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	Melissa Theuriau This gal is a French newscaster and travel show host for LCI, the news channel for TF1. She's apparently considered a "hottie" by a number of Fark members and appears as a cliché whenever an news bulletin needs to be announced and Ric Romero is already busy.
	Memento Guy This is a publicity shot of Aussie actor Guy Pierce from the 2000 movie Memento. It's about a guy who suffers from chronic short-term memory loss and uses notes to himself and tattoos to hunt for the man he thinks killed his wife. This photo was selected by visitors in the first Cliché City candidate poll as a classic cliché. Thanks to Brian O'Blivion for the info.
	Ministry of Silly Walks This is from a 1970 Monty Python sketch. Funny guys.
	Miss Georgia Contestant - See Who Farted? Girl
	Mission Accomplished This publicity shot of President Bush with a banner behind him saying "Mission Accomplished" has become a Fark political cliché of minor proportions. Here's CNN's slant on the event where the photo was taken. Thanks to Procedural Texture for the suggestion.
	Monkey - See Dynamite Monkey
	Monument To Pro-Life: The Birth of Sean Preston This statue of Britney Spears giving birth by artist Daniel Edwards was unveiled in late March of 2006 and almost immediately started appearing in Fark Photoshops. Update: The statue was declared NSFW on June 2, 2006 by the Fark mods.
	Monty Python - See Ministry of Silly Walks or Holy Grail
	Morans - See Get a Brain!
	Mosh Girl The "Mosh Girl" (or "Moshzilla") is known to frequently appear in Fark Photoshop contests. The girl's real name is Sam, and the picture was reportedly taken many years ago at a concert in San Diego. Moshzilla's parents threatened legal action against the proprietor of moshzilla.com in 2005, so it stands to reason that she does not enjoy her status as an Internet cliche. Special thanks to Farker luciphercolors for this info.
	Motivational Posters You see them everywhere. Human Resource departments seem to think that pretty posters will motivate people to work harder, exhibit team spirit, and strive towards other high ideals. Fark motivational posters usually don't aim quite as high. Clicking on the image will take you to despair.com for some samples of their work. Fark contest entries normally use the 'O' with an appropriate (or inappropriate) comment unless it's a theme. Thanks to beerdiva for the link.
	Movie Posters There are way too many movie posters that are used as clichés to be able to host them all here. Karate Kid is one of the more popular ones due to the goofy pose of the guy standing on the post in the background. For a wide selection of movie posters from all the way back to 1920, I suggest trying the Internet Movie Poster Awards site.
	Nelson Muntz Getting pleasure from the misfortunes of others goes hand in hand with some of the basic concepts surrounding Fark, so it stands to reason that Nelson Muntz, the dysfunctional delinquent from "The Simpsons," would be a cliché. Ha! Ha! Thanks to madcharlie for the suggestion.
	Muslim Bomb Jyllens Posten Denmark, a Danish newspaper, solicited cartoons of the Prophet Mohammed and generated a storm of protests from Muslims when they printed the submissions. The furor over the insult merely generated more publicity for the cartoons, all of which ended up on the Internet. This one by Kurt Westergaard has become a minor cliché on Fark.
	Mustard Guy This photo is pretty well documented on Wikipedia. The fellow in the photo is Mike 'Nug' Nahrgang, a Canadian comedian and a Fark member. The photo was taken during a TV sketch about a food fight. Nug appears as a Photoshop cliché fairly often.

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	Obama, Barrack Pictures of President Barrack Obama often find their way into Fark Photoshop contests, especially the iconic blue and red image created by pop artist Shepard Fairey during the 2008 campaign.
	Octomom Nadia Suleman (aka: the Octomom) is a mother of 14 living in California. Her delivery of octuplets drew national attention in 2009. This picture, taken during the late stages of that pregnancy, is an inevitable addition to any Octomom discussion thread on Fark.
	Office Space This is a scene from the 1999 movie "Office Space." I haven't seen the film, so I can't elaborate on the exact circumstances of this scene, but the link has the basic plotline along with a lot of spoilers. It appears infrequently, but often enough to be recognizable as a cliché.
