Henry Cavill and His Siblings

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About

Henry Cavill and His Siblings refers to an image macro and caption meme comparing the British actor Henry Cavill to his siblings as Henry is portrayed as the Handsome Squidward and his brothers as other unattractive versions of Squidward Tentacles. The meme initially went viral on Reddit in April 2024, inspiring jokes about the actor's brothers.

Origin

On April 12th, 2024, Redditor^[1] Mellow-sid posted the earliest known viral mention of British actor Henry Cavill and his four brothers (seen below), amassing more than 5,500 upvotes and 670 comments in six months.

Spread

Memetic content using Henry Cavill's picture with his sibling appeared a few days after the image went viral on Reddit. One of the earliest posts poking fun at the family photo was uploaded on April 17th, 2024, by Memedroid^[2] user @verdedarwin, who compared the brothers to variations of Squidward Tentacles and Henry as the Handsome Squidward meme. The post (seen below) amassed roughly 210 reactions in six months.

On June 26th, 2024, the Facebook^[3] meme page OuchMyChildhood posted the same meme with the macro "Henry Cavill and his siblings," amassing over 13,000 likes and 1,200 reposts in four months.