After an eagle-eyed Twitter user (@kojironanjo) realized that the Barbie trailer was ripe for meme-ification, Twitter fandom did what fandom does best, and immediately took the joke to the extreme. Reaching all corners of the world, fandoms immediately drew their favorite pairings using the Barbie mugshot screenshots as inspiration. With Margot Robbie’s concerned Barbie and Ryan Gosling’s cheesing Ken, the absurdity was truly just too good.
The key is having one character look slightly terrified and utterly baffled and possibly regretting every choice that has ever led to them getting their mugshot taken and the second character has to be a complete and total himbo, just an absolute dummy, smoothbrain as fuck, no thoughts, just vibes. The results, if the fanart is anything to go by, is perfect. Take a look at some of my favorites.
Alright, so the last one wasn’t a redraw, but even the greatest sometimes het beaten to the punchline. From the “This Barbie” poster craze from last month to this unintentional viral fandom moment, Barbie is already taking over the internet, and I, for one, can’t wait to welcome my new plastic overlords into my heart.
Barbie will be released in theaters on July 21.
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