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[[File:know-your-meme_8983.jpg|frame|Meet the cast.]]
''[[Know Your Meme]]'' is an internet series created by the Rocketboom Institute for Internet Studies, in which resident scientists Kenyatta Cheese (aka Yatta), Elspeth Jane (aka Ellie Rountree), and now-retired Jamie Wilkinson (aka Jamie Dubs) tackle on to provide general history of internet memes as well as to try and explain what exactly makes them memetic.▼
▲[[Know Your Meme]] is an internet series created by the Rocketboom Institute for Internet Studies, in which resident scientists Kenyatta Cheese (aka Yatta), Elspeth Jane (aka Ellie Rountree), and now-retired Jamie Wilkinson (aka Jamie Dubs) tackle on to provide general history of internet memes as well as to try and explain what exactly makes them memetic.
Older episodes were made [[Just for Fun]] and all the research was done by the KYM staff themselves. But over time, the [[Know Your Meme]] website was created and most of the research is now done there. On the site, anyone can submit a basic meme article (akin to [[That Other Wiki]]), which, if the subject is deemed notable, is subsequently researched and expanded.
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* [[And the Fandom Rejoiced]]: "[http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/reaction-guys-gaijin-4koma#.TfEWJUdHrTA Reaction Guys / Gaijin 4Koma]"
* [[Attack Its Weak Point]] / [[For Massive Damage]] / [[Giant Enemy Crab]] / [[Real Time Weapon Change]] : "[http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/e3-sony-2006-giant-enemy-crab#.TdiAWUdHrTA E3 Sony 2006/Giant enemy crab]".
* [[Big Word Shout]]: "[http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/wrong-lex-luthor-ytmnds WRONG!/ Lex Luthor YTMNDs]".
* [[Candle Jack]]: "[http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/candlejack Candlejack]".
* [[Caramelldansen Vid
* [[Fauxtivational Poster]]: "[http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/demotivational-posters Demotivational Posters]".
* [[Forced Meme]]: "[http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/forced-meme#.TcEV0J1SjYM Forced Meme]" and "[http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/x-is-now-a-meme--2#.TcEV0FV2Ilg X is Now a Meme]".
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* [[Hot Scientist|Hot (Internet) Scientist]]: If the comments section of the videos is to be believed, Elspeth Jane fits this trope.
* [[Internet Counterattack]]: The site ended up getting embroiled in one when Hot Topic decided to start selling Rage Guy shirts. /b/tards quickly came up with the very politically incorrect "Race Guy" and made a page for it trying to paint Hot Topic themselves as racist. The page has since been cleaned up, though you'll still see Trolls in the comments claiming that "Race Guy isn't a spin off, Rage Guy was racist to begin with, and the people at Hot Topic are sickos for making money off of racism!"
* [[Kangaroo Court]]: The journey to getting a meme confirmed can go from smooth to very skewed. For example, the [http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/nope-chuck-testa#.Tq7fDmCt8Vk Nope! Chuck Testa] page has gotten boatloads of research, over 1,000,000 views, 10,000,000 views for the commercial itself on
* [[Memetic Mutation]]: The website [[Exactly What It Says on the Tin|helps people know their memes.]] That should be quite obvious. (There are lots of other places where people can go to know their memes, but this is one of the few SFW ones.)
* [[Self-Demonstrating Article]]: Many of the videos about Meme would also demonstrate the meme in question.
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