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- (FBE) Today we're gonna find out how well you know
classic internet memes. - Ooh, I will fail miserably.
- Ugh. Okay.
- I don't know if I'm gonna do too well on this.
- Good luck with that.
I probably don't know any.
- Oh god! I don't even know what a meme is! What's a meme?
- I've seen the word before, but what is it?
- (FBE) Merriam-Webster defines a meme as
an idea or behavior that spreads from person to person.
It's usually in the form of a photo or a video.
- Okay. I think I've heard it before.
- I'm gonna probably suck.
- I see many of 'em. I just--
I pronounce it different.
- (FBE) How do you pronounce it? - "Me-mes."
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- (FBE) Okay, so do you know the name of this meme?
- I don't. Is it just called sadness?
- Is this supposed to be funny or-- I'm just not getting it.
- There is a lady crying,
but I can assume you can put so many things next to it.
- I don't know that meme. Is it a housewife or something?
- She is really sad.
But I'm sure there's something funny attached to it.
- She looks so sad, and she's crying. What's wrong with her?
- I have never seen this picture before.
It could be for a number of things--
you know, wife, husband-related.
- (FBE) So here's an example of how it's used.
- "Just used my last Pandora skip for the hour.
Next song is even worse." Oh, totally know that one!
- (chuckling) That's happened to me so many times.
- I'm sorry. I just don't get it.
- Okay, now I understand this. Yes, the kids do this on--
they put a lot of these types of things on Instagram.
- I guess this lady is--
is she making a mountain out of a molehill?
- Stressed housewife who has nothing better to do but complain.
- "Forgot I was watching a recording.
(chuckling) Sat through commercials." Yes, that's funny.
- She needs to get a grip.
- That never happens to me. I'm very patient.
I always go through the commercials.
- I do not know the name of the meme,
but I know exactly how she feels.
- (FBE) Do you know the name of this meme? - No, I don't.
- Crying over spilled milk.
- Drama queen housewife.
- Sadness over mostly trivial little things.
- First-world problems! (chuckling)
- (FBE) This meme is...
- "First world problems." (chuckling)
Oh, wow. Okay, I get it.
- "First world problems." Oh my god. I have all those problems.
Listen to me with my first-world problems.
- Can you imagine other people seeing this and being like,
"Really? Just suck it up."
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- (FBE) Do you know the name of this one?
- Mm-mm. A penguin.
- (delighted) Oh, a penguin. I love penguins.
- The penguin meme, this I recognize.
- Don't know what it is. (laughing) But I do recognize it.
- Bitch penguin. That's what I'm gonna say it's called.
- (FBE) Here's an example.
- "Didn't hear what they said.
Smile and hope it wasn't a question."
- (laughing) Oh my gosh, that makes me laugh.
- I do that in meetings quite often.
- (amused) That's like kids in my classroom.
I can relate to that one.
- Someone says, "Happy birthday."
You say, "Thanks, you too!" (busting out laughing)
- That happened to me many times, and it's embarrassing.
- That's terrible. That's just awkward.
- Isn't that like a common response? "You too."
You say it, and then you want to take it right back
and immediately walk away.
- This would be called saving face penguin.
- (FBE) Do you know the name of this one?
- Oh man. I don't know. What is it?
- I'm still clueless, kinda like this penguin.
- I've DEFINITELY seen the penguin meme.
I don't know.
- Penguin problems?
- I would say penguin problems.
But I mean, heh, I don't know if anybody could relate to that.
- Awkward situations?
Awkward socially? Socially awkward?
- (FBE) So this one is socially awkward penguin.
- Oh, that's cute. (laughs) I love it.
- I'm gonna remember that, 'cause that is me.
- I don't really get that one. My meme game is weak.
- Kinda like me. I don't understand what's going on.
- "Socially awkward penguin."
I just had more attitude about it, because I don't feel awkward.
I'm just like, "Play it off, bitch."
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- (FBE) Okay, next meme.
- Yes, one of the Simpsons characters?
- This meme I've seen all the time.
- I've seen it, but I don't know.
- Fry, right?
- "Not sure if following me or just going the same way."
- Like going with the crowd?
Um... I don't get it.
- That's kind of a fear of being followed type of situation.
- "Can't tell if she's humoring me, or if I'm really funny."
Perfect, especially with the eyes.
He's just like, "Not quite sure."
- Yeah, me too, man.
- This meme's got to be about really just-- like, he's paranoid.
- (FBE) So do you know the name of this meme?
- I don't know too much about it.
- I didn't hear about this one.
- Suspicious norm.
I'm pretty darn close, aren't I?
- Yes, I completely recognize this.
