The 'Charlie Chaplin's Time Traveler' meme stems from a video uploaded by George Clarke in 2010, who discovered a scene in the bonus features of Chaplin's 1928 film 'The Circus.' In the footage, a woman appears to be walking while holding a small device to her ear and speaking, closely resembling a modern mobile phone user. Since there were no cell towers in 1928, the clip became a massive internet sensation, fueling time-travel conspiracy theories. While skeptics suggest she might be using an early hearing aid like an acousticon, the meme continues to be used to highlight historical anomalies, retro-futurism, or the humor of being 'out of place' in time.