Pedro Pascal’s popular figure on the internet solidified through the excitement of his impressive acting in shows like The Last of Us and The Mandalorian. However, clearly also through his lovable, often nervous, and highly meme-able demeanour. Much like the character itself, Pascal’s “nervous” personality seems to take many forms of public displays of adorableness, often becoming desired viral posts on Instagram and TikTok.
Sometimes, Pascal’s most viral responses come from unintentional handholding or accidental moments where he emotes emotionally while doing his job, while other times it is simply Pascal’s mode of nervousness that takes the show. Memes stemming from nervous moments display Pascal’s earnestness while revealing the internet’s collective love for him. Today, we explore seven of the funniest genuinely “nervous” Pedro Pascal meme moments! We will analyze these memes through their original context, common captions, and accounts of resonance involved with the content.
1. The Anxiety Touch with Vanessa Kirby: How Did It Start?
You might’ve seen the Pedro Pascal nervous meme going around. It took off during the press tour for Marvel’s The Fantastic Four: First Steps. At places like San Diego Comic-Con 2024, people noticed Pascal kept touching his co-star, Vanessa Kirby. Think holding her hand, a hand on her shoulder, or getting real close in interviews.
What’s the Story? Pascal’s been open about his anxiety. So, folks online figured these touches were how he dealt with stress. It was like he was grounding himself. One Instagram post showed him holding Kirby’s hand and said, “Pedro Pascal suffers from anxiety, and when he is anxious, he usually tries to have contact with someone.” At first, everyone was cool with it, seeing Pascal as just a regular person dealing with anxiety. but after a while, the constant touching turned into a joke, sometimes a bit of a weird one.
2. The Hot Girl Anxiety Meme: A Fun Twist
Based on the anxiety touch story, the hot girl anxiety meme popped up online fast. It jokingly, and sometimes with a bit of a jab, asked why Pascal seemed to need to touch people mainly when he was with his attractive female co-stars, Vanessa Kirby in particular. The joke is that his anxiety only shows up or goes away when hot girls are around.
How it Looks: This meme uses the same clips of Pascal and Kirby (or other female co-stars) but adds funny captions that act like he only gets anxious around certain people. You might see captions like: POV: “You’re a woman, and Pedro Pascal suddenly has anxiety near you,” or “Anyone else notice Pedro Pascal never gets ‘anxious’ around his male co-workers?” Some folks thought it was hilarious, but others wondered if it made light of anxiety or was too hard on Pascal. No matter what, it spread like wildfire and became a meme everyone knew on Instagram and X (formerly Twitter).
3. That Pedro Trying to Stretch His Nerves Out Thing (Marvel Rivals)
Forget the fancy premieres; Pedro Pascal’s jump into gaming gave us some hilarious meme stuff too. People saw clips of him playing Mr. Fantastic in Marvel Rivals (that video game), and they noticed he seemed kind of nervous, and it showed up in how he played the character. Mr. Fantastic can stretch all over the place, and Pedro seemed anxious while playing, and that mix was just gold for jokes.
What it’s all about: The meme usually shows Pedro’s Mr. Fantastic stretching awkwardly or messing up in the game, and people put captions on it about his anxiety. Like, someone wrote, Pedro trying to stretch his nerves out of his chest, and another one was, This is what anxiety looks like in-game. It’s a funny mix of what we know about him and how he is on TV or in the game, and it brings out that cute awkwardness that fans love.
4. The “Me Alone with Anxiety / Pedro Pascal with Anxiety” Meme
This meme makes a point by comparing normal experiences of anxiety to one way in which Pascal is seen coping with anxiety. It is a self-deprecating but relatable meme that separates two experiences by visually contrasting a solitary and internalized self-struggle with anxiety to a way someone outwardly lacks self-esteem and touches physical contact to cope.
Context and Caption: This meme tends to operate using a split-screen format that includes a two-panel image or video. One side is likely to show a person looking distraught or overwhelmed with a caption reading “Me alone with anxiety.” The other side is likely to show Pedro Pascal physically engaging with a co-star with a caption reading “Pedro Pascal with anxiety.” Here, the humour is derived from the ironic comparison and how Pascal’s anxiety manifests itself—in a way that would likely, from an outsider looking on, appear to be far more socially engaging or attractive than typical anxious tendencies.
5. The “Pedro Pascal Calming His Anxiety” (The Notebook Parody)
Okay, so the Pedro Pascal Calming His Anxiety meme, which is a play on the anxiety touch thing, sparked some funny parodies of famous love scenes, especially from The Notebook. You know that super dramatic, rainy kiss between Noah and Allie? Well, it got turned into Pedro Pascal’s go-to trick for chilling out when he’s stressed.
How it works: People grab stills or clips from those intense Notebook scenes, especially the kiss, and Photoshop Pedro Pascal’s face over Ryan Gosling’s or just hint that he’s there. The caption usually says something like, Pedro Pascal rushing to find a woman after saying he has social anxiety, or just Pedro Pascal calming his ‘anxiety.’ It really cranks up the whole anxiety touch idea to a ridiculous level for laughs.
6. The Laughing Then Crying Meme (I, My Ruination)
This meme isn’t exactly about being nervous, but it nails that huge emotional swing a lot of us know too well, especially when things get intense and a little scary or sad. It comes from a 2020 online show of the play I, My Ruination, where Pascal goes from laughing hard to full-on crying without missing a beat.
How It’s Used: The clip, usually with Beach House’s Space Song playing, turned into a way to show those quick mood changes. People use it for moments when they’re trying to stay cool but then just fall apart emotionally, which totally fits when you’re anxious or upset. You’ll see captions like Me trying to keep it together vs. 2 seconds later or showing something that goes from fun to awful fast. The meme is all about how Pascal can show real emotion, so it works great for any nervous breakdown or super emotional situation.
7. The “Why Doesn’t He Touch Men?” Meme
As the anxiety touch and hot girl anxiety memes got popular, some folks started pushing back, usually with their own memes. These memes ask why Pedro Pascal seems to only touch women. They show times when Pascal is touchy-feely with his male co-stars or buddies, trying to prove that he doesn’t just touch women because of anxiety.
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What’s in the Memes: These memes usually show old videos or photos of Pascal being friendly with male co-workers (like Oscar Isaac, or even Willem Dafoe’s wife, which people talked about, too). They use captions like, I wonder why Pedro Pascal never has ‘anxiety’ around his male co-workers, usually with a bit of sarcasm, to question the idea that he only gets touchy with women because he’s anxious. This kind of meme shows how the internet talks about things and how some fans try to defend Pascal from what they think are unfair criticisms or misunderstandings of his actions.
The Lasting Charm
Pedro Pascal‘s “nervous” memes (regardless of whether they are sincere anxiety, hyperbole, or emotional vulnerability) all signify one thing: he is incredibly relatable. In a time when celebrity personas often feel manufactured, Pascal is refreshing in that he is willing to show himself in less than perfectly polished moments or when witnessing authentic emotional responses. These memes take fleeting, usually unscripted moments and transform them into universally recognizable instances of nervousness, reminders that humour is fleeting, or that deep feelings exist. They solidify Pedro Pascal as not only a talented actor but also as the internet’s most loveably anxious “daddy.” Pascal’s appeal stems from the authentic, and sometimes awkward, sense of human connection he builds with people on the internet, one viral meme at a time.
Written by Nidhi Singh