Alyson Shontell writes:

Millions of people across the Internet have seen the Overly-Attached Girlfriend, Scumbag Steve and Grumpy Cat memes.

Memes are photos with big blocks of text overlaid, and they generally have a theme. They often start as a single photo of one person; parts of the photo are then extracted or manipulated in Photoshop and made popular by Internet communities like Reddit. Obama was recently a meme victim.

What do all of these Internet meme stars look like when they're not captured in awkward moments or changed in Photoshop? 

Meet the stars of your favorite memes, and what they look like in real life.

Lets start with Tardar Sauce aka Tard aka Grumpy Cat:

"Tard's first photo was submitted to reddit by his owner's brother, a man named Bryan. Here's a screen grab from the initial Grumpy Cat YouTube video."

More: http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/grumpy-cat

Overly Attached Girlfriend:

Her name is Laina Walker, and she's 20:

More: http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/overly-attached-girlfriend

Ermahgerd started on Reddit on March 14, 2012.

Her identity is open to debate. There are a few plausible candidates.

More: http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/ermahgerd

Scumbag Steve's photo was taken by his mother:

His real name is Blake Boston:

More: http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/scumbag-steve

Bad Luck Brian comes from this guy's 7th grade yearbook photo he submitted to Reddit:

His name is Kyle:

More: http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/bad-luck-brian

Good Guy Greg was created in response to Scumbag Steve:

His real identity is unknown.

More: http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/good-guy-greg

Good Girl Gina:

Many more: http://imgur.com/gallery/vcWr1