Know Your Meme
2016 THE YEAR IN The hit mobile game Pokemo Go used augmented reality to ill city streets and suburban cul-de-sacs with these virtua monsters (including Pikachu), which players could "catch for perks. Athough detractors called the game dangerous and distracting, it becamea phenomenon Barb The surprise star of Netflix's Stranger Things (played by Shannon Purser) was a dowdy dork in her brief onscreen life, but after a supernatural demise became a symbol for misfits everywhere inspiring memes and hashtags like #WeAre Barb THE MOST INFLUENTIAL FICTIONAL CHARACTERS BY DANIEL D'ADDARIO 7 Daenerys Targaryen As she charged toward Westeros, the oppressed but resilient star of Game of Thrones (played by Emilia Clarke) felt like a heroine worth rooting for-and her revolutionary style of destroying the patriarchy drew comparisons to a real-life would-be ruler: Hillary Clinton. The 57-year-old doll, long identified by her impossibly lithe physique, reinvented herself in 2016, when Mattel introduced several new body types (including curvy and petite) in an effort to boost sales-and to set a more inclusive beauty standard for Barbie's millions of young female fans 5 Pepe the Frog Harley Quinn 1 Scammer Margot Robbie's twisted ringleader The fringe comic character, created by artist Matt Furie in 2005, was already a popular Internet meme. But this year Pepe became ubiquitous as the mascot of the alt right movement, which used him in racist, profane social-media posts. In September, the Anti-Defamation League officially declared Pepe a "hate symbol." Branden Millers Suicide Squad $325 million at the box office-and her vexed coupling with the Joker (Jared Leto) catalyzed a debate over abuse and trauma in relationships Perhaps more impactful still was her look, as Harley Quinn was the year's top Halloween costume legions of fans exploits such as the Internet toe niche comedy, queer creators 9 Elena Ferrante The reveal of the author's putative "real identity as Anita Raja- which happened a month before the release of a major collection of her writing-raised urgent questions about authorship and privacy rights of the famous.

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