Gallery: Gallery: Pepper-Spray Cop Squirts Internet in the Eye
01the-creation-of-adam
*The notorious image of Lt. John Pike, aka Pepper Spray Cop, is [incorporated](http://mustardhat.tumblr.com/post/13110884241) into* [The Creation of Adam](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Creation_of_Adam) *by Michelangelo.*
02stormtroopers-2
*Pepper Spray Cop [assists some Stormtroopers](http://peppersprayingcop.tumblr.com/post/13121829215/we-are-a-peaceful-protest-we-are-non-violent) in capturing nonviolent protesters.*
03nighthawks
*Pepper Spray Cop is [incorporated](http://www.flickr.com/photos/eyeliam/6374878967/) into* [Nighthawks](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nighthawks) *by Edward Hopper.*
04a-sunday-afternoon-on-the-island-of-la-grande-jatte
*Pepper Spray Cop [shakes things up](http://jockohomo.tumblr.com/post/13082395434) on* [A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Sunday_Afternoon_on_the_Island_of_La_Grande_Jatte) *by Georges Seurat.*
05badkitty
*Call PETA! Pepper Spray Cop [abuses teh kittehs](http://kamali.tumblr.com/post/13112758639).*
06guernica
*Pepper Spray Cop is [incorporated](http://peppersprayingcop.tumblr.com/post/13105427557/in-espana-we-can-sit-wherever-we-want-unless-we) into* [Guernica](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guernica_(painting)) *by Pablo Picasso.*
07spiderman
*Pepper Spray Cop [blasts Spider-Man](http://www.flickr.com/photos/violetblue/6373165567/).*
08iwo-jima
*Pepper Spray Cop [tries to stop](http://anomaly-anonymous.tumblr.com/post/13099272690/i-just-threw-this-together-to-procrastinate) the [raising of the flag on Iwo Jima](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raising_the_Flag_on_Iwo_Jima).*
09john-and-yoko
*Pepper Spray Cop [visits](http://dallalicious.tumblr.com/post/13109838529) John Lennon and Yoko Ono's "[Bed-In](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bed-In)."*
10keyboard-cat
*Pepper Spray Cop [douses Keyboard Cat](http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/casually-pepper-spray-everything-cop/photos).*
The Gear Fit has a 1.84-inch Super AMOLED display.11liberty-leading-the-people
*Pepper Spray Cop is [incorporated](http://peppersprayingcop.tumblr.com/post/13099397765/i-sure-hope-some-milquetoast-mom-rock-band) into* [Liberty Leading the People](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liberty_Leading_the_People) *by Eugène Delacroix.*
RICHARD TERMINE12sesame-street
*Pepper Spray Cop [visits Sesame Street](http://peppersprayingcop.tumblr.com/post/13122287752/oh-man-man-is-today-the-day-finally-my-long).*
13lord-of-the-rings-2
*Pepper Spray Cop is [pasted](http://peppersprayingcop.tumblr.com/post/13105460696/its-eleventy-four-oclock-mr-frodo-well-past) into a scene from* The Lord of the Rings *trilogy.*
14my-little-pony
*Pepper Spray Cop is added to an old-school* [My Little Pony](http://vlectronica.tumblr.com/post/13105734913/my-little-pony-police-brutality) *image.*
15declaration-of-independence
*Pepper Spray Cop is incorporated into* [Declaration of Independence](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trumbull%27s_Declaration_of_Independence) *by John Trumbull.*
16sound-of-music
*Pepper Spray Cop [makes his mark](http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=139665689473645&set=a.121452001295014.23430.121408401299374&type=3&theater) on the [Look At All the Fucks I Give](http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/look-at-all-the-fucks-i-give) meme.*
17the-last-supper
*Pepper Spray Cop [brings his special sauce](http://peppersprayingcop.tumblr.com/post/13104767523/what-has-two-thumbs-and-is-the-newest-member-of) to* [The Last Supper](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Last_Supper_(Leonardo_da_Vinci)) *by Leonardo da Vinci.*
18the-scream
*[You'd scream, too](http://peppersprayingcop.tumblr.com/post/13098222266/aaaauauaughghghgghghghghhghghhhghg). Pepper Spray Cop makes a perfect addition to* [The Scream](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Scream) *by Edvard Munch.*
19yoda
*Pepper Spray Cop [faces off against Yoda](http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/casually-pepper-spray-everything-cop/photos).*
Image Credit: Alberto Vailati20thanksgiving
*Pepper Spray Cop [crashes Thanksgiving](http://doublewoe7.deviantart.com/art/UC-Davis-Pepper-Spray-MEME-Thanksgiving-270147972).*
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