# He Will Never Have A Girlfriend > He Will Never Have A Girlfriend is a 2011 rage comic meme pairing unflattering childhood celebrity photos with their attractive adult pictures, featuring Cereal Guy's shocked reactions as the punchline. "He Will Never Have a Girlfriend" is a multi-panel rage comic series from 2011 that pairs unflattering childhood photos of celebrities with their attractive adult photos, using Cereal Guy's shocked reactions as the punchline. The format started on Reddit and quickly spawned a dedicated blog and compilations across major humor sites. It found a second life in 2019 when r/okbuddyretard users turned it into an ironic meme. ## Origin Reddit user hannahisapalindrome posted the first known version on February 8th, 2011[4]. It featured two photos of actor Joseph Gordon-Levitt: one from his younger years looking nerdy, and a second showing the polished adult version. The comic used Cereal Guy's reaction template, with the calm cereal-eating panel paired with the childhood photo and the dramatic food-spitting panel paired with the attractive adult photo[4]. The concept of comparing unflattering childhood celebrity photos to their glamorous adult selves wasn't entirely new. Similar before-and-after celebrity photo comparisons had circulated on Korean web communities in the early 2000s, driven by anti-fan culture[4]. But the Cereal Guy rage comic framing gave the idea a specific visual format that made it easy to replicate and share. - **Platform:** Reddit (original format), Tumblr / humor blogs (viral spread) - **Creator:** hannahisapalindrome (Reddit user, original poster) - **Date:** 2011 ## Overview The format follows a simple four-panel structure built around Cereal Guy, one of the classic rage comic characters. The first panel shows a young, awkward-looking photo of a celebrity with the caption "He will never have a girlfriend." Cereal Guy appears calmly eating cereal, agreeing with the assessment. The second half reveals a glamorous adult photo of the same person, prompting Cereal Guy's signature spit-take reaction. The joke works on a universal truth: people who looked goofy as kids can grow up to be wildly attractive[4]. The format also has a gender-flipped version, "She Will Never Have a Boyfriend," which applies the same template to female celebrities[4]. ## How It Spread Within weeks of the original post, the format took off across multiple platforms. A single-topic blog at hewillneverhaveagirlfriend.com launched on February 25th, 2011, dedicated entirely to collecting these comics[3]. Compilations appeared on major humor sites including Memebase[1], Smosh, and Urlesque[2]. The meme also spread through Tumblr and Facebook fan pages[4]. Google search data from early 2011 shows a sharp spike in queries for "he will never have a girlfriend" beginning in February, matching the meme's rapid spread. The trend also boosted interest in its parent meme, Cereal Guy, as people discovered the rage comic character through these posts[4]. The format went quiet for several years before finding an unexpected second wave. On January 17th, 2019, Reddit user WheresMyhMuneh posted a four-panel edit captioned "He Will Never Ballin" to r/okbuddyretard[4]. The post earned over 4,300 upvotes in 11 days. A repost to r/comedyheaven pulled in over 13,600 upvotes in nine days[4]. This kicked off a wave of ironic versions where r/okbuddyretard users applied the format to absurd, nonsensical subjects rather than celebrity glow-ups. On January 23rd, 2019, PewDiePie featured several ironic "He Will Never Have a Girlfriend" edits in his Meme Review video series, pushing the ironic version to an even wider audience[4]. ## How to Use The classic version follows this pattern: 1. Find a before-and-after photo pair of someone (typically a celebrity) who looked awkward young but attractive later 2. Panel 1: Show the young/awkward photo with the caption "He will never have a girlfriend" (or "She will never have a boyfriend") 3. Panel 2: Cereal Guy eating calmly, nodding in agreement 4. Panel 3: Reveal the attractive adult photo 5. Panel 4: Cereal Guy doing his spit-take reaction ## Cultural Impact The meme rode the peak of rage comic culture in 2011, when Cereal Guy, Trollface, and similar characters dominated internet humor. It generated enough content to sustain a dedicated blog and multiple compilation articles on sites like BuzzFeed[2] and Memebase[1]. Its 2019 ironic revival on r/okbuddyretard is a textbook example of how early-2010s meme formats got recycled through layers of irony. The original joke was straightforward; the ironic version works because the format is so recognizable that warping it into nonsense is funny on its own. PewDiePie's coverage in Meme Review brought it to mainstream YouTube audiences and marked the meme's crossover from niche ironic communities[4]. ## Fun Facts - The original dedicated blog at hewillneverhaveagirlfriend.com is now a spam site with no connection to the meme[3]. - The meme helped boost search interest in Cereal Guy, its parent meme, during February 2011[4]. - Korean internet communities were doing celebrity before-and-after comparisons years before this meme gave the concept a standardized comic format[4]. - The gap between the meme's original run (2011) and its ironic revival (2019) is almost exactly eight years. ## Frequently Asked Questions ### What is "He Will Never Have a Girlfriend"? It's a multi-panel rage comic format that compares awkward childhood photos of celebrities with their attractive adult photos, using Cereal Guy's spit-take reaction as the punchline[4]. ### Where did "He Will Never Have a Girlfriend" come from? Reddit user hannahisapalindrome posted the first version on February 8th, 2011, featuring Joseph Gordon-Levitt[4]. ### What does "He Will Never Have a Girlfriend" mean? The joke is that someone dismissed as unattractive in their youth turned out to be very good-looking. The "he will never have a girlfriend" caption sets up the assumption that the spit-take reaction subverts[4]. ### How do you use "He Will Never Have a Girlfriend"? Pick a before-and-after photo pair, add the caption and Cereal Guy's reaction panels. The classic version uses real celebrities, while the ironic version applies the format to absurd or random subjects[4]. ### Is "He Will Never Have a Girlfriend" still popular? The original format peaked in 2011. It saw an ironic revival in January 2019 on r/okbuddyretard, which PewDiePie amplified through his Meme Review series[4]. The ironic version still circulates in shitposting communities. ### Who created the first "He Will Never Have a Girlfriend" meme? Reddit user hannahisapalindrome, who posted a version featuring Joseph Gordon-Levitt on February 8th, 2011[4]. ### Which celebrity was featured in the original meme? Joseph Gordon-Levitt, shown in both a childhood photo and an adult photo[4]. ### What is the ironic version of the meme? Starting in January 2019, r/okbuddyretard users began posting absurd versions with nonsensical captions like "He Will Never Ballin," using deep-fried images instead of real celebrity comparisons[4]. ### Did PewDiePie cover this meme? Yes. On January 23rd, 2019, PewDiePie reviewed ironic versions of the format in his Meme Review video series[4]. ### What happened to the hewillneverhaveagirlfriend.com blog? The single-topic blog launched on February 25th, 2011, but the domain has since been taken over and now hosts unrelated spam content[3]. ## References 1. [Memebase - he will never have a girlfriend - All Your Memes In Our Base - Funny Memes - Cheezburger]() 2. [He'll Never Have A Girlfriend]() 3. 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