	O RLY Owl The O RLY owl was a Snowy Owl named Jonathan that lived in the San Diego Zoo. The photo was taken by nature photographer John White. The surprised look on the owl's face is a bit humorous and has endeared it to a number of Photoshoppers. Jonathan died of pneumonia in 2006. Thanks to nightmaretony for the background info.
	Oswald, Lee Harvey - See Ruby-Oswald Assassination

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	Paint Huffer Guy Patrick Tribett's mugshot showed up on The Smoking Gun following his arrest in July 2005 for huffing spray paint. The Smoking Gun article showed up as a Fark greenlight and his mugshot migrated to the Photoshop arena. Following several subsequent arrests (and many more humorous mugshots) Mr Tribett sobered up in 2009 and filed lawsuits against anyone profiting from the use of his image. The result of this legal action is unknown, but his relapse and subsequent arrest in 2013 cast doubt on any success from the claims.
	Pancake Bunny  The original photo of Oolong the pancake bunny was taken by a Japanese photographer. The photo has not been manipulated. Here's a link to the original website where the photo first appeared. Oolong made it to the cover page of the New York Times Leisure section in January 2003 but did not live to enjoy his celebrity status. Pancake bunny went to that big carrot patch in the sky on Jan. 7, 2003. Undoubtedly he will live on in the halls of Fark. Thanks to GaidinBDJ for the background info.
	Brian Peppers This fellow is a registered sex offender from Lucas County, Ohio. His photo started circulating on the Internet and anybody that looks this weird has about a 99.9% chance of eventually winding up on Fark. Snopes.com has verified that this fellow really exists and the photo has not been manipulated.
	Kim Phuk On June 8, 1972, South Vietnamese planes dropped a napalm bomb on Trang Bang. This Associated Press photo of people fleeing the disaster won a Pulitzer Prize. The girl in the center of the photograph is Kim Phuk. She now lives in Toronto with her husband and two children. The photo has become a cliché and is used when horror of war rears it's ugly head.
	Peter Pan Here's another one that's been around for a while. Randy Constan of Tampa, Florida appears to fully embrace his role as Peter Pan on a daily basis, to the point of having an entire wardrobe of the same costume in a rainbow of colors. He also has a few seasonal adaptations along the same lines such as an Easter Pan and an amazing replica of the outfit worn by Gainsboro's Blue Boy. Here's a link to his website.a 2001 Webby Award winner. Thanks to FoxholeAtheist, Starhawk, and Logical_Psycho for the link.
	Pitfall - See Video Games
	Pointing Cartoon Guy - See Nelson Muntz

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	Raiders of The Lost Ark This shot of Indiana Jones (Harrison Ford) getting ready to swap a bag of sand for a booby-trapped statue is normally used when a small statue or similarly shaped object is a part of the original. For anyone interested, here's what the front of the statue looks like.
	Reflection - See Escher or Tea Kettle Reflection
	Ric Romero Ric is an investigative reporter whose nose for news is legendary...sort of. He first hit Fark as a greenlit headline when he published a story about Internet blogging which Farkers lambasted without mercy. He now appears as a cliché usually when obvious or less than newsworthy information is presented in an urgent manner. Thanks to Yammering_Splat_Vector for the large image.
	Roach Guy This photo of a fellow staring at a Madagascar hissing cockroach was submitted as an 'O' for this contest. It's been used fairly regularly since, normally something else replaces the cockroach in his hand.
	Robin This cute little chick was the 'O' for a Photoshop contest in Feb 2006. It rapidly assumed cliché status when Farkers began to inflict deadly violence upon it. It was zapped, squashed, blown up, covered with condoms, and subjected to all sorts of torture. It's ghost still haunts Photoshop contests, appearing at random intervals for no apparent reason.
	Ross, Bob The late Bob Ross painted happy little trees on his television show "The Joy of Painting" for eleven years and lives on via video tape. Bob's image is sometimes used in tennis matches to recover otherwise hopeless train wrecks.
	Ruby-Oswald Assassination This classic photo of Lee Harvey Oswald being gunned down by Jack Ruby has been transformed into numerous celebrities thru the use of head swapping. This photo is the full image, many 'shops use a cropped version.
