34 Geeky Memes from Every Fandom That Made Us the Weirdos We Are Today

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John Summers • Contributor
Jul 12, 2025 7:00 PM EDT

I think I finally cracked it. The moment I became a full-blown, pop-culture-obsessed geek. The year was 1983, I was 7 years old, and my dad took me to see a movie.
"This is a real movie," he said. "Not a cartoon. A REAL movie."
He made it sound like a rite of passage - and he was right.

The movie? Krull.
Never heard of it? That's fair. It's one of the most unhinged genre mashups ever made. Imagine Lord of the Rings meets Star Wars at a Renaissance Faire inside a Laser Tag arena. It's got knights. It's got aliens. It's got space horses. And a glaive that looks like a fidget spinner from hell. My 7-year-old brain exploded, and I never recovered.

That's why I love Star Wars and Star Trek and Lord of the Rings and Army of the Dead and literally anything that has swords, spaceships, or time travel. It all started with that one chaotic, magical, totally ridiculous movie.

So here's to that feeling - of discovering something weird and wonderful and never looking back. These 34 memes are for every fandom, every obsession, and every geek whose personality was forged in the fires of pure, glorious nonsense.

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  • 01
    Obi-Wan: "that boy is our last hope." The boy:
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    I want a movie where Dolly Parton and Elvira play estranged sisters who have to team up to fight evil together
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    LET US NOT FORGET THIS ONCE PASSED AS AN ALIEN
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    There is a generation of people who just won't get it, and that's unfortunate.
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    "Join Starfleet! Strange new worlds! We'll have some laughs!..." made with Picsart
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    L GAME/ COMPUTER J GAME/COMPUTER CONNECT TO TV VHF כ: 0 TV CONNECT TO ANTENNA I was there, Gandalf. I was there 3000 years ago...
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    FEAR of QUICKSAND begins right NOW
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    THINGS THAT SHOULD NEVER BE OPENED 4K ULTRAHD 4K ULTRA HD BLU-RAY ALIEN COVENANT
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    COP
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    This was on a bathroom stall. Can't stop laughing. Scotty, don't beam me up yet. I'm taking a shl
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    My bologna has a first name. It's O-S-C-A-R. My bologna has a second name. It's M-A-Y-E-R. BUT THEY were, all OF THEM, deceived, FOR THE BOLOGNA had A THIRD NAME...
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    Qui-Gon: "The ability to speak does not make you intelligent" C-3PO who constantly brags about being able to speak six million languages:
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    Me proving to my friends that I'm not cake even though they never asked me to Traducir Tweet 21
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    JACC Joe Amate CUSTOM CREATIONS MASTERS THE UNIVERSE STAY DUFFED STAY DUFF NEW MASTERS OF THE UNIVERSE STAY BUFFED Musclebound Manhmallow Manl first time! STAY BUFF
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    When my boss brings around a potential new hire and they ask if you like working there... @officialworkmemes
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    Her: This is my cat, he's very friendly Her cat:
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    Them: Did you have a rough night? Me: No. Why do you ask? Also me:
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    You still don't understand what you're dealing with, do you? Perfect organism. Its structural perfection is matched only by its hostility
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    WHAT? STAY BACK GROGU!
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    Jim Henson's THE THING
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    Me when I started my job Me now
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    a pap
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    Seinfeld for the 2360s
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    HOW IT FEELS WHEN YOU'RE IN LINE AT THE DMV "NONE SHALL PASS"
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    GIJDE K
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    That still only counts as one!
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    Give the Stranger Things subtitler a raise. [tentacles undulating moistly]
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    Cheezburger Image 10528872704
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    that mini heart attack when you can't feel one of these in your pocket rudy ustang T
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    SHORT CIRCUIT 2 JUDGEMENT DAY
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    Alien vs. Predator
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    Barbalien
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    sci-fi is when hugo weaving looks like this and fantasy is when hugo weaving looks like this
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