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Trying To Get My Grades Up

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“Trying to Get My Grades Up” is a catchphrase used by high school and college students to grieve about the helpless state of their academic grades, especially towards the end of each academic semester. On Twitter, the phrase is usually accompanied by photographs or animated GIFs depicting a variety of futile or ineffective attempts at accomplishing an infeasible goal.

Origin

The earliest known pairing of the phrase “me trying to get my grades up” and an image of a comically hopeless situation was shared on Twitter by @Raul____[3] on October 26th, 2013. The attached image shows Fez (portrayed by Wilmer Valderrama) of That ’70s Show attempting to seduce Jackie’s mom. In the following months, a number of variations on the same theme began to surface on Twitter as the end of the semester approached.



Spread

In 2014, the humorous tweets continued to grow in volume and became widely adopted by high school and college students on Twitter[5], Vine[9] and Tumblr[2] as a way to commiserate over their poor academic performance. The “me trying to get my grades up” jokes saw a significant spike between May and June as the end of the academic year approached in schools across the United States. In addition, a few, particularly well-received instances on Twitter were subsequently posted on 9gag[8] and Memes.com.[1]

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Is Mayonnaise an Instrument?

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“Is Mayonnaise an Instrument?” is a memorable quote from the animated children’s show SpongeBob SquarePants. Online a screenshot of Patrick asking the question on the show is accompianied by the quote replacing mayonnaise with other things that aren’t instruments, or the entire quote is altered so the text questions whether sometimething can be categorized as something it can not be categorized as.

Origin

On September 7th, 2001, an episode of SpongeBob Squarepants aired titled “Band Geeks”[1] which features Patrick asking Squidward:

“Is Mayonnaise an Instrument?”


The scene was first uploaded to YouTube by YouTuber cyberguy91[2] on August 19th, 2010. As of August 2014, the video has gained over 410,000 views.



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On November 11th, 2009, the Facebook page[3]“Is Mayonnaise an Instrument” was created, as of August 2014, the page has gained over 24,000 likes.

On December 20th, 2011, YouTuber Jn s[4] uploaded a video titled “Is Mayonnaise An Instrument Dubstep Remix.” As of August 2014, the video has gained over 22,000 views. On March 10th, 2012, YouTuber sbatkk[5] uploaded a video titled “Is Mayonnaise an Instrument,” which features the scene on a 10 minute loop. As of August 2014, the video has gained over 38,000 views.



On November 14th, 2011, Urban Dictionary[6] user Hosta Mahogie posted an defintion of mayonnaise which reads:

“Something that is not, in fact, an instrument.”


On January 16th, 2014, Redditor Fluffy_Panda1729 asked for the origin of “Is mayonnaise an instrument?” on the /r/OutOfTheLoop/[7] subreddit. Redditor Dolphman answered:

“Spongebob, An American kids TV show that has been running from the late 90s to the present. The episode is named “Band geeks” and was released on September 7, 2001. The episode itself is consider one of the best in the series."


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[1]SpongeBob Wikia – Band Geeks

[2]YouTube – cyberguy91

[3]Facebook – is mayonnaise and instrument

[4]YouTube – TeJoshta

[5]YouTube – sbatkk

[6]UrbanDictionary – mayonnaise

[7]Reddit – /r/OutOfTheLoop

Denied Encino Man

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Denied Encino Man is a reaction GIF of American actor Michael DeLuise shaking his head in disapproval in a scene from the 1992 comedy film Encino Man. On image boards and discussion forums, the reaction GIF is often used to convey disapproval or rejection of an idea once thought to be promising.

Origin

The 1992 American comedy film Encino Man was released on May 22nd, 1992. In the scene captured by the reaction GIF, Dave (Sean Austin) waves to his crush Robyn (Robin Tunney) and Matt (Michael DeLuise) quickly pops up in front of Robyn and shakes his head while wearing a grave expression. The clip was first uploaded to YouTube by Youtuber landmatter[2] on October 24th, 2008. As of June 2014, the video has gained over 20,000 views.



Spread

One of the earliest uses of the GIF as a reaction image was posted on the online Poker forum TwoPluTwo[3] on March 2nd, 2010, by user jt217 in response to user The Big Dirty’s question:

“Does anyone have the gif where the guy looks over at the girl and the other guy pops out shaking his head lol”


On October 12th, 2011, a user on Yahoo Answers[11] posed a question about the GIF’s scene asking:

“Whats the movie where a guy waves to a girl but then her boyfriend comes out of no where and shakes his head?”


A since deleted used answered Encino Man.

On May 16th, 2012, gif-central[10] published an entry titled “Encino Man-No” highlighting the GIF. On November 4th, 2012, Redditor plagued doctor posted an animated GIF that had characters from Team Fortress 2 recreating the GIF to the subreddit /r/tf2[9]. As of July 2014, the GIF has gained over 2,700 points.



The reaction GIF was posted on several Tumblr blogs in 2012, with the three gaining over 100 notes posted by mindlesscomfort[4], 6trash6boat6[5] and itsnoteasybeingginger.[6] In 2013, the two which gained over 100 notes were posted by foxx-ommok[7] and revoilluminati.[8]

Edits

The GIF has often been edited so the disapproving head shake is given by a specific person or shows disapproval for an image added within the GIF.



