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Steve Harrington Drawing or Steve Harrington Car Drawing is a reaction image and exploitable meme based on a drawing of Steve Harrington from Stranger Things driving the show's main characters in his van with his hand on the side of his head and fingers on his temple, as if annoyed. The illustration, which has exaggerated features similar to a caricature, is based on a scene from Stranger Things season five, episode two, and was created by artist Ayisha Zeba in December 2025. The drawing was popularized as a meme throughout late December 2025 and early January 2026, especially in TikTok comment sections.

Origin

On December 12th, 2025, Instagram^[1] user and artist ayishazebaa (Ayisha Zeba) posted a piece of art based on a scene from Stranger Things season five, episode two, in which Steve Harrington (portrayed by actor Joe Keery) drives the van, annoyed, with Dustin in the passenger seat, trying to keep track of Hopper in the Upside Down. The post gained over 238,000 likes in a month.

On December 26th, TikToker^[2] @da.phantom67 posted an edit based on a cropped version of the art focusing on Steve, garnering over 694,000 views in two weeks. This is one of the earliest known memes based on the image.

Spread

The drawing of Steve Harrington became the subject of memes in late December 2025 through January 2026, including as a reaction image used to convey annoyance.

On December 29th, 2025, X^[3] user @lilahtjk posted the drawing, writing, "this fuckass photo of steve pisses me off," garnering over 55,000 likes and 2,200 reposts in a week.

Numerous edits and memes based on the drawing were posted as comments under @lilahtjk's X post. For example, on that day, X^[4] user @bylerobession posted an edit where Steve takes the place of content creator Dream during his viral face reveal, garnering over 1,200 likes in a week.

On January 3rd, 2026, TikToker^[5] @nonyman_ posted an edit comparing the drawing to the scene from the show that the drawing is based on, garnering over 49,800 views in three days.

On January 4th, TikToker^[6] @inktheory08 posted a version of the Son 😭😭😭😭😭 meme based on the artwork, where the original scene transitions to the drawing suddenly, garnering over 530,000 views in two days.

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