Twitter users flooded the social media site with their quickly Photoshopped jokes, inserting other 2016 films like "Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice" and Beyonce's "Lemonade" as the real Best Picture winners. Other contenders included films that have long been out of theaters (finally, "Space Jam" gets its due), while others took the opportunity to imagine the envelope declaring their loyalty to snubbed favorites (Amy Adams should have nabbed a nomination for "Arrival") or that certain other events went the other way, too (we're looking at you, current POTUS and the most recent Super Bowl champs).
Has anyone done this yet http://pic.twitter.com/zTK1t0hI4D
— Jen Lewis (@thisjenlewis) February 27, 2017
I KNEW IT!!!!!! #Oscars http://pic.twitter.com/0G8IKGRIo7
— Greg Wyshynski (@wyshynski) February 27, 2017
WE DID IT http://pic.twitter.com/VHbpohn1dX
— Bucky Isotope (@BuckyIsotope) February 27, 2017
#Oscars http://pic.twitter.com/1IoWkMnjnV
— Madison M. K. (@4evrmalone) February 27, 2017
http://pic.twitter.com/0Qp8M7e0W1
— Madeline Hill (@mad_hill) February 27, 2017
#AcademyAwards http://pic.twitter.com/VNWe3MBPGg
— Ryan Hampton (@RyanForRecovery) February 27, 2017
What the card actually said.... #Oscars http://pic.twitter.com/a6zPmqDWiP
— Tyrion Lannister (@GoT_Tyrion) February 27, 2017
Perhaps the best meme came courtesy of comedian Abbi Crutchfield, who saw the real truth behind last night's blunder.
It all makes sense now. #Oscars http://pic.twitter.com/YjDq4VQXHt
— Abbi Crutchfield (@curlycomedy) February 27, 2017
Whatever the true reason for such an awkward awards show fail (accounting firm PricewaterhouseCoopers has promised to investigate how the wrong envelope ended up in Beatty and Dunaway's hands), it's always comforting to know that social media will deliver on the laughs.