Rickroll
An apparently relevant link leads to a familiar music video.
Is This a Pigeon?
An obvious misidentification becomes a joke about misunderstanding.
Classic formatSource guide
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What does this meme mean?
Label the object, observer and mistaken category to make the error clear.
Where it comes from
The scene comes from the 1991 anime The Brave Fighter of Sun Fighbird. Meme use appeared in 2011 and labelled variations revived in 2018.
Sources reviewed 2026-10-02. Classic classification describes its history, not current platform popularity.
Make your own version
- Choose a real object and a clearly mistaken category for it.
- Assign labels to the object and the observer in your own scene or permitted image.
- Put the mistaken question in a separate caption so all three roles are easy to understand.
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