The People From Our Favorite Internet Memes are Completely Unrecognizable Now

Have you ever wondered about the faces behind your favorite memes? They happen to be real people getting older just like you and me. Who would have thought?

Hardly did any other meme capture our Monday morning facial expressions like Grumpy Cat. Grumpy probably feels our dismay when a blissful weekend is suddenly interrupted by the unwelcome entrance of the first day of the work week.

This meme celebrity became famous for flashing one of the most unconvincing smiles ever. You know, those smiles that you give when deep down, you feel like breaking down or exploding.

For many of us, we had to learn to do the side-eye, and only after attaining a certain age. For Chloe, she seemed to have been born with the ability. Her legendary side-eye at a tender age is the reason she is so popular today.

Success Kid wasn’t even up to a year old when he pumped his fist in celebration of his famous meme. It was his moment of success as the meme made his family rich enough to afford a kidney transplant for his ailing father.

From experience, we will all agree that there are some moments we don’t want to be photographed. One of those moments is when we are running. Our faces usually don’t represent us well while our cheeks bounce.

Laina Morris is popular on YouTube and has gathered over a million subscribers on her channel. But it was a 2012 entry to a video contest held by Justin Bieber that shot her to fame after it found its way to Reddit.

It was while he visited his grandma that Blake discovered that he had a talent for looking like a scumbag. He never knew that the picture he took so casually would blow up, becoming the official meme for every problem teenager around the world.

Silvia Bottini became famous after she was crowned by social media as the face of “first world problems.” This term describes frustrations faced by privileged individuals about minor life challenges like slow internet and deciding what clothes to put on.

All a puppy needs to become famous may just be an owner who takes a photo at the right moment and posts it on the internet. The puppy behind the popular Doge/Shiba Inu meme is Kabosu. He has now become the inspiration for several cryptocurrencies, such as Dogecoin.

This meme is one pretty much everyone can relate to. This picture of a woman looking confused by a bunch of mathematical equations and formulas can easily apply to any time we are faced with a complicated life issue.

The face on the Blinking Guy GIF meme is Drew Scanlon. This meme was created while Drew, a video editor, made a funny facial reaction to a colleague’s crude joke while he watched his friends play a video game. It was until two years later that his reaction became an internet sensation.

The meme with the expression “Why not both?” or “Why don’t we have both?” originated from a popular El Paso commercial for an at-home Taco kit. This kit came with both soft tortillas and crunchy tacos.

This meme showed a little girl smirking into the camera as a house was swallowed in flames in the background. To date, little Zoe Roth, who was four years old at the time, is considered a suspect. 

Jonathan Goldsmith had been starring in adverts before he became a popular meme. His appearance in The Most Interesting Man in the World advert for beer brand Dos Equis was what made him an internet star.

When you run into bad luck, one of the popular things to do is share a meme of Bad Luck Brian. Bad Luck Brian depicts a guy who never seems to get anything right, including a photo for a high school yearbook that turned out embarrassingly awkward.

When you’ve got to do something reluctantly, the Crying Piccolo Girl meme is a top contender in the meme catalog. In real life, though, the situation was pretty different. Roxanne Chalifoux shed tears while playing the piccolo because it was going to be her last time as a Villanova University senior.

This meme showed Michael McGee trying to hold in a fart as he sat next to a cute girl in class. At least that’s what we all believed until he got the chance to tell his side of the story.

Gavin is a meme factory. Thanks to his versatile face, he has made some of the funniest faces a toddler can make. Gavin has been adopted by his online fanbase, who now regard him as “our son.”

This meme came into existence after a media publication posted this photo during the Australian version of spring break. Here, the young man seems to suddenly experience a moment of clarity in the middle of a party. The photo soon found its way to one of the meme hubs on the internet – Reddit. The rest is history.

Unlike most meme stars, Cardi B was already enjoying celebrity status when she posted her photo as a child. If she wasn’t already popular, this photo would have brought her to the spotlight.

When a news crew paid a visit to a Huntsville neighborhood to cover a case of attempted sexual assault by an unknown intruder who broke into a home, little did they know they would be capturing some legendary meme moments.

Good Luck Charlie is a Disney Channel show whose comedy brought laughter to many homes. No, it wasn’t just its funny dialogues; several popular memes came out from the show too.

If you’ve ever seen some wisdom in a foolish idea, then you are likely to use the Roll Safe meme. Here, this shot of Kayode Ewumi during a TV show in the ’80s reminds us that there is some wisdom in many crazy ideas.

Ancient Aliens is a show which popularized wild claims about the influence of aliens in our world. Surprisingly, the show commanded a wild following of people who were more fascinated than convinced by the evidence-free claims.

This meme is best for situations when you smell a rat or notice something wrong in someone’s statement or plan. The meme communicates an “I see through your lies” reaction. This face is that of a rapper named Conceited (Reginald Sergile).

Felon Bae became a meme when his mugshot spread through the internet. Not even a conviction could take the shine off his handsome face. He was convicted in 2014 of grand theft and firearm possession. Soon after, he became an internet sensation.

Do you remember the kid who did the funny dance in the middle of the road? That’s Lil Terrio, real name, TerRio Harshaw. He was six years old at the time when he did his famous “Oooh k*ll em dance.”

If you’ve ever been confused and amused at the same time, there is a meme that fits the situation perfectly. The meme features NBA star, Nick Young tilting his head slightly with two sets of three question mark signs on either side.

The friend zone isn’t an exciting place to find oneself, especially when you’ve given all that you got into forging a serious relationship. That’s why we felt sorry for our popular meme character friend-zone Johnny or Johnny Solis who seemed like he went out of his way in his bid to become a meme. Sorry, boyfriend.