if that boy ever take it serious he'll
be great
but he was a clown then
welcome to watch mojo and today we're
counting down our picks for the top 20
meme stars where are they now
wow
um
okay i'm not gonna judge your journey
for this list we'll be looking at the
lives of regular people who shot to fame
thanks to online memes would you want to
become internet famous
sound off in the comments
number 20. kaya de umi the think about
it meme otherwise known as roll safe
comes from writer and star kaya day
umi's web series hood documentary iwumi
plays rs which stands for rhys simpson
to the government and parents at least
to everyone else he's roll safe a
self-professed triple threat who knows
that a beautiful woman is one with good
brains that in episode admission is
where the meme comes from as rs taps his
head knowingly yeah man i think mitch
was beautiful because he's got good
brains
since hood documentary iwumi has created
another comedy drama enterprise which
followed two budding entrepreneurs hi
charlie please don't rob me
this is your laptop oh jeremiah
i thought you were someone else outside
of the shows iwumi has set up his own
production company that creates
faith-based content and works as a youth
leader in his church sadly roll safe has
been retired
number 19. vladimir brest dramatic
dimitri is a classic example of a
reaction image meme in this case the
images of russian singer songwriter and
actor vladimir brest
[Music]
taken from the cover of his 2011 album
paranoia the meme grew in popularity to
point out when someone was massively
overstating a tiny issue aka a first
world problem after all it depicts the
pensive singer kneeling soberly on a
cold beach ironically brest considers
himself to be a positive person but
welcomes his likeness being used in such
a way considering it inoffensive over a
decade since the release of paranoia
vladimir breast is still performing on
screen and in the studio
number 18. darwin japanese snowmak ikea
monkey while the ikea monkey was the
source of laughs in 2012 there was also
quite a bit of controversy too the
incident began when darwin a japanese
snomacaque showed up at his local ikea
wearing a shearling coat darwin wandered
the aisles as though he was shopping for
a flat pack before being picked up by
animal rescue it turned out the monkey's
owner had bought him illegally some
speculated he headed for ikea in search
of swedish meatballs his image was
inserted in an ad for ikea bedroom
furniture
as for the jacket i bet you it's going
to start a trend and we'll be able to
find a version of it at h m next week
darwin was re-homed in canada's
storybook farm primate sanctuary he was
quite young when he arrived but has
since learned how to mingle with the
other macaques there he spends his days
playing with his curious george doll
whom he likes to groom and even bathe
number 17. andrash arato despite andrash
arito's furrowed brow and soulful eyes
that project an air of sadness his
actual life is far from the painful one
that his internet ego herald is hiding
now a meme hero arato is recognized
almost everywhere all because of a
photograph that he expected would be
used sparingly but ended up on the
facepunch forum since then he's given a
ted talk and become the face of
coca-cola in hungary he lives with his
wife gabriella and his son in budapest
in 2020 he appeared in the hungarian
version of the masked singer don't worry
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be happy
number 16. mia talarico good luck
charlie mia talarico was not even one
year old when she began her acting
career playing the titular character in
good luck charlie it wouldn't be long
before the young actress would give the
world some memorable moments but not
necessarily in the way that was intended
gay gabe watched charlie
during one episode mia as charlie throws
her hands up in dismay in reaction to
her mother running to aid her injured
husband the reaction was made into a gif
and became a meme to be used when one
feels completely clueless today the
teenage talirico is still acting most
recently as paige in the comedy series
manny so how do you know harmony
i'm around
around where
around school
i'm always with harmony and i've never
seen you around maybe you should get
your vision checked
number 15. tartar sauce grumpy cat cats
have evolved to be pretty darn adept at
hiding their feelings although even cat
lovers will concede that ultimately the
feeling is most likely disdain however
some cats show this disapproval very
clearly tartar sauce was the feline
friend of tabitha bundesen who one day
took a photo of her pet's naturally
scowling face the rest is meme history
her signature skull was quickly embraced
and she was named meme of the year in
2013. skeptical or not tartar lived the
high life after she became famous
visiting south by southwest the
bachelorette and even wwe's monday night
raw it's so funny watching that because
it's so true
like i do have that frowny face all the
time it's my thinking face you see it
yeah that's it that's it just one more
time for me just can you say stop and
frown
stop
tarter passed away in 2019 but her
legacy lives on forever
number 14 michael mcgee trying to hold a
fart next to a cute girl in class unlike
most of the other entries on this list
michael mcgee's 2013 image was actually
intended to be a meme asking a school
friend to take the photo mcgee pulled a
straining face that made his head look
ready to explode it doesn't look healthy
with the vein in his neck pulsating
however it worked although it took some
time the original post and caption
gained traction to the point of going
viral now a reaction image to difficult
situations mcgee has only one regret
