Is He Here?

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About

Is He Here? refers to a scene from mystery TV series Stranger Things in which character Dustin Henderson inquires about character's Steve Harrington's presence and meets him immediately after. In late July 2019, lipsync/object labeling parodies of the scene gained popularity on TikTok, with the format spreading to Reddit as a three-panel image in August 2019.

Origin

On July 4th, episode two "Chapter Two: The Mall Rats" of season three of the mystery TV series Stranger Things premiered on Netflix.^[1] In one scene of the episode, character Dustin Henderson enters an ice cream parlor and inquires if his friend Steve Harrington is currently present, with Harrington welcoming him immediately after.

- Is… Is he here?
- Is who here?
- Henderson!

TikTok

On July 24th, TikTok user @comfries posted a lipsync/object labeling parody based on the scene, with the post gaining over 630 likes in three weeks (shown below).^[2] In the following days, more users on the platforms posted similar videos, with notable posts by users @macyrayy,^[3] @_ryan.cea^[4] and @its_brooks^[5] (examples shown below, center and right).

On August 2nd, 2019, Redditor Grapps used a three-panel format based on the scene for a meme, with the post gaining over 35,700 upvotes in one week (shown below).^[6]

Spread

In the following week, more memes based on the format were posted to Reddit, primarily to /r/dankmemes subreddit, including notable posts by users ZeroSuitMario^[7] and _Benjameme.^[8]