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May Harambe Lift the Punch Curse

This is a two-panel meme. The top panel displays a real baby gorilla curled up, resting comfortably on an orange stuffed monkey toy placed on a concrete surface, appearing tired or soothed. The bottom panel shows a portrait of Harambe, the famous deceased gorilla who became a viral internet meme, with a stern, serious expression as he stares directly at the viewer. Below the two panels, a line of text reads: *May Harambe look down upon our love for Punch and finally lift the curse.* The meme humorously frames Harambe as a mythic, quasi-spiritual figure who can alleviate a shared frustration or 'curse' related to the drink Punch, playing on the long-running internet trope of treating Harambe as a satirical folk hero or deity.
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May Harambe look down upon our love for Punch and finally lift the curse.

Overview

This is a two-panel meme. The top panel displays a real baby gorilla curled up, resting comfortably on an orange stuffed monkey toy placed on a concrete surface, appearing tired or soothed. The bottom panel shows a portrait of Harambe, the famous deceased gorilla who became a viral internet meme, with a stern, serious expression as he stares directly at the viewer. Below the two panels, a line of text reads: May Harambe look down upon our love for Punch and finally lift the curse. The meme humorously frames Harambe as a mythic, quasi-spiritual figure who can alleviate a shared frustration or 'curse' related to the drink Punch, playing on the long-running internet trope of treating Harambe as a satirical folk hero or deity.

Origin notes

This meme originates from Reddit, as stated in the provided source information. It is a remix meme that combines two separate real animal photos: the top image of a baby gorilla is an original wildlife photo, while the bottom image is the iconic portrait of Harambe, a gorilla killed in 2016 at the Cincinnati Zoo, which sparked a massive viral meme trend elevating him to a satirical folk figure. The text is added to create a humorous, pseudo-devotional plea, a common format in Harambe-related memes where users jokingly ask for his intervention in trivial or shared struggles. There is no visible editing beyond combining the two images and adding the bottom text, and it is a repost/remix of existing internet content centered on the Harambe meme.

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