GagBase Logo Explore

The One Cat: Surreal Edited Animal Meme

This meme features a two-panel collage of a black-and-white cat. The left panel shows the cat sitting normally on a carpet next to a small trash can, with a confused expression. The right panel is an edited version where the cat's lower body is replaced with human-like legs, making it appear to stand upright like a human. Below the images is a Tumblr post screenshot: user `hugstyle` asks "what is this???", and user `jetgreguar` replies "the one" — a reference to Neo from *The Matrix* franchise, who is known as "The One". The humor comes from the absurd, surreal edit of the cat paired with the iconic movie reference, creating a silly, unexpected joke.
Make
@jetgreguar Tumblr

the one

Text content

what is this???

Overview

This meme features a two-panel collage of a black-and-white cat. The left panel shows the cat sitting normally on a carpet next to a small trash can, with a confused expression. The right panel is an edited version where the cat's lower body is replaced with human-like legs, making it appear to stand upright like a human. Below the images is a Tumblr post screenshot: user hugstyle asks "what is this???", and user jetgreguar replies "the one" — a reference to Neo from The Matrix franchise, who is known as "The One". The humor comes from the absurd, surreal edit of the cat paired with the iconic movie reference, creating a silly, unexpected joke.

Origin notes

This is a screenshot from Tumblr, identifiable by the platform's post layout, username formatting, and note count (170,572 notes). The meme is a remixed/edited creation: the original cat photo was altered using image editing software (like Photoshop) to add human legs. The post was originally shared by Tumblr user hugstyle, with a reply from jetgreguar, and has circulated on Tumblr, accumulating over 170,000 interactions (notes) from users.

Similar memes

A two-panel wholesome meme centered around a tabby cat. The top section features the text 'where is that cat with the kind and reassuring face,' followed by a user 'bennettflynt' sharing a photo of a calm tabby cat with alert eyes. The bottom panel shows the same cat with a soft, squinted-eyed expression, accompanied by the text 'he?' and another user 'busket' replying 'thank you.....'. The meme playfully fulfills the initial request by presenting the cat as the sought-after 'kind and reassuring' figure, leveraging the cat's gentle demeanor for a heartwarming effect.

The Kind and Reassuring Cat Meme

A two-panel wholesome meme ce…

This wholesome meme features a small white kitten with a sad, downcast expression leaning in to eat a single French fry from a McDonald's fry container held by a human hand. The humor and charm come from the contrast between the kitten's dejected look and the tiny portion of food, amplified by the top comment that explicitly emphasizes "1 (one) french fry" to highlight the small amount. The image evokes a cute, sympathetic feeling, making it a lighthearted, comforting piece of content.

Sad Kitten Eating Just One McDonald's French Fry

This wholesome meme features …

The image is a real photograph of a black and white tuxedo cat standing on its hind legs on a polished wooden indoor floor. The cat has both of its front paws raised fully above its head, with wide, alert eyes looking directly at the camera. A beige shaggy area rug is visible to the cat's right, and a smaller patterned floor mat is in the background to the left. The cat's humorous, exaggerated pose looks like it is celebrating, cheering, surrendering, or reaching for an object out of frame, making it ideal for adding custom captions.

Tuxedo Cat Holding Both Paws Straight Up

The image is a real photograp…

This image is a screenshot of a Tumblr-style social media post centered on a relatable pet owner moment. The top section features a real calico cat cuddled tightly against a person's face, who is attempting to use a tablet held under a blanket. Below the photo, two user comments add humorous context: the first from user 'arkamos-aurelius' states 'The only way to live with a cat,' while the second from 'thefingerfuckingfemalefury' uses playful, intentional misspelled internet slang to personify the cat's perspective: 'I SEE U ARE DOIN A THING GUESS WHAT IT IS TIME FOR ME TO CATTE'. The humor comes from the universal experience of cats demanding attention by interrupting their owners' activities, with 'Catte' being a cutesy, exaggerated spelling that leans into online pet culture slang.

Catte Interrupts: The Only Way to Live With a Cat

This image is a screenshot of…

This wholesome meme features a group of tiny real cats huddled together in a soft, fluffy white pet bed. Each cat is adorned with a small, colorful party hat in shades of purple, yellow, pink, green, and blue, creating an incredibly cute and heartwarming scene. The accompanying text above the image reads **'tiny cats in tiny hats'**, which directly describes the charming visual and emphasizes the meme's wholesome, gentle appeal.

