Awkward Silence Guy is a picture of the character Dr. Mortimer from Sherlock Holmes and the Hound of the Baskervilles placed on a rainbow spiral background. It first appeared on Meme Generator.

Origin

The Awkward Silence Guy was created by Ian Collier in an attempt to show all of the awkward situations that could happen in life. The video below shows the face at about 2:16.

The video in question (Embedding is not currently working, this link will be changed back once the issue is fixed)

Usage

If one is present in an awkward silence, they can simply say "Awkward silence!" This will likely help to get some conversation going. On the Internet, a person can just copy and paste the face (with or without the background) when an awkward situation surfaces. When used in Meme Generator, the top line should be the event(s) occurring before the awkward part, which is placed in the bottom line.