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This is a three-panel edited meme sourced from the American game show *Jeopardy!*. 1. The top panel displays the clue text: "A BAND, A VIDEO GAME SYSTEM, AND A BOOK OF THE BIBLE" — the actual correct answer to this clue is "Genesis" (referencing the rock band Genesis, the Sega Genesis game console, and the Book of Genesis from the Bible). 2. The middle panel shows a contestant answering with "WHAT IS NINTENDO?", a wrong answer that plays on a pun: Nintendo is famously associated with 8-bit gaming (from the NES console), and "8-bit" sounds like "Eighth bit", a silly twist on the biblical book reference. 3. The bottom panel features host Alex Trebek with the text "NO" overlaid, rejecting the incorrect answer. The meme's humor comes from the forced pun tying Nintendo to the clue's categories, and the absurdity of the wrong answer in a game show context.

Jeopardy: Nintendo Wrong Answer 8-bit Pun Meme

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This meme combines a Twitter/X post with a screenshot from the 1980 parody film *Airplane!*. It features a short dialogue between a dad and his 9-year-old child: the kid claims to have a pun, but when asked to share it, they only define what a pun is ("a joke where you play with words") instead of delivering an actual pun. The dad reacts by stating he "got Leslie Nielsoned" — a reference to actor Leslie Nielsen's iconic deadpan, anti-humor style in *Airplane!*, where jokes subvert expected punchlines with dry, serious delivery. The included movie still shows Nielsen in his role as Dr. Rumack, looking deadpan in an airplane cockpit, which reinforces the reference to his signature comedic tone. The joke lands by framing the child's anti-pun as a nod to Nielsen's famous unamused, straight-faced comedy.

I Got Leslie Nielsoned By My Own Kid - Dad Joke Pun Meme

This meme combines a Twitter/…