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The Nightcap: 25 Best Funny Memes for When the Porch Light Goes Off

Roy R. Oct 31, 2026 09:00 PM EDT

Around 8:30 on Halloween night, every adult with a candy bowl turns off the porch light and becomes a person who is not home. I do it every year, sitting in the dark like I owe the trick-or-treaters money. The Nightcap is a fresh batch of the best funny memes every night, and Thursday night’s memes are still up if you missed them. Keep the lights low and scroll.

Green parrot under a berry splattered clear dome, opening the best funny memes tonight. — Crime scene, but make it snack time.
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Overhead shot of feet by a basket, captioned about not telling mom her video is AI. — Let her have the dancing bear.
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Four panel comic of a sleepy vampire brewing his coffee through a person before drinking it. — Save

Tweet about feeling bad for spiders caught off their routine when someone is up late. — The spider has a schedule. I do not.
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Squirrel in a London courtyard eating from a pile of spilled Takis near a bench. — Living better than me.
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Mike Wazowski from Monsters Inc shown with two possible ways his single eye cries. — Save

Tweet listing no-buy Halloween costume ideas like holding a cup of water or wearing one color. — Cup of water is going to win something.
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Fluffy white puppy named Riceball asleep on a tile floor after sneaking in for a nap. — Save

Drake meme rejecting the regular snack mix pieces and approving of the rye chips. — Correct, and nobody is arguing.
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Tweet recalling wrecking the family computer hunting for a clean No Scrubs download on LimeWire. — Save

Norwegian transit poster reading humper, dumper, hopp og fart, which sounds rude in English. — Save

Restaurant sign reading Try My Nuts, captioned as being alone with your crush. — Save

Bob's Burgers fan art of Linda as a winking witch on a broom with two ghosts. — Save

Tweet about autocorrect turning a pronoun email signature into something embarrassing. — Save

Edited novelty product photo where a pumpkin replaces part of an adult item. — Save

Threads post about writing heartbreak without saying it directly, with a crude reply. — Save

Glass novelty object shaped like a fork, posted on Threads with a joking reply. — Save

Tweet blaming a 1990s telecom law for ending a dream of being a local radio DJ. — Save

News tweet about a man facing charges for taking a flamingo to his Las Vegas hotel room. — Save

Lobby of a Hollywood Theaters movie theater with its red and gold neon sign. — Save

Post about funny bird names that ends on an old dictionary nickname for the kestrel. — Save

Tweet reacting to a double fish sandwich with bacon added, held up in one hand. — Save

Tweet noting Obi-Wan Kenobi always finds a bar before a mission, with four drinking scenes. — Honestly, a role model.
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Row of men in work shirts and jeans, with a reply praising their physiques. — Load bearing dads.
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Man in a homemade MiG 29 fighter jet costume at a nighttime Halloween party. — He's not taking your girl, he's taking the airspace.
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The best funny memes for a dark porch

Somewhere a grown man in a homemade fighter jet costume is winning the night, and the rest of us are hiding behind the couch. The next round of funny memes drops tomorrow night, and the Morning Commute covers the breakfast shift. If you need more, there are classic memes and some truly weird pets to get you through until the candy runs out. Share this with whoever else is pretending not to be home right now.

Man wearing a homemade MiG 29 fighter jet costume at a nighttime Halloween party, one of the best funny memes of the night.

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Posted by Roy R. About the author

Roy has been one of the internet's meme tastemakers for more than a decade. He and Phil started Thunder Dungeon in 2012 by posting the stuff they found funny, and it grew into viral photo and video creations, one of the largest meme community apps and one of the best sites for daily meme content. If you've spent any time online, you've probably laughed at one of his memes.