On Memorial Day weekend in 2016, a four-year-old boy climbed into the gorilla enclosure at the Cincinnati Zoo, encountering Harambe, a 17-year-old, 400-pound silverback gorilla. The ensuing ...

But in any case, how does one offensive meme (be it “d**** out for Harambe” or anything else) justify banning all references to Harambe? What a horrible thing to do to this gorilla.

From a frog riding a unicycle to a gorilla that will live on forever in our hearts and our Twitter feeds, 2016 was jam packed with memorable memes. Here is a look back at the best of the bunch.