50 Times Animals Acted So Hilariously Devious, They Ended Up Being Shared On The “Animals Going Goblin Mode” Twitter Account (New Pics)
If you have not been living under a rock, you probably know what ‘goblin mode’ is. This, mostly described as unapologetically self-indulgent and greedy behavior, does not only apply to people but to the animal kingdom as well.
For our entertainment, a Twitter page called “animals going goblin mode" shares the most bizarre images where animals partake in various mischievous acts. They range from making a silly face to “I will destroy you” mode. So without further ado, we invite you to scroll through this collection of hilariously creepy images accidentally captured by people online.
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Wait, is “giving a bath” a euphemism for “awakening the demon within”?
They always keep up appearances but sometimes they smell. (Shhh don't tell them I Said that)
Load More Replies...Got c**p in it's coat. There are things that it's better to wash out that let them lick out.
Load More Replies...This is my cat if anyone other than me gives her a bath or shower. If I do it, she just doesn't care. Anyone else, get the band-aids and possibly a suture kit.
Maybe it is my screen resolution but it looks like the cat has its claws caught on a latex painted ceiling.
Quiet hooman! I'm playin it off until I figure out how to get out of this without embarrassing myself…
Load More Replies...Mwah ha ha ha!! BEHOLD HOOMANS! you gave me an inch and I took the lot!!! From this day forward you shall see me as the Lord of Sea and Sky and bow down to me! Tis what it is! (Ahem) so NOW bow down pledge your legence to me mwah ha ha ha!
The 'Animals Going Goblin Mode' Twitter page has been active on the social platform since April 2022 and we, as well as other people on the internet, immediately took an interest in it. Goblin mode’s popularity in general extends even to Oxford as in 2022 it was nominated as the word of the year by public vote. This term started to appear in 2009, and when Covid restrictions started to ease, goblin mode skyrocketed since people had gotten comfortable with a new lifestyle.
As tempting as it may seem, with that face I probably wouldn't belly scritch...
"I gave Blixen plenty of warnings. Oh, look, Blixen can swim!"
Load More Replies...Maybe they are dealing with the emotional fallout of having run over Grandma
It is. I googled "deer statue on bridge" ... and there are many of them, surprisingly
Load More Replies...Would've looked better if they hadn't copy pasted 2 of the cats 6 times.
Took me longer than I'd like to admit for me to realise it was a photoshop.
honestly I wouldn't be surprised if one or two of them were really there (or however many original ones), but I think that would have been a cuter picture with just a few
Load More Replies...Goblin mode is good for our mental health since it loosens up our uptight lives. It lets us acknowledge that we are not supposed to be always living an ideal life, which lets us relax and indulge in what we were not essentially letting ourselves do.
“One premise of ‘goblin mode’ is about saying no to outside pressures and expectations that no longer align with your well-being. I think this is very timely for living through the COVID-19 pandemic, which has brought so many restrictions,” says Karmel Choi, Ph.D., a clinical psychologist and assistant professor in the Department of Psychiatry at Massachusetts General Hospital. “After holding it together for so long, people are ready to let go. They want to live on their own terms, even if it’s messy."
Yes it does! But I feel like it's one of those positions where is comfortable at first and then you wake up and every joint in your body hurts...
Load More Replies...This is a trap for soft can-openers. *washes her left foreleg while waiting for the fireworks*
Their tongues are rough, like a cat's. 10/10 recommend getting licked by a cow.
Must be a mystery spot where the laws of physics don't apply.
They told me it was the best catnip in the world but dear god what else can you do??
Did anybody else turn their phone so it looked like he was standing right?
Seeing animals going goblin mode only confirms that it is natural, and we should not be ashamed of that whatsoever. Luckily, we do not have such galleries of us going goblin mode as do our furry friends, and maybe that’s for the best. So whether you let yourself loose from time to time or not, we highly recommend exploring this part of yourself.
I don't know why I find this so funny. I really shouldn't, those poor cats could have gotten hurt. But I see it and I just can't help but laugh
Usually, as long as the cats were fine, I’d say it’s okay to laugh.
Load More Replies...I said you could walk me home and carry my fish-nobody said anything about trying to kiss me you jerk!
I don't know this guy and you're just sitting there! Do something!
If you feel that this list was way too short for you, we advise you to check out our previous post here. However, if that is still not enough, we have other similar posts, like times when cats hilariously malfunctioned. Feel free to check them out and leave a comment on what you think about goblin mode.
OMG “The quacken”! I should NOT be laughing so hard at this.
Load More Replies...Reminds me of that cartoon by Gary Larson - "Objects in Mirror are Closer than they Appear." Imagine this as your side-view mirror.
