Zmapp-chan is an anime-style personification of the ZMapp experimental drug, created as a heroic counterpart to the infamous Ebola-chan during the 2014 West African Ebola outbreak. Originating on imageboards like 4chan, she is typically depicted as a nurse or a magical girl dedicated to curing the virus and saving the world. While her predecessor, Ebola-chan, was often associated with dark humor and chaos, Zmapp-chan represented the personification of medical science and hope. In meme culture, she is frequently used to represent a solution to a toxic situation, a literal cure for bad online threads, or as part of the niche subculture of personifying pharmaceutical substances and medical concepts.