{"slug":"wikihow-knife-defense","name":"WikiHow Knife Defense","url":"/templates/wikihow-knife-defense.jpg","w":2896,"h":2076,"top":"","bottom":"","description":"Make a WikiHow Knife Defense meme. A WikiHow-style illustration shows a man in orange defending himself against a balding man in grey holding a knife. Label each person.","keywords":"wikihow meme, knife defense meme, wikihow illustration meme, man with knife meme, wikihow knife meme, defending against knife meme","year":2018,"origin":"From a WikiHow article illustration about self-defense. The pastel-colored drawing shows a man in an orange jacket on the left with his hands raised defensively, facing a balding man in a grey hoodie holding a small knife on the right. The earnest, instructional art style clashes hilariously with whatever labels users add. The meme works as an object-labeling format where the person defending represents something trying to fend off something else.","format":"template","textBoxes":[{"label":"Defender (Left)","x":2.4,"y":60,"w":47.1,"h":30.3,"placeholder":"Thing defending itself","fontFamily":"Impact","fontColor":"#FFFFFF","strokeWidth":2,"isBold":true,"isAllCaps":true,"textAlign":"center","fontSize":45,"opacity":1},{"label":"Attacker (Right)","x":56,"y":43.1,"w":41.5,"h":37.1,"placeholder":"Thing attacking","fontFamily":"Impact","fontColor":"#FFFFFF","strokeWidth":2,"isBold":true,"isAllCaps":true,"textAlign":"center","fontSize":45,"opacity":1}],"exampleCaptions":["MY IMMUNE SYSTEM","A MILD BREEZE"],"exampleAltText":"WikiHow Knife Defense meme with immune system defending against a mild breeze","exampleRefreshDate":"2026-05-17","howToMake":["Load the WikiHow Knife Defense template showing two illustrated men in a confrontation","Label the man on the left (defending) with whatever is trying to protect itself","Label the man on the right (with the knife) with whatever is attacking or threatening","The WikiHow illustration style makes even serious confrontations look absurd","Save your self-defense tutorial gone wrong"],"seo":{"aliases":["WikiHow Meme","WikiHow Knife Meme","Man Defending Against Knife","WikiHow Illustration Meme","Knife Attack WikiHow"],"description":"A pastel WikiHow illustration. A man in an orange jacket crouches with both hands raised, palms out, in the universal \"please don't\" pose. Across from him, a balding man in a grey hoodie holds a small knife at waist level. The floor is tiled. The wall behind them is beige. It looks like a company training video drew it. The instructional sincerity of the art style is what makes it funny.","definition":"A WikiHow-style illustration of two men in a knife confrontation. Used as an object-labeling meme where one thing defends against another.","useCases":[{"category":"Health & Body","examples":["MY IMMUNE SYSTEM / A SINGLE POLLEN PARTICLE","MY SLEEP SCHEDULE / ONE CUP OF COFFEE AT 4PM","MY METABOLISM AT 30 / A SINGLE SLICE OF PIZZA"]},{"category":"Daily Struggles","examples":["MY BUDGET / LITERALLY ANY ONLINE SALE","MY PRODUCTIVITY / A NOTIFICATION ON MY PHONE","MY WILL TO COOK / THE DOORDASH APP"]},{"category":"Work & School","examples":["MY FOCUS DURING A MEETING / SOMEONE'S CAT WALKING ACROSS THEIR CAMERA","MY GPA / ONE BAD EXAM"]}]}}