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John Pork Meme
John Pork is the man with a smooth, pink pig's head who takes selfies like an ordinary tourist. In this template he wears a red plaid shirt in front of green sea cliffs, and two big buttons sit over the photo: a red one to decline and a green one to answer, just like an incoming phone call. Add one caption at the top to say who, or what, is calling.
What does the John Pork meme mean?
"John Pork is calling" works because it turns a normal phone screen into something you are not sure you should answer. The caller is calm and smiling, but he is also a pig, so the joke sits between cute and unsettling. People use it for anything that keeps trying to reach them: a deadline, an unread email, a group project, a responsibility they keep putting off. The two buttons give the viewer a choice, so the caption usually frames it as a decision. A quieter running joke around the character is that he is presented as a real person with a social media life, so fans talk about him as if he were someone they know.
Where is the John Pork meme from?
Know Your Meme traces John Pork to an Instagram account, john.pork, that posted its first selfie on September 24, 2018, showing the pig-headed man outside Doune Castle in Scotland; a later selfie from the Isle of Skye followed. He showed up in Reddit memes from 2019, including jokes that his selfies were a face reveal for YouTuber Technoblade. The phone-call format came later: on March 21, 2023, TikToker @rover.joe posted an edit that placed an incoming-call screen and ringtone over a John Pork selfie, made with a CapCut template, and it reached over 2.7 million views in three days. Copies and darker creepypasta-style spins spread across TikTok over the following week, which is when "John Pork is calling" became the version most people know.
How to make a John Pork meme in 3 steps
- Pick the template. Tap “Make a John Pork meme” above, or start from your own photo instead.
- Change the text. Tap a caption and type your own words. Drag it to move it, and pull the blue dot to resize.
- Save and share. Tap Save to download it as an image, or Share to send it straight to an app.
John Pork meme caption ideas
- The deadline is calling
- Monday morning is calling
- My dentist appointment is calling
- The group project is calling again
- Unknown number, third time today
- The laundry I left in the washer is calling
Tips
- Phrase the caption as "___ is calling" so it reads instantly alongside the red and green buttons.
- Choose something you would rather decline; the joke lands when the reader knows you are about to hit red.
- Keep the caption in the top strip so it does not cover his face or the call buttons.
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Frequently asked questions
Who is John Pork?
A virtual character: a man with a pig's head whose Instagram account, john.pork, has posted selfies since September 2018.
Where did "John Pork is calling" come from?
From a TikTok edit posted by @rover.joe on March 21, 2023, which added an incoming-call screen to a John Pork selfie.
When did John Pork become a meme?
He first appeared in Reddit memes in 2019, and the phone-call version went viral on TikTok in March 2023.
Sources: knowyourmeme.com
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