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Kirkinator, also known as Kirkatron, refers to a series of photoshops, AI-generated images and AI-generated videos of the late right-wing political commentator and organizer Charlie Kirk as a robot, cyborg or android. The videos surfaced on Twitter / X and Instagram Reels in late 2025, following Kirk's assassination in September 2025. The Kirkinator memes were largely shared by internet users promoting a meme coin cryptocurrency on the Solana blockchain via Pump.fun named after the character. The idea for Kirkinator was based on the George Droyd meme, which similarly turned George Floyd's likeness into a robotic, Terminator-like being. George Droyd was a character in many of the original Kirkinator videos.

Origin

On September 20th, 2025, X^[1] user @kirkinator_sol shared a post about launching a meme coin cryptocurrency on the Solana blockchain via Pump.fun with the ticker $KIRKINATOR.^[2] The coin was based on a robotic version of the late Charlie Kirk, seemingly riffing on the George Droyd meme, which similarly made George Floyd's likeness into an android.

Also on September 20th, the Instagram^[3] account @kirkterminal, adminned by the same user(s) running @kirkinator_sol, shared a Reel, showing Kirk's face on the I, Robot scene used in the Self-Proclaimed Free Thinkers meme. The video's description read, "We are rebuilding Charlie Kirk," and it received over 810 likes in 12 days.

Spread

On September 21st, 2025, @kirkterminal shared another Reel on Instagram,^[4] showing U.S. President Donald Trump and scientists working on the creation of Kirkinator, gaining over 2,200 likes in 11 days.

On September 24th, @kirkterminal shared a Reel on Instagram,^[5] again using AI-generated elements. It showed Kirkinator as a mock Iron Man retrieving the Epstein Files from Jeffrey Epstein's island and talking to Elon Musk about securing them. George Droyd also played a role in the video's plot. Over eight days, the Reel received over 40,000 likes.

On September 30th, 2025, X^[6] user @ShitpostRock tweeted, "The shit you find on Instagram Reels is out of this fucking world, I get amazed every time I open it," gaining over 2,600 likes in two days.

X^[7] user @ShitpostRock then quote-tweeted their post on October 1st, attaching one of the Kirkinator videos from Instagram,^[8] in which President Donald Trump sets Kirkinator on a mission to eliminate late-night show host Jimmy Kimmel because he's secretly former Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. The video's premise was related to Jimmy Kimmel's ABC Suspension.

@ShitpostRock captioned the reposted video, "This shit had 60 THOUSAND FUCKING LIKES," gaining over 62,000 in a day.

This shit had 60 THOUSAND FUCKING LIKES https://t.co/etoYuLlX4q pic.twitter.com/c7GaXyPO2I

— Rock solid (@ShitpostRock) October 2, 2025

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