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Local Man Ruins Everything

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“Local Man Ruins Everything” is an image macro meme taken from the television show The Simpsons. The meme involves photoshopping someone’s image into the newspaper article under the headline “Local Man Ruins Everything.”

Origins

The meme originated from an episode of The Simpsons titled “Jaws Wired Shut,” which first aired on January 27th, 2002. The episode features a framed newspaper article with a picture of Homer Simpson under the headline “Local Man Ruins Everything.” The image first appeared online when Redditor oopsifell posted it to the r/Simpsons[1] subreddit on February 4th, 2013.

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The image was added to the r/Simpsons Reddit on February 7th, 2014, by Redditor cayal3.

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Florida Man

Florida Man is a Twitter feed that curates news headline descriptions of bizarre domestic incidents involving a male subject residing in the state of Florida. The tweets are meant to be humorously read as if they were perpetrated by a single individual dubbed “the world’s worst superhero.”

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Ran Off Da Plug Twice

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Ran Off Da Plug Twice is a viral dance meme in which people imitate a scene from the video for “Ritz Carlton” by the rapper Plies. The dance became popular worldwide after Americn football players adopted it as a touchdown dance.

Origin

The rapper Plies released the song “Ritz Carlton” as part of his “Ain’t No Mixtape Bih 2” mixtape in fall of 2015; the video was uploaded as a WorldStarHipHop exclusive on November 19th, 2015.[1] In the song, Plies says the lyric “run off on the plug twice.” A plug is generally defined by Urban Dictionary as someone from whom one would purchase drugs;[2] Plies appears to be bragging about not paying for drugs from the same person twice. Plies then says that he won’t be accepting calls from the plug.[3] The song was featured on Drake’sOVO Sound Radio Episode 14 for Apple Music. The World Star exclusive video received 6 million views in the first 4 months.



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Odell Beckham Jr, a star football player, notable for popularizing The Whip, was recorded listening and singing along to the song while driving in early December in a video which was tweeted by Plies.[4] Users started dancing to the lyric shortly after this video and tagging Plies on social media shortly after; many of these videos were retweeted or regrammed by the rapper, or both.[5] In late December, college football players at Baylor University were captured doing the running man-style dance that Plies performs in the video after getting a touchdown.[6] The next day, players in Houston were recorded doing the dance as well;[7] in subsequent days, during the Orange Bowl, and at other sporting events, sports players were recorded doing the dance as a means of demonstrating triumph. Soon, the dance caught on with Instagram and Vine. There are over 5,200 photos tagged with #ranoffontheplugtwice[8] on Instagram; while there is no settled hashtag available on Vine, searches for the term bring up many results.[9]

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Oh Baby, a Triple!

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“Oh Baby, a Triple!" is a memorable quote said by a preadolescent video gamer in a YouTube video after eliminating three enemy players with one shot in an online match of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare. Since being uploaded online in 2010, the soundbite has been used in many montage parody videos to mock young and obnoxious gamers in online first-person shooters.

Origin

On February 7th, 2010, YouTuber LustruM uploaded in-game footage of a free-for-all match in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare in which a young boy is heard loudly rejoicing after killing three enemy players, who moving in a single file line, with one sniper rifle shot (shown below).

“Oh baby, a triple! Oh yeah! And that was my triple collateral on Free-For-All.”

Many viewers claimed the shot was faked since the enemy players did not appear to be attacking each other in the free-for-all mode. The original video no longer exists, but the one above has gained more than 3.9 million views as of September 2015.

Spread

On April 5th, 2010, YouTuber PersonGaming uploaded footage of a Call of Duty game in which a player kills three enemies at once with a claymore explosive, followed by the “Oh baby a triple” audio clip (shown below, left). On June 21st, a Facebook[1] page titled “Oh Baby a Triple” was launched. On April 9th, 2011, YouTuber lokovodo uploaded an EDM remix of the “Oh baby a triple” video (shown below, right).



On January 5th, 2012, YouTuber SerenityShotz uploaded a video titled “Oh Baby a Triple No Scope,” in which a Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 player performs a “no scope” triple kill shot with a sniper rifle (shown below, left). On August 13th, 2013, YouTuber xcalizorz uploaded footage of himself playing a Call of Duty match in which he yells “Oh baby a triple” after getting a triple-kill (shown below).



On June 15th, 2014, YouTuber Dench Dank reuploaded the video, gaining over 2.4 million views and 2,900 comments over the next nine months. The same day, Redditor Jarzeh submitted the video to the /r/montageparodies subreddit, where it gathered more than 530 votes (99% upvoted) and 30 comments prior to being archived.

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The Dab

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The Dab or Dabbing, not to be confused with the recreational use of hash oil that goes by the same name, is a style of hip hop dance that involves dropping one’s head with one arm raised and resting the face inside the elbow of the other arm, which essentially resembles the gesture of a polite attempt at muffling a loud sneeze. Originating from the hip hop scene in Atlanta, Georgia, the dance became mainstream popular after numerous professional football players adopted it as a celebratory gesture during games in August 2015.

Origin

While “The Dab” trend is generally believed to have originated from Atlanta, Georgia’s hip-hop scene sometime during the first half of 2015[1], the question of who invented the dance move remains in dispute among several Atlanta-based hip hop artists and collectives, many of whom are affiliated with the record label Quality Control Music, including Migos, OG Maco, Skippa Da Flippa and Rich The Kid. According to Migos’ member Quavo, the dance has been gaining traction in Atlanta’s local hip-hop scene since as early as 2013, although it didn’t reach the tipping point on Internet hip hop communities until the local rappers began releasing songs and music videos that either feature the dance or lyrical references to The Dab during the summer of 2015, most notably Skippa Da Flippa’s “How Fast Can You Count It" and Migos’ “Look at My Dab” (shown below).



