Cat Sniping Crying Cat Meme Template

A cat stands beside a scoped rifle above a crying cat seen through the sight. Label the upper picture with a source of pressure and the lower one with whoever or whatever is about to suffer from it.

The two pictures create an exaggerated attacker-and-target relationship. In everyday captions, the supposed attacker might be an alarm, a deadline, or an unexpectedly sad film.

The crying expression makes the target look unprepared. A specific pairing works better than two general labels because the reader should immediately see why one is bad news for the other.

Know Your Meme documents the upper cat-and-rifle image in a March 2014 Joy Reactor post. A separate image of the crying cat through a rifle sight circulated in 2016. In October 2016, a Tumblr post combined the two in a parody of Call of Duty cover art. [1]

A version without the game logo was shared on Reddit in April 2018. Object-labeling versions followed, assigning the upper image a source of trouble and the lower one the unfortunate recipient. These are dates for documented posts, not verified dates for taking the original photographs. [1]

Put the source of trouble in the open space at the top of the forest picture. Place the target’s label in the black area to the left of the lower circle.

Keep both cats’ faces and the sight visible. Use ordinary frustrations or emotional reactions so the imagined confrontation reads as exaggeration.

The source of trouble

Above the cat in the forest picture.

The unprepared target

In the black space to the left of the lower circle.

• Give the upper cat the cause of the problem.
• Give the crying cat the affected person or thing.
• Keep captions out of the lower face.
• Choose a pair with an obvious connection.