What Is a Meme? Examples, Formats, and How to Make One

A meme is an idea, joke, image, phrase, or format that people adapt and pass along. Online, the word often means a recognizable image or clip paired with a new caption.

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The template supplies a shared visual reference; the caption connects it to a new situation. A meme lands when both parts are easy to understand and the audience recognizes the format. Browse examples, choose a template, and make your own version.

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5 Panel Gru meme template: Five panels of Gru from Despicable Me reacting to something on a clipboard. The first four panels are in a 2x2 grid, with the fifth panel below them. Gru's expressions escalate from confident, to questioning, to concerned, to skeptical, and finally to thrilled.

5 Panel Gru Meme

Aliens meme template: A man with wild hair and wide eyes gestures with his hands. The background is a dimly lit room.

Aliens

Always Has Been meme template: Two astronauts in space create a sudden reveal, with Earth visible behind them and the final reaction changing the meaning of the scene.

Always Has Been

Am I A Joke To You meme template: A young man in a striped polo shirt with a confused and slightly offended expression, standing in front of a recreational vehicle.

Am I A Joke To You

Angry Turkish Man Playing Cards meme template: A group of men are playing cards at a table, with one man in a red and orange plaid shirt holding up a card with a triumphant or frustrated expression.

Angry Turkish Man Playing Cards Meme

Arm Wrestling meme template: Two muscular arms locked in an intense arm wrestling match.

Arm Wrestling Meme Template

Back In My Day meme template: An older character delivers a nostalgic reaction, making a familiar change feel like evidence of how much the world has shifted.

Back In My Day

Bad Luck Brian meme template: A young man with a nervous smile, braces, and a plaid vest over a collared shirt against a purple background.

Bad Luck Brian

Batman Slapping Robin meme template: Batman slapping Robin across the face.

Batman Slapping Robin

Black Box meme template: A simple white rectangle borders a completely black rectangle, with the text "imgflip.com" faintly visible at the bottom.

Black Box Meme

Calculating meme template: Four panels of a woman looking confused with complex mathematical formulas surrounding her face.

Calculating Meme

Change My Mind meme template: A man sits at a table outdoors, holding a mug and looking at the camera, with a sign that reads "CHANGE MY MIND" on the front of the table.

Change My Mind

Chernobyl Meme Postfity meme template: Three men in lab coats and hats stand in a control room with glowing green screens behind them. One man in the foreground on the left is looking down, while the other two are looking off to the right with concerned expressions.

Chernobyl Meme Postfity

Clown Applying Makeup meme template: Four vertical panels showing a person progressively applying clown makeup, culminating in a full clown appearance.

Clown Applying Makeup

Community Fire Pizza meme template: Top panel: A person in a suit carries multiple pizza boxes into a room. Bottom panel: The same person stands in a room that is on fire, with people around him reacting with panic.

Community Fire Pizza Meme

Confession Bear meme template: A man with glasses and a pale green collared shirt and tie, looking directly at the camera with a serious expression. The background is a blurred office environment with another person in the distance.

Confession Bear

Disaster Girl meme template: A young girl smirks at the camera in the foreground, while a house burns in the background with firefighters and a fire truck present.

Disaster Girl

Dj Khaled Suffering From Success meme template: Close up on DJ Khaled's face, head in his hand, wearing expensive jewelry. The album cover text reads 'DJ KHALED SUFFERING FROM SUCCESS'.

Dj Khaled Suffering From Success Meme