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Stay Calm Meme Generator

Create a Stay Calm meme.

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

Meme lore

What is the Stay Calm meme?

Stay Calm (also called Prattkeeping) is a meme of Chris Pratt as Owen Grady in Jurassic World holding both palms out in a commanding stop gesture. It represents trying to maintain order, calm chaos, or hold back multiple unruly forces at once - students, toddlers, servers, or group chat arguments.

Origin & history

The still is from Jurassic World (2015), when Owen Grady uses body language to assert dominance over Velociraptors. It went viral that summer as zookeepers worldwide recreated the pose with animals, spawning the 'Prattkeeping' trend.

The image is a still from the 2015 blockbuster Jurassic World. In the raptor paddock scene, Owen Grady - a dinosaur trainer played by Chris Pratt - enters to rescue a fallen worker and uses outstretched hands and steady eye contact to establish alpha status and keep three Velociraptors from attacking. Within weeks of the film's June 2015 release, real zookeepers, veterinarians, and pet owners began posting photos mimicking Pratt's pose with penguins, tortoises, dogs, and other animals under the 'Prattkeeping' hashtag. The meme became a shorthand for anyone acting as the calm authority figure amid escalating chaos.

Caption this Stay Calm 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

  • A teacher trying to settle a rowdy classroom
  • An IT worker juggling multiple server outages at once
  • A parent stopping toddlers from running in different directions
  • A group chat moderator calming a heated argument
  • A project manager holding back last-minute scope changes

Template details

Size
250 × 123 px
Download
PNG
Caption slots
2
Category
Classic
ClassicWorkSchoolGroup ChatsParenting

Step by step

How to make a Stay Calm meme

  1. 1

    Open the Stay Calm template

    The blank Stay Calm 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 top text and bottom text 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 250×123 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

Put the situation or person demanding calm in the top box, then put the multiple chaotic forces being held back in the bottom box.

Tone: deadpan, overwhelmed, controlled chaos

visual metaphorescalationironic controlcontrast between calm posture and total chaos

Caption tips

  • Make the bottom box the bigger, more specific chaos.
  • Use plural problems or opposing forces to match both outstretched hands.
  • Keep the top restrained and authoritative; let the bottom unravel it.

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/stay-calm-1730Agent docs

Stay Calm meme generator FAQ

What is the Stay Calm meme?

Stay Calm (also called Prattkeeping) is a meme of Chris Pratt as Owen Grady in Jurassic World holding both palms out in a commanding stop gesture.

How do I make a Stay Calm 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 Stay Calm 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 Stay Calm template take?

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

Where does the Stay Calm template come from?

The still is from Jurassic World (2015), when Owen Grady uses body language to assert dominance over Velociraptors. It went viral that summer as zookeepers worldwide recreated the pose with animals, spawning the 'Prattkeeping' trend.

What file do I get?

A 250×123 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 Stay Calm 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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