May

• Anime Character Pointing at a Butterfly

The Brave Fighter of Sun Fighbird was a 90’s anime series that has made its rounds on the Internet for the past few years, however in May it came alive once again. The meme depicts a character pointing at a butterfly and asking, “Is this a pigeon?” Many funny captions and photoshopped varieties circulated the Internet and quickly became popular memes.

• J.R. Smith and Lebron James at NBA finals

A photo of Lebron James yelling at J.R. Smith during the NBA Finals after he messed up sent the Internet into a frenzy. For basketball lovers, this moment was a nightmare. For meme lovers, this moment was when one of May’s most iconic memes was born.

• “Mr. Stark, I don’t feel so good…”

With the release of Avengers: Infinity War in late April, there were spoilers galore all over social media. Though one spoiler, which was – spoiler! – Spiderman being evaporated by Thanos, was so unexpected that it took the Internet by storm. As a way of attempting to not spoil the movie for others – which was virtually impossible – users showed random things disintegrating/evaporating/turning into dust, with the famous line, “Mr. Stark, I don’t feel so good…”