Why am I blanking on it?
- And if I had to guess,
paranoid Fry?
- (FBE) So this one is Futurama Fry or "not sure if..."
- (angrily) Dang it!!
- Is that his character's name? Fry?
- Oh yeah, they all did say, "Not sure if..."
Ugh, that was kind of an obvious one.
- Maybe I'll start using that.
I'm not sure if I get it or not.
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- (FBE) How about this one? Do you know the name?
- Where have I seen that kid?
- I have totally seen this one before.
I feel bad for this guy.
- I totally recognize it.
It's actually probably like, if I were a dude,
that's what I'd look like in seventh grade.
- "Opens own business. Gets fired."
Now that is-- that's funny.
That's sad but funny.
- Guess he's uncool.
- It's a loser meme.
That's like the kid that's the butt of everyone's joke.
- "Briefly dates Taylor Swift.
Doesn't write a song about him."
- Yeah, buddy. That's how it goes.
- (sympathetically) Poor dude. Oh!
- He's that kid that doesn't catch a break,
probably because of how he looks.
- (FBE) Okay, do you know this meme? - I don't know it.
- Mm, no. Loser?
- Awkward moment? Like, oops?
- Bad Luck Bob.
I've seen it, but I don't know the official name of it.
- Everything he does is just--
you know, he gets dissed by everybody.
- (FBE) It's Bad Luck Brian. - "Bad Luck Brian."
That was so close.
- "Bad Luck Brian."
(sympathetically) Oh, poor Brian.
- (FBE) The original pic is a yearbook photo
of a guy named Kyle Craven,
who has since embraced the meme
and started a YouTube channel that brings his character to life.
- Good for him. That's outstanding. I'm gonna have to see those.
- Oh, way to go, Brian. Very good.
- I wonder if he had a bad time in high school, really,
and he's just now turning it around to something good.
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- (FBE) Here's your next one.
- Oh, I don't even know who that is.
- I do not know that meme. I know the dude.
- I can't remember what they call him.
- The Most Interesting Man in the World?
- Yeah, that's the Most Interesting Man in the World.
- The Most Interesting Man in the World. Of course.
- "I don't always do the recycling.
But when I do, I look like a raging alcoholic."
That's hilarious.
- I kind of feel for him on that one. (cracking up)
- Damn right, man. He's always drinking.
- Well, yeah. With all the Dos Equis, yeah, that makes sense.
- "I don't always eat bacon.
But when I do, I put extra bacon
(chuckling) on my bacon."
He's an extra kind of guy.
- I'm all about that. I'm not ashamed. Bacon is good.
- See, that's why he's the most interesting man in the world.
- Oh my god, this is gonna drive me bat-shit crazy.
What is it? The Most Something Guy in the World, right?
- (FBE) Do you know the name of this meme? - No.
- Isn't that the Most Interesting Man Alive?
- Yes, the Most... Interesting Man in the World, I believe?
- (FBE) This one's called...
- "The Most Interesting Man in the World." Oh.
- "Interesting"!
- (with accent) I don't always drink beer.
But when I do, I drink Dos Equis.
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- (FBE) Okay, last meme. - Okay.
(affectionately) Aww. That kid is so cute.
- Oh, I think I've seen this one before.
- That's the baby I've seen.
He's not flipping the bird, but I've seen that.
- Yes baby.
That's all I got, is yes baby.
- "Thought today was Thursday. It's Friday."
Oh, he's like, "Yes!" Huh?
Excited baby?
- "Hell yes" baby. That's what that one is.
- It looks like he's saying, "Yeah! It's Friday!"
- "Colored a picture of a horse. Made it to the fridge."
- That's right. Made it to the fridge.
- He's kinda like tooting his own horn.
- You're the man! That's what I'm talking about!
- (FBE) How about this one? Do you know its name?
- I don't know it.
- Mm-mm, but I remember seeing that baby.
- I will say, "Yeah!" I don't know. What is it called?
- (FBE) So this was... - "Success Kid"?
- "Success Kid." Yeah, that makes sense.
- Anything he does, even if it's wrong, it's still a success.
- That's a great picture. I mean, to catch that picture
and the face that he's making, yes.
- (FBE) How would you feel if your child's photo
became a viral meme?
- Oh my god, that would be awesome!
- Oh my gosh, I would totally love it,
because my girls are cute, and I'm not being biased.
I'm really not.
- If I was a parent of him, I would be very upset.
But then others could take it as an opportunity.
- I just wouldn't like my kid's picture
being thrown all over the internet.
If you're gonna put a meme out there,
then put your own picture on there. Don't grab somebody else's.
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