Hippos are one of the most dangerous african animals, he's just practicing for when he grows up
People always act like they are so cute but OMG that have always terrified me!
Load More Replies...I knew that someone would got to Leggo before I did. Good going.
Load More Replies...Ferrets are very flexible, so he probably isn't suffocating on this pic. Just can't "unstuck" himself and had nothing better than to panic. My close friends has ferrets, and they always get in similar situations.
Load More Replies...This 👆🏼👆🏼👆🏼 . Please help me and don't laugh at me when I'm suffocating.
Load More Replies...You know its a bad neighborhood when you run into a crow with a knife wearing an ankle monitor
I don't know if I like this gritty, Marvel Studios, reboot of the works of Edgar Allan Poe.
This is on like every bird post on here and I swear it gets funnier every time
birds are just like that ig lol
Load More Replies..."you were late w my breakfast this morning, but it s okay.. I bring you a lil present so maybe you re not late tomorrow, yes?"
Spider cat suddenly realized his web throwing skills needed some serious work…
literally nobody:............... that one mosquito trying to get in:
A Skunk, a racoon and an Opossum went Info a bar... (Next one)
Load More Replies...Hey, those are all animals that eat pests. Welcome on my back porch anytime. I've got a possum that generously rids me of the june bug scourge like a champ.
Used to be a possum that came up to eat with the stray cats on our porch. They're usually super chill, even though their teeth look like death blenders.
Super dangerous. Animals will attempt to clean themselves by licking these off and the styrofoam will get stuck in their throat and suffocate them. This c**p should be banned
Just in case anyone here ever wants ferrets - never let them be around Styrofoam or any other sort of foam. They will absolutely wind up chewing on and swallowing it, it absolutely will give them a blockage, and blockages will take out ferrets very very quickly. Like, by the time you get to the vet once you notice something is wrong quickly. There's plenty of other things they can play with, everything is a toy to a ferret. (To be fair, this owner may not have been letting them play in it, ferrets get into everything, but any house of ferrets should be ferret proofed to a level even beyond baby proofing)
Had an all black cat who loved to roll in styrofoam. I called him my little nonpareil.
Longcat was a white cat - this is Tacgnol, mortal enemy of Longcat!
Load More Replies...So, this is a where I pick up my snacks for the week. Hey, they're over here guys.
Leopard seals have been known to kill divers. Or should I have said "unalive?" ;-)
Take away breathing privileges? Promoted to funeral star? Taken out of the tax base?
Load More Replies...God I HOPE NOT! Because 1- I've been doing it wrong and 2- that would require some SERIOUS jaw dislocation! Lol
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When your cat comes home from his nightly visit to all the neighbors and realizes he doesn’t have a key … or opposable thumbs.
It looks like a dog, for some reason I simply cannot explain and is bewildered by
The best part? The home belonged to a marine biologist, who wasn't there when it happened. Imagine being a marine biologist and missing out when a seal comes to visit.
Maybe it was payback. Sea lion is like "how do you feel when someone randomly comes into your personal living space claiming they're studying you?"
Load More Replies...Not a seal, a sea lion. External ear folds, and able to support its upper body on its front flippers. Not to be that person, but news agencies should get this stuff right before printing it.
That’s a sea lion, which are eared seals. Not true seals. New Zealand sea lions are endangered.
PLease wash his paws immediately. wet cement is corrosive. You seriously don't want him licking it off his feet, either.
Pretty sure the cat is photoshopped into the photo. Also they kind of look like dog prints, too big to be cat prints.
Load More Replies...I honestly can imagine this cat thinking "HAHA you bitches thought you were done with work today now you e gotta do it all over again lolz"
And you just know it's screaming it's lungs out for being removed from the (food?) bowl🤣
I wish I'd thought to take a video back in the day, one of my pups was tiny and when he was eating he'd get so into it that his back legs would lift of the ground and he'd faceplant into his foodbowl. Would come out looking like this little guy.
Had a kitten that was abandoned by its mother before it was weaned. Bottle fed it until it was old enough for moist cat food. That little guy used to practically swim in his food trying to eat every single bite. We had to give him a bath every time we fed him, because if we didn't it would dry on his fur and get spiky and gross. He was a quirky little guy. Don't regret rescuing him one little bit though. RIP Baby, you are very much missed!
Gluttonous kitten story: Our new kitten was eating wet food, when it became clear that she was choking - like choking with no noise coming out of her mouth. I put my hands around her fat little belly, and with her hind legs in the air, gave a gentle Heimlich Maneuver squeeze. A bunch of food came out. She shook her head, and then dove back into her food.
