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Jeb!
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| Synonyms: | Jeb!, Jeb Sweep, Jeb Wins, Jeb Bush Flawless Victory |
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Jeb!, also called Jeb Sweep, Jeb Wins, or Jeb Bush Flawless Victory is a meme dating to the 2016 US Presidential election. Although it had a large presence across the internet more generally, this page will focus on documenting its usage in fandom or fannish spaces.
History
Anything I wrote here would just be a summary of the Know Your Meme page
Since the introduction of polls on Tumblr it may have seen particular use to depict or advocated for a character's victory in a fandom-related poll.[1]
Examples
| Link | credit | Fandom | character | notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ANOTHER SIX VOTES FOR BENITEZ | saucefunk | Conclave | Cardinal Vincent Benitez | 18 December 2024 |
| DYNAMO SWEEP | pybun | Deadlock | Dynamo | 11 November 2024 |
| STARSCREAM SWEEP!! | tbone-works | Transformers | Starscream | 14 November 2024 |
| Visions from a better future... | the-cult-of-sato | Phantasy Star Online | Sato | 12 December 2024 |
| MR SWALES FLAWLESS VICTORY | marghen | Dracula, Dracula Daily | Mr. Swales | 24 July 2022. alt link. Might have been in response to a tumblr poll [Note 1], or else just a (joking) commentary on the competition between the suitors for Lucy Westenra's hand in marraige -- joking advocating for Mr. Swales to win. |
| untitled, Archived version | mrwooglewogle | Nancy Drew, specifically Nancy Drew: The Deadly Device | Niko Jovic | 24 September 2023. poster noted "#its exactly the same pose" |
| trying to figure out the funniest crackpot stance on who is the current Roman emperor, and accepting suggestions (tenuous historical justification required) | caesarsaladinn | Byzantine history, US Political RPF | Jeb! | 24 December 2022 |
| A stupid shitpost based on a recent ask | askquarantinedredheart | MLP:FIM | Nurse Redheart | 12 September 2024 |
| I found clip art of Baxcalibur that was in the exact same pose as the Jeb! meme, so I had to make this edit. | spacefinch | Pokemon | baxcalibur | 3 October 2024 |
| channeling jeb into the new year for a client on discord | shroompunk | Furry fandom | OC | 2 January 2024 |
| The votes are in, Archived version | perhaps-relax | Resident Evil 8 | Karl Heisenberg | 27 June 2022 |
| FOLKS!!! we have a new speaker!!!!!!!! | saveywolf | Pokemon, US Politics | Buizel | 5 January 2023. probably a commentary on then-current news, as it was taking a the election for US Speaker for the House was taking a historically long time. |
| America has fallen 🔥 A New Empire Rises 🥑 🐊 | jimpluff | Godzilla (specifically Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire), US Politics | 1 April 2024 | |
| untitled | correctopinionhaver | Tumblr | vanilla extract | 4 February 2023. Commentary on the Vanilla Extra meme that arose from the introduction of polls on tumblr[Note 2] |
| i noticed something alt link | Morbius | Morbius | 7 June 2022. The background is a screenshot with the Morbius box office total edited to a hilariously high number, so this is probably related to the Morbius sweep memes or else mocking the re-release of the film in response to the memes. -- see also [Morbius Sweep at KnowYourMeme |
Links
Notes
- ^ (there was a "Dracula Daily Bracket" (more posts, one post in particular discussing mr. swales) hosted in fall of 2022 but I think it started after this art was posted)
- ^ Posted only one day after the poll that started the vanilla extract meme in the first place
References
- ^ The votes are in, Archived version from a Resident Evil poll.