In forums, a user might post an It’s a trap! image to mock men who are attracted to transgender women. The idea of the term is that such an individual “traps” people into thinking they are a different gender. Wanna come?’…It’s a trap!”Ī version of the It’s a trap! meme also incorporates the slang meaning of trap, a term used especially in online message boards for anime characters of ambiguous gender and transgender people who “pass” as cisgender. Some memes use It’s a trap! for observational humor: “Free to try for 30 days? It’s a trap!” Others memes use It’s a trap! for sexist jokes about girlfriends and wives: “She says: ‘I only need to go to ONE store. One, based on a deliberate misspelling, features an image of Ackbar holding a blue tarp, exclaiming, “It’s a tarp!” Others play on words that rhyme with trap, like “It’s a cap!” along with an image of Ackbar wearing a baseball cap or “It’s a frappe!” with Ackbar rendered as the Starbucks logo.
Branded on t-shirts and other merchandise, and alluded to in pop culture, it’s a trap! has inspired many memes among Star Wars fandom.