Tiny Cats Wearing Tiny Hats Wholesome Meme

This wholesome meme features …

This is a screenshot of a social media post from user "gertrudisnacht". The post's top caption reads: "I love pics of tiny cats where the pic is taken a bit further away to put into perspective how ridiculously tiny the cat is like". Below this text is a 2x2 collage of four photos, each using forced perspective to create the humorous illusion that a cat is extremely small: 1. Top left: A small cat sits on a large beige couch, appearing minuscule next to the couch cushions. 2. Top right: A cat looks tiny on a patterned tile floor, positioned near a person's legs to emphasize its scaled-down appearance. 3. Bottom left: A cat resembles a small white blob on a large bed with a dark patterned bedspread. 4. Bottom right: A cat stands on a dark kitchen floor, dwarfed by the refrigerator and surrounding cabinets. The core joke relies on forced perspective photography, exaggerating the cats' size for cute, comedic effect, playing on the appeal of tiny animals and the absurdity of the visual illusion.

Tiny Cats in Perspective: Hilarious Compilation of Ridiculously Small Felines

This is a screenshot of a soc…

This is a two-panel wholesome meme centered on a gray domestic cat. The first panel shows the cat lying partially submerged in a bathtub filled with water, appearing relaxed and content as it enjoys being in the water (an unusual trait for most cats). The second panel captures the cat standing upright in the tub, looking directly at the viewer with wide, startled eyes, as if caught in the act. Below the panels is a screenshot of a Tumblr post with two comments: the first, from user 'worth-seeing', reads *Got caught enjoying water*, framing the cat's situation; the second, from user 'thefingerfuckingfemalefury', jokes *Now you know my secret I cannot let you leave*, personifying the cat as pretending to be menacing to hide its love of water. The humor comes from the contrast between the cat's cute, innocent appearance and the dramatic, playful 'threat' comment, making it a lighthearted, wholesome joke about pets and their unexpected quirks.

Cat Caught Enjoying Water, Pretends to Threaten to Keep Its Secret

This is a two-panel wholesome…

This is a two-panel meme combining cat photos and a viral Tumblr comment. The left panel shows a clear, high-resolution photo of a fluffy lynx point cat with large blue eyes sitting on an indoor carpet, looking directly at the camera with a soft, wide-eyed expression. The right panel shows a lower-quality, slightly blurred shot of the same cat in softer indoor lighting, which gives the cat a hand-drawn, animated appearance. Below the photos is a Tumblr post thread: user hoemami comments first "i love this cat so much", then adds "Looks like something from studio ghibli". The post has 94,425 notes, with standard Tumblr reblog and like buttons visible at the bottom. The humor comes from the extremely accurate comparison, as the blurry photo of the cat perfectly matches the warm, soft, hand-drawn art style characteristic of Studio Ghibli animated films.

Fluffy Cat That Looks Like A Studio Ghibli Character Viral Post

This is a two-panel meme comb…

The meme features a top text line reading 'When you find the one just hold on to them', paired with a photo of a wide-eyed tabby cat clinging tightly to a person's arm. The cat has its front paws wrapped around the person's wrist, looking upward with a soft, attached, slightly startled expression, perfectly illustrating the caption's message about cherishing and holding tightly onto loved ones or valued people/things you care about.

When You Find The One Just Hold On To Them Cat Meme

The meme features a top text …

A wholesome three-panel meme featuring a tabby cat with white chest fur. The top text reads 'she grabs my hand and puts it to her face like this'. The left panel shows the cat sitting on a tiled floor, looking up with wide, curious eyes and extending its front paw. The top right panel depicts the cat standing on its hind legs, using both front paws to hold a human hand gently against its face, appearing content. The bottom right panel is a similar angle to the top right, emphasizing the cat's affectionate gesture of pressing the hand to its face. The meme anthropomorphizes the cat's behavior to convey a cute, loving interaction between pet and owner.

Cat Grabs Owner's Hand to Put on Her Face – Wholesome Moment

A wholesome three-panel meme …

A screenshot of an X.com (formerly Twitter) post by user 'squanghoula'. The post consists of two sections: the top section contains white text on a dark background reading, 'never gonna be fully happy in life knowing i'll never be able to stretch like a cat'. Below this, the same user handle 'squanghoula' appears again, followed by two side-by-side images of cats stretching. The left image shows a tabby and white cat stretching with front legs extended and back arched on a tiled surface; the right image shows an orange cat stretching with a curved back and raised tail on a wooden surface. At the bottom of the images, additional white text reads, 'being able to do this would fix my back permanently'.

Envious of Cats' Stretching Abilities

A screenshot of an X.com (for…

A four-panel meme featuring a black cat making a series of exaggerated, startled, or confused facial expressions. The panels are arranged in a grid, showing the cat from slightly different angles with wide eyes and open mouth, lying on a background of denim jeans (likely a person's lap). Below the image grid is a user comment from 'kawaiirostam' that reads: 'my cats so fucking weird she was purring the whole time but her face looked like this'. The humor arises from the contrast between the cat's content behavior (purring) and its visually distressed or bizarre facial expressions.

Weird Cat Faces While Purring Meme

A four-panel meme featuring a…