All of the Twice members are fountains of memes to varying degrees, as shown with the twicememes
subreddit. This page lists some recurring memes within the fandom.
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- The meme. [[labelnote:Explanation]]The explanation behind the meme.[[/labelnote]] ExampleLike this.
General / Multiple Members
- "I love you so much!"explanation Lyric from "TT". Variations of it have naturally been used as expressions of endearment by fans. Plus Nayeon during aegyo mode at least once.
- "Can I be your dog?"explanation Fan question to Momo, read by Tzuyu. Momo was confused about it for a moment, then politely turned it down. The question was later asked to Tzuyu herself, a well-known dog lover, who responded by telling the fan to give her their paw like a dog. Nayeon, who lives with Momo's dogs and had to explain the question to Momo the first time, was also asked the question by fans during a solo livestream. She answered, in perfect English, "Sure, why not?" while glaring at the camera.
- JYP as members explanation "Fancy"/"Feel Special"-eras meme of JYP's face being superimposed on members' bodies
- J-Line sneezesexplanation Momo, Sana, and Mina all have very distinctive sneezes. Momo's is most often characterized as explosive (followed by some exaggerated variation/combination of 'oo-ee-ya'), Sana's is aegyo AF ('a-choo-bababa'), while Mina's is elegant (a normal sneeze, but it's so quiet, it's often easy to miss if any of the other members are talking at the same time).
- Momo scaring Nayeon explanation Momo looking like a ghost by wearing a white shirt and holding a brightly-lit phone to her face. Not to be confused with a certain other Momo.
- Jeongyeon grabbing Nayeon's collar explanation Meme based on Nayeon and Jeongyeon paying homage to characters Nick and Judy of Zootopia.
- Nayeon and Jeongyeon are married.explanation In 2022, Nayeon and Jeongyeon both needed to renew their passports at the government office in order to continue international touring. After they did, Nayeon asked to take a photobooth pic. Cue her pulling out a preprinted sign reading, "We registered our marriage!" Obviously a joke and everyone knew it, but that didn't stop fans from going along with it by saying, "It's about time they made it official." Later, during a livestream starring Nayeon but featuring other members (Jeongyeon included) just off-camera, some guy asked in English if he could marry Jeongyeon, to which Nayeon replied, also in English with mock offense taken, "No! Jeongyeon is my husband!" That the two have a LONG history of acting Like an Old Married Couple only makes it funnier. They even said during one TTT episode that they're in a loveless marriage.
- Bald Twiceexplanation There are some viral images of most of the members, most notably Nayeon◊ and Dahyun◊ edited to make them look bald. There is also a different edit of Nayeon that tends to circulate on TikTok.
- Nayeon/Momo time lapse explanation Nayeon being hyper while Momo is unfazed. This was an act, according to Nayeon, but only a slight exaggeration of their normal personalities.
Nayeon
- "I'm Gonna Be A Star"◊ explanation Nayeon famously hates this early song to the point of it becoming a meme – Once know she hates it, so they call it "her favorite song" and ask for it to be played during concerts just to watch her suffer. In the past, people have spammed livestreams with the song's title, which isn't nearly as funny because, with no other members around to lighten the mood, it just pisses her off and crowds out things she might want to read. Not helping is the fact that during the song, Nayeon ACTUALLY gets the most lines… but those lines are constant repetition of "I'm gonna be a star!" Fans took it further by photoshopping Nayeon's face into the shape of a star, in the reference of the aforementioned "favorite" song.
- Nayeon eating iceexplanationNayeon told fans to stop looking at her because she thought she looked ugly while eating ice on camera for a challenge over a 2018 music show win, not that it stopped the gif from going viral anyway because people found that she looked cute regardless..
- Disgusted Nayeon◊ explanation Nayeon's reaction in a 2020 cosmopolitan promotional video to a dancing Teletubby on TikTok whose dance she has to reenact.
Jeongyeon
- "Drunk Jeongyeon"◊. explanation It's not confirmed that she was actually in any way intoxicated, and very easily could've just been giddy, especially as they were nominated (and won). But many fans still find the thought of her being drunk at an awards show amusing.
- Yoo Beep-Beep explanation Originally a (fake) stage name for Jeongyeon during a "Time To Twice" skit, it popped up occasionally in later TTT videos. Fans soon took to using the name for times when Jeongyeon acts more open and teasing towards other members.
- "Hi."explanation Jeongyeon's response to being asked to speak English on a V Live.
Momo
- Momo as Yumeko Jamabiexplanation On Instagram there's a trend of making Momo look like Yumeko Jamabi thanks to their similar hair styles and tastes for wearing red outfits.
- "Pink Lamborghini!" explanation This was a line from a rap Momo did during SIXTEEN.
- Demon Dog Boo◊ explanation Momo's dog Boo is something of a memetic demon due in part to this out-of-context screenshot (from a VLIVE) of him appearing to snap at Dobby, her other dog. It doesn't help that there is also a live recording of the two dogs sounding possessed. This is made funnier by Momo appearing completely unfazed by this.
Sana
- "Shy Shy Shy"explanation Sana's pronunciation of her line "Shy Shy Shy" in "Cheer Up" as "Sha Sha Sha" became a meme in Korean websites and caught on internationally as well. International fans thought her pronunciation was just fine, but jumped on the bandwagon because it gave Sana positive attention. Many Korean celebrities used it too in their social media. Sana herself earned the nickname "Sha-sha" from it. It has been compared with Sohee's "Omona", a big meme that took Korea by storm back in 2007.
