2012’s Best Celebrity Memes

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Paul Ryan's Bicep

Love him or hate him, the VP wannabe -- and P90X enthusiast -- was the focus of several popular memes (including Paul Ryan Gosling and Hey Girl, It's Paul Ryan.) Our favorite? Tweets from the fitness buff's bicep, created after TIME posted images from a 2011 photoshoot with the congressman.

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Celebrities as "Real" People

Planet Hiltron imagines what A-listers would look like minus the couture, juice cleanses, and other essential Tinseltown trimmings.

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Gangnam Style

While Psy's video itself went viral (to the tune of 1 billion YouTube plays!), it also inspired a ton of parodies -- including "Mitt Romney Style," and this altered Abbey Road album cover.

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McKayla Is Not Impressed

McKayla Maroney wasn't especially impressed by her silver medal at the London Olympics -- or Prince Harry's nude photos, or the iPhone 5, or the Creation of Adam, for that matter.

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The Hunger Games

Naturally, this pop culture phenom -- first a series of bestselling YA books, then a $408 million-grossing film -- inspired dozens of memes. Our favorite is this mashup from Hollywood.com: "Sad Gale" + 2010's "Sad Keanu."

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Kim Kierkegaardashian

This year, @KimKierkegaard -- which mixed Kim Kardashian's tweets with the musings of Danish philosopher Soren Kierkegaard -- kept it real. (A little too real, if you ask Us.)

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Mean Girls of Capitol Hill

The only thing more high school than high school? Politics, obviously. Mean Girls of Capitol Hill proves that once and for all, pairing quotes from Regina George and co. with images of DC movers and shakers.

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Texts from Hillary

If politicians are mean girls, Hillary Clinton is totally Washington's Queen Bee. This genius Tumblr took a photo of the Secretary of State checking her Blackberry and created imaginary conversations between her and various celebrities. (Mark Zuckerberg friend request? REJECT.)

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One Is Not Amused

Commenters added their own captions to this screenshot of Queen Elizabeth from the London Olympics' Opening Ceremony. (Really, though, who could blame her? Everything would seem dull after you hang out with James Bond.)