Besides the hip and catchy opening theme song to Friends, there's another widely popular song in the show. Phoebe Buffay is the "hot musician" of the group who often performs at Central Perk. In season two, she introduced her hit song, "Smelly Cat." The song became a sensation amongst fans and characters.
It's hard not to sing along and know the words, as there aren't too many, and it's even easy to play on the guitar. The song is about the sad adventures of a stray cat that doesn't smell so good. He's often shunned for it, but it's not his fault. The song became a running gag in the show, but it also became the subject of many comical memes.
10 The Best Cat
Smelly Cat will always be remembered for being smelly. It's in the name and it's all Phoebe can sing about. This fun comic-style meme tells the story of Smelly Cat when it's time to move on. The Grim Reaper tells Smelly Cat that he wasn't a "good" cat.
His real answer is optimistic. Smelly Cat was instead the best of the best. Besides the friendships, loyalty, bizarre events, and drama that took place on Friends, audiences can always count on Smelly Cat.
9 Play It Louder
The song is often tagged as being a hit despite it not being so complex. Regardless, fans came to love its lyrics and tune and it has the equivalent popularity of a hit Grammy winner, hence the meme of turning up the volume to the max whenever it's playing.
Every Friends fan knows the words by heart and is more than happy to go into a full-blown jam session. The song became so popular in the show that it was professionally recorded for a commercial. Things don't go well when Phoebe feels like they don't understand her vision in "The One Where Eddie Moves In."
8 It's Lasagna
Part of the lyrics of "Smelly Cat" is: "What are they feeding you?" It plays into the grander story of the cat not being well-liked because he stinks. Fans will never know why this cat smells or in what way, but this meme answers the question by using another famous feline.
It shows Phoebe singing the lyrics and the answer to the question is resolved with a photo of Garfield, the orange cat from a popular comic strip, and later television shows and movies. Garfield had one vice he couldn't shake: his addiction to lasagna. It's one possible solution as to why Smelly Cat smells.
7 He's Your Smelly Cat
This meme mashed together a scene from a Friends episode, along with another popular phrase Phoebe said. In season one, Rachel, Monica, and Phoebe are moping in the apartment about adulthood. Monica asks Phoebe if she has a plan, to which Phoebe answers " I don't even have a 'pla'."
In later episodes, Phoebe gives some words of wisdom about lobsters: how they mate for life and how Ross is Rachel's lobster. These two scenes were mashed together here, but to include Smelly Cat. Not everyone gets a lobster. Some people get Smelly Cats and that's perfectly okay.
6 You're No Phoebe Buffay
For some time, the internet has been riddled with memes with a blonde woman (Real Housewives of Beverly Hills' Taylor Armstrong) spliced with an image that makes it look like she's yelling at a weird white cat sitting at a table. The scenario has been used for countless topics, from television shows and comical situations to even sports.
For this meme, Armstrong is supposedly yelling " You're a smelly cat." The whole point of this type of meme is for the cat to spit back an insult or harsh reality. In this case, he retorts back that Armstrong ain't no Phoebe Buffay, which feels like the perfect insult.
5 Poor Grumpy Cat
It's comical to realize that one of the most recognized cats in the world has no song. Yet a fictional cat from Friends has a song that people can't help but know perfectly. To top it off, it's about a cat with a not so pleasant odor. In 2012, a Reddit post displayed a cute cat with the grumpiest face anyone had ever seen.
Known as "Tardar Sauce," the cat became a viral sensation and soon given the name, "Grumpy Cat." The cat became just as famous as a Hollywood celeb. But during all her time as an internet celebrity, there wasn't a song made about her, hence, this comical meme shows her distress over not having one.
4 Smelly Cat Is For Beginners
Looking at this meme, one may not understand the correlation between the image and the text. This one is a doozy that takes some unraveling. The image is from a 2017 opera called "The Tales Of Hoffman." It shows its main characters, The Muse/Nicklausse and Hoffman in a scene with Nicklausse playing the guitar while Hoffman listens.
The included text makes fun of learning guitar for the first time. While others might already know how to play a complex song, you might only know the chords to "Smelly Cat." To be fair, they are fairly simple and Phoebe even teaches another musician in "The One With The Baby On The Bus."
3 Smelly Cat Is Unique
This meme will resonate with any The Lord of the Rings fan. The 2001 movie, The Fellowship of the Ring, generated one of the internet's most famous memes. The image comes from the scene where Boromir (Sean Bean) announces that one can't simply walk into Moror.
The hand gestures and lines became a defining moment in pop culture. And it also works well for Smelly Cat. Much how Boromir believed that walking into Moror isn't just done, the same can be said for cats wanting to be a "Smelly Cat." It's impossible, blasphemy, and simply not done. There are plenty more Boromir memes for fans who love the character.
2 It's Not His Fault
Certain bodily smells can be the result of a certain diet or the health of one's inner organs. Part of the lyrics of Phoebe's song talks about the cat being smelly and maybe it's something he ate. But it's not his fault. His owner may be feeding him the wrong food or he's eating something he found in the street.
The meme brings the lyrics into perspective and has a photo of Grumpy Cat on the toilet. It's safe to assume she's having some indigestion issues. Phoebe reaffirming that it's not her fault leads to Grumpy Cat feeling relieved.
1 Award Status
There are countless memes about Phoebe Buffay and her as a musician. Some even involve calling Billie Eilish a great singer and a photo of Phoebe saying "Hold my guitar." Phoebe's best work to date is her "Smelly Cat" song. Fans of the show even make an ongoing joke that the simple song deserves a Grammy.
In this meme, Phoebe is singing her song while the other photo shows her winning an award that doesn't exist. It titles Phoebe as the "Best Singer of the World." Not only does she win one award, she wins three.
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