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The "Baton Roue" Edits, commonly referred to as Bike Fall Memes, are a series of Photoshopped alterations of a webcomic by French artist Corentin Penloup. The comic depicts a man riding a bicycle who sabotages himself by placing a stick in the front wheel, leading to a crash. In these meme edits, the man, the stick, and the subsequent fall are typically labeled with various characters or concepts to symbolize self-defeating behaviors.
The meme originated from a comic titled "Baton Roue," which translates to "wheel stick," created by Corentin Penloup. It was first published on Penloup's personal art blog on January 23rd, 2011. The comic found its way to a broader audience when Reddit user muthafuckenbeetroots shared it on the `/r/funny` subforum on October 16, 2012, where it received considerable attention. The popularity of the original comic spurred various edits, one notable transformation involving Donald Trump was posted on Tumblr by a user identified as lonely-and-the-infinite-sadness on September 11, 2015, which became extremely popular.
Origin: 2011
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i asked nano banana pro to draw a visual analogy of this (on the left, all character choices it made were its own)
my take is on the right
3:58 AM · Nov 24, 2025
Y'all are just too funny. You see a leak you don't like, assume and insist it's sylus, and then be disappointed.
All that for what? To also make other people anxious along with you?
2:06 AM · Nov 22, 2025
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