What the hell? Furries aren't attracted to animals physically or sexually. That's a really ignorant and hurtful comment, even if you meant it as a "joke".
Load More Replies...Tortoises are amazing diggers. They burrow to survive extreme heat or cold. If kept in a play pen near a wall there is no stopping them from burrowing straight through it. The larger the tortoise the more powerful its burrowing magic. Not so slow after all big fella lol
Load More Replies...It is a Sulcata Tortoise. They live in desert grasslands, burrow a lot, and weigh over 100 pounds. If they want to get somewhere, they go there and through whatever they need to to get there.
Load More Replies...I have a Sulcata and they do require a lot of space and proper care to thrive and be happy. But honestly they are very powerful diggers and much faster than people realize. Mine is actually outside right now enjoying the sunny day having a snack. I'd attach a picture but I don't know how.
When your mom walks in on you and your siblings getting snacks in the kitchen at unholy hours of the night:
Okay, so I’m okay with the reflected eyes of five cats. What’s disturbing is the two sets of reflected eyes not attached to a visible cat.
The other night we took a walk to the school. It was dusk. There were 7 black cats of all sizes sitting in the parking lot. They disappeared before I could get a photo.
Huh, and I always thought Feathered Dinosaur was in the chicken family...
Load More Replies...Shoebills can be as large a a human, I wouldn't f***s with those dinobirds
If it's my fate to be killed by a bird, please let it be some vicious raptor, not something that should be on the Muppets
Shoebills only have goblin mode. And only one facial expression too - I'm going to murder you in your sleep.
It's a shoebill stork. They're one of my favorite birbs.
Load More Replies...I own three rescue roos and a wallaby. Believe me when I say, do not let them in. Just so no.
And if you think the claws on the 'arms' are big, wait till you see the ones on the 'legs'. Those suckers can kill you, and actually do it to dogs. My father had a dog that was literally gutted by a kangaroo using its back legs.
they're literally arms and legs??? what are you talking about lmao? Scientifically it's forepaws and hindpaws but like that's basically arms and legs right?
Load More Replies...Absolutely f***ing not, he looks like he wore latex gloves to what he intends to be a crime scene
They're wonderful, but it's tragic that their lives are so very short, as you quickly become seriously attached. :(
Load More Replies...Chihuahuas are basically Pennywise in dog form.
Load More Replies...I could totally see my grumpy old man doing this. He's really a cat in a dog suit and is greatly skilled at "you're an idiot" face.
‘…and now, a moment of silence for the photographer Larry, who will forever be remembered as a truly brave man who met an untimely and unfortunate end. May there be no geese in heaven.’ /jk
/butprobablynotjk We damn well know dude had his face ripped off 🤣 Savage f*ckers. I love them.
Load More Replies...They look like the evolved form of the Grapoids from Tremors (the movie)
Thus came the day when Clifford accidentally fell into a shelf of bleach, he was never the same after that.
Doesn't matter how cute they are, puppy teeth are like Satan's needles. So, so sharp.
Load More Replies...I AM VICIOUS, I AMM.. Well...... i am trwying to bwe, is is working mommy?
Reminds me of a joke: A man found a parrot for purchase… cheap. He’d always wanted a parrot, so he inquired about it, wanting to know why the bird was so inexpensive. “Well, he’s a bit mouthy.” The man thought it wasn’t anything he couldn’t handle, so he purchased the bird. But his cursing was out of control! The man told him to stop. The parrot quipped, “F**k you!” Exasperated, the man popped him into the freezer, “This’ll cool ya off!” After a minute, he opened the door and asked, “Are you ready to behave?” The parrot replied, “Yes, sir. I’ll forever be on my best behavior, sir. May I just ask one question… What did the chicken do to make you mad, sir?”
Load More Replies...I'm going to get a seagull puppet and I'll never have to pay for ice cream again
This looks suspicious How did that bowl just fall over? Cat is not near it
How to say you don't have a cat in your life without saying you don't have a cat in your life. 😉
Load More Replies...Ahh the moment you know you f****d up, captured beautifully in this photo
As the ancient Tibetan philosophy states, don't start none won't be none.
“Regrets, I've had a few. But then again too few to mention. I did what I had to do. I saw it through without exemption. I planned each charted course. Each careful step along the byway. And more, much more than this, I did it, I did it my way!”
I literally showed my husband the picture and said I think the cow is related to my dog.
