If you thought that the Oscars accidentally awarding Best Picture to La La Land for a brief instance would light the meme community on fire, well, you’d be exactly right.
Nearly the instant the dust settled on the dust-up, the Twitter meme factory went into full production. The most obvious jokes were about people and teams everyone thought had a win in the bag who went on to lose, like Hillary Clinton in the 2016 election or the Atlanta Falcons in the Super Bowl.
#AcademyAwards pic.twitter.com/VNWe3MBPGg
— Ryan Hampton (@RyanForRecovery) February 27, 2017
— Madeline Hill (@mad_hill) February 27, 2017
But if La La Land (which lots of people thought was bad) could win, what other awful movies (or bands) deserved a Best Picture win?
Thus, and the Oscar goes to… meme:
And the Oscar goes to… ¡¡MARTHA!! #Oscars pic.twitter.com/1kwFLw97Tj
— David Lorao (@goonielor) February 27, 2017
And Oscar goes to.. #slayer
— defaultserdar (@defaultserdar) February 27, 2017
#Oscars pic.twitter.com/fDwlSJogis
WE DID IT pic.twitter.com/VHbpohn1dX
— Dr. Bucky Isotope, Astrologist, IQ 188 (@BuckyIsotope) February 27, 2017
wow i can't believe it pic.twitter.com/bHUV8DYrsJ
— rachel (@ohhoe) February 27, 2017
Inevitably, some brands got into the act.
And the Oscar goes to… #ThisIsNotAJoke #Oscars #Oscars2017 pic.twitter.com/0cTehUgxiN
— Yamaha Motor Italia (@YamahaMotorIT) February 27, 2017
Of course, there were references to Steve Harvey’s infamous viral screw up.
"And the Oscar goes to…" #oscars pic.twitter.com/56ofquwFio
— Thiago Onorato (@onorathi) February 27, 2017
And the Oscar goes to….😂#Oscars #OscarsMeme #cashmeoutside @9GAG pic.twitter.com/TrKVJhNDEG
— Stop Khemthorn (@khemthorn) February 27, 2017
La La Land definitely wanted to cash Moonlight ousside.
H/T Huffington Post