Harambe Memes Stay Popular Because Legends Never Die

This is a two-part reaction meme. The top text poses the question "How are Harambe memes still popular?", followed by the label "Me:" to indicate the poster's reaction. The reaction image is an edited scene from the 1993 film The Sandlot: the ghost of Babe Ruth, originally in the scene, is edited to have the face of Harambe the gorilla, and glows brightly as he stands in a doorway facing a person whose back is to the viewer. The text at the bottom of the image reads "Heroes get remembered, but legends never die", implying that Harambe has become a legendary figure in internet culture whose popularity persists through memes years after his death.

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"How are Harambe memes still popular?"

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"Heroes get remembered, but legends never die"

Overview

This is a two-part reaction meme. The top text poses the question "How are Harambe memes still popular?", followed by the label "Me:" to indicate the poster's reaction. The reaction image is an edited scene from the 1993 film The Sandlot: the ghost of Babe Ruth, originally in the scene, is edited to have the face of Harambe the gorilla, and glows brightly as he stands in a doorway facing a person whose back is to the viewer. The text at the bottom of the image reads "Heroes get remembered, but legends never die", implying that Harambe has become a legendary figure in internet culture whose popularity persists through memes years after his death.

Origin notes

Per the provided source information, this meme was shared on Reddit's Meme community. It is a derivative work that edits the iconic "legends never die" scene from the 1993 baseball film The Sandlot, replacing Babe Ruth's face with that of Harambe, a gorilla who died at the Cincinnati Zoo in 2016 and immediately became a long-enduring, widely referenced internet meme icon. This format is used to joke about the surprising, long-lasting popularity of Harambe-related memes online.