Meme’s
have become popular in our generation today. What is a meme? Google defines
meme as “an element of a culture or system of
behavior that may be considered to be passed from one individual to another by
nongenetic means, especially imitation”. One particular meme that I find
entertaining is the meme where Woody and Buzz, from Toy Story, are standing
next to each other and Buzz has his hand stretched out like he is showing, or explaining,
something to Woody. Some people call this meme “Everywhere”. This meme illustrates
sarcasm. It usually has a sarcastic meaning to it. Some examples that are
placed with this meme are, “Memes, Memes Everywhere,” or, my personal favorite,
“Drama, Drama Everywhere”. There are others as well, but these two, to me, are
the best. The meme mostly stands for complaints. It is shows sarcasm when
someone is annoyed at something. For example, “Drama, Drama Everywhere” is a
meme that portrays drama. There are few people in the world that enjoy drama.
Because of this, we as humans, like to make fun of events. The “Everywhere”
meme is a great example.
The “Everywhere” meme started in 2007 with a man named
Kirtaner. Kirtaner is an ordinary man who wanted to find an image, any image,
which would make the phrase “Dicks Everywhere” look funny. When I first found
the Woody and Buzz meme I was not aware of its background. I did a bit of
research and found it amusing. Some people did not like the phrase, “Dicks
Everywhere”, so they replaced it with “X Everywhere”. The X would be a
replacement or a holding spot for a different word. Eventually, when the meme
became slightly more popular, some people would double the X. The meme’s would
then say “X, X everywhere”. This is where the Woody and Buzz meme started. There
are other meme’s that show two people looking out with one of the persons hands
stretched out to show the other person what they are looking at. The Woody and
Buzz meme just so happened to become more popular.
I believe this meme does resonate with different audiences.
Children would not understand the meme as much as an adult would. Most children
would look at the meme and would be excited to see Woody and Buzz. They would
not understand the meaning behind the meme. Adults on the other hand would look
at the meme and could think of a hundred different phrases to go with it. I
believe this meme is most effective with the high school and adult audience. These
are the groups that would understand what words to fit in with the meme and
have it make sense.
Overall the “Everywhere” meme is something funny but could
have meaning behind it as well. A person could make a joke with the meme or
they could send a message through the meme. The world has taken something so
simple and funny, like a meme, and made it a huge internet sensation.
Great artifact! I've actually never seen this one! I remember (barely) the Toy Story movies, and clearly I remember the characters of Buzz and Woody and the basic premise of the story - though I can't recall this specific moment and its context. Isn't the appeal of Buzz that he actually believes he is a space warrior, and not a toy? So when THAT character would say something is "everywhere", it would be sincere, right? Buzz was never sarcastic; always quite serious. Woody is the one who understands reality - and his face clearly indicates that he's not liking whatever is "everywhere".
ReplyDeleteAnd wow, I had never heard of the porn version - where did you find THAT version of events? Please remember that this is meant to become the basis of a scholarly analysis and so phrases like "I did a bit of research" are not helpful in describing what you uncovered. It's hardly surprising that any meme can have been used in that way - but is that really the originating caption? Please cite your sources.
Consider what you mean by "making a joke" with this meme. Again, the appeal of Buzz is his naivete; and so is this a way to simply make a joke of what is captioned? Take your time and don't make assumptions about the elements in the message before applying your analytical method. Find a few more of these to make it easier to examine the commonalities between the captioned messages. Keep working.