The 'Catception' meme plays on the mind-bending themes of Christopher Nolan’s Inception, replacing dream layers with layers of feline antics. Typically featuring a cat staring intensely at a screen or a photo of another cat, often itself, the meme represents recursion, confusion, or a deep state of concentration. It rose to prominence during the early 2010s meta-humor era as users found increasingly complex ways to frame their pets. Today, it serves as the ultimate visual shorthand for being 'meta' or getting lost in a recursive loop of internet content, perfectly capturing that feeling of being three levels deep into a midnight YouTube marathon.