The Nightcap: 25 Funny Memes for Night Owls With Nowhere to Be

Roy R Oct 17, 2026 09:00 PM EDT

Real white duck relaxing inside a clear inflatable duck float on a calm green river, one of tonight's funny memes

Saturday night belongs to the night owls, and Manhattan just got literal ones: a family of barn owls nesting on an Upper West Side water tower. Crowds stand on the sidewalk staring up at them for hours, which is also my plan tonight, just aimed at a phone. A fresh pile of funny memes lands here every night, and Thursday’s Nightcap is still warm if you missed it. Here are 25 more.

Real white duck sitting inside a clear duck shaped pool float on a calm river

Even the duck has a support system.

Tweet about proudly saying your pet's last name at the vet like they are your heir

My cat is getting the house.

Welcome sign for Gettysburg, South Dakota with a cannon and the slogan where the battle wasn't

Honest marketing, finally.

Funny memes split showing a cartoon dog asleep at 7:00 and dressed in a suit by 7:10

Man staring at his hands after a ketchup bottle sprayed sauce across the kitchen wall

That is a crime scene now.

Bar owner replying to a review about rats outside by calling them employees, citing Ratatouille

Five stars for the kitchen staff, then.

Four panel cosplay where a man uses red candy strings to recreate a superhero's laser eyes

Budget was tight, ambition was not.

Cat with its face pressed flat into the bed in November and again in December

Indiana Jones knight scene meme about expired fridge leftovers waiting for you at 2am

Text meme making a crude golf joke about changing positions on the same hole

College football fan in a red top reacting in the stands during a close final score

Tweet quoting a dad who thinks baseball is the only reason left handers are allowed

Two panel movie reaction meme comparing a twenty dollar gas fill-up to a crude joke

Woman with low riding pants standing on a crowded train while other passengers sit nearby

Tweet saying Nissan Altimas on the road do crazier things than any new Tesla

News headline about subway turnstile fare jumpers with a crude wordplay comment underneath

Older man in only his underwear leaning on a hotel front desk late at night

Four panel funny memes of a woman drinking a mimosa labeled black hole and Hawking radiation

Breaking Bad meme with Walter White advising a shopper not to buy everything in one place

Man in a cowboy hat with a caption comparing a woman to a messy street taco

Neon edited photo of a driver flashing a peace sign with a papers and scissors joke

Tweets wondering what Hogwarts graduates do for work, over a night shot of the castle

Wizard school does not come with a 401k.

Tweet reacting to Palmer Luckey's selfie in a motorcycle helmet beside an ABC news van

Wooden spiral staircase wrapped in curved ribbons of timber inside a restaurant

Funny memes closer: a car engine sitting alone in a highway lane, captioned check engine light

Pretty sure it's fixed now.

Funny memes for a Saturday night in

If an engine lying in the middle of the highway isn’t a sign to go to bed, I don’t know what is, and I’m still not going. The Morning Commute brings fresh funny pictures tomorrow morning, and the next Nightcap shows up tomorrow night. In between, dig through some funny cat memes or the can’t sleep memes for anyone still up at 2am. If one of these made you snort, pass it to whoever else is awake way too late.