Etymology

The name of the dance itself its etymology has also come under dispute; In November 2015, a local FOX affiliate news station in South Carolina mistakenly reported that “The Dab” was named after Clemson University’s head football coach Dabo Swinney, which was quickly pointed out as an erroneous report by the readers, while many others jumped to the misassumption that “The Dab” is a reference to the act of “dabbing,”[2] a homonymous slang term for an unrelated emerging trend of smoking high-concentrate hash oil. In December 2015, the latter misinterpretation was most infamously put forth by rapper Bow Wow in a Facebook video, which similarly prompted online backlash and ridicule from others looped in the online hip hop communities.



Meanwhile, Quavo of Migos further added to the confusion by stating that the dance wasn’t even called “dabbing” during its onset:

“It wasn’t even called dab. We didn’t even know it was called dab. Y’all just called it the dab.”

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Tutorials

On May 22nd, 2015, YouTuber T-Jay Hayes[8] uploaded one of the earliest tutorial videos for “The Dab” dance (shown below, left), racking up more than 2.3 million views within the first year. On July 30th, YouTuber Malik The Martian[9] uploaded another tutorial video in which Jay Pe$os demonstrates how to “hit the dab” (shown below, right).

News Media Coverage

On July 28th, music news site The Fader[7] reported on the emerging dance trend in an article titled “I Can’t Stop Watching These Videos Of Kids Dabbing In Atlanta,” which provided a description of the dance move and its brief history of origin, as well as a series of video examples that have been circulating on Instagram. On August 5th, hip hop news site XXLMag[3] also ran a similar article about “The Dab” craze, crediting Migos as the inventors of the dance move.

Dispute Over Origin

On the day after the publication of XXLMag’s article, a minor Twitter dispute arose between Migos[5] and their labelmate OG Maco[6] regarding the contentious issue of who came up with the Dab first. On August 6th, OG Maco tweeted a link to the XXLMag article and claimed that Skippa Da Flippa, another rapper signed with Quality Control Music, was the one that popularized The Dab, contrary to the article’s citation of Migos as the pioneer of the dance. In response, Migos tweeted back at OG Maco saying that Flippa is part of the Migos family, which sparked a brief yet awkward exchange of subtweets between the labelmates throughout the day.

Participation

Hip Hop Artists

Since rising to national prominence in August 2015, a number of well-known celebrity hip hop artists have jumped on the bandwagon by dabbing on stage during live performances and in music videos, including Future, Rich the Kid and Metro Boomin, among many others. In October, Jay-Z performed a shy variation of the dance move on stage at the Tidal 10/20 concert, which was met with mixed responses from the fans on Twitter. In December, 2 Chainz began selling “Dabbin Santa sweaters” through the merchandise shop on his website, which reportedly brought in almost $2 million in revenue by the end of the year.

Professional Athletes

By mid-September, “The Dab” had reached yet another major turning point when numerous professional athletes began adopting it as their celebratory dance on camera, beginning with Cincinnati Bengals’ running-back Jeremy Hill dabbing on the field during the game against the Oakland Raiders on September 13th, although the most well-known performance of “The Dab” to date by a professional athlete has been attributed to the Carolina Panthers’ quarterback Cameron Jerrell Newton dabbing after scoring a touchdown against the Seattle Seahawks on October 18th. In the following months, the celebratory dance trend continued to draw participation from other players in the National Football League (NFL), as well as other well-known athletes in the National Basketball Association (NBA), most notably Lebron James of the Cleveland Cavaliers and D’Angelo Russell of the Los Angeles Lakers, and Lorenzo Cain of the Kansas City Royals in the Major League Baseball (MLB). In January 2016, the dance craze made its way across the Atlantic Ocean and caught on with European football players, including Paul Pogba of Italian football club Juventus and Jesse Lingard of English football club Newcastle United.

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[1]Wikipedia – The Dab

[2]Urban Dictionary – Dabbing

[3]XXL Magazine – Atlanta’s Dabbin’ Dance Craze Is Taking Over Social Media

[4]Complex – OG Maco and Migos Got Into It on Twitter Over the Dabbin’ Dance

[5]Twitter – @MIGOS’ Tweet

[6]Twitter – @G_That_Guy23’s Tweet

[7]The Fader – I Can’t Stop Watching These Videos Of Kids Dabbing In Atlanta

[8]YouTube – Dabbin Dance Official Video

[9]YouTube – Jay Pe$os – Watch Me Dab

[10]DJBooth – Answered: What is the Dab Dance?