- Cheese Kimbap explanation Sana's other most famous aegyo moment, after "Shy Shy Shy". It went viral due to the cute way she said it on a variety show.
- Shiba Inu Sana explanationSana's bubbly personality has gotten her frequently compared to a Shiba Inu, a Japanese dog breed made famous in the west by the Doge meme. Some fans have even joked that some pictures of members with Shibas are actually pictures with Sana.
- "Is Sana Gay?"explanation A misheard lyric from "Heart Shaker". The actual lyric, "Isanghage", means "weirdly" or "wonderfully", but fans ran with "Is Sana gay" because, regardless of her personal life, Sana is known to be very affectionate with her members on camera.
Jihyo
- Jihyo's meme face◊ explanation Jihyo made this face when she thought Sana was taking a picture of her, but Sana was actually recording a VLIVE.
- Chemistry teacher Jihyo explanation Viral tweet, using a set of Formula of Love promotional images, of a fan joking of Jihyo being her chemistry teacher.
- Jihyo approves of the food...? explanation In what's become something of a running joke among ONCEs, Jihyo (in common with the other members) enjoys her food, but expresses it in a funny way. When she finds something tasty, she looks at it and gives it an expression which could easily be confused for a death glare.
Mina
- Sharon as Mina's alter-ego explanation Sharon is Mina's English name. Fans use "Sharon" in reference to her more fanservice-y stage persona, which contrasts Mina's more reserved personality shown in other content. Though lately, she's starting to embrace that side of herself, like when she reacted to fancams of her Rollin in the TW-Log group episode with a wry "I can do better", much to the surprise of the others, particularly Nayeon and Momo.
- "Yes or Yes"◊ explanation The 2018 song/EP with Mina's spoken intro, "Hey boy. Look. I'm gonna make this simple for you. You got two choices: Yes, or YES!" This is sometimes paired with doctored images of members (mainly Mina) pointing guns. With Jeongyeon they wouldn't even need to doctor an image since she pointed a gun directly at the camera during "Cheer Up".
- Turning up the volume to hear Mina◊ explanation Mina's naturally quiet voice, especially compared to louder-voiced members like Jihyo, has spawned a few jokes about needing to turn up the volume when she speaks.
Dahyun
- "BIBIMBAP!"explanation Screamed by Dahyun at the top of her lungs on a variety show while trying to explain a Korean rice dish to JYP.
- Eagle dance explanation Based on a viral video of Dahyun, as a kid, making a bird-flapping motion to a Korean hymn at church. Yes, the lyrics do in fact mention a soaring eagle at that point in the hymn. That video went viral years before SIXTEEN so she recreated the dance on the show for JYP's "What Makes You A Star?" Challenge. The choreography for "I'm Gonna Be A Star" (a.k.a Nayeon's Favorite Song, see her section) also references it by having her briefly assume the stance.
- Dahyun sees ALL the cameras.explanation In a lot of behind the scenes content, Dahyun seems psychically aware of when one of the vlogging or more subtly placed filming cameras is focused on her, and she'll look piercingly (or mischievously) straight down the lens. Additionally, there exist photos taken from a good distance away where instead of a candid shot, the photographer instead caught Dahyun smiling directly at the camera. In at least one live show she managed to look down the lens of one guy's phone camera up in the cheap seats.
- Related: Dispatch doesn't find Dahyun; she finds them. / Dispatch is terrified of Dahyun.explanation Dispatch is a Korean celebrity gossip rag notorious for its paparazzi practices, though they do sometimes publish actual entertainment news. They're known for their annual New Year's "Guess Who's Dating" reveals – Jihyo and Momo both got caught dating by Dispatch photographers. However, such photos require an element of stealth, so obviously Dahyun's ability makes their job impossible.
- Dahyun Cat◊ explanation Dahyun's exaggerated expressions have gotten her paired with images of cats, most notably Polite Cat.
- Dahyun's exaggerated expressions.explanation Her expressions, in general, are a meme.
- "Wow Hi Bonjour! Wow! Beautiful!"explanation Memetic quote of Dahyun to a passing bird from an early reality show featuring the group touring Switzerland.
Chaeyoung
- Chaeyoung drinking explanation Chaeyoung being grossed out by a drink then looking at a bottle of water. This 4-panel meme◊ was memetic enough to get a Know Your Meme page!
- 159cmexplanation In an early reality show, Chaeyoung had her height measured as 158.9 cm. Chaeyoung was very insecure about this and tried to manipulate the measurement machine to make it read as her being 0.1 cm taller, spawning some jokes relating to this.
- "Mnet..!"explanation Chaeyoung getting mad at Mnet for being made to eat spicy food, from the same reality show as above.
Tzuyu
- Tzuyu's hair flipexplanation Tzuyu has occasionally gone viral for doing the Hair Flip, most famously◊ when partaking in an archery contest at the 2016 Idol Star Athletic Championships.
- Tzuyu with a gun explanation (spoilers) Meme like this◊ and this◊ taken from the SNL Korea parody of the K-drama The K2, after Tzuyu's character revealed herself to be the spy targeting the woman the heroes were supposed to protect.
- Eyes Wide Open explanation Meme based on an image of Tzuyu having her eyes really wide open.
- "Mommy Saranghae"explanation "Mommy I love you." A somewhat strange game of kkeunmaritgi, but for whatever reason, Tzuyu saying it made Jeongyeon and Momo burst into laughter.
