Welcome to the Weekly Meme Roundup, Sheldon, where we recap five of the biggest memes from the past week that you need to catch up on.

This week in memes, an animated pilot called Planetronika brought out the artistic side of nostalgic 2000s animation fans, an old Flash Scooby-Doo game got a wild Usher remix stuck in everyone's heads, the video game Mixtape got mixed up in some drama and more.

Here's a rundown of five of the week's biggest memes that you need to know about.

Scooby Doo Creepy Run

One of the biggest memes of the past week comes to us thanks to an old Flash game called Scooby Doo Creepy Run, which was recently discovered by a streamer, skyrocketing it to new heights of popularity.

@dumpsterclips4 Some of these old scooby doo games crazy 😭 #ratbagtrash #scoobydoo #flashgames #nostalgia ♬ original sound – DumpsterClips

The very simple game was made back in 2013 and has players take control of Shaggy Rogers as he runs from a spooky skeleton. Think T-Rex Runner but jankier, spookier and with an absolutely insane soundtrack consisting of one looping, low-quality remix of Usher's "Yeah!"

After a clip of streamer RatBagTrash discovering and playing the game went viral on Instagram and TikTok, other streamers and content creators hopped on the game themselves to compete for high scores. The game also became a massive meme on X / Twitter, TikTok and Instagram Reels, inspiring everything from comedy videos in which users try and run like Shaggy, memes that repurpose the sprites from the game and put them in new scenarios and more.

The Usher remix, known as "Usher Scooby Doo Party Break," is also having a big resurgence for being just straight up catchy and funny.

Examples

scooby doo party break 2005 has been haunting me since the morning help pic.twitter.com/GOuR0VehEl

— shag🇲🇽 (@shagLSSJ) May 8, 2026

Annoying Orange Creepy Run Day pic.twitter.com/fNfYgNveWc

— Annoying Orange Fry Day Every Friday (@frydayeveryfri) May 8, 2026

@toadwasthere scooby-doo creepy run if it was in l4d2✌️✌️✌️😂😂✌️✌️😂 #l4d #l4d2 #scoobydoocreepyrun #shaggyrogers ♬ original sound – bigdaddynumber11

@d0kf SCOOBY DOO SCOOBY DOO🗣️🔥 #flashgames #nostalgia #scoobydoo #fyp #funny ♬ original sound – bigdaddynumber11

Mixtape Gameplay Backlash

The narrative video game Mixtape was released recently, and while a lot of critics are giving it perfect scores and calling it a serious "Game of The Year" contender, some gamers are not so convinced.

Explaining why I, personally, hate Mixtape in just under 3 minutes of totally uninterrupted "gameplay" (Spoilers): pic.twitter.com/UKwEfYFJ74

— Christina Tasty (@ChristinaTasty) May 8, 2026

Mixtape is a roughly three-hour-long video game inspired by '80s coming-of-age movies with the designs style of the Spider-verse movies. It's about a group of teens who are about to graduate high school, and it puts players through a "mixtape" of their greatest memories.

The gameplay largely consists of minigames that string together the plot, including things like making a slushy, raking leaves, skateboarding, evading police while riding a shopping cart down a street and more.

The game received a whole lot of critical praise when it was released, including several perfect scores from sites like IGN and DualShockers. This got some gamers scratching their heads, especially after watching streamers succeed at portions of the game without ever touching the controller or trying it for themselves.

This inspired a lot of criticism about the game being overrated and too simple. Some believed that Mixtape might as well have been a movie, considering you literally don't need to touch the controller to win some of the minigames.

Beyond that, some were critical of the game's reliance on nostalgia and its design choices. Now, let's just wait and see how they react when it wins "Game of the Year 2026."

Examples

Millennial vs. Gen Z Marketing Trend

The differences between Millennial and Gen Z marketing trends went viral recently, thanks to a series of memes that point out the very obvious differences in the way things are advertised in 2026.

These memes got started back in April, when brands like the Tide Instagram account posted a meme jokingly comparing how Tide laundry detergent might be advertised by a Millennial PR team vs. a Gen Z PR team.

The Millennial example features a lengthy wall of text describing the product in a sensible and elegant way. The Gen Z side, on the other hand, simply features the sentence, "it's giving … clean."

The meme format continued to spread in May, largely among brands as a self-aware sort of tongue-in-cheek way of self-deprecating.

Brands like Crocs, Baskin-Robbins, Petco and more have since gotten in on the trend, all sharing similar memes that suggest Millennial marketing teams like lengthy walls of texts, while Gen Z prefers to run on vibes and modern slang.

Examples

Welcome to Fortnite, Sheldon

Young Sheldon has become a pretty solid repository for memes over on TikTok, and the latest example comes from a scene where George Cooper opens the garage to find Sheldon making a DIY nuclear reactor.

@h00pify Do You Think Young Sheldon Will Be In Trouble? #welcometofortnitesheldon #h00pify ♬ original sound – H00PIFY

In the context of the episode, Sheldon is trying to make his own nuclear reactor so that he can power not only his family's home, but the entire neighborhood. Making your own nuclear reactor obviously comes with a few risks.

In one scene, some men in hazmat suits show up to put a stop to the operation. Sheldon's dad, George, leads them to the garage, and they open it in a way that TikTokers can only compare to a Fortnite season pass promo.

The memes started with a video captioning the scene, "Welcome to Fortnite, Sheldon," bringing to mind images of all the new season pass skins in any given Fortnite season standing shoulder-to-shoulder, aura farming together.

Now, the meme has evolved to alter the context of the garage opening scene. These memes attach captions to the clip about pulling up to a given location in the coolest way possible, whether it's going to graduation with the boys or flocking around the guy who whips out a bag of Takis at the big get-together.

Examples

@alexrepollo6 #georgecooper #youngsheldon #fyp #foryoupage #goviral ♬ Ashleys Song fvsionz flip on SoundCloud and YT – fvsionz

@jamaicanjelq How mfs you NEVER seen before pull up to the function 😂✌🏽 #meme #fyp #fypシ゚ #cringe #viral ♬ Ashleys Song fvsionz flip on SoundCloud and YT – fvsionz

@gifsfilms better learn my name cause it’s ashley #giftok #youngsheldon #corecore #funny #stretchtok ♬ Ashleys Song fvsionz flip on SoundCloud and YT – fvsionz

@blops3568 Starting College This Year, Kinda Nervous… | #takis #viral #fyp #youngsheldon #brisket ♬ Ashleys Song fvsionz flip on SoundCloud and YT – fvsionz

Planetronika

Finally, animator Rafael Andaya released the short pilot for his animated series Planetronika this past week, giving people with major nostalgia for 2000s animation a very welcome treat.

The pilot was first announced back in December 2025. Planetronika is about a space explorer named Butterfly and her alien sidekicks, including a green human-like guy named Freestyle. In the pilot, she and Freestyle play some basketball, and Freestyle ultimately ends up getting pantsed by Butterfly.

While the pilot is simple in premise, many praised its execution, concept and art style, which is reminiscent of 2000s anime-inspired western animation like Totally Spies! Now, as the pilot's fandom grows, fan art of the characters is popping up all over social media.

Examples

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We'll be back next Friday with another edition of our Weekly Meme Roundup series, so stay tuned!