Tentative context: A visual joke about King Kamehameha II of Hawaii standing next to his wife (and half-sister) Kamāmalu. The meme plays up their height contrast.

Tentative context: Greyfriars Bobby was a Skye Terrier in 19th-century Edinburgh who reportedly spent 14 years guarding his owner's grave. The story became famous through books and films, though historians have long debated how much of the tale is true.

Tentative context: The Waco Siege was a 1993 standoff between the US government and the Branch Davidians, which ended with a deadly raid and fire. This meme pokes fun at how the government handled it by showing troops shooting anyone with a Branch Davidian connection, even a child.

Tentative context: Armies back then had to eat, so they took food and supplies from local farms. For a farmer, seeing soldiers arrive was like watching a swarm of locusts eat everything.

Tentative context: A meme that casts the leaders of the Entente and Central Powers in WWI as various SpongeBob characters.

Tentative context: This refers to the Lucky Dragon No. 5 incident in 1954, when a Japanese fishing boat was hit by fallout from the US Castle Bravo nuclear test, after Hiroshima and Nagasaki.