Hilarious Olympics Alert: Those Green Backgrounds Are Being Transformed Into Amazing Memes

Underwater tennis, please

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Published Aug 19, 2016

There’s only one thing we’re more obsessed with than the Olympics, and that’s seeing the hilarious tweets, GIFs and memes fans create after the events. We didn’t think anything could beat Phelps face, but the tennis final between Andy Murray and Juan Martin del Potro opened up a whole new world of amazingness. Imgur user Factionman totally blew our minds. Let us explain.

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This Is What The Match Looked Like On Tv

Looks pretty normal, right? Well, all that green makes it super easy to plug your own background in.

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So They Could Be Playing On Lava

Ouch, guys, don’t burn yourselves.

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Or In Outer Space

…Just don’t hit the big dipper.

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Or In A Galaxy Far, Far Away

We’d totally pay to see this movie.

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Or Under The Sea

Wait, did we just see Sebastian swim by?

Rachel Bowie

Senior Director, Special Projects and Royals

Writes and produces family, fashion, wellness, relationships, money and royals content
Podcast co-host and published author with a book about the British Royal Family
Studied sociology at Wheaton College and received a masters degree in journalism from Emerson College

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