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Inside You There Are Two Wolves meme template

Inside You There Are Two Wolves is a meme format on WhatiMeme. Two wolves face each other under a moon, standing for two impulses inside one person. The old parable says the one you feed wins. The meme names the two urges and then admits which one actually won, often both, or neither in any noble way.

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A black-and-white image of two wolves in profile, facing each other almost nose to nose. The wolf on the left is dark, with thick fur and a slightly open mouth. The wolf on the right is pale, with bright, heavy fur. A large full moon sits between them. The sky around the moon is cloudy and heavily textured, darker toward the edges. No text is on the image.

How to write this meme

Keep the two wolf labels short, parallel, and specific. Put the messier urge on the dark wolf unless the joke is that both are a problem. The bottom line should show the outcome, not explain the proverb.

Caption zones

  • Top text — Sets up the two impulses. Sits under the wolves so both faces and the moon between them stay visible.
  • Left wolf — Names the black wolf's impulse. Kept on the chest so the eye and the mouth stay clear.
  • Right wolf — Names the white wolf's impulse. Kept on the neck so the eye and the muzzle stay clear.
  • Bottom text — The outcome. Sits along the bottom so the wolves' faces stay visible.

Example captions

  • Top text: Inside you there are two wolves
  • Left wolf: One more episode
  • Right wolf: A reasonable bedtime
  • Bottom text: It is somehow 3am

The labels are a familiar bedtime fight, and the bottom line admits the dark wolf already won.

  • Top text: Inside you there are two wolves
  • Left wolf: Checks Slack again
  • Right wolf: Closes the laptop
  • Bottom text: Slack won. Obviously.

Work chat versus logging off is an instant contrast, and the deadpan bottom line skips any pretense of self-control.

  • Top text: Inside you there are two wolves
  • Left wolf: Drafts a perfect text
  • Right wolf: Sends “hey” and spirals
  • Bottom text: You fed both. Congrats.

Neither wolf is the healthy choice, so it twists the parable instead of repeating good versus bad.

  • Top text: Inside you there are two wolves
  • Left wolf: Cancels the plans
  • Right wolf: Wishes you had gone
  • Bottom text: This is every Friday

The two urges contradict each other, and the bottom line makes the conflict a habit instead of a one-time choice.

  • Top text: There are two wolves
  • Left wolf: It’s only fourteen dollars
  • Right wolf: You said that yesterday
  • Bottom text: The cart has six items

The right wolf is the conscience and the bottom line shows the left wolf is being fed in bulk.

Common mistakes

  • Restating the original good-versus-evil story with no twist
  • Using labels too long to read on the fur
  • Pairing two ideas that are not actually in conflict
  • Making the pale wolf so obviously correct that there is no joke
  • Explaining the punchline in the bottom text
  • Leaving the bottom line off when the labels alone have no outcome

Also known as

two wolves · you have two wolves inside of you · you have two wolves

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