About

Me On Ellen, also known as OMG Ellen You Didn't, is a snowclone popular on Twitter in which people imagine themselves on The Ellen Degeneres Show and play out a situation where Ellen surprises them by bringing out an absurdly humorous character or person from one of their favorite subcultures.

Origin

On February 27th, 2017, Twitter user @cavedevice^[1] tweeted the first example of the format, using "Death" as the surprise character, gaining over 24,000 retweets and 49,000 likes (shown below).

Spread

The format saw some use over the following two years. Some popular examples include a post by Twitter user @lokiable^[2] about South Korean musician MinGyu that gained over 590 retweets and 1,400 likes (shown below, left). User @sasukemutual^[3] gained over 50 retweets and 120 likes making a Naruto reference (shown below, right).

In March of 2019, the format saw a huge resurgence as many tweets using the format gained tens of thousands of views. For example, user @DarlingaDora gained over 29,000 retweets and 155,000 likes (shown below, left). A tweet by @leapyear gained over 16,000 retweets and 74,000 likes (shown below, right). The meme was covered by Mashable,^[4] Popbuzz,^[5] and Daily Dot.^[6]

Various Examples

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