Tag: Rickroll

This is a low-resolution closeup still frame of British singer Rick Astley, taken from his iconic 1987 'Never Gonna Give You Up' music video, the core source of the globally famous Rickroll internet prank. Astley is positioned behind a vintage silver mesh microphone, wearing a dark suit over a white collared shirt, with his head tilted slightly down. He wears a subtle, smug closed-mouth smirk, conveying a teasing, knowing tone. The hazy, purple-tinged background features out-of-focus horizontal window blinds. This frame is commonly used as a reaction meme to signal an upcoming rickroll, or to express smug amusement, teasing, or the feeling of knowing something the audience does not.

Rick Astley Smug Closeup Rickroll Meme

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This meme features a photograph of an ornate, intricately carved gilded gold frame holding a classical-style painted portrait of 1980s pop singer Rick Astley, the iconic face of the viral 'Rickroll' internet prank. Astley is depicted with closed eyes, standing in front of a vintage microphone as if mid-performance, against a light blue background with abstract grey tree-like patterns. Below the framed painting, white text on a black background presents a formal, old-fashioned English rewrite of the most recognizable lyrics from his hit song 'Never Gonna Give You Up': 'Thy noble heart shall suffer no abandonment, Nor shall I depart and bring thee grief.' The humor derives from the absurd juxtaposition of the famously silly, ubiquitous Rickroll meme subject being presented as a prestigious, highbrow fine art piece, paired with the comically elevated phrasing of the instantly recognizable Rickroll lyrics.

Finally, some actual fine art

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This meme features the face of Rick Astley, the British singer famous for the 'Rickroll' internet prank, edited into an image where he is holding a handgun pointed directly at the viewer. Bold, white text with a black outline is placed at the top reading 'THOSE ACCOUNTS' and at the bottom reading 'NOW'. The meme acts as a humorous, playfully threatening response to the question of what happened to specific unnamed accounts, implying the person being addressed must provide an answer immediately.

Rick Astley Points Gun Asking About Those Accounts Now

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This meme is set against a plain black background, displaying a full shortened YouTube link that is famously the classic 'Rickroll' link leading to Rick Astley's 'Never Gonna Give You Up' music video. The link is visually split into two parts with colored brackets: the left white bracket covers the base youtu.be URL part, labeled 'Ordinary YouTube link' in white text. The right red bracket covers the long tracking ?si= parameter at the end of the link, and above this section a stack of red, ominous-sounding text reads: SUPER MAGA, PALANTIR ICE, PETER THIEL, AI DATA, HARVESTER, 9000. The joke is an over-the-top absurdist satire of conspiracy theories surrounding internet tracking parameters, exaggerating the purpose of the standard YouTube share link parameter as part of a vast surveillance conspiracy involving far-right political groups, surveillance company Palantir, tech billionaire Peter Thiel, and advanced AI data harvesting tools, with an extra hidden layer of humor from the base URL being the well-known Rickroll prank link.

Overblown Conspiracy Theory About YouTube Link Parameters

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This animated meme shows a real person typing at a laptop keyboard on a cluttered desk. Over the animation sequence, the typist's right hand slowly drifts further right across the keyboard, building humorous anticipation for the user to submit what would become one of the most famous posts in Reddit history. The meme references the iconic 2022 r/place Rickroll art event organized by Reddit user u/Smart_Calendar1874, playing on the nostalgia and fame of this viral moment that continues to be joked about on the platform today.

u/Smart_Calendar1874 getting ready for one of Reddit's most iconic posts

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This is a 4-panel edited meme using scenes from Disney's *The Emperor's New Groove*. The first panel shows an anxious animated character telling a crowned chief, "My chief we've been tricked". The second panel features the chief with a confused expression asking, "How so?". The third panel cuts to Kuzco, the film's main character, with a wide, mischievous grin revealing, "This meme is a rickroll". The fourth panel shows the chief with a shocked, horrified expression reacting to the reveal. The joke is a meta subversion of the classic rickroll prank, where the meme openly admits it's a rickroll instead of hiding the prank.

Emperor's New Groove Rickroll Twist Meme

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A tutorial-style GIF meme titled 'How to Rick Roll others' structured in three progressive steps. Each step features instructional text on the left and a corresponding brain scan image on the right, escalating in activity. The first step reads 'Post the original link and wait for people to click it' with a basic blue brain scan. The second: 'Use 'Rick Roll but a different link'' with a more active brain (purple highlights). The third: 'Pretend this meme to be a still image' with a fully illuminated brain. The bottom section reveals Rick Astley singing from his 'Never Gonna Give You Up' music video, completing the rickroll.

How to Rick Roll others

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A four-panel meme collage titled 'The four horsemen of Rickroll' featuring classic internet bait-and-switch memes. Top left: Rick Astley in a dark suit with a striped shirt, holding a microphone and gesturing, from the 'Never Gonna Give You Up' music video (Rickroll meme). Top right: A yellow stick figure drawing of a stick bug with the text 'GET STICK BUGGED LOL,' referencing the Stick Bug prank meme. Bottom left: A simple black stick figure with a surprised expression, arms raised and hands open. Bottom right: A person with a neutral expression facing forward, likely from a generic meme template. The watermark 'made with mematic' is visible at the bottom left.

The four horsemen of Rickroll

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