Let Me In Meme

Let Me In is the two-frame clip of Eric Andre in a suit at a metal fence, first asking politely to be let in and then throwing his whole body backward as he screams the same request. This template gives you both frames so you can name the thing you're locked out of and save the result as a meme.

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Want it moving? The Let Me In GIF version lets you add your caption to the animated clip and save it as a looping GIF, ready to send.

What does the Let Me In meme mean?

The format is about wanting access to something badly and losing all composure over it. The fence stands for whatever is keeping you out: a sold-out concert, a friend group's inside joke, a sale that hasn't started yet, a server that's at capacity. The first frame is the reasonable request and the second is the meltdown, so the comedy comes from how fast one turns into the other. Many versions put a label on Eric Andre (who wants in) and a label on the far side of the fence (what they want), which makes the joke readable at a glance. It's mostly self-deprecating: people use it to admit how desperate they are about something small.

Where is the Let Me In meme from?

The footage comes from "Near the DNC," a special of The Eric Andre Show on Adult Swim that aired on July 29, 2016. The special was put on YouTube the same day. Know Your Meme lists the earliest known meme use as an October 28, 2018 tweet by @thotcelot about trying to get into Dracula's castle. A shortened clip uploaded to YouTube in November 2018 helped the GIF circulate, and in February 2019 it took off on Reddit, with labeled versions on r/dankmemes and r/me_irl each collecting thousands of upvotes within two days.

How to make a Let Me In meme in 3 steps

The capypix meme editor on a phone: the Drake Hotline Bling template with a caption on each panel, the Share button at the top and the Text, Undo, Meme, Style, Draw and Effects tools below

Pick the template. Tap “Make a Let Me In 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 looping GIF, or Share to send it straight to an app.

Let Me In meme caption ideas

Let Me In meme example: Me at 11:59 waiting for the ticket sale / The queue page still loading

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Let Me In meme example: My dog outside the bathroom door / Me trying to have one quiet minute

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Let Me In meme example: Me seeing my coworkers' lunch plans / The table that's already full

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Top: Me at 11:59 waiting for the ticket sale / Bottom: The queue page still loading
Top: My dog outside the bathroom door / Bottom: Me trying to have one quiet minute
Top: Me seeing my coworkers' lunch plans / Bottom: The table that's already full
Top: Me after forgetting my password again / Bottom: My own email account
Top: The cat at 3 a.m. / Bottom: The bedroom door I just closed
Top: Me refreshing the restock page / Bottom: The sneakers that sold out in a minute

Tips

Treat the top caption as the polite ask and the bottom caption as the explosion; if both captions are equally loud, the joke flattens.
Labeling the fence side (what's being kept from you) is often funnier than labeling Eric Andre.
Keep text near the edges of each frame so it doesn't cover his face; the backward lean in frame two is the punchline.