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Keanu Reeves Name Puns is a snowclone in which someone replaces "Reeves" with a rhyming word that fits a short character trait or action described.

Origin

On June 6th, 2019, Twitter user @imfrenchfried^[1] tweeted, "keanu reeves as a gardener: keanu leaves" (shown below). the tweet gained over 12,200 likes and 2,700 retweets in four days.

Spread

The next day Twitter user @TgwtR^[2] responded to @imfrenchfried's tweet with their own rendition (shown below, left). The tweet gained over 4,200 likes and 400 retweets in three days. Twitter user @kelseyhardin_^[3] also replied with a list of Keanu Reeves name puns (shown below, right). They listed puns like, "makes macaroni: Keanu Cheese" and "tells a bad joke: Keanu, please!" The list gained over 900 likes and 260 retweets in three days.

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