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Homelander #NotVeryWokeOfYou GIF, also known as Homelander Not Very Woke of You, refers to a reaction GIF and meme featuring the character Homelander (portrayed by actor Antony Starr) from the television show The Boys and the spin-off series Gen V. The GIF shows Homelander walking while wagging his finger as if to say, "No, no, no." The meme is often posted alongside an ironic remark about someone doing a social faux pas, alongside the hashtag, "#NotVeryWokeOfYou" or simply "Not Very Woke Of You." Over time, the hashtag was altered and coopted to incorporate meta, wordplay-based jokes like, "saw my sister building her minecraft house out of birch planks #NotVeryOakOfYou."

Origin

Homelander (played by Antony Starr) appeared in the season one finale of Gen V, a spin-off of the superhero television show The Boys, titled "Guardians of Godolkin," on November 3rd, 2023. A scene from the episode shows Homelander walking toward a young woman and wagging his finger, as if to say, "No, no" or "Don't do it."

The relevant clip was posted to YouTube^[1] by ScareCore on September 11th, 2025, where it gathered over 700,000 likes in a month.

The earliest known use of the scene as a meme alongside the hashtag "#NotVeryWokeOfYou" is a September 5th, 2025, post on X^[2] by user @trxlyyours_ that read, "Is his girlfriend not transgender? #notverywokeofyou." The post was in response to a tweet about Jujutsu Kaisen, and gathered over 10,000 likes in a month.

Spread

On October 12th, 2025, X^[3] user @Azazeal793 posted a version of the Homelander #NotVeryWokeOfYou meme read, "Assuming us picky eaters don’t eat ethnic foods." The post gathered over 140,000 likes in two weeks.

On October 25th, X^[4] user @Viathanlol tweeted, "trying to pander to women but using the word 'females' #NotVeryWokeOfYou," gathering over 280,000 likes in a week.

On October 28th, 2025, X^[5] user @NNNo1tra tweeted, "Implying women can't be racist on their own and need a man to make them racist #NotVeryWokeOfYou," gathering over 160,000 likes in two days.

On October 29th, X^[6] user @FortunateRamen tweeted, "I heard you snoring #NotVeryWokeOfYou," alongside a GIF of Homelander wagging his finger, "No." The post gathered over 60,000 likes in a day.

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