19 Side Eye Chloe Memes For When You Need To Judgmentally Signal Pure Distrust
Meme Profile
- Meme Name: Side Eyeing Chloe
- Alternative Names: Side Eye Chloe, Disgusted Chloe, Concerns in a Car Seat
- Source (Origin): YouTube video titled "Lily's Disneyland Surprise… AGAIN" by user KAftC
- Media Type: Image Macro, Reaction Image, Exploitable GIF
- Year: 2013
- Vibe: Pure skepticism, judgment, social fatigue
Description & Origin
Side Eyeing Chloe (also known as Side Eye Chloe) is a prominent reaction image and meme template originating from a 2013 YouTube video. The image captures a young girl strapped into a car seat, delivering a skeptical, tight-lipped, asymmetrical expression directly at the camera. Much like the Suspicious Dog meme format, it is universally used across platforms like Reddit and Tiktok to express judgment, suspicion, and immediate social fatigue.
Timeline & Spread
- September 12, 2013: The YouTube channel KAftC uploaded a video documenting two sisters reacting to a surprise Disneyland trip. While the older sister (Lily) cries from excitement, Chloe delivers the side-eye expression.
- September 18, 2013: Tumblr user Lee uploaded an animated GIF set isolating Chloe's reaction with the text "i just love this because chloe is like 'da hell is this girl cryin about.'" The post generated over 895,700 notes within 30 days.
- Late September 2013: The image was decoupled from its original context, mutating into a universal reaction image across BuzzFeed, Reddit, and Twitter to represent judgment toward absurd behavior.
Related Meme Nodes
- Suspicious Dog Memes: An animal-based counterpart that shares the exact same side-eye visual language to communicate distrust, tracking skepticism through a similar side-glance framing.
