The Brief: A Twitter meme humorously depicts Ellen DeGeneres going all-out in attempts to surprise her guests.
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The premise of the “me on Ellen” meme is that someone is a guest on The Ellen Show and Ellen does something dramatic, even dangerous to impress them, to which they respond “OMG Ellen you didn’t.” Tweets illustrate scenarios in which Ellen goes over-the-top to give them a surprise gift. In these bizarre fictional episodes of The Ellen Show, Ellen’s showmanship is pushed to the point of absurdity. Other variations of the meme depict something else funny and unexpected happening on Ellen.
These tweets follow a script-like format, telling the series of events play-by-play. There’s a “me on Ellen” meme for everyone. This meme has room for versatility including inside jokes for every fandom, meta-memes, wholesome memes, and more.
The format typically is laid out like this – usually with a lack of capitalization that is typical on social media:
me on ellen
ellen: so I heard you love _____
me: yeah
*ellen brings in the thing that you love, even if it seemed impossible to do so*
me: omg ellen you didn’t
me on ellen
ellen: so i heard you love the ocean
me: ya
(the studio starts flooding)
me: omg ellen you didn’t
— rian (@darlingadora) March 2, 2019
A subtle anti-vax meme:
me on ellen
ellen: so you weren’t vaccinated as a child?
me: yeah
(doctor walks out with vaccines)
me: omg ellen u didn’t— em (@catralovesgirls) March 1, 2019
Ellen knows every celebrity, even the animated ones…
me on ellen
ellen: so i hear you’re a big fan of lightning mcqueen
me: yeah!
(lightning mcqueen drives out)
me: oh my god ellen you didn’t
— nev ♡ (@rcven) March 1, 2019
*on ellen*
ellen: so I hear you’re a big fan of rami malek
me: yeah
*rami malek falls through the roof*
me: omg ellen you didn’t
rami: hi everyone :}
— 𝐥𝐚𝐮𝐫𝐚 (@sevynseas) March 3, 2019
Some memes have a darker spin to them:
me on ellen
ellen: so i hear you like criminal minds!
me: yes!!
*serial killer walks out and murders me*
me: omg ellen you didn’t
— a🌺 (@reidetic_) March 4, 2019
me: *on ellen*
ellen: so I heard you love the winter soldier
me: yeahhh
*the winter soldier theme starts playing*
me: omg ellen you didn’t
me: *gets assassinated*
— chel (@sparklesbucky) March 4, 2019
For Overwatch fans:
Me on Ellen
Ellen: "So I heard you like Overwatch?"
Me: "I do"
*Winston Overwatch appears on stage*
Me: "Oh my God Ellen you didn't!”
Winston: Overwatch
— michael cheese@cali (@sakutxt) March 4, 2019