Sonion
A reaction image mashing up the 'Son' crying-emoji meme with an onion and actor Anthony Mackie's face, posted under awkward or disappointing moments.
Sonion is a reaction image built by placing actor Anthony Mackie's smirking face inside a cartoon onion, trailing the same string of crying emoji used in the earlier 'Son' meme. People post it as a wordless reply to awkward, disappointing, or ridiculous moments — the onion adds a second layer of 'crying' to the joke since onions themselves make people tear up.
History
Sonion is a direct derivative of the earlier 'Son' reaction image, which itself grew out of an 'Anthony Mackie's Smirk' template. The earliest known Sonion post was uploaded to TikTok by user @thecoolibroski on February 9th, 2026, and the sticker spread through comment sections over the following months. A separate strand of the meme later attached the word 'Sonion' to an unrelated slowed-down clip of Tom Tucker from Family Guy walking, captioned 'Aura.'
Cultural scores
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Current Popularity = how actively people are posting about this today. Influence = lasting footprint. Cringe = online reception. Brainrot = absurdist energy. How scoring works
Timeline
2026-02-09
@thecoolibroski posts the earliest known Sonion reaction image to TikTok
2026-03-01
@greenscreens4memes attaches the 'Sonion' name to a slowed Family Guy walking clip
Examples
- “Replying to a screenshot of a bad take with the Sonion image and no caption”
- “Posting Sonion under a failed cooking video or embarrassing sports blooper”
- “Swapping the onion for a different vegetable or celebrity face as a remix”
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Culturally linked — not random recommendations.
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References
Sources behind this entry. Prefer primary reporting and established culture archives over rumor.
- Sonion Meme: Internet's Favorite Typo
theaddmagazine.com