About

IT'S OVER refers to a series of captioned image macros and reaction images using a person, character, animal or Wojak that is making a sad, defeated or depressed face.

Origin

The caption originated from an article published on October 14th, 2016, by The Huffington Post about the 2016 United States Presidential Election. The article announced that Donald Trump's presidential run was over, following a "disastrous week" and that Republican states were flipping for Hillary Clinton. The article that contained the captioned image (shown below, left) has been deleted, but a screenshot of it (shown below, right) was posted on October 16th, 2016, by Medium user Elizabeth Mika.^[1]

Spread

The image spread throughout 4chan, particularly on /pol/ where it gained particular attention,^[2][3] being posted over 1105 times ever since.^[4] The meme went through a revival during the 2020 United States Presidential Election, with a Joe Biden variant being posted on /pol/ on November 6th, 2020 (shown below, left),^[5] and a similar one with the caption "IT'S JOEVER" on October 15th, 2020 (shown below, right).^[6]

Different variants with the same caption but different images kept spreading throughout 4chan. A variant featuring Jiren from Dragon Ball Super was posted on /a/ on August 23rd, 2021 (shown below, left).^[7] Another variant featuring Remilia Scarlet from Touhou Project was posted on /int/ on December 31st, 2021 (shown below, center).^[8] A meme with the iconic caption featuring Serbian tennis player Novak Djokovic was posted on /pol/ and subsequently on /sp/ on January 16th, 2022, following his denied entry to Australia (shown below, right).^[9][10]

Related Memes

The West Has Fallen. Billions Must Die

The West Has Fallen and Billions Must Die are catchphrases often used together in memes parodying unsuccessful but resentful supporters of alt-right politics. The phrases reflect resentment at globalization and overpopulation trends, and are associated with similar memes such as It's Over and The Great Reset memes. The phrases often appear in memes featuring Chudjak.

It's Joever

It's Joever is a reaction image of the United States President Joe Biden lowering his head as in resignation, captioned, "It's Joever," a portmanteau of Joe Biden and the It's Over meme. In 2023, both the image and the phrase achieved popularity as reactions online.

It's Over / We're Back

It's Over / We're Back is a catchphrase used in memes to indicate an upturn and downturn of events, often humorously flipping back and forth between the two, sometimes endlessly. While the use of the phrase "We're Back" in relation to the Trump-related phrase "It's Over" can be traced to late 2021, memes about the two phrases only began to proliferate in 2022. In early 2023, the related catchphrase It's SO Over also resulted in a variant of this meme, causing a subsequent resurgence in the following months.

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