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The Boys and I Reviving Our Favourite Meme With Proper Grammar

This meme uses the iconic 'Me and the Boys' template pulled from the 1967 Spider-Man animated series, which depicts four well-known Spider-Man antagonists (Rhino, Vulture, Electro, and Green Goblin) all grinning mischievously in a row. The text at the top of the image reads 'The boys and I reviving our favourite meme with proper grammar', delivering a self-referential meta joke that pokes fun at the original meme's common use of casual, grammatically informal phrasing, while the group of villains acts as a stand-in for the poster and their friend group bringing back the popular old meme format.
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The boys and I reviving our favourite meme with proper grammar

Overview

This meme uses the iconic 'Me and the Boys' template pulled from the 1967 Spider-Man animated series, which depicts four well-known Spider-Man antagonists (Rhino, Vulture, Electro, and Green Goblin) all grinning mischievously in a row. The text at the top of the image reads 'The boys and I reviving our favourite meme with proper grammar', delivering a self-referential meta joke that pokes fun at the original meme's common use of casual, grammatically informal phrasing, while the group of villains acts as a stand-in for the poster and their friend group bringing back the popular old meme format.

Origin notes

This is a remixed variant of the widely viral 'Me and the Boys' meme format that first gained mainstream online popularity around 2019, using animation assets from the 1960s Spider-Man cartoon series. This specific version was shared on the Reddit r/Meme subreddit with the original upload title 'Nice gents over here', and acts as a commentary on online meme revival trends and common grammar correction jokes on social media.

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