One of the best memes of the summer is Barbenheimer — not just because it’s led to amazing fan art of Barbie standing in a cloud of nuclear vapor, but also because it seems to be an expression of genuine interest in both of the films going head to head over the July 21 weekend. And while we all eagerly anticipate Greta Gerwig’s Barbie and Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer, some film fans are gazing toward the winter to come up with the next movie-mashing meme.
The results? Well, see below:
First of all, these two films aren’t releasing on the same day. Secondly, it’s a stretch to suggest either is as widely anticipated as Barbie or Oppenheimer. Indeed, trailers for both Napoleon and Wonka recently dropped, and the hype trains aren’t exactly moving at top speed.
Turns out, the internet agrees with us:
Another issue is that “Wonkpoleon” isn’t even the best version of that joke:
Regardless of what we’re calling it… well, we’re not calling it. Because it’s not a thing. “Barbenheimer” is a beautiful accident. “Napoleonka,” meanwhile, is our new drag name.
Just for fun, though, here are a few mashups of famous movies that actually released on the same day. No, we’re not trying to make these memes. They don’t belong in the zeitgeist. We’re just trapped in our air-conditioning and have nothing else to do: The Thing Runner, Gremlinbusters, The Wrath of Poltergeist, and of course, A Fish Called Die Hard.
If we see these anywhere on Twitter, we’ll deny all involvement.