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The Villain's Faithful Henchmen Are a Serval and Pallas's Cat

This is a screenshot of an X (formerly Twitter) post that features a humorous meme comparing two wild cats to a villain's pair of henchmen. The post caption above the side-by-side collage reads 'The villain's faithful pair of henchmen:'. The left panel shows a tall, lanky serval cat with large ears, spotted fur, closed eyes, and a smug, smiling expression sitting perfectly upright on a bed. The right panel shows a round, fluffy Pallas's cat (Manul) with a stoic, grumpy expression sitting on snow, looking directly at the viewer. The joke plays on the common media trope of villain henchmen coming in contrasting pairs, one tall and slender, the other short and stout, both having distinct, intimidating yet silly appearances that fit the trope perfectly.
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Overview

This is a screenshot of an X (formerly Twitter) post that features a humorous meme comparing two wild cats to a villain's pair of henchmen. The post caption above the side-by-side collage reads 'The villain's faithful pair of henchmen:'. The left panel shows a tall, lanky serval cat with large ears, spotted fur, closed eyes, and a smug, smiling expression sitting perfectly upright on a bed. The right panel shows a round, fluffy Pallas's cat (Manul) with a stoic, grumpy expression sitting on snow, looking directly at the viewer. The joke plays on the common media trope of villain henchmen coming in contrasting pairs, one tall and slender, the other short and stout, both having distinct, intimidating yet silly appearances that fit the trope perfectly.

Origin notes

This meme was originally posted on the X (Twitter) platform by user @A_belladonna, whose display name is Tormented Philosopher. It was later shared by the X account WholesomeMeme, which is the source of this RSS feed content. The two individual cat photos used in the collage are pre-existing widely shared viral images of the respective wild cat species, combined by the original poster with the added henchmen caption to create the meme.

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