Memes / Welcome to Night Vale

• The Apache Tracker being an "asshole" has become associated with Johnny Depp playing a race lifted Tonto in the 2013 version of The Lone Ranger.
• There's a lot of tongue-in-cheek speculation that Carlos is a grown-up version of Carlos from The Magic School Bus. At least one fan has suggested that Cecil knows/is related to Ms. Frizzle.
• "The Bus is Late" has become quite memetic due to how catchy it is.
• Saying "... and now the weather" whenever something weird happens has become the 21st-century equivalent of humming the opening notes to The Twilight Zone theme song.
• "Goodnight X. Goodnight" based on Cecil's closer at the end of nearly every episode.
• "Dogs are not allowed in the Dog Park."
• Leaving comments like "I read that in Cecil's voice" or "And now, the weather" in bizarre and somewhat ominous Tumblr threads.
• ALL. HAIL. THE GLOW CLOUD.
• "HE IS HOLDING A CAT."
• Hiram McDaniels is literally a five-headed dragon.
• John Peters - you know, the farmer?
• The Tumblr meme "regional gothic" (text posts listing things/ideas/events native to certain parts of the world (e.g. "New York Gothic"), only warped to be incredibly surreal and bizarre) often consciously or unconsciously emulates WTNV's style. There are also a couple of Welcome to Night Vale Gothic memes which present Night Vale as an ordinary town, in contrast to what we know of it.
• #CecilSweep ^note As a response to the 2022 Tumblr Sexyman Twitter polls, when Tumblr itself implemented a poll function, a second poll was held to find the ultimate Tumblr Sexyman (as decided by Tumblr). The eventual winner was Cecil Gershwin Palmer, known and beloved for not having a canonical appearence.