A "holy airball" meme. The meme shows a person trying to flirt with someone by using a John Cena pun followed by an image of a basketball player shotting at earth from the moon.

Nepo babies hijack the “holy airball” meme to flex their famous parents Now anyone can be a nepo baby. Lindsey Weedston. Posted on June 3 2025 9:35 am CDT ...

In the early 2020s, Holy Moly enjoyed some meme success during the popularity of low-quality memes. As it spread to TikTok in 2023, the format became frequently paired with silly cat videos.

After the video went viral, defenders of Whitmer and Plank said they were merely offering their take on a TikTok meme in which someone feeds food to a friend and then awkwardly stares into the camera.