First, it was just a silly scene at the end of The O.C. episode “Dear Sister” — I know, of all TV shows to create a meme, THE O.C.

Then Saturday Night Live (SNL) made it into a “digital short” (Sidenote — I’m guessing “LorneMichaelsSNL” isn’t the real Lorne Michaels, but this video is the only copy I found online.)

After seeing it spoofed on SNL, YouTube users made remixes of popular Internet videos based on the “Dear Sister” spoofs like this “Charlie Bit My Finger” remix

From there, it esploded — yes, I meant to say that — all over the Internet. Just look at how many search results you can find for “Dear Sister” now — many of them completely recreated by users.

Has it now come full circle with a remix of scenes from The Office into a series of “Dear Sister” spoofs?

That’s a sample anatomy of an Internet meme — or in this case, a viral video — that I discovered today.

*sigh* The things I do with my evenings.