About

Goodbye Mom! or Bye Mom! refers to a two-panel image macro featuring Cereal Guy in the first panel and a stick figure with Yao Ming Face riding a tricycle or an All-Terrain Kart from Fortnite in the second panel. Initially circulated unironically, starting in 2018 the macro has been used as an ironic addition to images showing map locations.

Origin

The exact origin of "Goodbye Mom!" macro is currently unconfirmed. On March 12th, 2012, Taringa^[1] user yusukeUB uploaded the earliest copy of "Goodbye Mom!" meme currently available online. The post contained a two-panel rage comics reaction to an image of a road sign saying "Hankunamatata."

Spread

In the following years, the macro appeared in various memes posted on Memedroid^[2], Memecenter^[3] and other online platforms (examples shown below).

Ironic Use

On Saturday 6th, 2018, Reddit user IsiTheDoge posted an image of unknown origin showing a photoshopped road sign saying "fortnite city" to /r/okbuddyretard subreddit.^[4] The post gained over 500 upvotes in five months. On the same day, Redditor Fl00DLE uploaded the image to /r/comedycemetery^[5] subreddit, claiming that the meme originated on Instagram.^[6]

On October 14th, 2018, Redditor Despacitoman88 posted another version of the meme to the /r/okbuddyretard^[7] subreddit. The post gained over 8,000 upvotes in four months.

In the following months, ironic memes utilizing the format were posted in /r/okbuddyretard^[8] subreddit and Instagram^[9].

Various Examples

Search Interest

External References