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The History of MEMES!

By J Durie
  • The First Meme!

    The First Meme!
    This meme was created in 1921 and is dubbed the first meme. This meme shows something good and something bad. For example the meme shows how you think you look vs how you actually look.
  • One Does Not Simply

    One Does Not Simply
    Originating from the trilogy "The Lord of the Rings" this meme is to show how a person can't do something. So like “One does not simply catch em all” This is a pretty old meme dating back to 2001. Jeez that was 19 years ago. This era of meme was usually just a standalone meme, and this is a great example of that.
  • Shrek

    Shrek
    This meme character was created in the 2001 film Shrek. This character has a lot of formats and the meme was made popular in 2013.
  • "Blinking Guy" meme

    "Blinking Guy" meme
    This meme was created/made popular in 2017, and this meme has a "What?" kind of theme
  • Baby Yoda memes

    Baby Yoda memes
    This character originates from the Disney+ series "The Mandalorian" came out on November 12 2019, we were introduced to a baby that looked like Yoda from Star Wars. Within hours the community dubbed it "Baby Yoda" and the memes flowed out. This meme character is used for many other memes. Going from 2000 to 2019 we can see that its not just standalone memes, we get to actually experience meme characters that pop up.
  • Creeper AWW MAN

    Creeper AWW MAN
    This is a meme originating from Minecraft youtuber CaptainSparklez. Sparklez made some Minecraft parodies back in the early 2000’s, and recently in like 2019 the meme of Creeper AWW MAN just popped up. The main reason this meme came to life was because of Minecrafts revival in 2019. This meme isn’t really complicated, just showing surprise.
  • Shaggy Memes

    Shaggy Memes
    This meme comes from the TV show Scooby Doo. This meme was created in 2019 and it shows something really tough in one caption and then in another shaggy saying he only used 1% of his power.