22 Cute Yet Cursed Opossum Memes for Late-Night Scrollers

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Ayala Sorotsky • Writer and Editor
Sep 2, 2025 2:00 PM EDT

The opossums behind our office aren't exactly known for their dazzling beauty or high IQ. Let's be real - once they're past that baby stage where they look like soft little fluffballs with built-in goth eyeliner, things get… a bit more cursed. The teeth get sharper, the fur gets patchier, and the eyes start giving "haunted forest spirit" energy. And yet, there's something strangely endearing about these hissing, wide-eyed marsupials. They shuffle through backyards and alleys like nervous little night goblins, and we can't help but root for them.

What really surprises us, though, is how possums have become absolute meme legends. At first, they were thrashed into "trash gremlin" territory - perfect stand-ins for our collective 3 AM existential crises. But over time, they've been given chaotic new roles. Some opossums are now internet icons of swagger and unbothered coolness. Others show up in memes as wholesome, oddly supportive little creatures who just want us to know everything's going to be okay.

Possum memes are messy, layered, and weirdly relatable - kind of like us scrolling past midnight when we should be asleep. So let's celebrate them in all their cursed yet cuddly glory. Scroll on and embrace the chaotic cuteness of the internet's most underrated marsupials.

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  • 01
    my slow descent @69possums420 into madness isn't so slow
    via @69possums420
  • 02
    Femenine urge this Masculine urge that the only urge I have is going FERAL
    via @hjn0ne
  • 03
    i'm not like other girls i'm worse much worse
    via @hjn0ne
  • 04
    Adios
    via @hjn0ne
  • 05
    Time is not real 4 165
    via @hjn0ne

  • If time isn't real, it's not the middle of the night right now, and you can keep on scrolling opossum memes forever. Thank you, chrono-possum of time, we needed that piece of information.

  • 06
    ooh child things are gonna get trashier
    via @hjn0ne
  • 07
    Coming out of my cage and I've been doing just fine
    via @hjn0ne
  • 08
    I want to make an annoucement that CANDY CORN IS NOT A VEGETABLE!!!
    via @hjn0ne
  • 09
    I am pleased to announce that the shenanigans will be resuming. GIF ALT AAAA
    via @hjn0ne
  • 10
    THIS IS AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA AAAAAAAAAA AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
    via @hjn0ne
  • 11
    Inside you are two wolves. One is a frog. The other is a opossum. You don't actually have any wolves.
    via @hjn0ne
  • 12
    i-don't even know how i know the things that i know
    via @hjn0ne

  • The realest of reals - how do we even know that things we know? Well, opossum memes know how to articulate that, apparently. Who said opossum memes aren't great for humans?

  • 13
    MY BRAIN HAS MANY THINGS TO HOLD AND NO POCKETS
    via @hjn0ne
  • 14
    this is a homie check point... are you okay bro?
    via @WholesomeMeme
  • 15
    Shhhh... Don't listen to them. You're the cutest kitty in the world @some_bull_ish
    via @some_bull_ish
  • 16
    she took the midnight train going anywhere
    via @equine__dentist
  • 17
    do you wanna be two opossums screaming at each other in the glow of the fairy lights
    via @equine__dentist
  • 18
    I've got 99 problems and 86 of them are completely made up scenarios in my head that i'm stressing about for absolutely no reason
    via GladysOpossum
  • 19
    so. bad news. we have to keep going tomorrow. good news is that i'll keep going with you
    via @BadQualityMemes
  • 20
    om happy squeek nom excuse me you filth u are taking my rations garbage rat Susan what on earth is this panic SUUSAAAN
    via @SuperMightyMM
  • 21
    KOALITION OPOSSITION
    via @ryancduff
  • 22
    We could have had this. We were robbed, lied to. DER really BELIEVE FBI 9
    via @LakeErieAurora

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