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What Grumpy Cat, Ermahgerd, Good Guy Greg, Scumbag Steve, Bad Luck Brian, and Overly Attached Girlfriend really look like.


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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:

What 6 Viral Internet Meme Stars Actually Look Like - Business Insider

"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:

What 6 Viral Internet Meme Stars Actually Look Like - Business Insider

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

What 6 Viral Internet Meme Stars Actually Look Like - Business Insider

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

Ermahgerd started on Reddit on March 14, 2012.

What 6 Viral Internet Meme Stars Actually Look Like - Business Insider

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:

What 6 Viral Internet Meme Stars Actually Look Like - Business Insider

His real name is Blake Boston:

What 6 Viral Internet Meme Stars Actually Look Like - Business Insider

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

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

What 6 Viral Internet Meme Stars Actually Look Like - Business Insider

His name is Kyle:

What 6 Viral Internet Meme Stars Actually Look Like - Business Insider

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

Good Guy Greg was created in response to Scumbag Steve:

What 6 Viral Internet Meme Stars Actually Look Like - Business Insider

His real identity is unknown.

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

Good Girl Gina:

I know these people... - Imgur

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

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