[11]Wikipedia – Yung Rich Nation

[12]The Daily Dot – Your guide to dabbing, a ‘new’ dance craze that already peaked

[13]Complex – LeBron Breaks Out the Dab Dance Before Cavaliers Scrimmage

[14]Complex – To Understand Where Jay Z Failed at Dabbing, You Must First Understand the Dab

[15]Stack – Introducing ‘Dabbin,’ the Dance Move All Your Favorite NBA Players Will Be Celebrating With This Season

[16]Sports Illustrated – ‘Dab on them folks;’ A brief history of the Dab dance in sports

[17]The Washington Post – Redskins don’t mind Cam Newton’s ‘dab’ dance

[18]SB Nation – South Carolina FOX affiliate mistakenly credits Dabo Swinney with inventing the Dab

[19]Vibe – Bow Wow Attempts To Explain The Origin Of “The Dab,” Gets Clowned By Migos

[20]World Star Hiphop – "Migos On Bow Wow’s Comments On The Dab Dance! He Don’t Know What He Talking About… He Trippin

[21]BETDeconstructing the Dab

[22]Rolling Stone – 2015’s Hottest Dance Crazes: The Dab, Hit the Quan and Beyond

[23]VH1 – And the Oscar for Best Dab Dance Goes to Tom Hanks

[24]Reddit – Why are athletes / entertainers doing the “Dab” and what does the name mean?

[25]CNNHillary Clinton dances on ‘Ellen’ again

[26]The Washington Post – Hillary Clinton does ‘the dab’ and another dance craze bites the dust -- or does it?

[27]YouTube – How To DAB (Dance) with Rich The Kid

[28]Instagram – @Retro_Spectro’s Instagram

[29]Instagram – @Beezy2fye’s Instagram

[30]Facebook – Bow Wow’s Video

[31]Forbes – 2 Chainz Conquers Christmas With ‘Dabbin’ Santa’

Here in My Garage

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Here in My Garage is an online video ad by American entrepreneur Tai Lopez that shows him standing in his garage in front of a Lamborghini sports car and urging viewers to visit his self improvement website. Throughout the first half of 2015, it was frequently featured as a pre-roll ad on YouTube, leading many users on the site to create remixes and parodies of the video.

Origin

In February 2015, YouTube began displaying a pre-roll ad featuring Tai Lopez showing off his Lamborghini and bookshelf while promoting his self improvement video program “67 Steps to Wealth, Health, Love, and Happiness” (shown below).



Spread

On February 6th, 2015, the Blogspot blog Some Final Words[3] published an article about Lopez’ career, which accused him of running a “fraudulent internet business.” On February 8th, Redditor go_sens submitted a post titled “Who is this guy that just bought a new Lamborghini that’s fun to drive up in the Hollywood Hills and brags about it on YouTube ads?” to the /r/OutOfTheLoop[1] subreddit. On February 23rd, YouTuber OneLineDerek uploaded a parody of the ad in which he mocks Lopez’ speech (shown below, left). On April 21st, YouTuber Craig has Dysentery uploaded a YouTube Poop of the Lopez ad titled “HereInMyGarage.mwv” (shown below, right). In the first three months, the video gained over 500,000 views and 350 comments.



On June 7th, Redditor andybiotic submitted a post titled “Here in my garage, just bought this new Pegassi here…”, featuring a screen captured image of the character Michael De Santa from the game Grand Theft Auto V standing in front of a sports car (shown below). In the first month, the post gathered upwards of 4,400 votes (90% upvoted) and 1,400 comments on the /r/gaming[4] subreddit.



On June 9th, YouTuber Vehicle Virgins uploaded a parody of the ad, in which he confesses that he can no longer afford to own a garage after purchasing a Lamborghini (shown below, left). On June 29th, Funny Or Die launched the site TaiLopez.website,[2] featuring parodies of various Tai Lopez promotional videos (shown below, right).



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"LeBron James" Kid

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The “LeBron James” Kid is the nickname given to a young boy who repeatedly says the name of the famous American professional basketball player in a montage clip uploaded to Vine in June 2014. Similar to other mashup memes on the video-sharing platform, the soundbite of the boy saying “LeBron James” has been paired with various footage from TV shows, music videos and films, mainly for comedic effect.

Origin

The video clip was recorded by Viner DARius[1] and uploaded to Vine on June 27th, 2014, featuring his little brother saying the name of the NBA athlete in front of their house. As of March 2015, the video has garnered more than 31.7 million loops, 661,000 likes and 472,700 shares.




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In late January of 2015, the clip underwent a huge spike in popularity. On January 20th, Viner Harley Conway uploaded a mashup in which the boy is substituted by an adult (shown below, left), which remains as the most popular instance of the remix series to date. On January 22nd, 2015, Viner William45[2] shared another remix pairing a scene from Taylor Swift’s music video for “Blank Space” with the “LeBron James” soundbite (shown below, right). In less than three months, the remix video received more than 256,700 likes, 181,200 shares and 13.8k comments. In the following months of 2015, a number of other remixes and mashups featuring the “LeBron James” kid continued to emerge on Vine.



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[1]- Vine – User DARius

[2]- Vine – User William45

Dat Boi

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“Dat Boi”, a colloquial pronunciation of “that boy,” is a phrase associated with various images featuring a 3D character model of a green frog on a unicycle, which are typically accompanied by the captions “here comes dat boi!” and “o shit waddup!”

Origin

In July 2014, FunnyJunk[4] user tehbestever posted a photoshopped image identifying a young boy named “Dat Boi” as the “most wanted criminal arrested” as “dat boi”



In June 2015, Tumblr user phalania submitted a post with the message “here come dat boi!!”, followed by a picture of the video game character Pac-Man with the caption “o shit waddup!” (shown below).[3] Although the original post was removed, reblogs managed to accumulate over 75,800 notes in the next year.



