How Michael Phelps’ terrifying game face spawned the best meme of the Olympics

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It’s official, #PhelpsFace is the new “McKayla Maroney Is Not Impressed.” Last night, the swimmers in the men’s 200 butterfly semifinals at the 2016 Rio Olympics were warming up in the dressing room, each wrapped up in their own ritual of stretching or, um, doing some boxing moves. Everyone, that is, except for Michael Phelps. The most decorated Olympian sat in the corner, headphones on, hood up, and game. Face. On.

Naturally, Phelps became an Olympic millihelen, or should I say memehelen, the face that spawned a thousand memes. And the internet went nuts. While we try to figure out what he was listening to (either “Bodies” or “Un-Break My Heart“), here’s some of the best of #PhelpsFace.

When your mom made you put back what you had in the shopping cart. #PhelpsFace pic.twitter.com/bYHZ5mEHKM
— Ron Anthony Bautista (@BautistaNY) August 9, 2016

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