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Polite Cat Meme Generator

Caption Polite Cat (Ollie): the awkward request on top, the tight-lipped courtesy on the bottom.

Drag a box to move it, or its corners to resize. Everything renders on your device — nothing is uploaded.

Meme lore

What is the Polite Cat meme?

Polite Cat is Ollie, a white-and-grey cat with a human-looking pressed smile. It is the face of forced enthusiasm and of the fake “Bruce Landlord” texts: no pets, then an exception because he looks very polite. Whether the smile is unedited is still debated.

Origin & history

A photo of the cat went up on 9GAG on 2018-06-07 as “My face when someone expects me to be excited about something that I'm not excited about.” On 2018-07-02 Instagram @livewithflip posted a fake iMessage with “Bruce Landlord”: no pets, then “OK I will make an exception because he looks very polite” (21k likes in a week). Reddit (r/MemeEconomy, r/GoodFakeTexts) and Twitter followed 2018-07-03. Know Your Meme added the entry 2018-07-09. Instagram @Khan_Amon_Ra claimed the cat as Ollie. PewDiePie covered it 2018-07-15. Daily Dot later showed a similar smile could be faked in video software. This PNG is a 597×450 crop of that still.

Photo: white cat later called Ollie, 9GAG 2018-06-07. Viral: Instagram @livewithflip fake landlord texts, 2018-07-02. Claimed owner: @Khan_Amon_Ra. Meme: Know Your Meme, 2018-07-09.

Caption this Polite Cat meme with your own text in the editor above, then download the finished PNG free — for Reddit, X, Instagram, WhatsApp, Discord or the group chat.

Best used for

  • pretending to like a gift
  • agreeing to an unreasonable request
  • a landlord making an exception
  • smiling through an awkward conversation
  • forced enthusiasm about a meeting

Template details

Size
597 × 450 px
Download
PNG
Caption slots
2
Layout
Caption Top Bottom
Category
Animal
WorkRelationshipsSocial AwkwardnessAnimalPetsCustomer Service

Step by step

How to make a Polite Cat meme

  1. 1

    Open the Polite Cat template

    The blank Polite Cat meme is already loaded in the editor at the top of this page. There is nothing to install and no account to create.

  2. 2

    Write your captions

    Type into the the situation and the courtesy fields in the panel beside the image, or tap one of the example captions to start from a working joke.

  3. 3

    Place the text

    Drag a caption box on the image to move it, or drag a corner to resize it. The text rewraps and shrinks to fit as you go.

  4. 4

    Download your meme

    Press Download PNG for the finished 597×450 image, or Copy to paste it straight into a chat. Turn the watermark off first if you would rather not have one.

How the joke works

Top is the awkward setup or rule; bottom is the forced-polite punchline. Keep Impact off the smile.

Tone: quietly unsettling and courteous

forced politenessawkward sincerityvisual incongruityreluctant approval

Caption tips

  • Keep captions short and conversational.
  • Use the top line for context and the bottom for restrained courtesy.
  • Lean into wording that is polite while the situation is not.
  • Do not describe Ollie or the smile.
  • Captions covering the face or smile
  • A Beluga / other white-cat still
  • The full Bruce Landlord iMessage screenshot as the template
  • Genuinely cheerful tone with no awkwardness

AI studio

Let AI write the captions

Describe the joke once and get four captioned variants on the templates that fit it — then open the one you like in this editor.

Generate captions

For agents

memeworld ships a REST API and an MCP server, so Claude, Cursor or your own agent can pull this template, caption it and render the image.

GET /api/v1/templates/polite-cat-1446Agent docs

Polite Cat meme generator FAQ

What is the Polite Cat meme?

Polite Cat is Ollie, a white-and-grey cat with a human-looking pressed smile.

How do I make a Polite Cat meme?

Open the editor at the top of this page, type your captions, drag the text where you want it, and download the finished PNG. It takes about twenty seconds.

Is the Polite Cat meme generator free?

Yes. Captioning and downloading are free, there is no account to create, and there is no cap on how many you make.

How many captions does the Polite Cat template take?

2 captions: the situation and the courtesy. You can leave any of them blank, and you can move or resize each box on the image.

Where does the Polite Cat template come from?

A photo of the cat went up on 9GAG on 2018-06-07 as “My face when someone expects me to be excited about something that I'm not excited about.” On 2018-07-02 Instagram @livewithflip posted a fake iMessage with “Bruce Landlord”: no pets, then “OK I will make an exception because he looks very polite” (21k likes in a week). Reddit (r/MemeEconomy, r/GoodFakeTexts) and Twitter followed 2018-07-03. Know Your Meme added the entry 2018-07-09. Instagram @Khan_Amon_Ra claimed the cat as Ollie. PewDiePie covered it 2018-07-15. Daily Dot later showed a similar smile could be faked in video software. This PNG is a 597×450 crop of that still.

What file do I get?

A 597×450 PNG, ready to post to Reddit, X, Instagram, WhatsApp, Discord or the group chat.

Is there a watermark?

A small memeworld watermark is drawn in by default. Switch it off in the editor panel before you download and the export is clean.

Are my memes uploaded anywhere?

No. The renderer runs in your browser, so your captions and the finished image never leave your device.

Can an AI write Polite Cat captions?

Yes. Describe your joke on the Create page and memeworld writes captions onto the templates that fit it, ready to open in this editor. Agents can do the same through the REST API and the MCP server.

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