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Charlie Kirk Face Swaps, also known as Kirkified Memes, Kirkification or Kirkify Memes, refers to a Photoshop and AI edit trend of face-swapping deceased right-wing political pundit Charlie Kirk's likeness onto different memes and reaction images as an exploitable element. The trend started on Twitter / X with a face swap of Kirk on the IShowSpeed Smiling Trying Not to Laugh clip in late September 2025, following Kirk's death earlier that month. Kirkified Memes spread to TikTok comment sections heading into October 2025, where the term "Kirkification" was coined. In November 2025, a series of memes making fun of Junko Furuta went viral as a retaliation to Kirkification memes, looking to point out hypocrisy in those who share Kirkified memes.

Origin

On September 23rd, 2025, X^[1] user @wapzahra posted a GIF that showed Charlie Kirk's face swapped onto the IShowSpeed Smiling Trying Not to Laugh clip of streamer IShowSpeed (Speed). Over two months, the post amassed over 144,000 likes.

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On September 23rd, 2025, Instagram^[2] user @jermainestip posted a recording of @wapzahra's tweet as a Reel, showing that the tweet had received over 96,000 likes that day.

Viral quote-tweets emerged from the post, like one shared by X^[3] user @flackospalace on September 23rd, which captioned it, "Made a joke about Charlie Kirk at work now I have a Zoom meeting with HR scheduled for 2:30 tomorrow," gaining over 211,000 likes in a month.

On September 24th, 2025, X^[4] user @flackospalace quote-tweeted his own post, attaching a video that used Viggle AI to rotoscope Charlie Kirk onto the Michael Jordan 'No, No, No' Reaction, gaining over 22,000 likes in a month.

HR manager asked me if I could recall any inappropriate jokes I made at the time of Charlie Kirk’s death https://t.co/cpFjWEO2k3 pic.twitter.com/cGPlUCljhx

— Hasan 👁‍🗨 (@flackospalace) September 24, 2025

Heading into October 2025, the Charlie Kirk Face Swaps spread to TikTok comment sections. The images were compiled in video edit memes during the same timeframe.

For instance, on October 27th, TikToker^[5] @ilovetigbittys shared an edit that transitioned through several Kirkified memes with a top caption reading, "RIP Kirk, your sacrifice meant something." Over four days, the video received roughly 60,700 likes.

Also on October 27th, 2025, TikToker^[6] @ybg.charliekirk shared a video edit meme that used an image of Charlie Kirk's face on the realistic Bart Simpson artwork from the Mason Troy Adams meme, set to the song "50 Shots" by Pooh Shiesty. Over four days, the video received roughly 98,900 likes.

Later on October 27th, TikToker^[9] @2gif4u shared a video caption meme, using a clip from the IShowSpeed Trying Not to Laugh "Reunion Stream," captioned, "When you trying not to laugh at TikTok comments but they all got Kirkified." Over four days, the video gained over 30,600 likes.

On October 30th, 2025, X^[7] user @fltchrr shared a Charlie Kirk Face Swap meme, showing Kirk's face on an image of rapper Fakemink.^[8] The tweet received over 10,000 likes in a day.

Related Memes

Charlie Kirk "Son😭😭😭😭😭"

Charlie Kirk Son😭😭😭😭😭 refers to an image macro using a Kirkified version of an Anthony Mackie's Smirk meme, with a TikTok text overlay caption reading, "Son😭😭😭😭😭," with several "loudly crying face" emojis. The image initially trended in TikTok comment sections as a reaction image amid the Kirkification of memes in October and November 2025.

Junko Furata Retaliation Memes

Junko Furuta Charlie Kirk Retaliation Memes refers to a series of ragebait memes that make fun of Junko Furuta, a Japanese teen who was tortured and murdered in the 1980s, largely as a response to people who post memes making fun of Charlie Kirk's death with the Kirkification memes. The memes are meant to enrage people who make Kirk memes and expose their hypocrisy over being unable to laugh at Furuta's death. The trend began as early as November 5th, 2025 and became increasingly popular on sites like X / Twitter and TikTok over the following weeks, resulting in numerous memes and discussions online. Some argued that Furuta's death is not equal to Kirk's due to her age and the manner in which she was tortured to death, while others claimed that the memes expose hypocrisy in people who see no issue with Kirkificaiton, mostly painted as being liberals.

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