Mayor Meanswell

About

Mayor Meanswell is a character from the children's television show, LazyTown, voiced by David Matthew Feldman. The character is the uncle of protagonist Stephanie and is the mayor of Lazy Town.

Origin

Mayor Meanswell made his debut in the first episode of LazyTown, "Welcome to Lazy Town" which was broadcasted on Nickelodeon during the Nick Jr block and debuted August 16th, 2004.^[1] Mayor Meanswell is an overworked, but also highly respected mayor of Lazy Town and the uncle of the show's main protagonist Stephanie. He often enjoys the laidback nature of Lazy Town but also loves the fact that the town has a superhero, that of Sportacus.

Spread

During the summer of 2016, Mayor Meanswell became prominent within dank meme culture. Various examples include a still image of the character occasionally accompanied by ear rape. A compilation of vines containing Mayor Meanswell was uploaded to YouTube by user Purple Pineapple on June 10th, 2016. The video has garnered over 78,000 views as of April 2020.

Various Examples

Should I Kill Myself or Kill Them?

Should I Kill Myself or Kill Them? is a template meme involving Mayor Meanswell pondering whether he should commit suicide or murder in relation to a subject posted in the previous frame. The earliest instance can be traced back to July 2nd, 2016, during the #GrowingUpShy trend on Twitter where user @FactsOfSchool posted a tweet describing a situation where they are asked to speak up during a presentation with the macro of Mayor Meanswell saying "Should I kill myself or kill them" in Comic Sans.^[1] Other tweets in a similar fashion would follow suit.

The template would not see major use until April 21st, 2019 where Reddit user /u/NineTailedNibba made a post on r/dankmemes where they used the template as a reaction to a video titled "WHY FORTNITE IS WAY BETTER THAN MINECRAFT" by YouTuber Fry Em Up. The post would garner 2,800 upvotes and a 97% approval rating on the subreddit.^[2]

Various Examples

Template

External Links