Deep fried memes emerged as a unique internet phenomenon on Tumblr in 2015. While the origin of the meme is unknown, the first recognized use of the term came from user paparoachscarsmp3 ...

The second panel of the meme is always in the “deep-fried” style, featuring glowing eyes and a heap of Photoshop filters. This seems to have inspired the deep-fried Shaq who appears in ...