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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.

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- 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).

Reddit

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]

Various Examples

Template

Search Interest

External References

[1] Wikipedia – Stranger Things

[2] TikTok – @cornfries's Post

[3] TikTok – @macyrayy's Post

[4] TikTok – @_ryan.cea's Post

[5] TikTok – @its_brooks' Post

[6] Reddit – Henderson!

[7] Reddit – All dogs go to heaven!

[8] Reddit – This new format rules



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