{"id":"gleeks-candidate-godfrey-g-golden","name":"Gleeks Candidate Godfrey G Golden","summary":"Gleeks Candidate Godfrey G. Golden, also called Joe Glubbin or Green Joe Biden, is a fictional third-party candidate from the 2024 U.S. election, depicted as a photoshopped Joe Biden with a green tie. The meme started in a Reddit dream post right after the June 2024 Biden-Trump debate and spread across X and TikTok through Election Day.","tags":["gleeks candidate","godfrey g golden","joe glubbin","green joe biden","2024 election meme","third party meme","biden meme","gleeks party"],"howToUse":[],"imageCount":10,"nsfw":false,"images":[{"url":"https://fcdtoybbbn2ccxbp.public.blob.vercel-storage.com/images/gleeks-candidate-godfrey-g-golden/gleeks-candidate-godfrey-g-golden-cnn-debate-gleeks-candidate.webp","caption":"The foundational Gleeks image: a doctored CNN debate screencap adding a third candidate in a bright green tie, later dubbed Godfrey G. Golden of the Gleeks Party.","width":1920,"height":1079,"nsfw":false},{"url":"https://fcdtoybbbn2ccxbp.public.blob.vercel-storage.com/images/gleeks-candidate-godfrey-g-golden/gleeks-candidate-godfrey-g-golden-reddit-gleeks-origin-post.webp","caption":"The originating Reddit post from r/thomastheplankengine that launched the Gleeks meme, describing a dream about a third political party.","width":716,"height":524,"nsfw":false},{"url":"https://fcdtoybbbn2ccxbp.public.blob.vercel-storage.com/images/gleeks-candidate-godfrey-g-golden/gleeks-candidate-godfrey-g-golden-sandi-mario-brother-tweet.webp","caption":"A viral tweet from @334_sandi (4.7M views) helped spread the Gleeks image by comparing the mystery third candidate to a lost Mario brother.","width":716,"height":590,"nsfw":false},{"url":"https://fcdtoybbbn2ccxbp.public.blob.vercel-storage.com/images/gleeks-candidate-godfrey-g-golden/gleeks-candidate-godfrey-g-golden-geomaniac-quote-tweet.webp","caption":"@geomaniac_ quote-tweeted the Gleeks image, one of many viral reactions that pushed it further across Twitter/X in July 2024.","width":716,"height":707,"nsfw":false},{"url":"https://fcdtoybbbn2ccxbp.public.blob.vercel-storage.com/images/gleeks-candidate-godfrey-g-golden/gleeks-candidate-godfrey-g-golden-drax-whatever-happened-tweet.webp","caption":"A follow-up viral tweet asking 'what ever happened to this guy,' extending the Gleeks meme into September 2024.","width":716,"height":593,"nsfw":false},{"url":"https://fcdtoybbbn2ccxbp.public.blob.vercel-storage.com/images/gleeks-candidate-godfrey-g-golden/gleeks-candidate-godfrey-g-golden-godfrey-golden-election-infobox.webp","caption":"Trey the Explainer's Election Day tweet featuring a fabricated Wikipedia infobox naming the Gleeks candidate 'Godfrey G. Golden' with running mate Gerald Van Gander.","width":716,"height":1022,"nsfw":false},{"url":"https://fcdtoybbbn2ccxbp.public.blob.vercel-storage.com/images/gleeks-candidate-godfrey-g-golden/gleeks-candidate-godfrey-g-golden-gleek-sweep-white-house-tweet.webp","caption":"'gleek sweep' — a viral tweet joking that the Gleeks Party had taken over after a QAnon account claimed the White House had turned green.","width":716,"height":704,"nsfw":false},{"url":"https://fcdtoybbbn2ccxbp.public.blob.vercel-storage.com/images/gleeks-candidate-godfrey-g-golden/gleeks-candidate-godfrey-g-golden-godfrey-golden-closeup-crop.webp","caption":"A cropped closeup of Godfrey G. Golden circulated on Twitter/X with the caption 'where is he when you need him.'","width":716,"height":933,"nsfw":false},{"url":"https://fcdtoybbbn2ccxbp.public.blob.vercel-storage.com/images/gleeks-candidate-godfrey-g-golden/gleeks-candidate-godfrey-g-golden-gleeks-vs-poon-infobox.webp","caption":"An expanded fake election infobox showing the Gleeks' Godfrey G. Golden squaring off against 'Fard Mushen' of the Poon Party, an Elon Musk parody.","width":716,"height":845,"nsfw":false},{"url":"https://fcdtoybbbn2ccxbp.public.blob.vercel-storage.com/images/gleeks-candidate-godfrey-g-golden/gleeks-candidate-godfrey-g-golden-gleek-party-radio-notification.webp","caption":"A fake 'Gleek Party Radio' push notification extending the meme's lore with an absurdist news headline about the Gleeks candidate.","width":716,"height":658,"nsfw":false}],"historyUrl":"https://fcdtoybbbn2ccxbp.public.blob.vercel-storage.com/images/gleeks-candidate-godfrey-g-golden/history.md","related":["tim-walz-dad-energy","jd-vance-side-eye","i-have-concepts-of-a-plan","theyre-eating-the-dogs","brat-summer","i-understood-the-assignment","elon-musk-jumping","elon-musk-kubrick-stare","president-joe-biden-pooping-himself-at-normandy-allegations"],"popularityRank":3921,"license":"Meme images and history: templates, screenshots, photos and fan edits, many of copyrighted material or real people. Explicit and offensive memes and images are included and flagged nsfw. Check you have the right to use an image before publishing."}