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The four horsemen of Rickroll

A four-panel meme collage titled 'The four horsemen of Rickroll' featuring classic internet bait-and-switch memes. Top left: Rick Astley in a dark suit with a striped shirt, holding a microphone and gesturing, from the 'Never Gonna Give You Up' music video (Rickroll meme). Top right: A yellow stick figure drawing of a stick bug with the text 'GET STICK BUGGED LOL,' referencing the Stick Bug prank meme. Bottom left: A simple black stick figure with a surprised expression, arms raised and hands open. Bottom right: A person with a neutral expression facing forward, likely from a generic meme template. The watermark 'made with mematic' is visible at the bottom left.
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A four-panel meme collage titled 'The four horsemen of Rickroll' featuring classic internet bait-and-switch memes. Top left: Rick Astley in a dark suit with a striped shirt, holding a microphone and gesturing, from the 'Never Gonna Give You Up' music video (Rickroll meme). Top right: A yellow stick figure drawing of a stick bug with the text 'GET STICK BUGGED LOL,' referencing the Stick Bug prank meme. Bottom left: A simple black stick figure with a surprised expression, arms raised and hands open. Bottom right: A person with a neutral expression facing forward, likely from a generic meme template. The watermark 'made with mematic' is visible at the bottom left.

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Created by a Reddit user in the Meme community, this collage combines four distinct internet memes known for their bait-and-switch or prank nature, analogous to the Rickroll phenomenon. The use of 'made with mematic' indicates it was created using the Mematic mobile editing app, a common tool for meme creation.

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