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Funniest and Best Moo Deng Memes Do the Sassy Little Meatball Proud

You scream, I scream, we all scream for Moo Deng memes.

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CNET editor Gael Fashingbauer Cooper, a journalist and pop-culture junkie, is co-author of "Whatever Happened to Pudding Pops? The Lost Toys, Tastes and Trends of the '70s and '80s," as well as "The Totally Sweet '90s." She's been a journalist since 1989, working at Mpls.St.Paul Magazine, Twin Cities Sidewalk, the Minneapolis Star Tribune, and NBC News Digital. She's Gen X in birthdate, word and deed. If Marathon candy bars ever come back, she'll be first in line.
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Pygmy hippo Moo Deng opens its mouth towards a camera with a bowl of food behind it

Moo Deng is the current meme queen.

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Viral pygmy hippo Moo Deng has waddled her way into memedom. The 2-month-old resident of Khao Kheow Open Zoo in Chon Buri, Thailand, has gone viral, and her goofy face and bod are all over social media. It's easy to see why -- she's cute, she's sassy, she's ... always slippery looking, for some reason? Here are some of the best Moo Deng memes.

Moo Deng on SNL

Bowen Yang played Moo Deng on Weekend Update on Saturday Night Live, playing off singer Chappell Roan's recent comments about needing a break from the spotlight. Give the costume person who made that outfit a huge raise, please. And Yang said on Instagram Stories that the skit was supporting, not mocking, Chappell Roan's recent request for privacy.

Read more: Why Is Moo Deng So Popular Right Now? This 'Bouncy Meatball' Has a Livestream and Merch

Like Garfield, Moo Deng hates Mondays

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Moo Deng stands in for all of us who hate the beginning of a new work week.

Moo Deng, lifestyle icon

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Respect the moist, blurry round icon that is Moo Deng.

It's almost Halloween

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Parents of cute, round babies, take note.

Oh, no! There goes Tokyo

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Remember the movie Godzilla: Minus One? Here it gets an update.

Moo Deng valentines

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Moo Deng can help you express your love in so many ways.

We all scream for Moo Deng

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Moo Deng gets a free pass on her screaming.

Herrrrrrre's Moo Deng!

Moo Deng is photoshopped into the famous axe scene from The Shining
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Moo Deng has been edited into scenes from plenty of popular movies, but The Shining shows up again and again.

Chomp!

Moo Deng is edited into a meme about violence because she bites her keeper's knee
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Moo Deng is famed for biting (gumming, because her teeth are just coming in) her zookeeper's knee, but hmm, that hardly means she should earn a reputation for violence.