On April 3rd, 2016, the Facebook page Fresh Memes About the Mojave Desert and Other Delectable Cuisines posted an image of a green frog riding a unicycle with the caption “here come dat boi!!!!!! / o shit waddup!” (shown below).[8] The frog graphic originates from the Animation Factory Essential Collection 3.[7]



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On February 23rd, 2016, Tumblr[5] user gollypon posted a breaking news parody image featuring Pac-Man along with the caption “Here come dat boi!” (shown below, left).On April 23rd, the Browse Dank Memes Tumblr[2] blog posted a multi-pane comic featuring a scene from 2012 superhero film The Avengers followed by the unicycle frog (shown below, right).



On April 26th, 2016, the tumblr user Browse Dank Memes[1] posted a poorly compressed image of a frog riding a unicycle with the caption “Here comes dat boi!” (shown below, left). On April 29th, Tumblr user casualchriss[6] submitted a photoshopped image of five unicycle riding frogs with the caption “We dem bois!!!!!” (shown below, right).



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Ghost Riding / Ghost Ride The Whip

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Ghost Riding is term used in “hyphy” culture that refers to the practice of dancing alongside, or on top of, a moving automobile. The car will usually be coasting in neutral gear while the participants are outside and loud music is playing from the moving vehicle.

Origin

Ghost Riding, or “Ghost-Riding The Whip” first became popular with E-40’s 2005 hit “Tell Me When To Go”(shown below, right) , and Mistah FAB’s “Ghost Ride It”, released in 2008 (shown below, left).



Ghost Riding may have first been inspired by the 1985 Michael J. Fox comedy Teen Wolf, in which a character does various tricks on top of a van with no driver.



Spread

There have been many ghost riding parodies on YouTube, generally used with the “Ghost Ride It” Mistah Fab audio track.A video of a group of people ghost riding a school bus titled “GHOSTRIDE IT” was uploaded to YouTube on December 18th, 2006. The video has since gained over 3 million views in under ten years.



On July 15th, 2007, a video of two elderly people Ghost Riding titled “Ghost Ridin’ Grandma” was uploaded to YouTube (shown below, left). In under 9 years the video has gained over 3 million views. The video was later posted to the Reddit subreddit /r/videos where it gained 1,339 points (80% upvoted) before being archived.[1]



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Cool Cat Saves the Kids

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Cool Cat Saves the Kids is a children’s anti-bullying movie written and directed by Derek Savage, based on his children’s book series titled Cool Cat. The film has become infamous for its alleged lack of quality, and is often grouped together along with other panned movies such as The Room and Birdemic. The film became popular online after being reviewed by YouTube based film critic and entertainer YourMovieSucks, and gained a resurgence in interest after Savage filed copyright claims on several reviews of the film, most notably that of reviewer I Hate Everything.

History

Derek Savage created the concept of the Cool Cat character as an imaginary friend during his childhood, and eventually used the character for a series of children’s books which began publication in 2010. Over the next several years, several short live-action films featuring Cool Cat were released.[1] On June 11th, 2014, the Cool Cat YouTube channel uploaded the trailer for the upcoming live-action film Cool Cat Saves The Kids,starring Vivica Fox and Eric Estrada (shown below).



Online Relevance

On July 26th, 2014, the Everything is Terrible Facebook[2] page posted a link to Cool Cat Saves The Kids trailer. On February 1st, 2015, the film was officially released. On February 28th, YouTuber YourMovieSucks (YMS) uploaded a two part review of the movie to his YouTube channel (Part 1 shown below, left). Following in suit of YMS, several other YouTubers uploaded their own reviews of the film, including YouTuber I Hate Everything (shown below, right).



On March 1st, 2015, YMS uploaded a video titled “Cat Grips,” featuring the Death Grips song “I Want it I Need it (Death Heated)” playing in the background of Cool Cat footage (shown below, left). On March 8th, YMS uploaded a second clip titled “To Cat a Predator,” which contained clips from the reality television series To Catch a Predator edited to appear as if host Chris Hansen is conversing with Cool Cat (shown below, right).



Derek Savage’s Response

Derek Savage initially responded positively to reviews of the film and released an edited version of the film removing errors discovered by YMS. Both versions have been made available on Ebay.[3][4] In early November 2015, the review uploaded by I Hate Everything was removed from YouTube due to a copyright claim by Savage. On November 9th, I Hate Everything posted a follow up video titled “THANKSDADDYDEREK (For Ruining The Search For The Worst),,” in which he discusses the video takedown (shown below, left). On November 16th, Savage uploaded a video in which he explains the difference between copyright infringement and the fair use clause.[7] In response, YMS uploaded a video refuting Savage’s copyright claims (shown below, right).



On November 28th, IHE uploaded a video detailing the events that had transpired between him and Savage since his last video (shown below). According to IHE, Savage had impersonated attorneys from a law firm in order to manipulate him into removing several videos from his channel.



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There He Is

“There He Is” is a phrase from the film Cool Cat Saves the Kids in which Erik Estrada points and notices Cool Cat arriving, and shouts “There he is!”. The phrase has become notable amongst YourMovieSucks’ fanbase, who has taken the phrase and said it on numerous occasions.



