Manzieling
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About
Manzieling is a photoshop meme based on an exploitable cut out image of Cleveland Browns quarterback Johnny Manziel laying down on his back with his arms crossed over his chest during the game against the Buffalo Bills in November 2014.
Origin
On November 30th, 2014, the Cleveland Browns quarterback laid motionless on the field after losing the ball due to a failed snap during the team's regular season match against the Buffalo Bills (shown below, left). That day, Twitter user Robby Kalland[1] posted a photoshopped image of Manziel laying on the ground with several other professional athletes (shown below, right).
![54d.jpg](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/000/873/745/54d.jpg)
![fe9.png Robby Kalland @RKalland Follow @its whitney @imsohideouss "Yes, Lance. you can hang out too" NFL GATORADE RETWEETS FAVORITES 102 46 4:15 PM-30 Nov 2014](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/000/873/746/fe9.png)
Spread
That evening, the novelty Twitter account @CockyWesWelker[6] tweeted several photos of people mimicking Manziel's pose with the hashtag "#Manzieling"[5] (shown below, left). Many Twitter users subsequently posted photoshopped images of Manziel laying on the ground in other base pictures with the "#Manzieling" hashtag. On December 1st, Redditor violentrob11 posted an edited photo of former professional boxer Muhammad Ali standing over Manziel in a boxing ring to the /r/buffalobills[4] subreddit (shown below, right).
![5b1.png Cocky Wes Welker * Follow #Manzieling RETWEETS 5:29 PM - 30 Nov 2014](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/000/873/748/5b1.png)
![360.jpg γFL.MEMES](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/000/873/749/360.jpg)
The same day, the local news site Cleveland.com[2] published an article about the photoshop meme, highlighting several notable examples from Twitter. According to the Twitter analytics site Topsy,[3] the hastag #Manzieling was tweeted over 1,300 times in the first 24 hours.
![604.png Tweets per day: #Manzieling November 2nd- December 2nd 1.2K 1K 800 600 400 200 11/3 11/6 11/8 11/20 11/23 11/26 11/29 #Manzieling 1,360 ANALYTICS BY TOPSY](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/000/873/754/604.png)
Notable Examples
![bb1.jpg a- TONIGHT NBATV](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/000/873/760/bb1.jpg)
![f08.jpg 188 MGM OKAN @Bre 88](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/000/873/759/f08.jpg)
![472.jpg](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/000/873/761/472.jpg)
![8fb.png * te Follow Isaac @Worldofisaac I tihnk it's awfully nice of Manny Pacquiao to kexp Johnny l ootball company. Whaat aa nice guy 5 RETWEETSFAVORITES 344 215 4:12 PM- 30 Nov 2014](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/000/873/762/8fb.png)
![1e4.jpg](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/000/873/756/1e4.jpg)
![63e.jpg](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/000/873/757/63e.jpg)
Search Interest
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External References
[2] Cleveland β Johnny Manziels nap in the endzone gives birth to new #Manzieling meme
[3] Topsy β #Manzieling
[4] Reddit β Manzieling
[5] Twitter β #Manzieling
[6] Twitter β @CockWesWelker
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Top Comments
Ryumaru Borike
Dec 02, 2014 at 03:23PM EST in reply to
ShadyX49
Dec 02, 2014 at 03:56PM EST