The Elmo Nuclear Explosion meme is a high-stakes evolution of the famous 'Hellmo' image, which features a plush Elmo toy with arms raised against a backdrop of fire. While the original flame version appeared on Tumblr around 2012, the nuclear variant escalated the chaos by photoshopping Elmo in front of a massive atomic mushroom cloud. It perfectly captures a sense of nihilistic joy or the feeling of watching everything fall apart with a smile. It is widely used on social media to represent situations where a person causes massive drama or destruction and simply stands back to enjoy the spectacle.