Load More Replies...👩🏼: I feel like a cow…. 👱🏻♀️: what do you mean, you look great! *later that day…
Hey I been trying to reach you about your extended warranty on your car insurance it will only take a swc
Reminds me of a dramatic reading of the book "The Bear Ate Your Sandwich". At one point, the reader sang to the tune of Chopin's funeral march, "My sandwich is super, super, super gone."
Load More Replies...One of our chickens did this to my sister when she was 3. She turned tomato coloured while the hen ran off with the sandwich
Had to read this a couple times to realize they did it to a sandwich, not your sister .........right?
Load More Replies...My parents have an Amazon parrot. He loves eating chicken. Birds are all sorts of Donner Party.
Load More Replies...And it's usually the little one. Small dog syndrome is real >_<
Load More Replies..."Yes. Yes it is. I just didn't know how to tell you."
Load More Replies...Walk slowly down and get your magic staff ready, first level are always harder
"Welcome hooman. You may pass a test to proceed. I always tell the truth and he always lies. The basement is dangerous." "No, HE always lies and I always tell the truth. There's no danger down there. Now choose."
Before entering the basement, you're gonna need a few supplies: cross, holy water etc, and a pure heart. Good luck.
This is me after two weeks in Mexico, assessing the 24 hour buffet damage I’ve done to myself
My two voids did this with a bag of kitty litter and played slip'n'slide in it all night. Could have been much worse!
Welcome ladies and gentlemen, I will be your guide on the jungle cruise today.
There's some exquisite tras- uh I mean meat over there. Give me a ride and I'll give you some!
Isn't there a fable that starts like this but ends really badly for the passenger?
Reminds me of a story I was told when I was 5 except instead of a raccoon there was a monkey
🎶Got that blueberry yum yum and I never woulda thought that it could taste this gooood🎶
🎶Getchur lighters, roll that sticky, let's get high let's get high🎶
Load More Replies...Plot twist: the demons are rainbow and sparkly and give everyone candy :)
Load More Replies...No! Don’t let them get used to playing with wires, just because it’s cute when they’re babies, ffs. It’ll develop into a habit you’re going to regret when 1) all your wires are chewed up by the animal who is no longer a baby and, 2) they chew a live wire and are electrocuted. It will be all YOUR own fault.
There was a cat on the news that pretended to chew on their owners charging cord so they would get out of bed. They had the chewing "knom knom nom" noises and even the open mouthed purr-chewing. It was so believable, and it made the owner very scared.
Can someone identify this breed? Please tell me this is an Abyssinian kitten (my favorite cat breed; btw I'm allergic and can't have one but love Abyssinians).
Please get them all off before they get ingested! A dryer sheet may help with the static.
This photo was taken 7 months ago. Your advice is a wee bit late
Load More Replies...Holy cr@p!! That's the exact same thing that popped into my head!! Lol and iiiiiieeeeyiii will always love youooooouuuuuu
Load More Replies...I was going to say...At least they're using it instead of the couch lol
Load More Replies...And I thought mine was in bad shape! When my girls were kittens they were so crazy they'd knock it right over. You have no idea how strong kittens are until you hear their cat tree crash to the floor.
Running shoes are always at their best just before it's time to chuck them away!
Do you think it might be time to replace the cat tree? I mean really, come on.
🎵 Everyone was Kung-Fu Fighting! 🎵 🎵 Those Cats were Fast as Lightning! 🎵
My favorite part about this is it looks like no heads up is being given by the person behind the camera.
Lol definitely looks like a "I need to ask you a question but I already know the answer I just want to hear what you have to say" pose
Load More Replies...This seriously looks like a young human in a cat outfit! Beware the future!!
Why not? It's just a man-sized venomous lizard!
Load More Replies...Little do you know, but Liz here is peeing, deeply and profoundly, on your carpet. Your beige carpet. Might even drop some doo-do to make it look artistic.
This is a komodo AFAIK, but I've held/touched a black-throated monitor, which is in the same genus as the komodo dragon. Can confirm those chonky thighs feel great to squish XD They're firm, yet with a little softness to them, and the skin tends to be a little loose/slides around over the muscle beneath, so it's sort of like squeezing a chicken thigh through a plastic bag XD It's an interesting sensation! I love all reptiles, but lizards are the best <3
Load More Replies...🎶In West Philadelphia I was born and raised. Eatin' snackies is how I spent of my days.🎶
Load More Replies...It's OK little one, you're going to be all right when you're fed, clean, dry and warm.
Terrible Photoshopping! They even missed out his yellow collar! You can see the ice through his neck!
I think that just miiight be a shadow, or a variation in the fur color just like the orange is in the white at the top of its belly. Probably still photoshop but I don't think that spot is the smoking gun
Load More Replies...Can we stop calling the penguin fat, we prefer the term plump or tubby
Looks like they just took a big dump under the bed. (Where the hell,is that smell coming from? Honey, did you fart?)
