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Celebrities are popular targets for internet memes. Sean Connery served as the inspiration for one of the leading mimetic websites, YTMND. This website was created honoring a moment in the film Finding Forrester where he says "You're the man now dog".

Some celebrities are the subject of a list of humorous (but fictional) "facts". Both Vin Diesel and Chuck Norris were topics of this trend. One example: "The Great Wall of China was built to keep Chuck Norris out; it failed miserably. Others are selected for their kitsch value. Mr. T become the protagonist of a series of websites featuring, via photo editing programs, him battling other celebrities, fictional characters and politicians, among others..

Controversial public figures are prone to become the subject of wide-spread ridicule. An American televangelist, Robert Tilton, who was accused of fraud by Prime Time Live, had videos preachings were dubbed with flatulence in a series called The Farting Preacher. Mohammed Saeed al-Sahaf, Iraqi Minister of Information under Saddam Hussein, became a popular internet target after his outlandish statements about the success of Iraqi troops in fighting American soliders. Howard Dean, once a leading contender for the 2004 Democratic presidential nomination, was widely parodied after his infamous "scream" after losing the Iowa primaries [1].