Keyboard Cat

A pixelated cat with a Pop-Tart body flying through space leaving a rainbow trail — pure early-internet whimsy.

The internet's most legendary bait-and-switch — Rick Astley's 'Never Gonna Give You Up' disguised as something else.

Tardar Sauce — the frowning cat whose permanent scowl became one of the defining animal memes and merchandising empires of the 2010s.

David DeVore Jr. after anesthesia — 'is this real life?' — the 2009 YouTube clip that defined post-dentist meme energy.

Spanish comedian Juan Joya Borja — whose uncontrollable laugh became a global reaction clip and 'modern problems require modern solutions' meme format.

Squidward's unnaturally handsome redesign from SpongeBob — and the dramatic fall that resets his face — remixed for years on YouTube.