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Fred Armisen Red Wig GIF refers to a reaction meme+ and GIF featuring actor Fred Armisen dressed as the recurring character "Nina" from his television show Portlandia. The GIF, which comes from the season 6, episode 9 of the show, depicts Fred as Nina smiling aggressively and looking around the table. The GIF is typically used to joke about doing something cringe or performative online, and is often associated with supposed "white" activities.

Origin

The Portlandia episode "Lance Is Smart" aired on March 17th, 2016. The episode featured a sketch where Lance and Nina are at a dinner party, where Nina keeps sharing irrelevant and droll personal anecdotes. The GIF of Nina looking around the table appears at roughly the 6:44 timestamp.

The earliest known GIF upload of the scene was a May 27th, 2021, post by Tenor^[1] user kaitlingleason. On June 16th, 2023, X^[2] user @blizzy_mcguire tweeted, "Bitches from Connecticut," alongside a GIF of Fred Armisen dressed in a red wig as "Nina" from the show Portlandia. The post gathered over 7,000 likes in two years.

Spread

On October 22nd, 2023, X^[3] user @minasdemon posted the GIF of Fred Armisen as Nina from Portlandia, writing, "Me during a plot twist scene after forcing people to watch a movie," and gathering over 21,000 likes in two years.

On March 30th, 2024, X^[4] user @morgueages tweeted, "how it feels to drop a "my boyfriend" into conversations at work even if it's relevant," gathering over 16,000 likes in a year.

On September 7th, 2025, X^[5] user @bong_rot tweeted, "Google requesting my location because I searched ‘carrot how cook’," gathering over 40,000 likes in four days.

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