of the scene as a copypasta.

Examples

@cookiee2743 “Upset because a certain someone, they know who they are!!” #tawog #gumabllanddarwin #becauseofacertainsomeone ♬ original sound – ladygawa

@bohnjolton “upset because of a certain someone” ahh video 😭🙏 #gumball #fyp ♬ original sound – John

@jezunn #theamazingworldofgumball ♬ Baby Blue – Fishmans

@once_ever_found I love this #fyp #viral #upsetbcofacertainsomeone #fr #gumball #gumball #tawog #theamazingworldofgumball #real #funny #meme #moots #mooties #trend ♬ original sound – ladygawa

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We'll be back next Friday with another edition of our Weekly Meme Roundup series, so stay tuned!

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