Fig. 1.1. Willy Wonka meme

Fig. 10.1. A humorous reaction GIF of drag queen Bianca Del Rio slowly blinking her eyes as an indication of her frustration “when a really skinny person is talking about how much junk food they eat”

Fig. 12.1. Call Me by Your Name tweet, @MrMichaelSchwartz

Fig. 17.1. Tumblr user buckybarnes’s Onion headline addresses two character traits at once

Fig. 17.2. To understand fully this Hannibal meme by user jacrispyretro, the viewer needs to know at least two facts from the series and one from fandom: that Lecter (Mads Mikkelsen) values proper etiquette and dislikes rudeness, that he frequently brings meals to FBI profiler Will Graham, and that his interest in Will is inappropriately intense and verges on stalking

Fig. 17.3. Tumblr text post caption for the Netflix series Jessica Jones by user cassian-andoor

Fig. 17.4. This humorous meme of The Walking Dead, also by user cassian-andoor, offers a sharp juxtaposition of the bleak postapocalyptic zombie landscape and attempted relief from same. The caption, by fagwit, reads: “Things I want: snuggles. Things I receive: struggles”

Fig. 17.5. “but i am a swamp demon” is a message with an ironic kind of inverted pride

Figs. 17.6–7. Some female genre characters expressing indifference to both conventional standards of prettiness and male interest in same: Leia Organa from the original Star Wars trilogy (squiddleprincess), and Imperator Furiosa from Mad Max: Fury Road (mattymurdockss)

Figs. 17.6–7. Some female genre characters expressing indifference to both conventional standards of prettiness and male interest in same: Leia Organa from the original Star Wars trilogy (squiddleprincess), and Imperator Furiosa from Mad Max: Fury Road (mattymurdockss)

Fig. 17.8. User rhymeswithmonth here screencapped Romanoff showing actor Scarlett Johansson’s characteristic lack of facial expression in the role

Fig. 29.2. Chronic pain community meme, from a popular meme generator