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Man-Faye

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Man-Faye is the moniker given to Damon Evans, a cosplayer who dresses up as the character Faye Valentine from the 1998 Japanese anime series Cowboy Bebop. His skimpy outfit, hairy body and zany antics made him an early Internet icon, and influenced the style of cosplay known as “crossplay”.[1]

History

In an interview by the Anime News Network[2] from 2005, Damon Evans claimed he started cosplaying as Faye Valentine sometime in 2000 after a friend introduced him to the anime series, and began attending conventions as far back as 2001. After becoming somewhat of a famous character at various conventions, some members of the cosplay community criticized him for giving cosplayers a bad name. A Cosplay.com[5] forum thread from September 2003 shows many members of the community expressing this sentiment. An Urban Dictionary[3] entry was submitted on September 23rd, 2003:

“A male cosplayer famous for it’s trauma-inducing representation of Faye Valentine
I saw Man-Faye and my eyes started to bleed.”


The same month, software developer Jon Bailey created a page on his website[4] featuring Man-Faye related photos and animated GIFs accompanied by the 1994 single “I like to move it!” by Reel 2 Real. The webpage was a mirror of the now defunct website http://man-faye.mooniidx.com/ which featured the first animated gifs of Man-Faye, allegedly made around July 2003 by “Moondabor”,[9] a cosplayer and webmaster considered famous for his Man-Faye shrine.

Ban

During Anime Expo 2004, Evans accidentally flashed a non-convention attendant and was subsequently banned from the convention.[6] It wasn’t until 2006 that he was allowed to return to the convention.



Media Appearances

Man-Faye first appeared on television during a segment for the TechTV show Unscrewed on September 25th, 2003. In 2006, Man-Faye auditioned for the SciFi channel reality series Who Wants to Be a Superhero?, and demonstrated his “ass wave” superpower.[7] The segment caught the attention of The Tonight Show where Evans made an appearance on April 19th, 2006.[8]



Search

Search queries for “man faye” peaked in July of 2004, the same month the Anime Expo convention took place that year.

External References

[1]Wikipedia – Crossplay

[2]Anime News Network – Interview: Man-Faye / 9-13-2005

[3]Urban Dictionary – Man-Faye / 9-23-2003

[4]JB.org – Man-Faye: the greatest cosplayer of all time / 9/2003

[5]Cosplay.com – What’s the big deal on Man-Faye? / 9-23-2003

[6]Fresh Alloy – Man-Faye / 10-29-2005

[7]Chibi No Nothing blog – News – Man-Faye a true Superhero / 7-11-2006

[8]Animation Exclamation blog – Man Faye on Jay Leno’s Tonight Show / 4-19-2006

[9]Urban Dictionary – Moondabour

Solaire of Astora

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Solaire of Astora is a character from the 2011 video game Dark Souls. The character has gain a fan following due to his personality and quotes, the latter popularizing the phrase Praise The Sun and Jolly Cooperation.

Origin

In October of 2011, the RPG (Role-Playing Game) Dark Souls was released by From Software. In the game, there is an NPC named Solaire of Astora who is revealed to have an obsession with the sun and set the goal for himself of finding his own sun. Solaire Is part of the covenant of the Warriors of Sunlight in the game.



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Solaire’s memorable quotes and overall naive personality garnered massive attention from fans of Dark Souls. There are several popular Tumblr tags involving Solaire including sunbro,[1] jollycooperation,[2] solaireofastora,[3] and praisethesun.[4] There is also a Facebook page of Solaire with nearly 2,000 likes as of March 2014 known as WarriorofSunlight[5].There are nearly 3,000 posts tagged as “solaire” on deviantART as of March 2014.[6]



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Praise the Sun

Praise the Sun is a sarcastic phrase playing off of Solaire’s naivety as seen by his fans and his unnatural obsession with the sun. The saying is usually paired with images of Solaire himself.



Sunbros / Jolly Cooperation

Jolly Cooperation is a phrase taken from Solaire’s most notable and popular quote. (shown below)

“But, use this, to summon one another as spirits, cross the gaps between the worlds, and engage in jolly co-operation!”

“Jolly Cooperation” refers to Solaire and his overall friendliness and ability to work with a team. In the original game, the player is allowed to join Solaire in his covenant of the Warriors of Sunlight in “jolly cooperation”. This phrase is quoted by fans and is sometimes paired up with images of Solaire working together with the player or another member of the Warriors of Sunlight. The members of the Warriors of Sunlight covenant are also called sunbros by many fans.



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[1]Tumblr – sunbro

[2]Tumblr – jollycooperation

[3]Tumblr – solaireofastora

[4]Tumblr – praisethesun

[5]Facebook – WarriorofSunlight

[6]deviantART – solaire

GiantDad

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GiantDad, also known as The Legend, is a custom-built playable character often used by griefers in the player-vs-player (PVP) mode of the dark fantasy action-RPG video game series Dark Souls.

How It Works

The Giantdad build is created with the basis of mini-maxing in an RPG. This means getting the best results with the fewest points. This is especially useful due to the fact that Dark Souls’ PvP meta is staying at SL (Soul Level) 125. The Giantdad build only requires reaching SL99 if the player character starts off as the Bandit class. This means the player will be free to invest 26 more points.

With the stats of the Giantdad, players are able to have the fastest movement speed, fastest roll, and have high amounts of health and stamina. The weapon of the Giantdad is the Chaos Zweihander (otherwise known as the Bass Cannon). This weapon puts opponents into stun-lock resulting in victory.

