Deep fried memes emerged as a unique internet phenomenon on Tumblr in 2015. While the origin of the meme is unknown, the first recognized use of the term came from user paparoachscarsmp3 ...

The whole franken-image is then “deep-fried“—hit with a bunch ... E is a transcended meme. It has no inherent meaning other than its face value, but within the context of meme culture ...