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The cake is a lie

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The cake is a lie

Summary

The cake is a lie is a catchphrase[1]. It draws 390 Wikipedia views per month (catchphrase category, ranking #3 of 27).[2]

Key Facts

  • The cake is a lie's image is recorded as The Cake is a Lie (12521108583).jpg[3].
  • The cake is a lie's image is recorded as The cake is a lie.jpg[4].
  • The cake is a lie's instance of is recorded as catchphrase[5].
  • The cake is a lie's instance of is recorded as internet meme[6].
  • The cake is a lie's part of is recorded as Portal[7].
  • The cake is a lie's Commons category is recorded as The cake is a lie[8].
  • The cake is a lie's hashtag is recorded as the_cake_is_a_lie_(meme)[9].
  • The cake is a lie's Google Knowledge Graph ID is recorded as /g/11qn_kjnzg[10].
  • The cake is a lie's TV Tropes ID is recorded as Main/TheCakeIsALie[11].
  • The cake is a lie's Personality Database profile ID is recorded as 517725[12].
  • The cake is a lie's Danbooru tag is recorded as the_cake_is_a_lie_(meme)[13].
  • The cake is a lie's booru tag is recorded as the_cake_is_a_lie_(meme)[14].
  • The cake is a lie's Know Your Meme slug is recorded as the-cake-is-a-lie[15].

Body

Publication

The cake is a lie's part of is recorded as Portal[7].

Why It Matters

The cake is a lie draws 390 Wikipedia views per month (catchphrase category, ranking #3 of 27).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 8 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[16]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . Know Your Meme. Retrieved . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [16] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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  1. 4w ago · DogsRNice · 2026-05-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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    Instance of → catchphrase, internet meme
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    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P12536]]: Cake"
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