about making the meme not copyrighting
it according to his facebook profile
today mcgee is a fleet service clerk for
american airlines we hope he doesn't try
to replicate the original photo for the
sake of his health
number 13. kyle craven bad luck brian
kyle kraven is bad luck brian after a
childish prank that went viral then a
high school student craven had to post
for his yearbook photo at archbishop
hoban high school in akron ohio however
he first rubbed his face with a sweater
to make it red and put on the goofiest
of grins i got a lot of people coming up
to me that were going oh i feel so bad
for you and this and that i go i feel
bad for me you know
it's a hilarious picture you know i
think they're funny and
i fortunately don't look like the
picture so i hardly ever get recognized
out in public the world almost missed
out on bad luck brian as craven's
principle was non-plussed and demanded a
retake but the photo had already been
digitized craven's life is actually by
his own admission quite fortuitous he
made between fifteen thousand and twenty
thousand dollars merchandising bad luck
brian and went on to become the ceo of
his father's church construction company
he's now married and adopted a dog louie
number twelve blake boston scumbag steve
rapper blake boston was only trying to
promote music but instead he found fame
as the infamous scumbag steve the animal
advice image which depicts the young
boston standing in a hallway dressed for
delinquency quickly took off after being
uploaded to you guessed it read it in
2011. so i was really mad walking around
my mom could hear me because i'm
literally the loudest person in the
world so she's like oh my god he's he
and um you know she heard me coming she
takes the camera i'm about to say
something right when she snaps the
picture the image was actually taken by
his mother behind the scenes of the
album cover shoot for beantown mafia's
my gangsta then going by weezy b boston
didn't actually appreciate the adolation
at first but he turned the attention
towards his career and took on the name
while releasing his own hip-hop music
videos who showed up and drank all your
beer
and how'd you get puke on your brand new
kids
oh yeah that's me those days are behind
him and today he's a father of two boys
as well as a political and gaming
enthusiast
number 11. zeddy little the ridiculously
photogenic guy forget about doing a
marathon most of us get pretty exhausted
running for a bus but not this
ridiculously photogenic guy zetty little
running as part of the cooper river
bridge run little wasn't really doing
anything other than smiling at one of
the many photographers in attendance but
the simple fact that he looked so
composed and nonchalant in a sea of
runners drew attention worldwide well
his aesthetically pleasing features also
helped i was running and waving at a
friend that was on the sidelines and i
was kind of just turning around i guess
i caught a camera lens and uh
that was
and that's history in the days following
the moment which was captured by will
king little appeared on various news
outlets and joined twitter but continued
his work in restaurant management
number 10. elvis what does the fox say
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despite the fact that it was played over
and over and over again in 2013 it's
really hard to hate what does the fox
say it's equally as hard to make any
sense of it either but that's probably
by design as the song is a product of
norwegian comedy duo elvis
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once released the music video gained an
immense following popular among both
kids and adults the song also gave way
to a children's book these days ilvis
continued to produce musical comedy such
as their show stories from norway
we know what you want and we'll give it
to you justin bieber please they're also
rumored to be behind norway's 2022
eurovision entrant
number nine clarence sudden clarity
clearance we've all had an epiphany a
moment of clarity that hits our minds
suddenly like a flash of lightning but
nothing encapsulates the moment of
sudden clarity more than sudden clarity
clearance an advice animal image that
made its way online in 2011 the image
depicts a man on a dance floor
incongruously engaged in deep thought
instead of busting a move
yolo
it's just carpe diem for stupid people
the original picture is a stock image
from australia but the subject remains a
source of some debate two possibilities
are front runners though redditer ducker
okay and will g from southern california
all we know is that when we discover who
it is sudden clarity clearance will soon
follow
number 8 danielle bregoli also known as
bad baby catch me outside
how about that catch me outside how
about that get you outside
what does that mean
what'd i just say in case you felt you
misheard what danielle bregoli actually
said was catch me outside how about that
we aren't dissing her here by the way in
fact she really did great from the new
phrase she coined when the teenage
bregoli appeared as a guest on dr phil
in 2016 then a troubled teen she was
lashing out at the audience but the
affected manner in which she spoke
grabbed the attention of the world as
well as record producers years later
she's the youngest female rapper to have
appeared in the us billboard charts
sure she's had her demons but few can
claim they could turn a negative into
such a positive
number 7. drew scanlon blinking white
guy so i've been doing some farming with
my uh with my hoe here i can kind of
till the what kind of a so what is that
did you catch that blink and you'll miss
it no pun intended captured during giant
bomb's live stream of the game starbound
drew scanlon's double-take reaction to
