Whatcha Talkin Bout Willis? - Know Your Meme

Meme Encyclopedia

Meme Encyclopedia

• Cultures
• Events
• Memes
• People
• Sites
• Subcultures
• Submit

Status

Submissions Confirmed Newsworthy Deadpool Meme

AI Pigeon Doctor Walking Down Hallway

Phillip Hamilton • 10 days ago

February 2026

See Who Won The KYM Poll For Meme Of The Month!

To All Media

Images

• Trending
• Most Commented
• Most Favorited
• High Score
• Low Score
• Most Viewed
• To All

Videos All Videos

Dilkenition Mashup

about an hour ago

Knuckles Approves MLB Teams (Based on how they did in the 1996 season)

about an hour ago

Kong no Uta

about 3 hours ago

Try Yourself

Templates Upload An Image Batch Uploader Editorials

Editorials All Editorials

Guides

What Does 'Cortisol Spike' Mean? The Cortisol Meter Meme And Slang Explained

K.J. Genualdo • 20 minutes ago

Guides

What Is The 'Gem Alert' Magnifying Glass Meme? The Meaning Of The Viral 'Looking At People's Phones' Memes Explained

Phillip Hamilton • about 5 hours ago

Guides

What Is 'The Shape Store?' The Viral AI Video Inspiring Discourse And Memes On Twitter Explained

Phillip Hamilton • about 6 hours ago

• News
• Explainers
• Collections
• Interviews
• White Papers
• Insights

• Episode Notes
• Behind The Scenes
• Meme Review
• In The Media
• Poll
• Trending

More

Episodes All Episodes

The Pigeon Doctor Meme and Origin Explained

Zach Sweat • about 8 hours ago

What Is A 'Haskell Sour Plate?'

Zach Sweat • 3 days ago

The Internet Is Down Bad For Alysa Liu

Zach Sweat • 7 days ago

• Forums
• Discord

• Meme Insider Magazine
• Meme Store

Get all the best Meme culture right in your inbox.

• Login
• Signup

• Logout

Encyclopedia	Media	Editorials	More
Cultures Events People Sites Subcultures Submit	Episodes Images Images Trending Images Templates Upload an Image Videos Videos Trending Upload a Video	News Explainers Collections Interviews In the Media White Papers Behind the Scenes Meme Review	Poll Meme Insider Insights Trending	Forums Our Story Staff Contact Credits Site Rules Guidelines and Policies The Style Guide

Meme Encyclopedia

• Confirmed
• Submissions
• Cultures
• Events
• People
• Sites
• Subcultures
• Memes
• Submit →

Media

• Trending
• Most Commented
• Most Favorited
• High Score
• Low Score
• Most Viewed
• Images
• Videos
• Templates
• Upload an Image

Editorials

• News
• Explainers
• Collections
• Interviews
• Meme Insider Magazine
• Trending

More

• Discord
• Newsletter
• Episodes
• Forums
• Meme Store
• Logout
• Login

Popular right now

Meme

What Pride Flag Is That?

Phillip Hamilton • 3 years ago

Meme

Anattraction / Addictedtoana

Owen Carry • 3 months ago

Meme

Japan Is Turning Footsteps Into Electricity Copypasta

Phillip Hamilton • 14 days ago

Meme

Yotube

Philipp Kachalin • 6 years ago

Event

American-Iranian War (2026)

5 days ago

Explainers Episodes Know Your Meme is the property of Literally Media ©2024 Literally Media. All Rights Reserved.

See The Winner Of February 2026's Meme Of The Month!

Whatcha talkin bout Willis?

Updated Aug 10, 2020 at 06:28AM EDT by shevyrolet.

Added Nov 15, 2010 at 08:25PM EST by Mariofan0123.

Deadpool 198,132

This entry has been rejected due to incompleteness or lack of notability.

To dispute this DEADPOOL flagging, please provide suggestions for how this entry can be improved.

Like us on Facebook! Like 1.8M Share Save Tweet

PROTIP: Press 'i' to view the image gallery, 'v' to view the video gallery, or 'r' to view a random entry.

This entry has been rejected due to incompleteness or lack of notability.

To dispute this DEADPOOL flagging, please provide suggestions for how this entry can be improved, or request editorship to help maintain this entry.

Meme Status Deadpool Year 1978 Origin Diff'rent Strokes Tags 1978, diff'rent strokes Additional References Urban Dictionary Wikipedia

"Whatcha talkin bout Willis" is a popular meme from a very old TV show named Diff'rent Strokes, starring Gary Coleman. The first known use of this meme was in 1978, but the earliest youtube video was in 2007.

Diff'rent Strokes

In the video, the whole Diff'rent Strokes gang is seen exclaiming "Whatca Talking About". Arnold then says "Whatcha talkin bout Willis?".

Google Insights

The meme's search volume spiked around March 2010, calmed down a bit from April to May 2010, and then returned to a value of 0. This meme has a relatively low search volume.

Popularity

There are about 800 results on Youtube (https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=talkin+bout+willis&aq=f), and 69,900 results on Google.

Recent Videos 1 total

Whatcha talkin bout Willis Whatcha talkin bout Willis? Uploaded by Mariofan0123

+ Add a Video

Recent Images

There are no images currently available.

+ Add an Image

Sign up for our Newsletter

1978 diff'rent strokes Share Pin

Recent Images 0 total

There are no recent images.

Recent Videos 1 total

View All Videos

Sign up for our Newsletter

Comments ( 10 ) + Add a comment

Sorry, but you must activate your account to post a comment.

Please check your email for your activation code.

Show comments

Latest Images

Top Entries This Month

Meme

Anattraction / Addictedtoana

Event

American-Iranian War (2026)

Person

Natalia Poklonskaya

Site

Twitter / X

Subculture

Children (Manga)

Culture

Pornography

View More

Edit Entry Suggest a Change Edit History

Entry Editors (5)

Mariofan0123

Brad

Digital Archaeologist & Treasurer & Pundit & Gallery Housekeeper

opspe

Historical Meme Historian

Particle Mare

Wolf of Meme Street

shevyrolet

Digital Archaeologist & Treasurer & Media Bus Boy

▼ + Request Editorship

View All Editors

Today's Top Image Galleries

Little Caesar and Big Cleopatra

American-Iranian War (2026)

Dolan

Greentext Stories

Meme Encyclopedia

• Confirmed
• Submissions
• Cultures
• Events
• People
• Sites
• Subcultures
• Memes
• Submit →

Media

• Trending
• Most Commented
• Most Favorited
• High Score
• Low Score
• Most Viewed
• Images
• Videos
• Templates
• Upload an Image

Editorials

• News
• Explainers
• Collections
• Interviews
• Meme Insider Magazine
• Trending

More

• Discord
• Newsletter
• Episodes
• Forums
• Meme Store
• Logout
• Login

Legal Information: Know Your Meme ® is a trademark of  Literally Media Ltd . By using this site, you are agreeing by the site's terms of use and  privacy policy and  DMCA policy .

© 2007-2025 Literally Media Ltd.