Origin

The backstory behind the creation of GiantDad is little known, but many early adopters[8][9] of the character have credited professional video gamer OnlyAfro for custom-designing the character build. The earliest known illustration of the character was uploaded to DeviantArt[7]by user MenasLG on April 8th, 2012, showing a GiantDad character getting his hands cut off by an enemy (shown below). The character build is distinguished by the following equipments and items: Mask of the Father, Giant Armor, Giant Gauntlets, Giant Leggings, Ring of Favor and Protection and Havel’s Ring.



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On October 31st, 2012, YouTuber OnlyAfro uploaded a video titled “He’s Back,” featuring Dark Souls gameplay footage of a GiantDad character (shown below). In the next three years, the video gained over 2.1 million views and 5,800 comments.



On March 24th, 2013, YouTuber Ken Ashcorp uploaded a GiantDad-inspired song titled “The Legend Never Dies” (shown below). On April 5th, a Facebook[2] page titled “Giant Dad” was launched. On July 6th, Redditor ninja703 submitted a GiantDad OKCupid[6] dating profile to /r/darksouls.[5]



On November 3rd, Redditor Lefuf submitted a post to the /r/darksouls[1] subreddit asking for an explanation of the “Giant Dad” character build. On June 15th, 2014, a page for “Giant Dad 2.0” was created on the Dark Souls 2 Wiki.[3] On August 15th, YouTuber DaveControlLive uploaded a video titled “The Legend – Dark Souls Lore: Giant Dad,” explaining the lore and customization for the Giant Dad build (shown below).



On January 2nd, 2015, FanFiction.net[4] user Hammer n’ Nail submitted a fanfic titled “Class 118: How to be Legend,” which contains an account of GiantDad’s origins.

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Nutted But She Still Sucking

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Nutted But She Still Sucking is a reaction image series featuring pictures and animated GIFs of people appearing surprised or uncomfortable. The caption “nutted but she still sucking” indicates that the image is meant to represent someone who is receiving fellatio after they have already ejaculated.

Origin

The earliest known reaction image featuring the “nutted but she still suckin” caption was posted on the Body Building Forums[1] on December 8th, 2013, featuring a clip of the fictional cyborg character RoboCop (shown below)



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On February 1st, 2014, YouTuber Traviz Mercer uploaded a video titled “That feeling you get when you cum and she’s still sucking,” featuring a clip from the 1990 children’s comedy film Home Alone (shown below).



On March 2nd, Redditor davematts reposted the RoboCop GIF to the /r/whitepeoplegifs subreddit. Prior to being archived, the post gathered upwards of 1,400 votes (90% upvoted). On April 21st, the /r/shestillsucking[2] subreddit was launched for the reaction image series. On December 17th, Body Building Forums[4] member OGodPlsNo submitted a thread about the meme. On December 5th, 2015, Redditor Nicky_and_Skittles uploaded a gameplay clip from the game Just Cause 3, in which the player connects a grappling hook between a woman’s face and a man’s crotch to /r/gaming[3] (shown below). In the comments section, the top voted reply captioned the GIF with “nutted but she still sucking.”



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Beautiful Cinnamon Roll Too Good For This World, Too Pure

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Beautiful Cinnamon Roll Too Good For This World, Too Pure is the headline for a satirical article published by The Onion in early 2014, which subsequently became an exploitable catchphrase used on Tumblr to describe adorable, charismatic or otherwise sympathetic fictional characters.

Origin

On January 23rd, 2014, The Onion[1] published an article titled “Beautiful Cinnamon Roll Too Good For This World, Too Pure,” featuring a picture of a cinnamon roll pastry followed by a description praising its perfection (shown below).



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On January 2nd, 2015, Tumblr user renmorris[4] posted a photograph of the character Special Agent Dale Cooper (played by Kyle MacLachan) from the television series Twin Peaks juxtaposed with a screenshot of The Onion’s cinnamon roll article (shown below).



On February 1st, Tumblr user needlekind published a post remarking that the “beautiful cinnamon roll” meme was so good that it didn’t “feel right calling it a meme.” That day, Tumblr user stillnotalterego reblogged the post with the message "beautiful cinnamon meme too good to be a meme, garnering upwards of 28,000 notes in the next three months (shown below).[3] On April 13th, Tumblr[5] user pearlthedestroyeroftheworld posted a video clip from the animated television series Steven Universe along with a message describing the character Greg as a “beautiful cinnamon roll too good for this world, too pure.” In the following month, the post garnered upwards of 14,300 notes.



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I Have Drawn You

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“I Have Drawn You” is a catchphrase expression typically used to highlight crudely drawn portraits of celebrities and fictional characters. The meme is often iterated as a series of multi-pane image macros illustrating a conversation between two notable actors or fictional characters.

Origin

On May 20th, 2011, the earliest known instance of the multi-pane comic strip was featured on the Tumblr humor blog The Sochill Network,[1] though the watermark indicates that it had been previously submitted to 9gag.