editor-in-chief jeff gerstmann's comment
about farming with a hoe led to a
reaction gif albeit four years later in
2019 it returned this time as an image
called first guy to between 2017 and
2020. scanlon ran a crowdfunded
documentary project on games and sports
around the world called cloth map today
he produces for video game company
digital eclipse and hosts his own
formula one podcast called shift plus f1
he also raises money for charity we
don't really have a way of communicating
body language over the internet like
with text or anything and memes are kind
of that figuring out how scanline finds
the time has us doing our own double
take
number six lana morris overly attached
girlfriend lana morris made a strong
entrance to the comedy world with this
meme her character overly attached
girlfriend originated with a contest to
create a girlfriend counterpart to
justin bieber's song boyfriend if i was
your girlfriend i'd drive you up the
wall question here with yeah i'd always
call and call i wouldn't call it
jealousy just looking out for you
reading all your texts watching
everything you do the first image of
lena's face projected everything about
the character whilst the screen grab
would go on to become a meme morris took
overly attached girlfriend as far as she
could introducing new characters while
still producing weekly content with the
original she even collaborated on one
video with bad luck brian you okay
yeah i'm okay yeah you know what they
say you can only milk a heifer twice
in 2019 after a successful seven year
run morris took the decision to step
back from youtube and now maintains a
low profile
number five kabosu doge unlike their
feline counterparts dogs are much better
at conveying their feelings usually it's
unconditional love until kibosu the
shiba inu came along we'd never really
seen a dog express more than one emotion
at once a shot taken by japanese owner
atsuko sato showed the doge thanks to
home star runner for that pronunciation
sitting on a couch with apparently
raised eyebrows was he scared confused
sarcastically rolling his eyes we don't
know but the internet community managed
to assign all that and more when they
used the image to create more and more
memes today the doge is still alive and
living with sato and three cats
number four chloe clem side eyeing chloe
without context or sound this meme
totally hides just how sweet a moment it
is the image or gif shows a toddler
chloe clem throwing some real shade at
her older sister lily who's in tears
chloe we're going to disneyland
oh my god
chloe's face begs the question is this
really happening ironically that was
actually what her sister was thinking
the video shows the siblings being told
that they're off to disneyland as a
result of her inadvertent side eye
chloe's face has appeared on billboards
as well as memes and earned her vip
treatment at the house of mouse plus she
appeared with her big sister lily in two
episodes of the beach boys got any
questions nope and she plays my younger
sister in the show i don't know yes i
play you're younger the younger younger
sister
number three maggie goldenberger irma
gerd it took some time but the person in
the image irma gerd was finally
uncovered the meme itself is of a girl
in fancy dress pulling a goofy face as
she shows off her gear sperms sorry
goosebumps book the long time between
the image being taken and going viral
was why it took so long for maggie
goldenberger to be identified as the
irma gerd girl the irma gerd comes out
uh when you have a retainer in or maybe
some headgear that's how you get oh my
god to turn into herberger with that
revelation came the break of the
illusion the photo was taken as an
intentional joke from the get-go
goldenberger now works as a nurse in
arizona
number two zoe roth disaster girl it's
actually certainly disappointing to
learn that little zoe roth wasn't a
pyromaniac there's nothing photoshopped
about that image however that is an
actual fire and that is an actual house
that's burning but no one was injured
honest the house fire was a training
exercise that the roths were watching
when father dave snapped the moment the
photo won a jpeg magazine competition
before going viral in 2021 the original
sold as an nft for half a million
dollars meanwhile zoe all grown up has
not started any fires quite the opposite
as in 2021 roth was studying peace war
and defense at the university of north
carolina i feel like people in north
carolina don't usually know and so this
getting popular here is like kind of
exciting for me because it's gotten
popular in like other countries
and like the new york post wrote about
it but people in chapel hill don't
really know so i think it's fun for
people to realize that this happened
like down the street like 30 minutes
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number one sam griner success kid the
tale of the success kid is one of
triumph beyond that of the image the
child in the photo sam griner was merely
enjoying a day at the beach with his
mother the internet took the shot of him
with a clenched fist and captioned it i
hate sand castles mother laney
disapproved as it suggested sam was mean
destroying sand castles when he actually
loved them she much preferred the next
iteration success kid in conjunction
with a gofundme campaign the meme even
helped raise money for father justin's
kidney transplant showing that the image
didn't just bolster spirits but saved
lives it's
a game changer to see
my dad
and his kidneys
back
to normal kidney and things he's doing
great these days sam likes to be
creative with art and music though keeps
his meme history on the down low with
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