The Robert Kardashian Hologram meme originated in October 2020 after Kanye West gifted his then-wife Kim Kardashian West a life-sized, talking hologram of her deceased father for her 40th birthday. The AI-driven visual featured Robert Kardashian praising Kim’s achievements and even calling Kanye a 'genius.' The internet immediately seized on the uncanny valley nature of the gift, finding it both touching and deeply unsettling. In meme culture, the template is used to depict situations where someone receives an overly elaborate, slightly creepy message of encouragement, or to place absurd, narcissistic dialogue into the mouth of the hologram. It serves as a commentary on celebrity excess and the strange intersection of technology and grief.