Please add entries in the following format:
- The meme. Explanation The explanation behind the meme.
- Further mutations and successor memes, if any.
- "Is that Paul Rudd?"note In an interview with Rudd at SDCC 2014, Mark Ruffalo can be seen fanboying over him in the background. Becomes Hilarious in Hindsight when in the actual film, there's a character who says "Is that Hank Pym?"
- In general, all the "ant-sized" marketing.note This includes a blank teaser poster with a tiny Ant-Man in the middle, an ant-sized preview of the teaser, tiny billboards advertising the movie.
- "Huh."note Scott's reaction to Hank's inspirational speech, only in the trailers.
- "Is it too late to change the name?"note Scott's reaction to hearing the "Ant-Man" name for the first time, also only in the trailers.
- A still of Scott, in Ant-Man gear, giving a thumbs up has been getting some traction.
- "Bobby Newport IS Ant-Man"note An Actor Allusion to Paul Rudd's role in Parks And Recreation as a childish politician who runs against the protagonists.
- "Makes sense."note The response from Scott, a reformed thief, upon being asked to steal technology for Pym. Also only in the trailers.
- After Trailer 1, numerous jokes about Thomas the Tank Engine being evil started popping up, due to Scott and Yellowjacket's climactic battle taking place largely on Cassie's toy train set. It's cooler than it sounds.
- "I will bathe the railways in your blood!"note His take on Thanos's threat from Guardians of the Galaxy (2014).
- "I know, it wasn't my idea."note A line only in the trailer and not in the actual movie where Scott somewhat proudly declares he's Ant-Man before immediately realizing how atrocious his alias sounds. Also one of possible responses fandom can say whenever there's somebody making fun of Ant-Man.
- A popular half-joking theory is that Ant-Man was in every previous MCU movie, but was too small for everyone to notice.
- "Baskin-Robbins always finds out."note After being released from prison, Scott starts working at Baskin-Robbins, but is fired after his criminal record is discovered, and this is what his manager tells him. One of his heist crew members repeats this when he explains why he was fired.
- Ant-Man is a flop.note While Ant-Man performed about $3–5 million below expectations, it still made its budget back in less than a week and gained more favorable reviews than The Incredible Hulk (2008). This is quite impressive, as even with the Marvel label, not everyone was won over, due to Ant-Man's power set and the troubled production. Also goes in hand with Age of Ultron being an "apparent flop" despite making almost as much as the first Avengers.
- There have been various gifs of Scott meeting Ant-thony again, some of which "borrow" a certain exchange from Captain America: The Winter Soldier.note "Who the hell is—?" You get the idea.
- ANTS
note From a rather bizarre trailer for the movie which Makes Just as Much Sense in Context. Often accompanied by screencaps of Michael Douglas's particularly terrifying face. - "You tried to hide your X from me, now, it's gonna blow up in your face, and destroy everyone you care about."note From Darren Cross' Badass Boast to Hank Pym before attempting to kill the latter: "You tried to hide your suit from me, now, it's gonna blow up in your face, and destroy everyone you care about."
- Scott commenting that he'll find a job easily (He's got a Masters in Engineering!) followed by him working at Baskin-Robbins has been "hailed" as the most realistic moment in an MCU movie.
- There's apparently a petition to have Luis become The Narrator of the MCU.
- "Anything else?" "I'm still in January."note Luis' Good News, Bad News scene, summarizing how things have been going while Scott was serving his time, got popular again in mid-2020. (Get comfy before clicking that link, it goes on for a while.)
- Judy Greer appearing in this, Jurassic World and Tomorrowland in the same summer playing the small role of someone's mother spawned an article titled 'The Judy Greer Effect' - about how Hollywood treats actresses once they reach a certain age.
- "Can we just talk about the fact that Scott fought Captain America and won?"Explanation The Falcon and the Winter Soldier ends with Sam taking up the Captain America moniker. Given how easily Scott defeated Sam here in their fight, many fans noted Scott has quite the accomplishment to boast about.
- "He's so ugly. I love him!"Explanation Cassie joyfully says this line after Scott gets her a really weird-looking stuffed bunny as a birthday present for her. Her reaction is often used in the context of someone knowing something is of poor quality, but genuinely loving it regardless.
Scott: "Is it too late to change the memes?"
