Also called Noah’s Ark Hybrid · Elephant and Penguin · Family Guy Combination Meme
Noah points at an elephant-penguin hybrid while the two parent animals look on. Label the elephant and penguin as two ingredients, then label the smaller creature as their unexpected combination.
The image turns a hybrid into a visual equation: one thing plus another produces a strange result. Noah’s printed reaction supplies the bewilderment.
The result can be a real combination, an awkward compromise, or a playful description of a familiar object. The labels need to make the connection clear.
The still comes from the Family Guy episode You May Now Kiss the… Uh… Guy Who Receives, which aired on April 30, 2006. In the Noah’s Ark joke, Noah questions an elephant and a penguin about their hybrid offspring. [1]
Reddit user lukazey posted a labeled version on November 7, 2018. The format spread through meme communities in early 2019 as people assigned two inputs to the animals and a combined result to the child. [1]
Put the first input above the elephant and the second beside the penguin. Put the combined result on the small hybrid at the left.
Keep the existing subtitle visible. The three labels should explain the combination without needing another caption for Noah.
Original captions to try with this template.
A familiar combination receives Noah’s exaggerated confusion.
Two unrelated objects combine into a new kind of workstation.
An ordinary piece of furniture is presented as an unexpected hybrid.
References for this template. Example captions are original.
Identifies the episode, early labeled post, and 2019 spread.
