Butt Slam

2018Image macro / object labelingdead

Also known as: Butt Drop

Butt Slam is a 2018 object-labeling image macro depicting a large woman mid-air poised to land on a blindfolded man, which gained popularity through political commentary on Twitter before spreading across Reddit and 4chan.

Butt Slam (also called Butt Drop) is an object labeling image macro built from a screenshot of a large woman mid-air, about to land on a blindfolded man lying beneath her. The format took off in April 2018 after a Twitter post used it for political commentary, and it quickly spread across Reddit, 4chan, and meme aggregator sites as users applied their own labels to the two figures1.

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Overview

The Butt Slam template uses a single screenshot from an adult video featuring a large woman captured mid-jump, about to land on a blindfolded man lying flat on the ground beneath her. The comedy comes from the obvious power imbalance and impending impact. Users add object labels to the woman and man, casting them as any two things where one is about to overwhelm, crush, or destroy the other3.

The format fits neatly into the object labeling meme tradition, where the humor depends entirely on what the creator assigns to each figure. The woman typically represents something large, powerful, or inevitable, while the man stands in for whatever is about to get flattened3.

On April 10, 2018, Twitter user @BasedMonitored posted the screenshot with the woman labeled "Islam" and the man labeled "Europe," accompanied by a series of years. The post framed the image as political commentary about immigration in Europe3. This was the first known use of the screenshot as a meme template.

Origin & Background

Platform
Twitter (original post), Reddit (viral spread)
Creator
@BasedMonitored
Date
2018

On April 10, 2018, Twitter user @BasedMonitored posted the screenshot with the woman labeled "Islam" and the man labeled "Europe," accompanied by a series of years. The post framed the image as political commentary about immigration in Europe. This was the first known use of the screenshot as a meme template.

How It Spread

The image jumped to Reddit within days. On April 14, 2018, Redditor Synapse59 posted a version labeling the woman as "Missile Strike" and the man as "Syria" to the subreddit r/ImGoingToHellForThis. The post picked up more than 990 upvotes with a 96% approval rate within one week.

The next day, April 15, Redditor That_One_Wolf posted a Dark Souls-themed Photoshop edit to r/TwoBestFriendsPlay. On April 16, Redditor pvtgoombah submitted a version with "WW3" dropping onto "males over the age of 18." That same day, Ebaum's World featured the image in a roundup titled "Save AF Monday Memes".

Gaming communities picked it up too. On April 17, Redditor sayy_umm posted an Overwatch-themed edit referencing the character Doomfist to r/Overwatch_Memes, where it earned over 820 upvotes at 97% approval within 72 hours.

On April 20, an anonymous 4chan user posted the original screenshot asking what type of content it was from. Another user identified the genre as "Ssbbw squashing" and named the model as Monique. A screenshot of that 4chan exchange then hit the front page of r/4chan the same day.

How to Use This Meme

The format works best when you have a situation where something big or unstoppable is about to hit something smaller or unprepared:

1

Start with the Butt Slam screenshot (the woman mid-air, the man on the ground)

2

Label the woman with whatever force, event, or thing is doing the crushing

3

Label the man with whatever is about to get crushed

4

The more dramatic the size mismatch between the concepts, the better the joke lands

Fun Facts

The original 4chan thread that identified the source material became its own viral moment when the screenshot of that exchange reached the front page of r/4chan.

The Overwatch community adopted the format specifically for Doomfist's "Meteor Strike" ultimate ability, which involves the character dropping from the sky onto enemies.

The meme's initial spread happened almost entirely within a 10-day window in April 2018.

Urban Dictionary lists "butt slam" with entirely unrelated definitions, none of which reference the meme.

Frequently Asked Questions

Butt Slam

2018Image macro / object labelingdead

Also known as: Butt Drop

Butt Slam is a 2018 object-labeling image macro depicting a large woman mid-air poised to land on a blindfolded man, which gained popularity through political commentary on Twitter before spreading across Reddit and 4chan.

Butt Slam (also called Butt Drop) is an object labeling image macro built from a screenshot of a large woman mid-air, about to land on a blindfolded man lying beneath her. The format took off in April 2018 after a Twitter post used it for political commentary, and it quickly spread across Reddit, 4chan, and meme aggregator sites as users applied their own labels to the two figures.

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Overview

The Butt Slam template uses a single screenshot from an adult video featuring a large woman captured mid-jump, about to land on a blindfolded man lying flat on the ground beneath her. The comedy comes from the obvious power imbalance and impending impact. Users add object labels to the woman and man, casting them as any two things where one is about to overwhelm, crush, or destroy the other.

The format fits neatly into the object labeling meme tradition, where the humor depends entirely on what the creator assigns to each figure. The woman typically represents something large, powerful, or inevitable, while the man stands in for whatever is about to get flattened.

On April 10, 2018, Twitter user @BasedMonitored posted the screenshot with the woman labeled "Islam" and the man labeled "Europe," accompanied by a series of years. The post framed the image as political commentary about immigration in Europe. This was the first known use of the screenshot as a meme template.

Origin & Background

Platform
Twitter (original post), Reddit (viral spread)
Creator
@BasedMonitored
Date
2018

On April 10, 2018, Twitter user @BasedMonitored posted the screenshot with the woman labeled "Islam" and the man labeled "Europe," accompanied by a series of years. The post framed the image as political commentary about immigration in Europe. This was the first known use of the screenshot as a meme template.

How It Spread

The image jumped to Reddit within days. On April 14, 2018, Redditor Synapse59 posted a version labeling the woman as "Missile Strike" and the man as "Syria" to the subreddit r/ImGoingToHellForThis. The post picked up more than 990 upvotes with a 96% approval rate within one week.

The next day, April 15, Redditor That_One_Wolf posted a Dark Souls-themed Photoshop edit to r/TwoBestFriendsPlay. On April 16, Redditor pvtgoombah submitted a version with "WW3" dropping onto "males over the age of 18." That same day, Ebaum's World featured the image in a roundup titled "Save AF Monday Memes".

Gaming communities picked it up too. On April 17, Redditor sayy_umm posted an Overwatch-themed edit referencing the character Doomfist to r/Overwatch_Memes, where it earned over 820 upvotes at 97% approval within 72 hours.

On April 20, an anonymous 4chan user posted the original screenshot asking what type of content it was from. Another user identified the genre as "Ssbbw squashing" and named the model as Monique. A screenshot of that 4chan exchange then hit the front page of r/4chan the same day.

How to Use This Meme

The format works best when you have a situation where something big or unstoppable is about to hit something smaller or unprepared:

1

Start with the Butt Slam screenshot (the woman mid-air, the man on the ground)

2

Label the woman with whatever force, event, or thing is doing the crushing

3

Label the man with whatever is about to get crushed

4

The more dramatic the size mismatch between the concepts, the better the joke lands

Fun Facts

The original 4chan thread that identified the source material became its own viral moment when the screenshot of that exchange reached the front page of r/4chan.

The Overwatch community adopted the format specifically for Doomfist's "Meteor Strike" ultimate ability, which involves the character dropping from the sky onto enemies.

The meme's initial spread happened almost entirely within a 10-day window in April 2018.

Urban Dictionary lists "butt slam" with entirely unrelated definitions, none of which reference the meme.

Frequently Asked Questions