The BEST of #ReplaceMovieTitleWithPope on Twitter (LOL!)

As the Catholic Church prepared to name its new pope, the internet celebrated the historic occasion with an assortment of jokes and pop culture references, just as it does any other prominent news event. Hollywood and media figures spent much of the afternoon tweeting punch lines, while movie fans decided to stick the new pontiff — Jorge Mario Bergoglio — into the titles of mega motion pictures.

And of course, everyone had a field day with the trending topic #ReplaceMovieTitleWithPope…including me.

Here’s some highlights:

“Mean Popes” (Mean Girls)

“Despicable Pope” (Despicable Me)

“Jurassic Pope” (Jurassic Park)

“SpiderPope” (Spiderman)

“The Pope Games” (The Hunger Games)

“PopeBusters” (Ghostbusters)

“The Perks of Being a Pope” (The Perks of Being a Wallflower)

“Star Wars Episode 1: The Phantom Pope” (Star Wars Episode 1: The Phantom Menace)

“Popes” (Cars)

“The PopeTrix Reloaded” (The Matrix Reloaded)