	Mt. Rushmore Fark Photoshoppers occasionally have the urge to replace our greatest Presidents with actors, rock stars, and other ne'er-do-wells.
	Drunk Russian Girl - See Drunk CZECH Girl

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	Saigon Execution This AP photograph of a Vietcong being executed on a Saigon street is frequently used for quick and dirty head-swaps.
	Sam The Dog What can I say about Sam? He was ugly? That goes without saying. He was a blind Chinese Crested hairless dog, and three time champion of the annual Sonoma-Marin Fair World's Ugliest Dog Contest in Northern California. Sam went on to that big kennel in the sky in November 2005.
	Saturday Night Fever - See Travolta, John
	Eye of Sauron In Peter Jackson's Lord of the Rings movies (based on J. R. R. Tolkein's series of books), the character Sauron is portrayed as a spirit-like being who cannot take bodily form, whose only physical presence is a giant, floating, flaming, yellowish-red eye. A number of Fark photoshoppers must be Tolkein fans, because the image appears rather frequently.
	The Scream This classic painting by Norwegian artist Edvard Munsch is often used when somebody in the original is in the act of screaming. Thanks to Procedural Texture for the suggestion.
	Sgt. Pepper's Album So many people, so many head swaps. Sometimes called into play when somebody in a funky uniform is the subject of a contest.
	William Shatner Years before he commanded the Starship Enterprise, Bill Shatner starred in a couple of Twilight Zone episodes. This classic still is from "Nightmare at 20,000 Feet" where he plays Bob Wilson, a man who sees a creature destroying the engine of a plane while it is still in flight. Of course he's the only one that sees it and everyone else on the flight believes he's nutty as a fruitcake. Usual approach for this cliché is to replace the monster in the window with something from the 'O'. Thanks to Chaositect for the suggestion.
	Shining This scene of a demented Jack Nicholson breaking down a door with an axe is from the 1980 Stanley Kubrick horror movie "Shining" staring Jack and Shelley Duvall. There's an excellent synopsis of the plot on Wikipedia. Photo is sometimes accompanied by the words "Here's Johnny!" See also Twin Girls
	Son of Man This 1964 surreal painting by Rene Magritte appears occasionally in photoshop contests, usually when the "O" contains a person wearing a bowler. A discussion of Magritte and the significance of this painting can be found on Wikipedia.
	Special Olympics Runner I think this photo was used by the Special Olympics a few years back in some of their ads. I could be wrong about that, but in any case somebody grabbed it and used it to make a comment about the stupidity of arguing on the internet (see the 'O'). It appears occasionally in Fark contests, often enough to qualify as a cliché anyway.
	Phil Spector This picture of Phil Spector in an enormous blonde afro wig was taken during his murder trial. Best known for his work as a record producer, Spector originated the famous "Wall of Sound" production technique. The photo often appears when the original contains tumbleweeds, shredded wheat, or similar fuzzy objects.
	Nutsack Squirrel This Cape Ground Squirrel is the nearest thing to an "official mascot" for FARK. The original FARK.COM site was just a link to this picture. Drew threw the image up as a place holder after registering Fark.com. After people complained because he used to e-mail links in mass e-mails, he started putting them on Fark. The rest is history. The photo was taken by Kevin Schafer in Etosha National Park, Namibia around 1993 and can be found as part of the stock photo offerings on the Corbis website. The photo has not been altered...the squirrel's privates really are that huge. Thanks to Yammering_Splat_Vector and GaidinBDJ for the background info.
	Starbucks Coffee The aggressive franchising of the Starbucks coffee chain has made it's twin-tailed siren logo a common sight in most urban areas. Whenever there is a vacant building or open lot in a photoshop 'O, a sign advertising a soon-to-open Starbucks is likely to appear. There is an interesting history of their siren logo (with pics) on Deadprogrammer's Cafe. Thanks for Broadcast Dave for the suggestion.
