Spider-Man Pointing at Spider-Man
Use: Two people or things that are the same, accusing each other.
What this page covers
Most meme formats did not start as jokes. They began as a music video, a stock photo, a webcomic panel or a frame from a cartoon, and only later turned into templates that anyone can relabel. Clown Wiki records where each format came from, with the year and the typical use. Sources are named in text; the images themselves belong to their creators, so none are shown here.
Meme Format Origin Index
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Rickroll
Use: A bait-and-switch link that opens the music video.
Epic Handshake
Use: Two different groups that agree on one thing.
Is This a Pigeon?
Use: Confidently naming something wrong.
One Does Not Simply
Use: Saying a task is harder than it sounds.
Confused Math Lady
Use: Trying to work out something baffling.
Pepe the Frog
Use: Reaction faces, from "feels good man" to sad Pepe.
Success Kid
Use: A small win or a lucky break.
Crying Jordan
Use: Pasted onto anyone who just lost.
Wojak (Feels Guy)
Use: Loneliness, regret and quiet sadness.
Doge
Use: Captions in broken phrases such as "such wow".
Mocking SpongeBob
Use: Repeating someone's words in alternating caps.
This Is Fine
Use: Calm denial while everything goes wrong.
Leonardo DiCaprio Cheers
Use: Raising a glass to someone or something.
Drake Hotline Bling
Use: Reject the first option, approve the second.
Distracted Boyfriend
Use: Being tempted away from what you already have.
Roll Safe
Use: Bad advice presented as clever logic.
Expanding Brain
Use: Ideas that get sillier as the brain grows.
Woman Yelling at a Cat
Use: An angry accusation met with a calm, confused reply.
Bernie Sanders' Mittens
Use: Pasting the seated senator into any scene.
The year is when the source first appeared; for Woman Yelling at a Cat, which joins two older pictures, it is when they were first combined. Many formats spread years later: the Rickroll prank started on 4chan in 2007.
Three origin stories
Drake Hotline Bling. The two frames come from the 2015 music video for "Hotline Bling", directed by Director X. Drake holds up a hand to refuse in the first and points with a smile in the second, which makes the pair a ready-made "no, yes" chart for any two choices.
Distracted Boyfriend. Antonio Guillem shot the photo in 2015 for a stock library. In 2017 people began to write labels over the man, his partner and the woman in red, and the picture became a diagram of temptation.
This Is Fine. KC Green drew a dog sitting calmly in a burning room for his webcomic Gunshow in 2013. The meme uses only the first two panels of the strip, where the dog, holding a coffee mug, says "This is fine" as the flames spread.
Frequently asked questions
Where does the Drake meme come from?
It comes from the music video for Drake's 2015 single "Hotline Bling", directed by Director X. One frame shows Drake turning away from something; the next shows him pointing at it with approval.
Who took the Distracted Boyfriend photo?
Spanish photographer Antonio Guillem shot it as a stock photo in 2015. It became a meme in 2017, when people began to put labels on the three people in the picture.
Does Clown Wiki show the meme images?
No. The original pictures belong to their photographers, studios and artists, so this page names each source in text and shows no copies of the images.
Sources and method
Years and credits come from the original works and their named creators: the music video and song credits, the stock photo listing, the comic strips, the film and episode titles, and the photographers' own accounts. Clown Wiki is an independent fan reference. It is not affiliated with any artist, studio or rights holder named on this page.