Napoleo
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About
Napoleo is an image macro and forced meme depicting French military officer Napoleon Bonaparte next to a misspelled version of his name reading, "Napoleo." In late October 2024, X / Twitter user @Kubo87079386 made a post claiming to have dreamt up the meme. The next day, YouTuber Matt Rose encouraged his followers to spread the meme, and a week later, he posted a video reacting to the inorganic growth of the format.
Origin
On October 20th, 2024, X[1] user @Azuricringel posted an image of Napoleon standing beside a misspelling of his name, spelled, "Napoleo." The post reads, "Had a dream where this became a super popular meme and I laughed myself awake so I tried to recreate it," garnering around 20 likes in a week.
On October 21st, X[2] user and YouTuber @rose_matt reposted the meme, writing, "I require help again please over next couple days! You need not know why but for next week's video I need this image shared as if it's a meme you're familiar with. If you wanna help I'm after screenshots of threads, convos etc where you've dropped Napoleo casually in. THANKS🙌," garnering over 500 likes in a week.
Spread
Over the next few days in late October 2024, numerous X users shared screenshots in the comments section of @rose_matt's post showing them sharing the meme with people (see "Various Examples" section below).
On October 28th, 2024, Matt Rose posted a video to YouTube[3] titled, "People Laughing in their Sleep at Dreams," garnering over 41,000 views in under two hours. At the 5:51-minute mark, Rose displays a selection of the forced memes about Napoleo.
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