The Uncrops or AI-Expanded Images meme trend emerged alongside the rapid rise of generative AI tools like DALL-E, Midjourney, and Adobe Photoshop's Generative Fill. Users began 'uncropping' famous memes, iconic album covers, and historical photos to see what artificial intelligence would imagine in the surrounding space. While some results are impressively realistic, the format gained massive popularity due to the bizarre, cursed, or nonsensical expansions that occur when the AI misinterprets the context. This meme format plays on the unpredictability of algorithms and the 'uncanny valley' effect, turning a simple portrait into a chaotic, hilarious, or unsettling visual narrative.