GagBase Logo Explore

No Joy Tonight

This meme features a candid photograph of actress Anya Taylor-Joy sitting with her arms crossed, wearing a pale yellow halter top and a blue-and-white striped neck scarf, with a clearly disappointed, unamused, gloomy facial expression. A man in sunglasses is partially visible behind her, and a DAZN (sports media platform) watermark is present in the top right corner. The title 'No Joy tonight' is a pun playing on Anya Taylor-Joy's last name 'Joy', referencing her unhappy expression to communicate that the evening or event is not fun, disappointing, or has failed to meet expectations.
Make

Overview

This meme features a candid photograph of actress Anya Taylor-Joy sitting with her arms crossed, wearing a pale yellow halter top and a blue-and-white striped neck scarf, with a clearly disappointed, unamused, gloomy facial expression. A man in sunglasses is partially visible behind her, and a DAZN (sports media platform) watermark is present in the top right corner. The title 'No Joy tonight' is a pun playing on Anya Taylor-Joy's last name 'Joy', referencing her unhappy expression to communicate that the evening or event is not fun, disappointing, or has failed to meet expectations.

Origin notes

This meme was originally published on 9Gag via their RSS feed with the given title 'No Joy tonight'. The base photograph is candid footage of Anya Taylor-Joy attending a public sports event that was broadcast by DAZN. The meme creator added the pun title referencing Anya's last name to turn the candid shot into a relatable reaction meme used to express disappointment about a lack of fun at a planned event.

Similar memes

This meme uses a forced perspective optical illusion for humorous effect. In the foreground, part of a girl with long dark hair wearing a blue sports top is visible on the left, and a young boy in a blue sports jersey with a neutral, slightly serious expression looking off-camera is on the right. In the background, people wearing red sports jerseys (one with the number 6 and a Nike logo) are present: a hand resting on the back of the person in the red number 6 jersey is positioned such that from the camera angle, it appears to be placed on the chest of the girl in the foreground. The title references the joke that if the girl had noticed this misleading apparent placement, she would likely have had a negative reaction, making it 'good she didn't overreact' to the illusion.

Good thing she didn’t overreact

This meme uses a forced persp…

This image captures a couple taking an indoor mirror selfie. The woman on the right wears a strapless landscape-print dress and glasses, holding a smartphone to snap the photo with a neutral, focused expression. Behind her, the man wears a black button-up jacket with a large padlock attached to the front, standing with hands in his pockets and a deadpan, slightly annoyed expression directed at the camera. Edited blue UI-style icons (resembling media controls) are overlaid on the lower part of his jacket, adding a comedic, video-screenshot effect. The gag plays on the humorous implication of being "locked into" a relationship, using the padlock as a silly, exaggerated accessory. The background features wooden cabinetry, indicating a home setting.

Guy with Padlock on Jacket in Couple Mirror Selfie

This image captures a couple …

This is a two-panel vertical comparison meme. The top panel features a film still of actress Alexandra Daddario in character as Athena from the 2010 *Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief* movie, wearing off-white ancient Greek-style robes and a head covering, with a neutral serious expression. The text overlaid on this panel reads 'Alexandra Daddario as Athena'. The bottom panel uses the identical background, outfit, and framing, but swaps Daddario's face for actress Zendaya's face via editing, with overlaid text reading 'Zendaya as Athena'. A watermark for 'Md Aarif' appears in the top left corner of the top panel. The meme plays into ongoing fan casting discourse about which actresses are best suited to portray the Greek goddess Athena in media adaptations.

