A scene from Werner Herzog’s documentary Encounters at the End of the World went viral on TikTok: a penguin turning its back on the colony and marching alone into the mountains. Brands like FC Barcelona and even the White House turned it into memes. Danny Mekić explained on RTL Nieuws why this particular image struck a nerve: everyone can project their own story onto it, it’s both absurd and deeply relatable, and the divided reactions — is this animal brave or doomed? — keep the conversation going.