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Sonion, also known as Sonion Ring or Son Onion Meme, is a reaction image and exploitable derivative of the original Son 😭 meme from late 2025, altering the image of actor Anthony Mackie smirking to give him the likeness of an onion with his face protruding from the plant and keeping the string of "Loudly Crying Face" Emojis (😭). The image began spreading on various social media platforms in early 2026, later becoming a catchphrase associated with an adjacent meme featuring Tom Tucker from Family Guy.

Origin

The Sonion reaction image is a derivative of the Son 😭😭😭😭😭 meme, itself a variation of the earlier Anthony Mackie's Smirk meme. It is unclear who created the first Sonion image, but the earliest known example was posted by TikTok^[1] user thecoolibroski on February 9th, 2026, which garnered over 1,400 likes and 75 comments in two months.

Spread

While the reaction image spread throughout comment sections on various platforms in early 2026, especially as a TikTok sticker, the phrase "Sonion" became increasingly tied to an unrelated video of Tom Tucker walking slowly with a slowed, pitched-down audio.

For example, on March 1st, 2026, TikTok^[2] user @greenscreens4memes posted the video of Tucker walking with the caption "Aura." The video received over 1.1 million views and 143,800 likes in just over a month.

On March 29th, 2026, the Tom Tucker clip was utilized in a Minecraft video posted by TikTok^[3] user @meenvon, in which the word "Sonion" is combined with the clip. The video received over 604,800 views and 133,800 likes in just over a week.

On April 2nd, 2026, Redditor AchatinnTheReal posted the Sonion meme alongside several similar reaction images to the /r/Shark_Park^[4] subreddit, garnering over 320 upvotes and 40 comments in five days.

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