{"slug":"kirby-calling-the-police","name":"Kirby's Calling The Police","url":"/templates/kirby-calling-the-police.png","w":663,"h":346,"top":"","bottom":"","hidePreviewHints":true,"description":"Kirby on the phone reporting your crimes. The pink puffball with a cell phone, ready to dial 911 on whatever you just said or did.","keywords":"kirby calling the police meme, kirby phone meme, kirby meme, kirby 911 meme, kirby reporting meme","year":2017,"origin":"A fan-made image that gained traction on Tumblr and Reddit around 2017. Kirby, the pink Nintendo character, appears slightly squished and holding a chunky cell phone with a star antenna. Above him, pink Impact text reads \"KIRBY'S CALLING THE POLICE.\" The image is deliberately low-quality, the dark background and crude phone adding to the surreal humor. Kirby's usually cheerful expression becomes sinister in this context, as if he is genuinely disturbed by something he witnessed. The meme is used to respond to anything cursed, disturbing, or questionable that someone just posted. For another Nintendo character being judgmental, see Luigi Death Stare.","format":"classic","howToMake":["Kirby already has his phone out and the \"CALLING THE POLICE\" text is baked in. This image works as-is.","Add top text to describe the crime Kirby is reporting. The existing text serves as the punchline.","Best deployed as a reply to something cursed, questionable, or deeply uncomfortable that someone shared online.","The dark background means white or bright text stands out clearly above Kirby's header.","Download the tiny informant as a PNG and keep him ready for whenever someone crosses a line."],"exampleCaptions":["WHEN SOMEONE PUTS PINEAPPLE ON PIZZA AND CALLS IT GOURMET",""],"exampleAltText":"Kirby calling the police meme about someone calling pineapple pizza gourmet","exampleRefreshDate":"2026-04-21","seo":{"aliases":["Kirby Phone Meme","Kirby 911","Kirby Police Meme","Kirby Calling Cops","Kirby Reporting Meme"],"description":"A squished, slightly menacing Kirby sits on a dark background, holding an oversized chunky cell phone with a yellow star antenna. The phone is almost as big as he is. His expression is still his signature cheerful look, but in this context it reads as \"I have seen enough.\" Above him, pink and magenta text in Impact font reads \"KIRBY'S CALLING THE POLICE.\" The image quality is intentionally rough, adding to the unhinged energy of a fictional pink puffball making an actual emergency call.","definition":"A fan-made image of Kirby holding a cell phone with text reading \"KIRBY'S CALLING THE POLICE.\" Posted as a reaction to something so cursed, weird, or wrong that law enforcement intervention feels appropriate.","useCases":[{"category":"Cursed Content","examples":["When someone posts a food combination that should not exist","Replying to an image that you immediately wish you had not clicked","After seeing a take so bad it might actually be illegal","When someone describes their cereal-eating technique and it involves water instead of milk"]},{"category":"Internet Crimes","examples":["Someone posts a \"life hack\" that is actually just chaos","A recipe video that starts normal and descends into madness","When someone admits they have never seen a universally loved movie","A pronunciation that is technically correct but sounds deeply wrong"]},{"category":"Social Violations","examples":["When your friend shows you a text they sent and it is wildly inappropriate","Someone puts ketchup on pasta and photographs it","A coworker microwaves fish and acts like nothing happened","When someone clips their nails in public"]},{"category":"Gaming Heresy","examples":["When someone says they skip cutscenes in story-driven games","Playing with inverted controls and being proud of it","Admitting you have never finished a single game in your library"]},{"category":"Fashion Emergencies","examples":["Socks with sandals presented as a deliberate choice","When someone wears a costume and it is not Halloween","Crocs at a formal event and the wearer is unashamed"]}]}}