Hasta La Vista, Zombie

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Hasta La Vista, Zombie refers to a series of memes based on a three-panel image macro depicting Rick Grimes (played by actor Andrew Lincoln) from The Walking Dead aiming his gun at a zombie and saying, "Hasta la vista zombie," in the first panel, the zombie then telling Grimes he likes something in the second, followed by Grimes and the zombie posing for a photo together after the zombie successfully convinces Grimes not to shoot her. The original meme was posted to Facebook as early as 2017 and became the subject of photoshops over the following years, often altering the caption associated with the zombie.

Origin

On December 29th, 2017, the Facebook^[1] page Vigarot posted a three-panel image macro meme consisting of three images from The Walking Dead TV show. In the first panel, Rick Grimes aims a revolver and says, "Hasta la vista, zombie." In the second, the zombie responds with, "Me gusta la electronica," meaning that she likes electronica music. In the third panel, Grimes and the zombie then pose together for a photo over a caption that translates to, "Come here, brother."

The original picture of Grimes and the zombie posing is a behind-the-scenes photograph from the filming of The Walking Dead's premiere episode.^[2] The post gained over 5,600 reactions and 5,100 shares in seven years.

Later that same day, the Facebook^[3] page Gututus posted an edit of the meme in which the zombie gets out of being killed by saying that he's a cat lover, garnering over 1,100 reactions and 200 shares in seven years.

Spread

On November 6th, 2023, X^[4] user @sakakiplush posted an edit of the meme in which the zombie's caption is replaced to read "stivididi toilet," referencing Skibidi Toilet, garnering over 8,900 likes and 1,300 reposts in 10 months. On December 23rd, Instagram^[5] user el_bandisel reposted it, garnering over 2,000 likes in nine months.

On March 1st, 2024, X^[6] user @iJixaw reposted the meme, garnering over 2,000 likes in six months. On August 2nd, X^[7] user @wowiewoohoo posted a version of the meme referencing the manga series Girls' Last Tour, garnering over 4,000 likes in a month.

On September 3rd, X^[8] user @GRUGCEL posted a version of the meme referencing the Hawk Tuah meme, garnering over 46,000 likes and 3,000 reposts in a day. On September 4th, the meme was reposted to the subreddit /r/okbuddyretard, ^[9] garnering over 850 upvotes in under a day.

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