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The 25 Funniest Memes of April 2013

April's fools.

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April was a hilarious month, and these memes are evidence of just that. Complex Art+Design hosted Lil BUB Week, reminding us of the Internet's most famous cat and the evolution of memes throughout the years. Seeing as how Ray's J's album cover dropped this month, Kobe got injured, Joffrey Lannister got compared to Justin Bieber, and duckface became spaghetti face, it made sense for us to continue the monthly franchise with a few laughs. Enjoy The 25 Funniest Memes of April 2013.

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25. Ameristralia

25. Ameristralia

Because of their opposite time zones, Redditors from Australia and the Americas coined the term Ameristralia to signify their mutual dominance on the site, each engaging while the other sleeps. The official mascots and associated terms are still being decided.

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24. Cats That Look Like Male Models

24. Cats That Look Like Male Models

Tumblr site "Des Hommes et des Chatons" pairs photos of male models with their feline counterparts. Some are just meant to be cute, but others are pretty ridiculous and funny.

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23. Macklemore Selfie

23. Macklemore Selfie

During a George Washington University performance, a fan threw her phone on stage, and Ben "Macklemore" Haggerty proceeded to take a selfie with the crowd in the background. Redditors decided to make it a meme with Macklemore photobombing people instead of helping them.

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22. Robot Shaming

22. Robot Shaming

The tagline for the devoted Tumblr site reads "There are a lot of bad robots in the world(s). We try to keep them in line." Robot shaming follows the old trend of dog shaming that saw owners placing signs on guilty canines, only now the robots are the targets of the finger wag.

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21. North Korean Missiles

21. North Korean Missiles

Following announcements from North Korean officials that they would launch a missile toward South Korea if certain measures weren't taken, the Internet let out a collective chuckle and made fun of North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un once again.

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20. Pottering

20. Pottering

Harry Potter references are a little old now, but then again, everything lives forever on the Internet. In this meme, people take photos while jumping on brooms, mimicking Harry Potter's preferred form of transportation.

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19. Underachieving Detroit Hipster Guy

19. Underachieving Detroit Hipster Guy

This came on the heels of the "White Entrepreneurial Guy" meme and parodies an opposing persona.

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18. White Entrepreneurial Guy

18. White Entrepreneurial Guy

Model D Media published an article about economic growth in Detroit, which featured a picture of a young entreprenuer standing in front of an abandoned train station. According to KnowYourMeme, the memes created from the image "mock corporate buzzwords and the out-of-touch perspectives associated with wealthy business owners operating in impoverished areas."

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17. Balls Replaced With Cats

17. Balls Replaced With Cats

The title says it all. The Internet is obsessed with cats, and the NBA Finals are in full-swing, so it was only a matter of time.

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16. Animals Without Necks

16. Animals Without Necks

The title says it all; this is Photoshopping at its best.

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15. Invisible Spaghetti

15. Invisible Spaghetti

As a response to the grossly persistent "duck face" photo trend, the Internet has begun adding plates of pasta to the pictures, complete with noodles mid-slurp.

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14. Got 2 Grams for $40

14. Got 2 Grams for $40

Comedian Nathan Fielder took to Twitter and encouraged his followers to text their parents the words "got 2 grams for $40" followed by "Sorry ignore that txt. Not for you" and then asked them to post a screenshot of the results online. Hilarity and some bad parenting ensued.

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13. Attractive Convict

13. Attractive Convict

This mugshot of an attractive woman taken in 2010 was recently posted to Reddit with the caption "Wanted in 50 States," sparking a resurgence in Quickmeme copies.

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12. Titler

12. Titler

While watching The Producers, Redditors were brainstorming ways to make fun of Hitler, and thought up his drag name: Titler. The subreddit was born and gained the attention of websites like TheDailyDot. These are PG examples of the not-so-PG meme.

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11. Vadering

11. Vadering

Whoever came up with the idea to imitate Darth Vader's "Force Grip" using levitation photography is a true genius.

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10. Hadouken

10. Hadouken

You can thank Japanese schoolgirls for this one. Imitating a move from the classic video game, Street Fighter, the girls take levitation photos with one person performing the hadouken move, and the other(s) flying through the air. Even Jessica Alba got in on the fun via Instagram.

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9. Joffrey Bieber

9. Joffrey Bieber

One of the most hated television villians in recent memory, the character Joffrey Lannister in HBO's Game of the Thrones (and the actor who plays him) gets a lot of flack. Considering the show's popularity, it seems obvious that someone would make the comparison between him and another pop culture teen who has been acting very bratty as of late, Justin Bieber.

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8. Moon Moon

8. Moon Moon

In an online game called "What's Your Werewolf Name," players choose names based on the first letter of their first name and the last letter of their last name. One user posted that their Werewolf name turned out to be "Moon Moon," a name that some said sounded like the mentally challenged member of the pack.

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7. Kobe's Injury

7. Kobe's Injury

Kobe Bryant of the Los Angeles Lakers tore his achilles tendon during a game against the Golden State Warriors, and fans everywhere wept. Meanwhile, the Internet laughed all the way to Photoshop.

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6. Dany Targerean

6. Dany Targerean

As HBO's Game of Thrones progresses, Daenerys Targerean (the "Mother of Dragons") becomes more and more badass. In Season 3 of Episode 4, Daenerys turned it up a notch. Sorry for the spoilers!

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5. Swedish Chef Ramsay

5. Swedish Chef Ramsay

The popular Muppets character has replaced the celebrity chef turned abrasive reality television personality in this meme that substitutes the Swedish Chef's unintelligible "bork" speech for the angry, often profane rantings of Chef Gordon Ramsay.

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4. "I Hit It First"

4. "I Hit It First"

Recording artist Ray J's painfully obvious new song about Kim Kardashian leaked with the title "I Hit It First." He claimed that the song wasn't about Kim, but the lyrics and pixelated photo of her for the artwork proved otherwise, and the Internet jumped at the opportunity to make parodies.

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3. Dogs in Tights

3. Dogs in Tights

Some things just can't be explained. This disturbing trend is an import from China that caught on for some reason.

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2. Daryl Hates Salad

2. Daryl Hates Salad

Without spoiling the show for you slowpokes, we'll just say that something major made Daryl Dixon cry in season 3 of The Walking Dead. According to this meme, he just hates leafy greens.

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1. How Animals Eat Their Food

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1. How Animals Eat Their Food

YouTuber MisterEpicMann uploaded a video of two men sitting at a table, one eating like a person while the other performed how various animals would eat at a table. The video reached over 47 million views in two weeks.

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