When tapping through everyone’s Instagram stories this summer, all you can see are different “Little Miss…” memes. Each one is more relatable. It can start with “Little Miss Jealous” and escalate to “Little Miss At My Breaking Point.” What at first were innocent little drawings became a meme 50 years later.
These happy characters are from the popular Mr. Men and Little Miss franchises. The creator, Roger Hargreaves, was a British artist and illustrator. He first published Mr. Men in 1971 because his son asked him, “What does a tickle look like?” Thus, “Mr. Tickle” was created, the first character in the Mr. Men series.
These wholesome books described how the title characters’ personalities, such as “Mr. Tickle,” change day-to-day life. Due to its popularity, many comics, songs, and BBC adaptations were made throughout the decade.
That’s when a spinoff, the Little Miss series, started. Hargreaves stated that the Little Miss characters “identify with a multigenerational audience through self-expression, colour, simplicity, and humour” on the website.
Hargreaves sadly passed away in 1988. However, his son Adam Hargreaves continues his legacy. He releases more characters such as “Mr. Calm” and celebrity-inspired characters such as “Little Miss Spice Girls.”
Now, Hargreave’s characters are captioned with “Little Miss Lexapro,” “Mr. Vape Cloud,” and “Little Miss Aggressive Drunk” by people on social media. Millions of different relatable captions are paired up with the characters, giving fans a nice chuckle.
@LittleMissNotesApp on Instagram is one of many accounts that post Little Miss memes. This account alone has over 2 million followers. The owner of the account, Nicole Gagliardi, wrote, “I think people resonate with this meme for the same reason they like knowing their personality type or zodiac sign: They like seeing something that they can identify with, and there’s something for everyone.”
The character is not only popular on Instagram. The “Little Miss” hashtag on Tiktok also has over 140 million views.
These happy characters are from the popular Mr. Men and Little Miss franchises. The creator, Roger Hargreaves, was a British artist and illustrator. He first published Mr. Men in 1971 because his son asked him, “What does a tickle look like?” Thus, “Mr. Tickle” was created, the first character in the Mr. Men series.
These wholesome books described how the title characters’ personalities, such as “Mr. Tickle,” change day-to-day life. Due to its popularity, many comics, songs, and BBC adaptations were made throughout the decade.
That’s when a spinoff, the Little Miss series, started. Hargreaves stated that the Little Miss characters “identify with a multigenerational audience through self-expression, colour, simplicity, and humour” on the website.
Hargreaves sadly passed away in 1988. However, his son Adam Hargreaves continues his legacy. He releases more characters such as “Mr. Calm” and celebrity-inspired characters such as “Little Miss Spice Girls.”
Now, Hargreave’s characters are captioned with “Little Miss Lexapro,” “Mr. Vape Cloud,” and “Little Miss Aggressive Drunk” by people on social media. Millions of different relatable captions are paired up with the characters, giving fans a nice chuckle.
@LittleMissNotesApp on Instagram is one of many accounts that post Little Miss memes. This account alone has over 2 million followers. The owner of the account, Nicole Gagliardi, wrote, “I think people resonate with this meme for the same reason they like knowing their personality type or zodiac sign: They like seeing something that they can identify with, and there’s something for everyone.”
The character is not only popular on Instagram. The “Little Miss” hashtag on Tiktok also has over 140 million views.
