This document defines a meme as an idea that spreads rapidly through written text, images, or other cultural information. It analyzes the video clip "Fat kid on a rollercoaster" as an example meme due to the large number of remix videos it has spawned and its widespread popularity online, with over 3.9 million views on the original video and 179,000 image search results. The document notes that the clip has been frequently imitated on YouTube and discussed on Twitter, demonstrating its status as a viral meme.

1. MEMESBy Caitlin and Jessica

2. What is a Meme?A meme is a well known term for describing the noticeably rapid increase popularity and spread of a particular idea in the form of written text, an image, a language ‘move’, or other piece or unit of cultural information (e.g., a catchphrase, a video clip, a recount of an event).In the case of our meme, we have chosen the video clip, named: ‘Fat kid on a rollercoaster’.

3. Why this Clip is a Meme.We believe this clip to be a meme due to the cast amount of remake video’s of this particular clip.The high amount of views illustrates that it is a world renown clip, as there were over 3,943,568 views on just the first video off of the search engine.When the title of the video is put into an image hosting website, 179,000 (0.15 seconds) results were found. Again highlighting its popularity.In addition to this the famous networking site of ‘Twitter’ has also become part of this phenomenon, following the life on ‘the fat kid’ .

4. Remix.The clip has been imitated numerous times on youtube, here are some examples...