Crying Cat Meme Template

The white cat’s glossy, tearful eyes turn a small disappointment into a quietly devastating moment. Add one sentence explaining what just went wrong.

The expression suggests hurt, embarrassment, or an attempt to stay composed. It works for small social mishaps and ordinary disappointments that feel much bigger in the moment.

This is an edited reaction image. Its sad-looking face should not be treated as a record of what the cat was experiencing.

The common white Crying Cat image is an edit of Serious Cat, with facial features taken from a teary-eyed kitten photograph. Know Your Meme traces a documented use to an anonymous Meme Generator upload on June 11, 2014. [1]

The image circulated on ask.fm and the German imageboard pr0gramm, where it appeared in April 2015 as Schmuserkadser. Later edits placed the expression on other cat photographs, and sad-reaction posts helped it spread further. [1]

Place one short sentence near the bottom, below the cat’s mouth. Leave the eyes completely visible.

A concrete incident works better than simply writing that you are sad. The picture already communicates the emotion; the caption explains why.

What just happened

Along the lower edge, below the mouth.

• The eyes are the main part of the reaction.
• Use one specific disappointment.
• Keep the caption below the face.
• Let the expression carry the emotional exaggeration.