{"slug":"ermahgerd","name":"Ermahgerd","url":"/templates/ermahgerd.jpg","w":402,"h":604,"top":"ERMAHGERD","bottom":"GERSBERMS","description":"ERMAHGERD. Make your own Ermahgerd meme with the girl, the pigtails, the retainer, and the Goosebumps books. Spell everything in the most ridiculous accent possible.","keywords":"ermahgerd meme, goosebumps girl meme, ermagerd meme, berks meme, ermahgerd girl","year":2012,"origin":"The original photo shows a young girl (later identified as Maggie Goldenberger) in pigtails with a retainer, holding several Goosebumps books with visible excitement. A Redditor captioned it \"ERMAHGERD, GERSBERMS\" in March 2012, mimicking the exaggerated speech of someone wearing a retainer while extremely excited. The misspelling format spread immediately. What keeps Ermahgerd alive is that the phonetic distortion forces you to read the caption out loud, which is inherently funnier than reading it silently. The same principle of distorted text driving the comedy appears in Doge (such wow, very meme). For pure excitement without the accent gimmick, see Shut Up And Take My Money.","format":"classic","howToMake":["The Ermahgerd template is ready. Time to butcher the English language","Top text is almost always \"ERMAHGERD.\" Bottom text is whatever you're excited about, spelled phonetically as if spoken through a retainer with maximum enthusiasm. Think: FERCEBOOK, BERK CLERB, CHERSTMAS, BERGER KERNG","The key is consistency in your misspelling. Swap vowels toward \"er\" sounds and keep it readable enough that people can decode what you actually mean","Bold white Impact is non-negotiable here. The all-caps, thick-outline advice animal style IS the format. Anything else looks wrong on this template","ERNLERD YER MERM: Hit Download for a PNG or Copy it straight to the group chat. Sharing Ermahgerd memes is a public service"],"exampleCaptions":["ERMAHGERD","THERS WERKEND"],"exampleAltText":"Ermahgerd meme showing excitement about the weekend, spelled as \"THERS WERKEND\"","exampleRefreshDate":"2026-03-02","seo":{"aliases":["Ermagerd","Goosebumps Girl","Berks Meme","Ermahgerd Girl","Gersberms Meme"],"description":"Pigtails. A retainer. Two fists clenching Goosebumps books with the grip strength of someone who has been waiting all week for the Scholastic Book Fair. Her expression is pure, unfiltered, could-not-possibly-contain-more joy. The white Impact text above and below renders everything in a phonetic accent that sounds exactly like shouting through orthodontic hardware. You have to read it out loud. That's the whole trick. Once you sound it out, you can't stop laughing at your own voice.","definition":"Top text: ERMAHGERD. Bottom text: whatever you're excited about, phonetically mangled as though screamed through a retainer. The image is a girl in pigtails holding Goosebumps books with uncontainable joy. Originated on Reddit in 2012 and spawned an entire accent that the internet still hasn't gotten tired of.","useCases":[{"category":"Ferd & Drerks","examples":["ERMAHGERD / PERZA RERLS","ERMAHGERD / TERCE BERT TERCOS","ERMAHGERD / PERNKERN SPERCE LERTAY","ERMAHGERD / MAHCARERNEE ERND CHERSE","ERMAHGERD / CHERCERLERT LERVER CERK"]},{"category":"Herlerdays & Evernts","examples":["ERMAHGERD / CHERSTMAS MERNING","ERMAHGERD / THERS WERKEND","ERMAHGERD / HERLERWERN CERSTUMES","ERMAHGERD / BERFDEY PERTY","ERMAHGERD / SNER DER","ERMAHGERD / SPRERNG BRERK"]},{"category":"Ernterternment","examples":["ERMAHGERD / NERFLERX BERNGE","ERMAHGERD / NERM SERSERN","ERMAHGERD / MERVIE TRERLERS","ERMAHGERD / NERM BERKS","ERMAHGERD / GERM ERF THERNS"]},{"category":"Sherpering & Stermf","examples":["ERMAHGERD / AHMURZERN PRERM","ERMAHGERD / BERK FRERDER SERL","ERMAHGERD / NERM SHERS","ERMAHGERD / TERGERT DERLLAR SPERT","ERMAHGERD / FRER SHERPERN"]},{"category":"Derly Lerf Excitement","examples":["ERMAHGERD / FRERDER AFTERNERNG","ERMAHGERD / PERJERMER PERNTS","ERMAHGERD / LERNG WERKEND","ERMAHGERD / CERNSERLED MERTING","ERMAHGERD / NERM RERMATE MERVED AERT"]},{"category":"Nerstalgic Stermf","examples":["ERMAHGERD / GERSBERMS","ERMAHGERD / BERK FERRS","ERMAHGERD / SERTERDEY MERNING CERTERNS","ERMAHGERD / LERNCHABLES","ERMAHGERD / BLERKBERSTER NERT"]}]}}