	Cup of STFU Poster This happy WWII G.I. is Thomas Murray who was selected by the U.S. Office of War Information to pose for a poster to encourage war rationing. The original text read "Do with less so they'll have enough!" Murray passed away in 2002 before the modified version of the poster gained popularity on the Internet. His family isn't happy with the new version, but the image is public domain so there's not much they've been able to do about it except complain.
	Allison Stokke This hottie is a pole vaulting sensation from Newport Beach, California. She has been the focus of much attention since this photo of her was posted on a sports blog in May of 2007. She has been popping up in Fark photoshop contests fairly frequently since. She is typically plopped onto the 'O' without much else being done, the submitter depending upon sex appeal to garner votes...which it usually does. Here is a link to a Washington Post article about her rise to fame.
	Donald Sutherland This image is from the 1978 remake of Invasion of The Body Snatchers, a cult classic about aliens that are gradually replacing the residents of San Francisco. Aliens identify humans that have not been replaced by pointing at them.

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	Tea Kettle Reflection This photo of a tea kettle was featured in an eBay auction. If you look closely, you can see the photographer standing in the reflected image...completely naked. The reflection is often pasted onto shiny objects in Fark contests.
	Terri Schiavo A tragic story, Terri lingered for years on life support and became a pawn in a fight over her husband's right to withdraw that support so she could die. This photo of her appears occasionally in Photoshop contests, mainly for the shock value it carries or a philosophical or political statement of some sort. The most notorious abuser of her image has to be Minion_69.
	Tienamen Square Tank Face-off Student unrest in the People's Republic of China in 1989 sparked this face-off of a student standing in front of a line of tanks in Tienamen Square. This photo by Stuart Franklin Magnum appeared in Life magazine. It makes occasional appearances on Fark. Large photo here is the color version. BTW, the tank driver finally drove around the student.
	Toad - See Hanging Frog
	Toothless Guy I don't have any info whatsoever on this one. It's seen fairly frequently and definitely qualifies as a cliché. Drop me a line if you know anything about it.
	TotalFark UFIA Road Sign Veteran Farker the_rev was actually able to adopt a two mile section of road in Claiborne County, Tennessee as "Drew Curtis' TotalFark UFIA." He told the DOT that UFIA stood for "Uniting Friends In America." The sign stayed up until it was mentioned in a Fark thread...it came down the next day. This photo of the sign has since appeared in a few Photoshop contests. Here's a link to the Fark thread where it was announced. The UFIA abbreviation originated from a news story about a young man who poked his friends in the backdoor with his finger on a high school football bus trip. In the story, the judge is quoted as saying "an unsolicited finger in the anus, while crude, is not criminal".
	John Travolta This shot of Travolta on the disco dance floor is from the movie Saturday Night Fever. It appears rather often, usually when somebody in the original is pointing skyward.
	Tribett, Patrick - See Paint Huffer Guy
	Trogdor, The Burninator If you like Fark, there's a good chance you're a fan of Homestar Runner as well. Trogdor is one of the minor characters on this website and occasionally makes an appearance on Fark when dragons or fire is involved. Thanks to Procedural Texture for the suggestion.
	Tron Guy This fellow seems to have withstood the test of time, having been a infrequently recurring cliché since 2003 when he wore this costume to Penguicon, a Linux/SF convention. His real name is Jay Maynard and he's from Fairmont, MN. Jay has taken his cliché status pretty well, here's his website with a lot of photos of him in (and out) of the Tron costume and others. He also has a LiveJournal blog that he appears to update fairly regularly.
	Tubgirl Almost as famous as Gφatse, Tubgirl is another NSFW cliché that is banned on Fark. I won't link to the image...just believe me when I say it's totally disgusting. If you think you have to see it, do a Google search for "Tubgirl" and have another gallon of eye bleach ready....
	Twilight Zone - See Shatner, William
	Twin Girls These two spooky looking youngsters are a couple of ghosts from the movie Shining. They often appear in photoshop contests when a hallway is part of the 'O' See also Shining.
	Two Girls One Cup Even passing references to this NSFW gross-out vid are deleted by Fark's moderators. Some examples have been allowed to stand, but generally this cliché is persona non grata in Fark contests. Google it if you're really curious, but don't say you weren't warned.