Squirrel Waving Bye In Tornado

Squirrel Waving Bye In Tornado—also called Superman Tornado Squirrel—is a reaction GIF edit of the 2013 Man of Steel scene where Jonathan Kent (Kevin Costner) sacrifices himself to a tornado. The meme swaps Jonathan for a squirrel that slowly raises its hand before being whisked away, contrasting Zack Snyder's Superman with James Gunn's 2025 film where Superman saves a random squirrel.

Instagram user hackyandbird posted a still edit July 21, 2025 (78,800 likes); @billythebutcher captioned "Superman 2025, if directed by Zack Snyder" on X (4.9 million views). Animated versions spread through 2025–2026. Late August 2026 saw a major resurgence: @girljosefk's "first day at my new job" caption cleared 1.2 million views August 25; @420masterbop's anti-meme hit 144,300 views August 29. Know Your Meme filed a submission September 1, 2026.

tornadosquirrel.com can catalog GIF caption templates by scenario—job mistakes, accepting defeat, walking away from chaos—with downloadable text overlays and timeline cards crediting @girljosefk's August 2026 post.

squirrelcooked.com fits a "you're cooked" reaction vertical: weekly X roundup embeds, side-by-side Man of Steel vs. Gunn Superman squirrel lore, and fair-use still crops from the animated wave edit.

supermansquirrel.com works as a DC meme crossover hub linking to Stop, My Invincible Son and other Superman corpus entries—explainer cards on the 2025 squirrel scene vs. Snyder sacrifice meme without re-uploading film clips.