The Best TV and Movie Memes Of 2025: From Sandoval to ‘Severance’

Sorry 6-7, you didn’t make the cut.

2025 has been a year for the history books, especially if the books are being filled with pictures and memes from social media moments, pop culture discussions, movies, and television shows that spanned generations. The internet is the great unifier, you know? It’s also the great divider, but let’s not get into that discussion today.

No, today we’re here to keep it light and fun by recapping just some of the best memes that came from our favorite shows and movies in 2025, across streaming services, genres, and the actual release schedule of the year. That’s a long way of saying that even if you only watched one show all the way back in January, it might be on here! Well, that depends, did you watch The Traitors?

Enough with the intro and the spoilers, whatever shows and movies you got into this year, follow along with us as we take a look back at just a few of our favorite memes and hilarious moments from TV and movies in 2025…

Tom Sandoval in The Traitors Season 3

Throw a stone while watching The Traitors Season 3 and you will find Tom Sandoval giving us a memorable moment. Who can forget his pit stains at breakfast, his “girls are better cheater than guys” line, and, of course, his iconic performance with the dolls, which inspired many a Halloween costume. This season certainly was not in short supply when it came to memes — honorable mention to Danielle Reyes rocking back and forth after one particularly tense elimination — but no one was beating Sandoval at this game.
Jon Hamm Dancing in ‘Your Friends & Neighbors’

A late addition but one that deserves its spot. I feel like I was one of 10 people watching Your Friends & Neighbors as Season 1 aired on Apple TV+, so it’s nice to see people finally finding this show, even if it is just with a meme of Hamm feeling himself in the clurb. On Instagram and TikTok, the video of Hamm’s moves has become a trend for people to show off catching a vibe, even when the timing may be completely inappropriate.
Running Kid from Weapons

Photo: New Line Cinema

Very few movies broke through this year and united us all into even a semblance of a monoculture, but if there’s a compelling argument for one, it’s Weapons. Even those who absolutely hate horror movies have seen the now-infamous running pose from the movie. Take it one step further, pretty much everyone has seen a meme using the still from the film, and for good reason. It’s so weird and child-like that it can only be properly appreciated in the form of a meme. Honorable mention to Aunt Gladys, you were iconic, but I’ll be doing this pose for years to come.
Mr. Milchick’s Marching Band in Severance Season 2

Sure, “devour feculence” could have made this list, but Tramell Tillman doing the absolute most as Mr. Milchick in the Severance Season 2 finale is top-tier. I’ll simply never forget seeing everyone make gifs of Milchick with the marching band and cracking jokes on social media about everything from drunken shenanigans to trying to distract parents from their problems during the 2008 recession. The creativity was boundless and still is.
“Instagram Live or TikTok Live?” from I Love LA

Photo: Warner Bros/HBO

A moment from television so good you can’t Google it without bringing up a hotline offering help. I Love LA‘s inaugural season kicked off by giving us one of the most Gen Z moments/memes of the year, as Maia (Rachel Sennott) is trying to get an unwelcome guest out of her home by threatening to kill herself, but polling the group as to whether she should do it “on Instagram Live or TikTok live.” The moment itself has inspired a heavily used sound on TikTok with users taking any silly or mundane disturbance in their life and overreacting to it and using Sennott’s voice to do it.
Rick’s Shocked Face in The White Lotus Season 3

If “Piper, no” actually came from The White Lotus Season 3, Parker Posey’s face would be on here without a doubt. Honestly, Posey’s unforgettable line about not being equipped to live an uncomfortable life almost did make it, but at the end of the day, no meme came close to Walton Goggins as Rick, looking positively dumbfounded. Speechless is an understatement and it has become my go-to reaction for “I’m at a loss for words.” Goggins knows a thing or two about being a meme, and you can tell because he sells it (and owns it) well.
Huda’s “I’m a Mommy” Line from Love Island

Photo: Peacock

Is there any more quotable meme from TV in 2025 than Huda Mustafa’s “I’m a mommy” moment with Nic Vansteenberghe in Love Island USA? As quickly as the sound blew up on Instagram and TikTok, the photos of their respective reactions made their way onto all the social platforms, as actors, athletes, and other notable figures jumped in with their own renditions. Add in the remixes, Etsy merch, and the full-fledged use of the sound on Dancing With the Stars, and you have the most talked-about and well-known meme of the year.

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