Is The White Guy Still Blinking? See 15 Meme Legends Then & Now To Watch How They've Changed

Social media is loaded with iconic memes of all kinds which keep being passed on among generations. But what are these viral meme heroes’ names? How did they get famous and where are they now? See what these 15 meme stars look like now and how they are doing below!

1. Success Kid (Sam Griner)

One of the most viral memes was created in 2007. After Lany Griner uploaded a picture of her son eating sand on Flickr and it turned famous captioning "I Hate Sandcastles."

The ‘Success Kid’ was made and the mom embraced it although she did not like the fact that her son appeared like a bully at first. The picture has been featured in a lot of ads, screensavers, shirts, and more.

2. Doge (Kabosu)

One of our top meme stars is Kabosu. It became widely known in 2013. The photo graced online in 2010 and the doge was snapped sitting on a couch with her eyes glaring at the camera sideways. Her raised eyebrows even made it more hilarious.

The 15-year-old dog also has an Instagram account.

3. Disaster Girl (Zoe Roth)

The legendary picture originated way back in 2004 when Zoe’s father, Dave Roth captured this moment. She was observing firefighters who were controlling the fire two blocks away from their house in Mebane, North Carolina.

The dad entered the snap in a photography magazine’s competition and won. Since it was published in the magazine, it took social media by storm.

Zoe shared, "I'd love for the meme to help me get into or pay for college somehow. But I ultimately want people to know me for me."

4. Side-eyeing Chloe (Chloe)

Another little girl who became one of the meme stars in Chloe. She became viral in 2013 after KAftC uploaded the Lily's Disneyland Surprise… AGAIN on Youtube.

The two sisters Chloe and Lily were on the way to school when they received the news of a surprise trip to Disneyland.

While Lily was crying with joy, Chloe was giving a disturbing look to the lens like she was unsure about what was happening.

If you want to see how Chloe has changed, check out her Instagram account which has nearly 600k followers.

5. Blinking White Guy (Drew Scanlon)

If you have not known, the star in this iconic meme is Drew Scanlon. This GIF originates from a 2013 live stream when he was a video producer at the famous gaming website Giant Bomb.

Moreover, this is when he was watching Jeff Gerstmann – the editor-in-chief playing a 2-dimensional action-adventure game.

6. Harold Hiding The Pain (András Arató)

Talking about meme stars, it would a lack not mentioning Harold Hiding The Pain. The meme captured András Arató, a senior photography model whose facial expression made it look like he was having suppressed pain.

It all started in September 2011 when the picture was published on the Facepunch forum. The main character also hpsted a TedTalk in Kyiv, Ukraine. In detail, he discussed his life story as a “meme-hero”.

7. Bad Luck Brian (Kyle Craven)

Thus picture became a meme as Ian Davis posted a yearbook pic of his friend Kyle Craven to Reddit. The caption was “Takes driving test .?.?. gets first DUI”.

Before taking this legend, Kyle apparently used a sweater to rub his face, make it red, and posed with an obnoxious smile. This meme is used generally to depict tragic, embarrassing, and unlucky events.

8. Confused Nick Young (Nick Young)

The picture that featured NBA basketballer Nick Young is a screenshot from the Youtube web serial “Thru The Lens."

This is the part where he made a confused face when his mom said he was “a clown” when he was younger.

9. Trying To Hold A Fart Next To A Cute Girl In Class (Michael McGee)

Another meme star was introduced when Reddit user aaduk_ala shared a photograph and penned it, "Trying to hold a fart next to a cute girl in class".

Mike McGee said,

"Well, the guy who took the picture has been a good friend of mine since I first moved out here to Texas, so he knew I was able to make the face anytime I wanted. So he wanted to make a funny Twitter caption and told me to make the face. He posted it and like two or three months after he posted it, it took off!"

10. Overly Attached Girlfriend (Laina Morris)

The 2012 meme also remains the top meme stars. Youtuber Laina Morris uploaded a video showing her parody version of Justin Bieber’s Boyfriend. Her personalized lyrics were seen as clingy. On another hand, it was submitted after Bieber's announcement about an online singing contest to promote his “Girlfriend” perfume.

Unluckily, Morris had to cope up with many serious privacy issues after becoming viral. Strangers found her Facebook account and talked to her like friends. Also, people even tried to access her college marks.

11. Aliens Are To Blame For Everything (Giorgio Tsoukalos)

The man behind the viral meme is Giorgio Tsoukalos, a Swiss-born ufologist, writer, producer, and TV presenter. He is mostly famous for his features on the Ancient Aliens TV series.

Fun fact: He supports the theory that ancient alien astronauts did interact with ancient humans.

12. Good Luck Charlie (Mia Talerico)

The meme came from a part of the famous Disney Channel comedy show “Good Luck Charlie”.

The picture and the GIF are often utilized as a synonym for “I don’t know”. The little girl in the meme has also grown up now.

13. Sweating Jordan Peele (Jordan Peele)

One of the meme stars is no other than Hollywood star Jordan Peele. This is a capture from the US-aired Key and Peele comedy show. The episode that this hilarious meme came from includes when the character breaks down in sweats as his girlfriend confronted him due to his internet search history.

Apart from this, Jordan Peele is a talented actor-director. His movie Get Out is one of the best horror movies of all-time.

14. Dramatic Dmitry (Vladimir Brest)

In fact, these Dramatic Dmitry pictures are those from Russian musician Vladimir Brest’s Paranoia album. It was released in 2014.

In 2013, the musician said,

"I myself am generally positive. However, I want my songs to be attached to these memes. It is also bad that most of the pictures are obscene. All this is seen by children. I don’t want to be a person guilty of degradation and corruption of the young generation.”

15. Roll Safe (Kayode Ewumi)

Amond all the meme stars then & now images, "Roll safe" man is also a worth-mentioning name. It comes from the Three mini-documentary of BBC in 2016, "Hood Documentary".

The character portrayed by Kayode Ewumi was pointing to his head and smiling after he found a woman "beautiful" as she's "got good brains". He is now 27 years old.

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