The It’s Like Finding A Gold Scarmeme, often shortened to Gold Scarmeme features image slideshows set to the sound of John Bellion’s “All Time Low.” The meme references image macros that compare rare, lucky events with finding a Gold Scar weapon in the popular video game Fortnite and spread on TikTok in late September 2024.

Meme/trend creator: @sportsculture / Instagram

Meme type: Image macro / TikTok meme challenge

First appearance: Sept. 28, 2024

Used to convey: A sense of joy finding/experiencing something rare and treasured.

Peak popularity: Nov. 17-23, 2024

“I was the knight in shining armor” copypasta lyrics in captions of TikTok posts, typically used as they accomplish an unexpected goal.

The Gold Scar meme is a reference to the video game Fortnite’s rare-to-find Gold Scar weapons. Most iterations of the meme format are written in the template of “How it feels [when]…” and are set against the song “All Time Low” by John Bellion, with a particular focus on the lyrics, “I was the knight in shining armor in your movie,” which has become a meme of its own.