Rogues gallery: A reimagining of the FIFA ethics committee. Photo: Twitter

It has taken little time for social media to react to Sepp Blatter's suspension as FIFA boss.

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FIFA was thrown into further chaos after president Blatter was provisionally suspended for 90 days along with European soccer chief UEFA Michel Platini by FIFA's ethics committee on Thursday.

Predictably, social media erupted with joy at seeing Blatter stood down.

#FIFA16 Updated version to include #seppblatter pic.twitter.com/H8qzPQ2wnP— George Bakhos (@GeorgeBakhos) October 8, 2015

The Twitterverse was quick to reach for the memes, with highlights including a FIFA ethics committee made up of silver screen scoundrels Saruman the White (The Lord of the Rings), Blofeld (You Only Live Twice), Senator Palpatine (The Empire Strikes Back) and Voldemort (Harry Potter.)

From a mocked-up FIFA video game cover featuring Blatter behind bars to a collapsing building, no opportunity was missed in the universally gleeful roasting of FIFA's top end.

Swiss prosecutors last month opened a criminal investigation into Blatter over a Caribbean World Cup TV rights contract he signed, and a 2011 payment of 2 million Swiss francs (US$2.07 million) to Platini.