The Murder Hornet Invasion meme surfaced in May 2020 following news reports of the Asian Giant Hornet appearing in the United States for the first time. During a year already defined by a global pandemic and social unrest, the arrival of these 'murder hornets' became the ultimate symbol of a '2020 bingo card' gone wrong. The meme typically depicts the hornets as an absurd final boss or an unnecessary addition to the year's chaos. Users often employ this template to joke about the overwhelming nature of current events or to highlight the feeling that things are spiraling out of control in the most unexpected ways possible.