Amogus

Imposter

Amogus
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Year	2021
Type of Meme	Catchphrase

Spread

In the following weeks, the image received viral spread online. For example, on January 20, 2021, iFunny user bamboosle posted a cropped version of the meme, gaining over 27,200 smiles in three weeks.

On January 16, 2021, Redditor Transformers1_480 posted the earliest derivative meme reusing the caption, editing another cartoon by StoneToss. The post received over 8,600 upvotes in /r/ComedyNecrophilia subreddit in one month (shown below, top). On January 23, Redditor AtbBerare posted another version of the meme, gaining over 2,200 upvotes in three weeks (shown below, bottom).

Starting in late January 2021, the catchphrase gained notable popularity in ironic meme communities on Reddit, such as /r/ComedyNecrophilia and /r/okbuddyretard, and on iFunny, often being used to replace dialogue lines in various comics and being combined with When the Imposter Is Sus meme. For example, on January 27, 2021, Redditor Icerob711 posted a meme that received over 2,300 upvotes in two weeks (shown below, top). On January 30, iFunny user MenesSlavos posted a dub of an earlier meme, with the post gaining over 16,300 smiles in one week. On February 5, Redditor KindaCringe2 posted a meme that gained over 11,100 upvotes in one week (shown below, bottom).

In addition to its use in memes, the catchphrase has been used as an ironic comment on social media.

More comics of this variety have been made on the Sustoss twitter accounts, which posts similar edits of Stonetoss comics.

Related memes

Things That Look Like Among Us

Things That Look Like Among Us refers to a series of image macros depicting various objects and images that resemble the crewmates from the online video game Among Us. In memes, many of these typically appear alongside text expressing insanity and frustration over seeing the character in everyday life. The meme is closely related to absurd Among Us formats like Amogus and was popularized on Reddit in late 2020 and early 2021.

Various examples

Audio

References

1. ↑ star-platinum___ (December 11, 2020). "WTF RUST COPY AMOG US ??!?!?!?!?!?111". Reddit. Retrieved March 8, 2021.
2. ↑ Lewdvik (January 16, 2021). "Stonetoss is sus, let's vote him off". Reddit. Retrieved March 8, 2021.
3. ↑ bamboosle (January 20, 2021). "Picture memes ANI3IfOJ8 by bamboosle". iFunny. Retrieved March 8, 2021.
4. ↑ transformers1_480p (January 16, 2021). "pebble throw". Reddit. Retrieved March 8, 2021.
5. ↑ AtbBerare (January 23, 2021). "Amogus". Reddit. Retrieved March 8, 2021.
6. ↑ Iceorb711 (January 27, 2021). "A cumus 😩". Reddit. Retrieved March 8, 2021.
7. ↑ MenesSlavos (January 30, 2021). "Memes de vìdeo kuJ6VXzK8 por MenesSlavos". iFunny. Retrieved March 8, 2021.
8. ↑ KindaCringe2 (February 5, 2021). "Sus!!!!!". Reddit. Retrieved March 8, 2021.