Elf On The Shelf Urban Dictionary

About

"You've Heard of the Elf on the Shelf" refers to a series of image macro in which the phrasal template "You've heard of Elf on the Shelf, at present become ready for" captions an paradigm of 2 things that rhyme with each other. The prototype serves as a punchline for the caption. In Dec 2020, a variant of the meme, in which the caption is removed and replaced with the hashtag #MyElf, spread on social media.

Origin

On December tertiary, 2016, Tumblr^[1] user fuckin-rockets posted a variation with the phrase "You lot've heard of Elf on the Shelf." Under that caption, they posted a picture of an Ash Ketchum activity figure in a garbage tin can (the implied rhyme being "Ash in the trash"). The post (shown below) received more than 53,000 notes within 10 months.

The meme that started it all,Ash in the Trash

Precursor

Y'all've Heard of Bigfoot, Now Get Ready for Smallhand is a give-and-take play joke almost an unknown rival to the cryptid ape creature Bigfoot. Later on circulating on Tumblr in July 2015, the joke inspired many variations on the microblogging site using the phrasal template "You've heard of X, at present go ready for Y," typically contrasting two diametrically opposed terms.

You've heard of Bigfoot, not get ready for small hand

Spread

On September 14th, 2017, Redditors /r/me_irl subreddit began posting "Elf on the Shelf" variants en masse. That day,^[2] PM_ME_YOUR_CHEETOS posted an prototype with the caption "You lot've heard of Elf on the Shelf, at present get ready for" and an image of Shrek on a backyard deck in the The mail service (shown below, left) received more than than 19,000 points (19% upvoted) and 200 comments. Redditor^[3] pebblesom posted the character Waluigi on a squeegee (shown beneath, middle), garnering more than 20,000 points (93% upvoted) and 280 comments. Additionally, Redditor^[4] Havokmin posted a picture of Link from The Legend of Zelda on a sink (shown below, right), receiving more than 5,000 points (95% points) and 85 comments.

you've heard of Elf on a Shelf, not get ready for Shrek on a deck

you've heard of Elf on the shelf, now get ready for Luigi on a Squeegee

you've heard of Elf on The Shelf, get ready for Zelda's Link on a Sink

On September eighteen, 2017 Twitter published a moments page regarding the recent popularity of the elf on the shelf images.^[5] Several media outlets covered the popularity of the meme, including TIME,^[6] New York Mag,^[7] BuzzFeed,^[eight] Polygon^[ix] and more than.

On September 17th, Twitter^[10] user @nsarmored frog posted a picture of a costly Pokémon Evee on a Television. The post (shown below) received more than 27,000 retweets and 58,000 likes in two days.

after Elf on The Shelf comes Pokémon Evee on a TV

Airport Photoshop Boxing

On Dec 10th, 2018, the Vancouver Airport in Vancouver, Canada sparked a photoshop boxing, when the airport'due south Twitter business relationship^[11] posted a photoshop of rapper Lil' Wayne atop an plane with the caption "You've heard of Elf on the Shelf, now get ready for…" The mail service received more than 1,000 retweets and 3,400 likes in two days (shown beneath).

Vancouver Airport YMR @yvrairport You've heard of Elf on the Shelf, now get ready for... airline wide body aircraft air travel aerospace engineering airliner airplane aircraft

Shortly after, other airlines and airports began posting images of celebrities atop different vehicles and airport and airplane items to fit the format. For example, Tampa International Airport posted^[12] a motion picture of Snoop on a Swoop (shown below, left). RDU International Airport tweeted^[13] Taylor Swift "taking a lift" (shown below, heart). Pheonix Sky Harbour Airport tweeted^[xiv] Thor "on a Condor" (shown below, correct).

The post-obit twenty-four hours, Twitter^[15] published a Moments page on the tweets.

Tampa Intl Airport @FlyTPA Replying to @yvrairport @LilTunechi Ok, we see you... but what about Snoop on a Swoop? airline air travel mode of transport text aerospace engineering aviation product aircraft

RDU Int'l Airport @RDUAirport Replying to @yvrairport @Liffunech We here: Tay Swift taking lift #airporttwitter

PHX Sky Harbor @PHXSkyHarbor Replying to @yvrairport @LilTunechi Thor (@chrishemsworth) on a @Condor #AirportTwitter Condo 75 Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport Flight Frankfurt airline air travel airliner airplane narrow body aircraft airbus aircraft aerospace engineering

#MyElf

#MyElf refers to a variation of the meme in which the caption is removed. In this variant, people must guess the answer without the preamble of the "You've Heard of Elf on a Shelf" prompt. Social media users categorize this version with the hashtag #MyElf.

On December 1st, 2020, actor Garcelle Beauvais posted a version of the meme on Instagram^[sixteen] in which her image sits on the shoulder of music producer Pharrell Williams. The post received more than than 22,000 likes in less than three weeks (shown below).

You've heard of Elf on a Shelf, garcelle • Follow now get ready for this... garcelle repost 1w www. 22,383 likes DECEMBER 1 Add a comment... Post Pharrell Williams Amy Schumer Katy Perry Heidi Klum Human Sleeve Hat Text Headgear Costume accessory Sun hat Costume hat Facial hair Fedora Costume

Over the next week, celebrities continued to share the meme, slowly removing the "Yous've Heard of Elf on a Shelf" caption. On December 4th, for example, actor Marker Ruffalo replied to a tweet^[17] of the game past role player Elizabeth Banks, writing, "I enhance y'all a Stark on a Marker." The mail received more than than 10,000 likes and 590 retweets in less than two weeks (shown below, left).

Shortly after, the hashtag #MyElf began to spread, with people either guessing what the answer to the photograph riddle is or just posting the answer. For example, on December 7th, actor Tracee Ellis Ross tweeted,^[xviii] "I nowadays to you The Dominate on Ross… I merely had to join in on the fun! #MyElf." The tweet received more than iii,600 likes and 160 retweets in less than one week (shown below, center). S Korean rapper CL tweeted,^[nineteen] "Adele on CL. #MyElf." The tweet received more than 25,000 likes and two,000 retweets in less than 1 week (shown below, right).