Boaty McBoatface became a global sensation in 2016 after the UK's Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) invited the public to name their new polar research vessel. Despite the council's intention for a serious name, 'Boaty McBoatface' won by a landslide, capturing the internet's collective sense of humor. Although officials eventually named the ship the RRS Sir David Attenborough, the name was famously bestowed upon one of the ship's high-tech submersibles. Today, the meme stands as a symbol of the hilarious and unpredictable nature of online crowdsourcing and the power of democratic naming gone wonderfully wrong.