[VIRAL FLASHBACK] The History of the Evil Kermit Meme

Have you ever thought about doing something stupid, painful, or as dangerous as jumping from high places but not doing it? This thought or impulse, if you will, is known by many names - the French call it l'appel du vide, while scientists call it high place phenomenon.

The average joe calls this urge "the call of the void."

According to Healthline, the call of the void is an urge, impulse, or even thought that makes you consider mostly stupid but dangerous things, but these things are generally a passing thought - something you won't do.

Now, imagine this urging is personified by someone who tempts you to do dangerous things just because. If you did, you now have a simplified understanding of the meme we're about to discuss: evil Kermit.

Evil Kermit - The History Behind The Meme

The Evil Kermit meme is easy to understand, even for those without prior knowledge of the movie it is referencing. According to Know Your Meme, the meme came from the 2014 musical comedy film "Muppets Most Wanted," wherein Kermit the Frog gets locked in a prison by his evil look-alike who wants to steal London's crown jewels, per Rotten Tomatoes.

The scene in the movie that the meme references are when Kermit's look-alike, Constantine, sneaks up to him and plants a fake mole on his face. This act makes Kermit look like Constantine, and is immediately spotted by locals and subsequently arrested by officials.

The scene suits the meme perfectly. Constantine, the evil Kermit, looked like he was tempting Kermit to do something dangerous or stupid - an idea Twitter user @aaannnnyyyyaaaa ran with and succeeded in propagating in 2016.

The meme was first spread when Twitter user @PinkMiruku posted an Evil Kermit meme that shows Constantine commanding her to skip class when she doesn't want to.

The simplicity and relatability of the meme soon caught the attention of more and more people until it was self-propagating. The eme even reached the point that spin-offs of it were made, such as the Evil Miss Piggy meme, which focuses mostly on women's temptations.

A report from The Guardian revealed that the person behind the Evil Kermit meme was 19-year-old Anya Sudarkina, who didn't believe the meme would take off the way it did because she had "relly low meme confidence."

She didn't mind that people are copying the Evil Kermit meme template because that is how memes "gain currency" and become popular - by sharing it with others to reach a wider audience.

"I think this meme touched so many hearts because everybody could bond over scapegoating a frog in a cloak for their bad decisions," Sudarkina told The Verge.

Memes, after all, are ideas, images, trends, or pieces of information that can be spread through one's culture.

Unfortunately, the meme was short-lived. A quick search on Google Trends revealed that the meme died off and became obscure by April 2017.

Best Examples of Evil Kermit Memes

Despite the meme becoming less and less popular, the meaning behind the meme is still relatable and easily understood. As such, here are some of the best Evil Kermit memes we could gather for your entertainment:

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