Gallery: The Animated GIF: Still Looping After All These Years
01hes-dead
*President Obama gave a solemn address on the night that the raid that killed Osama bin Laden was announced. This GIF represented what the internet thought he should have done.*
02red-ball-dog
*In this superlative example of the animated GIF, a terrier named Tito flips out over a big red ball.*
03crazy-frog-brothers
*This GIF of two boys dancing around to the song "Axle F" is also known as "Crazy Frog Brothers."*
04survivor
*Taken from a 2008 episode of* Survivor*, this expression of fiendish glee at the suffering of others is the definition of schadenfreude.*
05haters-gonna-hate
*Over the years, the meme Haters Gonna Hate has taken many forms – like that cat that walks around with IDGAF swagger – but this little dude's GIF strut by artist Omar Noory encapsulates the concept utterly and totally. Hate on, haters.*
06oprah-bees
*Originally pulled from a Conan O'Brien parody, this GIF imagines the least probable but most entertaining Oprah giveaway: BEES.*
07omg-cat
*A kitten in Japan who injured her jaw (she's fine), OMG Cat catapulted to internet stardom when Justin Bieber parodied her expression as part of an April Fools' Day prank.*
08dwight-dancing
*Dwight dancing on* The Office *is great. Dwight dancing in an unstoppable GIF loop is positively epic.*
09muybridge
*The photographs of Eadweard Muybridge were meant to capture motion. Decades later, GIFs enabled his photos to be put* in *motion*.
10how-lost-should-have-ended
*The producers of* Lost *spun out their show's mystery for six very intense seasons before a finale that left some still wanting more answers. This single GIF expresses most of their (read: our) feelings on the subject in under 10 seconds.*
11brendan-fraser-clap
*Once upon a time the actor Brendan Fraser made a somewhat awkward clapping motion at an awards show … and it became the go-to GIF response for any manner of random message board posting. Poor guy may never want to cheer again.*
12dancing-baby
*Remember that viral video of a 3-D baby dancing to Blue Swede's "Hooked on a Feeling" that used to show up in e-mail chains? Here it is in GIF form!*
13deal-with-it
*The descending sunglasses that signify the "Deal With It" meme have fallen on many a face. Here they fall on one of the most powerful faces in the world.*
14i-regret-nothing
*"I Regret Nothing" has been a popular internet response for years, but it is best represented by Spinning Disco Chicken – taken from a Domino's Pizza ad.*
15mckayla-perfect-vault
*Anyone who saw McKayla Maroney's damn-near-perfect-vault (seriously, a judge dropped her jaw) during the 2012 Olympics could see it was a majestic feat. Anyone who watches it repeat like this (above) can see that it's just short of miraculous.*
16meryl-street-eye-roll
*Nothing can show your distaste for someone else's internet comment better than a Meryl Streep moment from* The Devil Wears Prada.
17nyan-cat-3
*This GIF needs no introduction – if you don't know Nyan Cat you've never been on the internet and you're probably not reading this website. But to recap: This little guy went up on Tumblr in spring 2011 and hasn't stopped running since.*
18picard-facepalm
*Nothing says "FAIL" quite as well as this moment from the life of Jean-Luc Picard.*
19you-are-not-the-father
*No one ever knew just how excited one person could be to* not *be a parent until they saw this non-father's happy dance on a 2005 episode of* The Maury Povich Show.
20lana-del-rey-dancing
*In January 2012, sultry singer Lana Del Rey went on* Saturday Night Live *and proceeded to "dance" by rotating around in a circle. Soon enough the web was posting countless GIFs of the singer dancing through all kinds of situations, including down the toilet (pictured).*
