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Wake Up Besties, the Barbie and Ken Mugshot Meme is Everywhere

Screenshot: Warner Bros.

After an eagle-eyed Twitter user (@kojironanjo) realized that the Barbie trailer was ripe for meme-ification, Twitter fandom did what fandom does best, and immediately took the joke to the extreme. Reaching all corners of the world, fandoms immediately drew their favorite pairings using the Barbie mugshot screenshots as inspiration. With Margot Robbie’s concerned Barbie and Ryan Gosling’s cheesing Ken, the absurdity was truly just too good.

The key is having one character look slightly terrified and utterly baffled and possibly regretting every choice that has ever led to them getting their mugshot taken and the second character has to be a complete and total himbo, just an absolute dummy, smoothbrain as fuck, no thoughts, just vibes. The results, if the fanart is anything to go by, is perfect. Take a look at some of my favorites.

Korra and Asami, Avatar: The Legend of Korra

Kira and Jadzia, Star Trek

Morticia and Gomez, The Addams Family

James and Jessie, Pokémon

Spock and Kirk, Star Trek

Bo-Katan and Din Djarin, The Mandalorian

Leia and Han, Star Wars

Meryl and Vash, Trigun Maximum

Mothra and Godzilla, Godzilla

Joyce and Murray, Stranger Things

Billy and Stu, Scream

Caleb and Mollymauk, Critical Role

Ekko and Jinx, Arcane

Zelda and Link, The Legend of Zelda

Spider-Man and Deadpool, Marvel

Sasuke and Naruto, Naruto

Hawkeye and Hawkeye, Marvel

Katara and Toph, Avatar: The Last Airbender

Galadriel and Celeborn, Lord of the Rings

Amity and Luz, The Owl House

Keith and Lance, Voltron

Ariel and Eric, The Little Mermaid

Stede and Ed, Our Flag Means Death

Link and Sidon, The Legend of Zelda

Vash and Nicholas D. Wolfwood, Trigun Stampede

Keyleth and Vax, Critical Role

Thanatos and Zagreus, Hades

Aziraphale and Crowley, Good Omens

Wiccan and Hulkling, Marvel

Lan Wangji and Wei Wuxian, The Untamed

Sam and Dean, Supernatural

Barbie and Ken, never change

Barbie | Main Trailer

Alright, so the last one wasn’t a redraw, but even the greatest sometimes het beaten to the punchline. From the “This Barbie” poster craze from last month to this unintentional viral fandom moment, Barbie is already taking over the internet, and I, for one, can’t wait to welcome my new plastic overlords into my heart.

Barbie will be released in theaters on July 21.

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