About
Meme Review is a YouTube series hosted by Felix “PewDiePie” Kjellberg in which the YouTuber reviews and rates trending internet memes. Launched in November 2017, the series gained a significant following and spawned a number of in-jokes, including Bonus Meme and *clap* *clap*.
History
On November 23rd, 2017, YouTuber PewDiePie launched a new video series titled Meme Review. In each episode of the show, PewDiePie reviewed three or more trending internet memes, looking through several variations of each, providing a humorous analysis and assigning an individual rating. As of January 28th, 2019, the show includes a total of 46 episodes, with the most viewed episode “DO U KNO DA WEI? [MEME REVIEW] 👏 👏 #6” accumulating over 13.5 million views in one year.
Special Hosts
Through the run of Meme Review, the fans of the show have repeatedly proposed inviting various personalities to host the show, including YouTubers MrBeast and Jaiden Animations and entrepreneur Elon Musk.
On November 2nd, 2018, conservative political commentator Ben Shapiro hosted a segment of Meme Review, reviewing and rating several memes about himself.
On January 29th, 2019, Elon Musk tweeted a picture of himself holding a two-handed device with a caption “Host meme review?”. On the same day, PewDiePie extended an invitation to host the show.
Fandom
Since their launch, the series spawned several in-jokes and memes popular among PewDiePie’s audience.
Bonus Meme
Bonus Meme is a once-recurring segment of the Meme Review series in which an extra meme would be added to help the video exceed ten minutes in length. On December 23rd, 2017, the first instance of “Bonus Meme” appeared in the fourth Meme Review video.
The segment gained popularity among the PewDiePie’s fanbase, who have created jokes in various formats regarding the segment.
PewDiePie Is Killing Memes / *clap* *clap*
PewDiePie Is Killing Memes is a popular in-joke which refers to an idea that memes featured in Meme Review video have already peaked in popularity and are reaching the end of their “lifespan”. The trope is associated with the double hand clap performed by PewDiePie in his videos, with the implied meaning that PewDiePie is killing memes by clapping his hands. In some jokes, saying the words “meme review” is presented as a reflex reaction to a person clapping their hands twice.
On May 2nd, 2018, YouTuber Grandayy posted a video in which he applied Disintegration Effect to various memes previously reviewed by PewDiePie, referring to the trope (shown below, left). On May 30th, 2018, Grandayy posted a mock-up musical intro for the show.
Search Interest
External References
Source : https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/subcultures/meme-review