British author and illustrator Roger Hargreaves launched his Mr. Men series in 1971 when his son asked, “What does a tickle look like?” Later, in1995, the “Little Miss” children’s television started. However, the franchise has resurfaced once more over the summer, due to a series of trending memes.
People are posting Little Miss graphics with relatable captions to create dark, yet relatable memes. The original television series has a character named Little Miss Jealous, while memes include someone like “Little Miss at my Breaking Point.”
Giorgio Angelini is the filmmaker who tracked the arc of the Pepe the Frog comic meme in the documentary “Feels Good Man,” says that “She’s [Little Miss is] no longer just grumpy. She’s reeling from anxiety and depression because the world is warming, democracies are crumbling and those in power seem to be more Mr. Greedy than Mr. Actionably Concerned.”
Before the TV show, British author and illustrator Roger Hargreaves launched his Mr. Men series in 1971 when his son asked, “What does a tickle look like?” Since his father’s death in 1988 Adam Hargreaves has been adding characters such as “Mr. Calm,” as well as celebrity inspiration like “Little Miss Spice Girls.”
This month, one particular Instagram account — “LittleMissNotesApp” — has nearly 2 million followers by posting the Hargreaves’ characters beneath captions such as, “Little Miss Lexapro,” “Mr. Vape Cloud” and “Little Miss Aggressive Drunk.” The account gives credit to the user Juulpuppy, who last spring began posting such art updates as “Little Miss Weed Psychosis.”
The Twitter account “dreamgirltat” helped popularize the trend when she shared a character captioned “Little Miss Smokes Too Much Weed” on April 17. The tweet received more than 36,000 likes. The meme later appeared on the Tumblr account of “NotYourGayBestie,” which belongs to Mike Di Carlo, a New Jersey food service worker.
He told The NY Post that the recent Twitter trend “shocked” him: “I absolutely loved how it completely took over every platform. Nothing but absolute love and admiration for the Hargreaves/Little Miss characters.”
People are posting Little Miss graphics with relatable captions to create dark, yet relatable memes. The original television series has a character named Little Miss Jealous, while memes include someone like “Little Miss at my Breaking Point.”
Giorgio Angelini is the filmmaker who tracked the arc of the Pepe the Frog comic meme in the documentary “Feels Good Man,” says that “She’s [Little Miss is] no longer just grumpy. She’s reeling from anxiety and depression because the world is warming, democracies are crumbling and those in power seem to be more Mr. Greedy than Mr. Actionably Concerned.”
Before the TV show, British author and illustrator Roger Hargreaves launched his Mr. Men series in 1971 when his son asked, “What does a tickle look like?” Since his father’s death in 1988 Adam Hargreaves has been adding characters such as “Mr. Calm,” as well as celebrity inspiration like “Little Miss Spice Girls.”
This month, one particular Instagram account — “LittleMissNotesApp” — has nearly 2 million followers by posting the Hargreaves’ characters beneath captions such as, “Little Miss Lexapro,” “Mr. Vape Cloud” and “Little Miss Aggressive Drunk.” The account gives credit to the user Juulpuppy, who last spring began posting such art updates as “Little Miss Weed Psychosis.”
The Twitter account “dreamgirltat” helped popularize the trend when she shared a character captioned “Little Miss Smokes Too Much Weed” on April 17. The tweet received more than 36,000 likes. The meme later appeared on the Tumblr account of “NotYourGayBestie,” which belongs to Mike Di Carlo, a New Jersey food service worker.
He told The NY Post that the recent Twitter trend “shocked” him: “I absolutely loved how it completely took over every platform. Nothing but absolute love and admiration for the Hargreaves/Little Miss characters.”
