Welcome To The Internets Meme Template

A headband-wearing cat rides a fire-breathing unicorn through a scene of rainbows and flames. Use the spectacular nonsense as a welcome to online life, a chaotic group chat, or an unexpectedly strange search.

The image piles up internet imagery until an ordinary welcome becomes a ridiculous adventure. The cat looks ready to guide you through something that makes very little sense.

A calm caption can make the busy image funnier. Start with a modest intention, then reveal the strange or distracting place it led.

Artist Jason Heuser, known as SharpWriter, published “Welcome to the Internet, Please Follow me” on DeviantArt on August 20, 2012. The artwork combines a cat riding a unicorn with a golden handgun, rainbows, fire, and other playful internet imagery. [1]

Microsoft later adapted the idea for its Ninja Cat imagery. In a July 21, 2015 Windows Insider post, the company explicitly credited Heuser’s painting as the inspiration and shared new versions for the Windows 10 launch. [2]

Place a short greeting or starting intention at the top. Put the consequence or guide’s comment along the bottom.

Keep the cat’s face, unicorn’s head, and fire visible. The illustration already supplies plenty of activity, so two short lines usually do more than a detailed explanation.

The greeting or starting intention

Along the upper edge above the cat’s face.

The unexpected destination or comment

Along the lower edge beneath the main action.

• Use a short greeting or setup at the top.
• Put the unexpected consequence at the bottom.
• Keep the rider and unicorn recognizable.
• Let the extravagant artwork carry most of the joke.