Something Is Missing

About

Something Is Missing is a Twitter gimmick account that posts famous memes with their key component edited out, similar to the quarantined memes and What If It All Was Just a Dream? meme formats. The page gained notable attention in June 2021.

History

On June 11th, 2021, the gimmick Twitter^[1] account Something is Missing (@somethinmissing) was launched by Twitter users @whitebins and @heyloishehe. On the same day, the account posted its first tweet^[2] with an I Had to Do It to Em meme that had Lucky Luciano edited out (shown below). The tweet received over 2,600 retweets and 30,100 likes in three weeks.

Starting on that day, the account posted more edits of famous memes in which their key component was edited out (examples shown below).

Features

Something is Missing posts edits of memes and other culturally significant images and videos in which a key component, usually a certain character, is edited out so that only the background of the meme remains.

Highlights

On June 24th, the account posted edited intro credits of SpongeBob SquarePants, with the tweet gaining over 14,300 retweets and 200,000 likes in one week (shown below, left). On June 28th, the account posted an edit of Two Bros Chillin' in a Hot Tub meme, with the tweet garnering over 39,700 retweets and 392,600 likes in two days (shown below, right). As of June 29th, 2021, the June 24th and 28th posts were the most popular posts made by the account.

Traffic

Within one hour of its first tweet, the account received gained over 1,300 followers on Twitter. As of June 29th, 2021, the account had over 157,200 followers.

Related Memes

What If It Was All Just a Dream

What If It Was All Just a Dream? is a meme genre and a catchphrase that suggests an idea of alternative reality in which a popular internet phenomenon, such as a well-known meme or a popular influencer, has never existed. The memes often feature the background of the meme with the primary meme component erased, or show an edited image in which zero search results found for that meme.

Quarantined Memes

Quarantined Memes refers to a series of notable meme formats and templates that have been photoshopped or altered to apply to the 2019-2020 coronavirus pandemic. Typically the theme of these involves taking an established format and editing it to relate to the events of the COVID-19 quarantine and lockdown, usually with empty scenes or photoshopped items like masks and toilet paper.

Search Interest

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