ONE day you're a monster, the living, breathing embodiment of George Orwell's boot stamping on the human face - forever.

The next you're an internet meme, a lump of a cop photoshopped onto some of history's greatest masterpieces.

Welcome to world of Pepper Spraying Cop, aka Lieutenant John Pike.

Chilling footage of Pike casually spraying protesting students at the University of California has highlighted the controversial tactics police are using against Occupy demonstrations.

The footage quickly circulated online and has been broadcast in TV news bulletins across the world.

Pike is under investigation but punishment on the internet is quicker and more inventive; he can now be seen spraying everyone from the picnicers in Seurat's La Grande Jatte to Super Mario and John and Yoko.

Here is a taste of the best but for more visit Pepper Spraying Cop.