# Overly Attached Girlfriend

> A fan-contest parody prompted more than 175 image macros within hours.

- Owner: Laina Morris
- Kind: Meme & format
- Sector: Culture (no sector)
- Seed date: 2012-06-06
- Milestone date: 2012-06-08
- Date basis: Documented milestone; not a measured attention peak.
- Spread Score: 30 (Niche, provisional), v1.2
- Mechanics: Platform jump, Press loop

## Summary

A contest interface uploaded and titled Morris’s entry, which she shared with Facebook friends. Reddit users traded captions, GIFs and cover images while linking back to the video. A stereotype debate and an innocent-explanation variant offered further adaptations.

## Timeline

- 2012-06-06 — Laina Morris (YouTube) — Morris uploaded JB Fanvideo as an entry in a Justin Bieber fan contest.
- 2012-06-07 — yeahhtoast (Reddit) — The Reddit discussion exchanged caption macros, GIFs and Facebook-cover adaptations, with links back to the video.
- 2012-06-07 — The Daily Dot (Press) — The Daily Dot reported the screenshot's spread as a captioned meme.

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Cite as: How It Spread (2026). “Overly Attached Girlfriend.” Case HIS-01049. Spread Score v1.2: 30/100. Updated 2026-10-16. https://howitspread.com/id/HIS-01049