Grant Gustin Next To Oliver Queen's Grave Meme Template
Know Your Meme traces this image macro to a behind-the-scenes photo posted by Arrow actor Echo Kellum on Instagram on January 28, 2020; the image then spread on Reddit and inspired object-labeling edits. It was taken during production of Arrow’s series finale “Fadeout,” where Barry Allen attends Oliver Queen’s funeral after Oliver dies in the Crisis on Infinite Earths crossover. It is not a scene of Barry celebrating Oliver’s death in character. The meme’s joke assigns something obsolete, dead, or defeated to the grave and something surviving or winning to Gustin’s cheerful peace-sign pose. This visual contrast supports playful schadenfreude, end-of-era jokes, and alive-versus-dead pairings; avoid treating real bereavement as the target.
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What the Grant Gustin Next To Oliver Queen's Grave meme means
Know Your Meme traces this image macro to a behind-the-scenes photo posted by Arrow actor Echo Kellum on Instagram on January 28, 2020; the image then spread on Reddit and inspired object-labeling edits. It was taken during production of Arrow’s series finale “Fadeout,” where Barry Allen attends Oliver Queen’s funeral after Oliver dies in the Crisis on Infinite Earths crossover. It is not a scene of Barry celebrating Oliver’s death in character. The meme’s joke assigns something obsolete, dead, or defeated to the grave and something surviving or winning to Gustin’s cheerful peace-sign pose. This visual contrast supports playful schadenfreude, end-of-era jokes, and alive-versus-dead pairings; avoid treating real bereavement as the target.
The active 669×600 behind-the-scenes photo shows Grant Gustin crouching beside a large grave prop, smiling and making a peace sign. The prop and fresh earth occupy the left side; Gustin is on the right, with cast and crew partly visible in the background. The tombstone itself has no readable name in this crop, and no captions are baked in. The effective manual caption zones are side by side: slot 1 over the grave on the left, slot 2 over Gustin on the right.
How the joke works
Use the left slot over the grave to label the thing that is dead, ended, obsolete, or defeated. Use the right slot over Gustin to label the thing that survives, replaces it, or is pleased by its end. The joke is the sharp contrast between the somber grave and the casually triumphant pose. Pairing two recognizable competitors, technologies, trends, or phases works well; both labels should be concise and clearly related.
- Left caption over the grave: label the thing that is dead, ended, obsolete, or defeated.
- Right caption over Gustin: label the survivor, replacement, winner, or relieved party.
Caption examples
- INTERNET EXPLORER
- THE BROWSER THAT FINALLY GOT A DEFAULT DARK MODE
The labels put an obsolete tool on the grave and its surviving replacement on Gustin’s celebratory side.
- THE OLD APP IS DEAD
- THE OLD APP IS DEAD
Both sides label the same thing, so there is no survivor-versus-defeated contrast.
Situations it fits
- a newer tool replacing an outdated one
- the end of an annoying trend or obsolete technology
- one team, habit, or product outlasting a rival
- a completed project beside the relief or victory it brings
When this format does not fit
- Do not reverse the left/right object labels; the grave is on the left and Gustin is on the right.
- Choose two related things so that one’s end and the other’s survival or replacement create a clear comparison.
- Do not claim Gustin’s character is celebrating Oliver’s death; this is a behind-the-scenes pose, not the episode action.
- Avoid using real deaths or personal bereavement as a punchline.
