--- description: A photo of Elijah Wood riding a scooter in Austin became an instant meme supplying the internet with endless laughter. title: Elijah Wood Casually Rides Atop Scooter Into Meme Status image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt387a231d8c0f4dea/69893b33096a940c8f6a38c9/elijahwoodbecomesmeme.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Newsfeed](/tag/time-section-newsfeed/) ## Newsfeed Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Elijah Wood Casually Rides Atop Scooter Into Meme Status  by [Cady Lang](/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Sep 26, 2018 8:11 PM CUT  Actor / Producer Elijah Woodc attends the special screening and Q&A of "Mandy" At Beyond Fest at the Egyptian Theatre on September 11, 2018 in Hollywood, California. (Photo by Paul Archuleta/FilmMagic) Actor / Producer Elijah Woodc attends the special screening and Q&A of "Mandy" At Beyond Fest at the Egyptian Theatre on September 11, 2018 in Hollywood, California. (Photo by Paul Archuleta/FilmMagic)Paul Archuleta—FilmMagic  by [Cady Lang](/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Sep 26, 2018 8:11 PM CUT [_Lord of the Rings_](http://time.com/5376610/fall-of-gondolin-jrr-tolkien/ "undefined") star [Elijah Wood](http://time.com/4547843/elijah-wood-on-daniel-radcliffe-doppelganger/ "undefined") confirmed that he’s living his best, most unbothered life when an image of him cheerfully riding a motorized scooter surfaced on Twitter this week. The photo, which was [posted on Twitter](https://twitter.com/Massawyrm/status/1044375635366432768 "undefined") by writer C. Robert Cargill, shows Wood en route to somewhere exciting while in town in Austin, Texas, where Wood’s production company SpectreVision is showing their virtual reality game _Transference_at [Fantastic Fest](https://fantasticfest.com/about "undefined"), the largest genre film festival in the United States specializing in horror, fantasy, sci-fi, action. As might be expected, the Internet instantly fell in love with the light-hearted photo of Wood and wasted no time in promoting it to meme status. Fan sounded off on social media with plenty of good-natured ribbing about Wood and his rental scooter — and if you’re wondering, yes, plenty of _Lord of the Rings_ and Frodo jokes were made. See the best memes and jokes about Elijah Wood’s Austin scooter ride below. > [](https://twitter.com/rumpfshaker/status/1045031435730587648) > [](https://twitter.com/gavinfckr/status/1044853442295070720) > [](https://twitter.com/NeilaK20/status/1045018496059494400) > [](https://twitter.com/seancofficial/status/1044818959479050241) > [](https://twitter.com/JustinQuizon/status/1044638821210443776) > [](https://twitter.com/WillRinehart/status/1044999812570140674) > [](https://twitter.com/NickdeSemlyen/status/1044610857345470464) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5407405/elijah-wood-meme/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5407405/elijah-wood-meme/"},"headline":"Elijah Wood Casually Rides Atop Scooter Into Meme Status","datePublished":"2018-09-26T20:11:07.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:55:07.388Z","description":"As one does","url":"https://time.com/5407405/elijah-wood-meme/","keywords":["Newsfeed","celebrities"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt387a231d8c0f4dea/69893b33096a940c8f6a38c9/elijahwoodbecomesmeme.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Cady Lang","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/cady-lang/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt387a231d8c0f4dea/69893b33096a940c8f6a38c9/elijahwoodbecomesmeme.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Los Angeles Special Screening And Q&A Of \"Mandy\" At Beyond Fest - Arrivals","caption":"Los Angeles Special Screening And Q&A Of \"Mandy\" At Beyond Fest - Arrivals","creditText":"Paul Archuleta—FilmMagic","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/5407405/elijah-wood-meme/","name":"Elijah Wood Casually Rides Atop Scooter Into Meme Status"}}]}] ```