The Format

1. “Hey [character’s name]…”
2. “What?”
3. “I have drawn you.” – A crude fan-drawn sketch of the character replaces the original photo)
4. “Oh, cool bro!” (the original photo is morphed with the drawing creating a humorous image)

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Throughout 2011 and 2012, the Harry Potter and Lord Voldemort comic strip was featured on several internet humor sites, including 9GAG[6], Cheezburger[4], FunnyJunk[2], WeKnowMemes[8], ISeeAHappyFace[3] and MemeCenter[10], as well as on Tumblr[8], Twitter[9] and Reddit.[5] On March 10th, 2014, BuzzFeed UK writer Jamie Jones tweeted an image compilation of celebrity photos that have been photoshopped to reflect their poorly drawn fan art illustrations (shown below), garnering over 8,000 retweets and 7,700 favorites. That same day, Redditor Adamic6 re-submitted Jamie Jones’ photoshopped compilation to /r/funny, where it accrued over 2,697 points and subsequently reached the front page.



/r/BadlyDrawnCelebrities

Following the viral take off of Jones’ image on /r/funny, Redditor llamas1355 promptly followed up with the creation of /r/badlydrawncelebrities[13], a subreddit dedicated to curating poorly drawn fan art illustrations of celebrities and their corresponding photoshopped parodies. As of May 2016, the subreddit has 1,400 subscribed readers.

Badly Drawn Celebrities

On April 1st, 2015, Etsy artist @Sean launched an Instagram account[14] and an Etsy store[15] to showcase and sell his original pencil drawings of celebrities that are poorly drawn on intention. As of May 2016, the artist has sold 1,787 copies of his artworks via Etsy and garnered 7,000 followers on Instagram.
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Steve Rambo Videos / "Oh Shit, I'm Sorry"

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Steve Rambo Videos are clips starring the American pornographic actor Steve Rambo, who gained much online notoriety for appearing in a scene from the 2002 homoerotic film Boy Band. In a similar vain to the Gachimuchi videos, Rambo’s scenes have gained prominence online for their awkward acting and poorly-written dialogue.

Origin

On October 4th, 2010, YouTuber ROvideos uploaded a clip from the 2002 adult film Boy Band titled “Bad Gay Porn Acting 4,” in which actor Steve Rambo encounters actor Brad McGuire masturbating in the forest and offers to perform fellatio on him (shown below). In the next five years, the video gained over 830,000 views and 990 comments.



Steve Rambo: Oh shit, I’m sorry.
Brad McGuire: Sorry for what? Our daddy taught us not to be ashamed of our dicks. Especially since they’re such good size and all.
Steve Rambo: Yeah, i see that. Daddy gave you good advice.
Brad McGuire: It gets bigger when i pull on it.
Steve Rambo: MMmmMmMmMmmm.
Brad McGuire: Sometimes i pull on it so hard, I rip the skin.
Steve Rambo: Well my daddy taught me a few things too, like uh, how to not to rip the skin by uh using someone else’s mouth, instead of your hands.
Brad McGuire: Will you show me?
Steve Rambo: I’d be right happy to…

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On December 19th, 2011, YouTuber rawrderder uploaded a remix of the scene titled “Pushing Gaywards” (shown below). In the next four years, the video garnered more than 737,000 views and 1,700 comments.



On April 19th, 2012, YouTuber Nyanners uploaded a dubbed version of the Boy Band scene (shown below, left), gaining over 440,000 views and 1,300 comments within three years. On May 26th, rawrderder uploaded the entire Boy Band film with the sexually explicit scenes removed (shown below).



On February 7th, 2013, the Steve Rambo YouTube[4] channel was launched, which features videos of Rambo and clips from homoerotic films with the sexually explicit scenes removed. On September 15th, Redditor Treop posted YouTuber ROvideos Boy Band clip to the /r/NotTimAndEric[3] subreddit. On October 26th, 2014, YouTuber FNAkun uploaded a video titled “Party Time,” in which Rambo utters the line “without further interruption, let’s celebrate and suck some dick” (shown below). On April 24th, 2015, the video was submitted to the /r/youtubehaiku[1] subreddit, where it gathered upwards of 1,200 votes (94% upvoted) and 40 comments in the first week.



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Little Einsteins Theme

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Little Einsteins Theme is the opening theme song for the Disney animated TV series with the same name.[1] On Vine, many users have shared video clips of themselves dancing to a trap remix version of the song.

Origin

From October 9th, 2005 to December 22nd, 2009, the animated series Little Einsteins was broadcast on the Disney Junior television network. The series featured the characters Leo, Annie, June and Quincy, who went on various educational adventures, in a similar vein to the Magic School Bus and Dora the Explorer children’s shows. On January 18th, 2014, YouTuber 886Beatz uploaded a trap remix of the Little Einsteins theme song to YouTube, where it received more than 5.3 million views and 3,400 comments over the next month.



On February 18th, 2015, Viner Nike Boi[3] uploaded a clip from the music video “I Don’t Like ft. Lil Reese”[2] by rapper Chief Keef with the Little Einsteins theme song playing in the background (shown below). In the first two weeks, the video gained over 12 million loops, 355,000 likes and 248,000 revines (shown below).



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On the same day, Viner chocolate vanilla swirl #bbqb uploaded a video of several men dancing to the Little Einsteins 886Beatz trap remix, garnering upwards of 1.5 million loops, 3,000 likes and 2,400 revines in nine days (shown below, left). Also on February 18th, Viner sha•kor•re•awn uploaded a video of a young boy performing a dance to the trap remix (shown below, right).



On February 20th, the Vine Bomb YouTube channel posted a montage of notable Little Einstein Vines (shown below, left), followed by YouTuber Vine Beast the following day (shown below, right). In the first week, the videos garnered upwards of 670,000 and 430,000 views respectively.



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