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Real Name Google Searches refers to an exploitable template which shows a Google search for the real name of a celebrity who goes by an alias. The result is a humorous extension of the celebrity's alias (for example, a popular example shows the real name of the rapper Ice Cube to be "Icelandic Cubicle").

Precursor

Prior to the spread of the exploitable Google Search template, several memes built on humorously extending names had spread, including B is Short For Bichael and Elongated Muskrat.

Origin

A version of the Google template first appeared showing the rapper Lil Pump's name extended to read "Lilliam Pumpernickel" on /r/me_irl on January 18th, 2018, gaining 1,500 points (shown below).

Spread

The exploitable Google template was later posted to Reddit's /r/memeeconomy^[1] by user Mr_Malvac on August 26th, 2018, showing Lil Pump's name extended to read "Liliam Pumpanikel". The post gained 150 points (shown below).

This began a late-August surge in the template. On August 28th, an example using Ice Cube was posted to /r/memes,^[2] gaining over 18,000 points (shown below, left). On August 29th, a post on /r/me_irl^[3] featuring Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson gained over 5,000 points (shown below, right).

The posts also began growing popular on /r/dankmemes. Some examples from the subreddit include a post by bloxy-boy^[4] parodying rapper Will.i.am and another showing several current rappers posted by justgivemesomedamnkarma^[5] (shown below, right).

Various Examples

Search Interest

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