Alexandra Daddario vs Zendaya as Athena Comparison Meme

This is a two-panel vertical …

This meme uses a still from a widely shared viral real-life clip. A young man in a dark suit and white shirt stands in the foreground, wearing a blank, unamused side-eye expression that makes him look like he is passively monitoring or judging activity out of frame. In the background, an older man in a suit and bowtie speaks at a flower-decorated podium at an apparent formal event. The title 'free antivirus program on my computer' creates a relatable comedic pun, comparing the man's quiet, unblinking monitoring expression to how a free antivirus program runs in the background of a computer, passively scanning and judging all system activity without drawing obvious attention to itself.

free antivirus program on my computer

This meme uses a still from a…

This meme is a close-up shot of a young woman with dark hair, a small nose stud piercing, and wearing a brown turtleneck garment. She has a visibly annoyed, deadpan, unamused expression as she stares directly at the camera. A small white vertical loading progress bar is edited onto her left cheek, creating a visual gag that implies she is buffering, processing, or reacting with exasperation to whatever event the title 'She asked for it' refers to.

She Asked For It

This meme is a close-up shot …

This candid photograph captures popular internet streamer IShowSpeed (Darren Watkins Jr.) standing beside a young fan at a public meetup. The fan is excitedly pointing at the print on his t-shirt, which features an edited image of IShowSpeed alongside his idol, famous footballer Cristiano Ronaldo. A crowd of onlookers in the background are holding up phones to record the interaction, emphasizing the public, fan-facing nature of the event. The meme is framed as a wholesome, positive 'win' for Speed, referencing his well-documented public admiration for Ronaldo.

W Speed Fan Interaction Meme

This candid photograph captur…

This meme uses a frame from the popular Karl Urban walking reaction clip, showing the actor walking casually outside a stone building with a neutral to slightly positive demeanor, representing the experience of having an enjoyable, stress-free day. The implied punchline is that the character will abruptly stop walking immediately after this frame, mimicking the visceral negative reaction people, especially students, have when they suddenly remember the incorrect or embarrassing answers they wrote on an exam, instantly ruining their good mood. It taps into the relatable experience of post-exam regret that hits unexpectedly when you are no longer occupied with the stress of taking the test.

When I'm having a good day, but then I suddenly remember what I wrote in my exams

This meme uses a frame from t…

This is a reaction meme featuring a close-up shot of a young adult man with short dark hair, light stubble, and a blue crewneck shirt. He is looking off to his left with a distracted, unfocused, preoccupied, and slightly dazed expression against a plain dark brown background. The meme is paired with the text 'I can't talk right now…' to convey that the user is too busy, distracted, caught off guard, or otherwise preoccupied to engage in conversation at the moment.

I can't talk right now distracted man reaction meme

This is a reaction meme featu…

The photo is captured from a river cruise on the Seine in Paris at dusk, with the lit-up Eiffel Tower clearly visible in the background against a pastel evening sky. A blonde woman in a black top poses intentionally in the foreground, resting her hand under her chin and looking at the camera for a standard tourist photo. The humor comes from a young Black girl partially visible in the lower left corner, who is unintentionally in frame, making a deadpan, unimpressed side-eye expression that steals focus and creates a hilarious, unexpected contrast to the posed tourist shot.

Hang this in the Louvre

The photo is captured from a …

This is a low-resolution, warm orange-tinted still frame from a short video clip. The setup implies a man on the left side of the frame is recording 'wholesome couple content' of his partner walking towards him down a residential home hallway. The punchline revealed on closer inspection (the 'zoom in' referenced in the title) is that the figure approaching him is not a real woman, but a life-sized sex doll, turning the expected cute romantic couple premise into a crude, unexpected humorous twist.

Bro’s recording wholesome couples content… then the camera zoomed in 💀

This is a low-resolution, war…

This meme uses a forced perspective optical illusion for humorous effect. A scene from the 2011 film *Drive* showing Ryan Gosling as the Driver sitting in a car is visible through a real car window. A person standing outside the physical car has pressed their leg against the window, creating the illusion that a large, disembodied leg is sitting in the passenger seat next to Gosling in the movie scene. Gosling's character appears to look directly at the fake leg with a slightly alarmed neutral expression, paired with the title "I'd run for my life" to emphasize the absurd, unsettling vibe of the gag.

I'd run for my life

This meme uses a forced persp…