Running Away Balloon meme generator
Describe the situation and the AI writes all 3 lines in the Running Away Balloon format — six versions at once, free, no sign-up, no watermark. Prefer to write your own? Hit Edit on any result.
How the Running Away Balloon format works
- 1Line 1 (balloon, top panel): the thing being chased.
- 2Line 2 (balloon, bottom panel): the same thing again, now just out of reach.
- 3Line 3 (pink figure, bottom-left): what is holding you back.
Example captions
- 1Sleeping by 112Sleeping by 113One more episode
- 1Saving money2Saving money3Free trial ends today
- 1Finishing the novel2Finishing the novel3Starting a new novel
About the Running Away Balloon meme
Running Away Balloon is a two-panel cartoon: in the top panel a grinning white figure reaches for a big yellow balloon; in the bottom panel he is still reaching, but a pink blob has wrapped its arms around his waist and is calmly holding him back. It began circulating as an object-labelling template around 2019 on Reddit and Instagram.
The labels tell a short story about self-sabotage. The balloon is the thing you want — a goal, a plan, a good night's sleep — and the pink figure is whatever keeps you from reaching it. The white figure is usually unlabelled because it is understood to be you. Because the balloon appears twice, both balloon labels are normally identical; the punchline is the pink one.
- Also known as
- Pink guy holding back meme, Balloon meme, Running away balloon, Reaching for balloon meme
- Text boxes
- 3
- Blank size
- 600 × 805 · blank template
- Origin
- Know Your Meme
Running Away Balloon questions
Why does the balloon get two labels?
It appears in both panels. Labelling it twice with the same words makes it clear the goal hasn't changed — only the thing in the way.
Should I label the white figure?
Usually not; he is assumed to be you. If the joke is about someone else, add a fourth text box in the editor and label him.