Disaster Girl features a photograph of a young girl, Zoe Roth, smirking toward the camera while a house burns in the background. Taken by her father in 2004 during a local fire department drill, the image became an internet sensation after being published in JPG Magazine in 2008. The meme perfectly captures the 'smug' or 'chaotic evil' energy of someone who may or may not have caused a catastrophe. It is widely used to illustrate situations where someone is calmly observing or even enjoying a disaster, whether it's a social mishap, a professional failure, or a literal fire.