The Snyder Cut was released Troper, and we will stop at nothing to meme it! Ready the memes. We will use the old ways.
For the 2017 film, see here.
- After the film's announcement in May 2020, there were adaptations of the infamous meme with the Ghanaian pallbearers dancing to Tony Igy's "Astronomia", this time with Superman's botched CGI face from the theatrical cut on the coffin.
- Zack Snyder's [Insert Unrelated Film] ExplanationMovie buffs have been applying filters to any old movie with religious imagery, parodying the not-very-subtle Jesus allegories strewn throughout Snyder's DC films. Examples: Zack Snyder's Digimon
◊, Zack Snyder's My Little Pony◊. - The announcement of this film's release and the success of the fan campaign caused a wave of "#ReleaseThe[insert director name]Cut" hashtags, some referring to other infamous studio meddling-plagued films, and some others being more... fancy.
- Steppenwolf's redesign became easy pickings for the "When I order something online vs When it arrives" meme, with the 2021 version being the former and the 2017 version being the latter.
- Related to that, Darkseid's initial reveal (made up of unfinished CGI) got people to Photoshop his promo image into a 90s gaming magazine cover to highlight how dated the CGI was. This eventually subsided when later trailers showed his completed rendering.
- Batman says "Fuck." Explanation Zack Snyder boasted the possibility that his version of Justice League could get an R rating, stating that there's at least one instance where Batman says "fuck". Both fans and non-fans then started posting images of Batman dropping F-bombs in random scenes.
- The number of characters that are being included in the new cut - some who were added at the last minute to pad out the runtime - lead to fans jokingly posting rumours of characters from any random franchise getting added in.
- Memes about the new (and ridiculously spiky) Steppenwolf design are also common, with even director Rian Johnson getting in on the action after a fan edited Steppy into a shot of Knives Out.
- "Justice League is a film for grownups." ExplanationSnyder said "this [movie] is made for grownups" to rebuke one critic (who has both criticized and defended Snyder's films in the past) for likening the theatrical version — which he saw as a Guilty Pleasure — to a Saturday-Morning Cartoon; said critic noted that the trailer made the movie look like an extended version of the theatrical release rather than a completely new film. The slam has both been praised by fans and derided by others, who jab Snyder for some elements they deem sophomoric in his DC movies, or snarking on his style in general. A spoof video that Collider made, which featured a Mac and Me ad In the Style of the Zack Snyder's Justice League trailer, was released with a joke that it was a version for grownups.
- "The Snyder Cut doesn't exist/the Snyder Cut is the same movie but longer/the Snyder Cut will still be bad" ExplanationSnyder Cut supporters regularly parrot these arguments - sometimes all at once - to mock anyone who is critical of the movement or Zack Snyder's DC films. Dan Olson got hit with it particularly hard for his video about how the Snyder Cut did not exist in any finished form. Despite the backlash however, Olson predicted almost exactly how the Snyder Cut would be released and what it would take to finish it.
- After a Joker line in a trailer turned out to be ad-libbed by Jared Leto and then deleted from the released movie, people — both sincerely and poking fun at the hard-to-please nature of some fans — immediately began demanding the release of "The Society Cut".
- "Tom and Jerry leaked the Snyder Cut!" ExplanationDue to an error in coding, HBO Max accidentally uploaded the entire film with the wrong metadata; users attempting to watch Tom and Jerry were instead shown this film. Thankfully, it was fixed before anyone could fully download it, but it didn't stop major elements from getting out ahead of time.
- *Ancient lamentation music* ExplanationIn the film, every scene that showcases Wonder Woman bar two that use her own leitmotif from the previous films is bizarrely punctuated by what the subtitles call "ancient lamentation music", especially in scenes with a distinct lack of lamentation. Its unfitting name and hilarious overuse immediately made it the subject of mockery.
- Aquaman pointing a finger at a befuddled Flash after the latter ran headfirst into him as a result of a Deadly Dodging by Superman has been compared to the "Techno Viking"◊ with phrases such as "same energy".
- Steppenwolf's wide-eyed design and sympathetic motivation of just wanting to go home have made him a frequent subject for memes of all kinds. Many replace his face with that of a sad-looking cat, others poke fun at how similar his situation seems to that of a guileless employee trying to climb the corporate ladder, with Darkseid as his uncaring boss and DeSaad as the conniving middle management type trying to keep him down.
- Gary the Parademon/Gary the Legend ExplanationThe Parademon who apparently didn't attend the Imperial Stormtrooper Marksmanship Academy and manages to stop the Flash mid-race with an incredibly well-timed cannon shot in the Final Battle became a Memetic Bystander. Cue "Employee of the Month", "Give this man a raise!", "Give him his own movie!" and similar things. He even got nicknames, the most popular being "Gary". "RIP" is also often included, because Batman blows the Parademon's head off right there and then.
- "Is that Elizabeth Warren back there" ExplanationA viral tweet from online comedian and Kipo and the Age of Wonderbeasts writer Ben Mekler commenting on the resemblance between Granny Goodness and the Massachusetts Senator, following the launch of the final trailer. (Mekler expressed disbelief upon learning the character's actual name.) Commenters largely seemed to agree.
- "This is not Superman." ExplanationA Twitter user disparaged Superman's Big Damn Heroes scene where he laser eyes one of Steppenwolf's horns off as "dark, wrathful, [and] evil" before declaring they'd be watching Superman & Lois for a more "accurate" Superman. Cue mocking replies from other Twitter users posting pictures of Superman from other movies, TV shows (including the Superman from Superman & Lois), cartoons, and comics showing Superman being a textbook example of Beware the Nice Ones.
- "The window breaks because it doesn't support Flash anymore." ExplanationAbout the moment when Flash saves Iris West, destroying a window with a tap of his finger. Microsoft Windows dropped support of Adobe Flash in 2020-2021.
- "Finally, we know the bottom text."Explanation"We live in a society" memes have been associated with The Joker for some time, often with the words "bottom text" to indicate that the phrase sounds like the beginning of an attempt at a profound thought about society that the person saying it never got around to finishing. When the Joker showed up in the trailer and said, "We live in a society where honor is a distant memory," the joke was that that was what was meant by the saying.
- "Flash enters the Speed Force."ExplanationThe film earned the top slot for the inaugural Twitter-decided #OscarsCheerMoment at the 2022 Academy Awards, with the description of the scene in question being "Flash enters the Speed Force" — a description that makes little sense out of context. Memes about various characters or people "entering the Speed Force" ensued, particularly in reference to unexpected events happening at the rest of the Oscars ceremony ("Will Smith enters the Speed Force" after his dramatic slapping of Chris Rock), along with jokes about the relative obscurity of the scene compared to the other recognized "cheer moments" ("Where were you when The Flash entered the Speed Force?").
- "Imagine if that money had gone to Covid research." ExplanationThe announcement that seventy million would be spent finishing the film shortly after the announcement of it's release as well as lamenting how many indie films could have been made for the same amount which led to one writer making the above statement which led to many fans gleefully pointing out that that's not how film budgets work, and repeating the above in response to the high budgets announced for projects like the The Falcon and the Winter Soldier and pointing out no-one's had such complaints for those projects.
