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#Deflategate Tom Brady Memes Are a Touchdown

Meme artists sack a courtroom sketch of the dashing defendant.

"Long live the king!" pic.twitter.com/Q7bS3a02hf

— SportsNation (@SportsNation) August 12, 2015

If you have been following the #deflategate fiasco closely, this story should need little introduction. Celebrity quarterback Tom Brady was in court on Wednesday, facing trial for his involvement in illegally deflating footballs before a championship game. Veteran courtroom sketch artist Jane Rosenberg produced a rather charged rendition of the four-time Super Bowl champion, which has since been chewed up and spit out by the ruthless meme generator that is the web. The sketch, hurriedly scrawled under the time constraints and pressure of an international audience, depicts the athelete with a hallowed expression that unfortunately resembles Michael Shannon in Take Shelter. Now, its visage has been plastered onto the likes of E.T., the Hunchback of Notre Dame, and Edvard Munch's The Scream, with newer, unkind-er Photoshop jobs churned out by the hour.

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Check out VICE Sports' interview with courtroom artist Jane Rosenberg here, and see some of our favorite Tom Brady memes below.

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— SportsNation (@SportsNation)

August 12, 2015

WINNER. RT @OnlyInBOS: This… pic.twitter.com/1GZCFHbW4P

— Jamie O'Grady (@JamieOGrady) August 12, 2015

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— Hector Diaz (@iamHectorDiaz) August 12, 2015

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— nick pants (@nick_pants) August 13, 2015

DeflateGate is turning into a real thriller pic.twitter.com/KmY3Xv2Bej

— Pete Blackburn (@PeteBlackburn) August 12, 2015

@AGoot18 pic.twitter.com/IXqvAapqYj

— Thunder Dan Weiner (@DanWeiner) August 12, 2015

@Pile_of_Derp wow had no idea the same artist who fixed up Ecce Homo did Ecce Brady pic.twitter.com/xFUn0C7dzL

— mike (@mikeFAIL) August 12, 2015

Tom Brady. Woof! pic.twitter.com/KQ1AJZFavt

— Bleacher Report (@BleacherReport) August 12, 2015

Here's a story Bout a QB named brady who was busy letting air out of his balls pic.twitter.com/43QAXYqJqS

— Dave Rappoccio (@DrawPlayDave) August 12, 2015

Cheater with a Pearl Earring pic.twitter.com/meeDE45tBO

— Dave Rappoccio (@DrawPlayDave) August 12, 2015

Tom Brady the chosen one pic.twitter.com/9Jtc7VQDVw

— Dave Rappoccio (@DrawPlayDave) August 12, 2015

Wait, I knew I've seen that Tom Brady sad face before pic.twitter.com/a7cd0nE3hQ

— Dave Rappoccio (@DrawPlayDave) August 12, 2015

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a little different #bradysketch pic.twitter.com/CY1JEvgKom

— Wes Rand (@wrand) August 12, 2015

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— Hector Diaz (@iamHectorDiaz) August 12, 2015

I had to step up my Brady Reek game: pic.twitter.com/3t4jD30Qs6

— Jay King (@ByJayKing) August 12, 2015

Oh COME ON pic.twitter.com/zpcu2l7EEu

— Dan Carson (@DrCarson73) August 12, 2015

@DanWeiner @AGoot18 pic.twitter.com/m2GlUSZBIF

— Wes Rand (@wrand) August 12, 2015

@wrand @DanWeiner @AGoot18 pic.twitter.com/F6DmCqicCM

— Danny McDonald (@dannybmcd) August 12, 2015

Find more Tom Brady memes on Twitter.

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