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Three fictional characters from a 2026 viral meme that began in comedic TikTok skits by the Filipino creator Baet: Sharmaine, an orange; Vanessa, a fly; and Melanie, an avocado, all of whom were dissatisfied with their names. The record's entry for a fruit, an insect and a fruit with a grievance.

A baseball team that plays a version of the game with dancing, time limits, a batter on stilts and rules designed for TikTok, which sold out stadiums that the real sport could not fill. The record's entry for a sport reverse-engineered from a feed.

A man called Evan Burger, and the internet's inability to leave a name like that alone. The joke is entirely the name; the meme is the volume of people discovering it at once.

A run of edits of J.D. Vance's face — inflated, rounded, occasionally bearded like a baby — that became the political internet's default drawing of him through 2025. Known by its first act, 'Bloated Vance', and followed by the pope edits and the deportation memes. Filed for the format, not the politics.

Cream, beige, a soft cardigan, a vanilla candle and a specific kind of calm — the January 2023 aesthetic, criticised within weeks for being a whiteness with a scent. The record's entry for a trend that was over before its candle burned down.

A slow-burning single named after Havana, where the singer was born, which climbed to number one on the Billboard Hot 100 and became the first song by a female artist since 1996 to top three separate Billboard charts at once. The record's entry for a hit that arrived by radio and stayed by algorithm.

The ChatGPT voice feature demonstrated in May 2024 with laughing, singing and a tone many called flirtatious, and shipped four months later without the singing, the Sky voice, or most of the flirting. The record notes that it was the first product to be delayed for being too charming, that the demo is the era's most-referenced, and that the version people got was good and much quieter.