What a perfect meme for Women’s History Month!
We love how memes and trends evolve online. This weekend, a new meme and trend took over Twitter. At first, the meme started as a comparison of the old Ms. Frizzle from the cartoon The Magic School Bus with the new Ms. Frizzle. This new Frizzle is not, in fact, the Ms. Frizzle most millennials and Gen Zers grew up knowing. Instead, she’s the younger sister of the original cartoon teacher. She appeared in Netflix’s 2020s series The Magic School Bus Rides Again. And for most people, her arrival was not welcome.
Hard to explain but I would come out to the Ms Frizzle on the left, but not the one on the right pic.twitter.com/SKJ71aJFoy
— Phillip (@MajorPhilebrity) March 19, 2021
https://twitter.com/GoldstarDom_/status/1373011322376482821?s=20
Right. The one on the right looks like she would passive aggressively ask her pastor to talk to you. https://t.co/rWlabQZH74
— Galen Baratheon Halliwell (@theycallmeMr_G) March 19, 2021
From there, the joke evolved. After Twitter user @MajorPhilebrity posted, “Hard to explain but I would come out to the Ms Frizzle on the left, but not the one on the right,” Gay twitter users decided to celebrate fictional women they WOULD come out to. This includes Fran Fine from The Nanny, Betty and Hilda Suarez from Ugly Betty, Miss Piggy from The Muppets, Linda Belcher from Bob’s Burgers, and more.
I’d come out to her. pic.twitter.com/ny1qUraSCV
— Ben Yahr (@benyahr) March 9, 2021
https://twitter.com/kit_kittredge_/status/1372893259517853703?s=20
https://twitter.com/itsjesse_yo/status/1371064445871398917?s=20
I’d Come Out to Her pic.twitter.com/pnFzHoqJQG
— JPH 🍍 (@JPHN98) March 12, 2021
I'd come out to her pic.twitter.com/4wRyOkXjCu
— Feral Otter (@ryxnbp) March 17, 2021
https://twitter.com/duraqu33r/status/1372659168948101121?s=20
I’d come out to her! pic.twitter.com/C214B62pQU
— Thotty Guardian 🌙 (@RAWulBAxel13) March 12, 2021
I’d come out to her ❤️ pic.twitter.com/FHK8x6LW2g
— dykette (@raggedyhip) March 18, 2021
i’d come out to her pic.twitter.com/o0hJQrTKF4
— em 🪩 (@swiftsbrie) March 14, 2021
I’d come out to her pic.twitter.com/mZJ9RrSpak
— s (@salvucciodamico) March 17, 2021
I’d come out to her pic.twitter.com/X86o8fMcsj
— Vegard (@ItsVegard) March 20, 2021
i’d come out to her pic.twitter.com/W7jqE4k4nf
— isa (@minascactus) March 15, 2021
https://twitter.com/Iegendofkorra/status/1371677060159188994?s=20
I’d come out to her pic.twitter.com/ikasM4SI9K
— Kyle (@Kyle_Sparkles) March 16, 2021
I’d come out to her pic.twitter.com/qml8K4GzAE
— Colin 🌈 (@c0linm00re) March 17, 2021
i’d come out to her for sure pic.twitter.com/KMd37bPuYY
— motobucci (@promiscuousdrew) March 18, 2021
I’d come out to her pic.twitter.com/ef5VMJVGhu
— Liam (@LiamLambrini) March 21, 2021
i’d come out to her pic.twitter.com/EdbHG9i1mw
— david alexander (@DavidADC) March 16, 2021
I’d come out to her pic.twitter.com/dt5Zza7bKn
— 𝙅 𝙊 𝙀 (@joeegarr) March 14, 2021
So, Instinct readers, we have to ask. Which fictional female characters make you feel most safe? Who would you come to? Share your favorites and thoughts down below.
Linda AND Bob Belcher are obvious, easy yes’s.