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With the upraise popularity of the Among Us and imposter memes, I had a thought, looking back to "They Still Do Not Realize" meme, I feel there's coincidentally, a long awaited connection between these two memes. Like Among Us' imposter memes is a next step from "They Still Do Not Realize" meme where the the unsuspecting party is now alerted of the imposter's presence (before or after discovering who).

Thoughts?

I definitely don't think so. The humour in the "they still do not realise" memes come from the singular images presented, and the fact--or perhaps the assumption--that the identity of the impostor is already obvious to the viewer, adding comedic value by turning the whole situation into that of a dog trying to blend in with some fresh pastries, and of the fresh pastries not realising that one of them is a dog--or of the dog thinking that it has disguised itself successfully, where in reality its disguise was obvious, depending on the context.

In Among Us and its related meme-ries, the humour instead lies in two different perspectives: the subjects realising that there is an impostor amongst them--a very well-disguised one--as well as their comedic attempts to suss out who it is; or the impostors trying to kill everyone, and their comedic attempts to appear innocent.

The discussions that take place in a game of Among Us served to inspire not only single-image memes, but rather comics with small narratives, so I believe the two of them were never similar to begin with.

At least, that's my perspective.

You have good point that I haven't considered. My mind came up memes that feels that fit both camps that I thought I made some connections that may not been there in the first place.

Thank you for the clarification.