Rachael Gunn "Raygun" memes

Alternative names: "Australian break dancer", "Australian Olympic Meme", Australian Olympic Breaking"

What are RayGun Memes??

An unexpected meme sensation during the 2024 Paris Olympics. Raygun memes are scenes from break dancing or "breaking" during the 2024 Olympics in Paris France.

It's unclear if Raygun was purposefully performing outlandish manuevers or if she was trolling her audience. However we love the effort and material that came out of it! She received 0 points for her effort but a 100 in our heart.

Raygun memes as of Aug 2024 became viral catching the attention of many curious on-lookers enthralled by the new Olympic sport of 'breaking' and outlandish moves over a professional break dancer.

Who is Rachael Gunn?

Born in Hornsby in New South Wales, Gunn was a former jazz and ballroom dancer. She was introduced to breaking by the man she later married, who had been practising for 10 years.

She is a lecturer at the Department of Media, Communications, Creative Arts, Language and Literature at Macquarie University, where her biography states that she is an interdisciplinary and practice-based researcher interested in the cultural politics of breaking.

After the performance Rachael was quoted saying:

“I was never going to beat these girls on what they do best, the dynamic and the power moves, so I wanted to move differently, be artistic and creative because how many chances do you get in a lifetime to do that on an international stage?,” she said.

Why use Ray Gun Memes?

The "Ray gun" meme is popular for its humorous and exaggerated depiction of situations where something goes drastically wrong or turns out unexpectedly. In the context of the breakdancer who can’t dance emphasizes the absurdity of the situation in a playful and relatable way.

What tools can I use to create Ray Gun Memes?

You can go to https://classic.createa.meme and a generate meme templat e or https://createa.meme in any of the three custom modes.

• Magic mode will try to come up with its own variations of the meme and text.
• Custom mode you can upload your needed template from the web and the AI will generate the text.
• Template mode you can can select the predefined templates from our listing to generate your memes.

Additionally you can use the Meme Magic GPT in Open AI's ChatGPT to generate memes, and it even allows for in page image editing if text is not correct or you want to remove something from the image. https://chat.openai.com/g/g-SQTa6OMNN-meme-magic