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Should I put my 3am zoomies cat back in the Pokeball?

The image is a relatable pet meme featuring a first-person perspective of a person holding a replica Pokeball from the Pokemon franchise, pointed toward a tabby and white domestic cat lying on a white tiled floor against a plain wall. The top overlaid text asks "SHOULD I JUST PUT THIS BACK IN THE POKÉBALL?" and the bottom text gives the reason: "IT KEEPS DOING ZOOMIES AT 3AM." The joke frames the common cat behavior of late-night hyperactive running (colloquially called zoomies) as misbehavior from a captured Pokemon that the owner wants to contain by returning it to its Pokeball, leaning into Pokemon franchise lore for humorous, relatable pet owner content.
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SHOULD I JUST PUT THIS BACK IN THE POKÉBALL? IT KEEPS DOING ZOOMIES AT 3AM.

Overview

The image is a relatable pet meme featuring a first-person perspective of a person holding a replica Pokeball from the Pokemon franchise, pointed toward a tabby and white domestic cat lying on a white tiled floor against a plain wall. The top overlaid text asks "SHOULD I JUST PUT THIS BACK IN THE POKÉBALL?" and the bottom text gives the reason: "IT KEEPS DOING ZOOMIES AT 3AM." The joke frames the common cat behavior of late-night hyperactive running (colloquially called zoomies) as misbehavior from a captured Pokemon that the owner wants to contain by returning it to its Pokeball, leaning into Pokemon franchise lore for humorous, relatable pet owner content.

Origin notes

This meme was shared on the X.com (formerly Twitter) account WholesomeMeme, a popular platform account focused on sharing lighthearted, wholesome internet content. It carries an imgflip.com watermark, indicating it was likely created using the Imgflip online meme generator tool to add text over a candid real photo of a pet cat, before being reposted to the X account.

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