So, you think you run things around here? yes, just keep believing that.
"Shouldn't you purchase a food with...less fat?" Questioned the Judgmental Cat
There was an old lady who swallowed a cow. No one knows why she swallowed the cow, but she did it somehow. (I'm tired, lol.)
What we see here is HOW the chicken crossed the road. The reasoning is still up for debate...
Awww, he looks sweet. He looks like he would walk you home and say hi to ur mom, like a childhood best friend
Sure, that's how it starts, with oohs and aws. Then there's running and screaming!
he reminds me of my cousin asking my mom if i could go with her to the mall
I have an exceptionally well-trained and tolerant void XD kohl_teefs...ab05ca.jpg
Those fangs look exceptionally hurtful
Load More Replies...I doubt it's an actual obese chicken. That's not how obese chickens look. Chickens mostly deposit excess fat in their abdomen and in the area between their keel bone and their vent. This chicken is round all around. It's either a good photoshop or an extremely poofy-feathered breed.
Load More Replies...Well, if you believe in reincarnation…. Yeah, I know. That’s the most ridiculous remark I ever heard!
Load More Replies...Dusting the Attic . . . mine does that, but he always ends up with the sooty ones wrapped around his whiskers and then rubs them on the cream bedspread!
Pelican, you ain’t NEVER gettin’ that capybara off the ground. Make nice with them instead.
You may want to let him have your nuggets before he decides to eat you instead
Nooo, that's a skink! Skinks are super sweet lizards XD
Load More Replies...Blue Tongue! I once tried keeping one as a pet and my mum found it in my bed. Didn't get to keep it☹️
Don't give cats milk. They are lactose intolerant after weaning from its mother.
Aren't some cat's not lactose intolerant anyways too?
Load More Replies...Daaaammmmnnnn, thats one buff looking cat. He could flick me to New Zealand
I think that's a picture from a couple of years ago when the bush fires in Australia were raging and the toilets were the safest place to try and keep the birds safe.
Wft are we looking at? Is this the zoo that brought all its animals inside for the duration of a hurricane?
Go ahead. Poop on the sign, Seagull. Come on, I know you want to.
I really wish this was a video and not just a photo. I’m sure this was the cutest little fight ever.
Then fed. A LOT. Transformed into an absolute UNIT.
Load More Replies...What's up with these pelicans? I've seen it trying to eat a capybara, a kid, a camera/cameraman. They seriously need to do something..
If only we could find a way of locking some of the (mostly American) breeders into the bodies of the abominations they are coming up with . . .
It's a hairless rat. They're rare as pets but are bred to be tested on for cosmetics and skin research. It's really cruel to test on them of course, but not having hair affects their quality of life.
the eyes, they're human. Is it a lesser known cousin of Sirius Black? We may never know
That's what I thought the eyes are soooo human
Load More Replies...Seriously. They could do a face swap and you'd never know.
Load More Replies...If I remember correctly the story behind this poor monkey is an absolute tragedy. Tourists feeding him so much junk food...
Yep, that is correct, or at least that is what is thought to have happened. "Uncle" or "Uncle Fatty" he was called, just ate everything he was offered. Not a good ending either - he was moved to a rescue and put on a diet, but he just disappeared one day and never returned. He was old for a wild macaque though, and he stopped eating before he disappeared, so he probably died about two years after this picture was taken.
Load More Replies...This post... Doesn't belong here. It's by a Photoshop artist who puts cryptids in regular pictures.
A lot of pictures don't belong here then, there is a lot of photoshopped stuff here.
Load More Replies...OK. I’ve done some research and this is one of those “know your memes” things. The original artist, Trevor Henderson, created the image in 2019. In 2022, a Reddit user, used the image with the caption, “"Nahhhhh the eternal worm came back for connecticut💀💀😭😭😭,” which is a reference to the Have A Nice Life song "A Quick One Before the Eternal Worm Devours Connecticut” (released in 2008). Take from that what you will… and now you know.
I needed this. 10/10 recommend for anyone who's having a rough time. Smiles and chuckles guaranteed or your money back.
lol I like how about half of these are cats, therefore cats are the ultimate goblin animal
Now can we see one where we haven't seen each and every picture multiple times before? Thanks.
I needed this. 10/10 recommend for anyone who's having a rough time. Smiles and chuckles guaranteed or your money back.
lol I like how about half of these are cats, therefore cats are the ultimate goblin animal
Now can we see one where we haven't seen each and every picture multiple times before? Thanks.
