The 'Elon Musk Laughing at Dead Deer' meme stems from a February 2019 episode of PewDiePie's 'Meme Review,' where Musk made a guest appearance alongside Justin Roiland. During the segment, Musk broke into uncontrollable laughter after seeing a photo of what appeared to be a dead deer at the bottom of a swimming pool (later revealed to be a statue). The internet was captivated by the sheer absurdity of a billionaire finding such a macabre and random image so funny. Today, the template is used to represent moments of unexpected or dark humor, or simply to show Musk reacting to glitchy or bizarre real-world situations.