#GRU AND MINION MEME MOVIE#
#GRU AND MINION MEME SERIES#

#GRU AND MINION MEME MOVIE#

On July 2nd, 2022, TikToker benedicthoward_ reiterated the term 'Gentleminions' in a video showing him and his friends getting ready for the movie and then actually showing up at the theater. Over the course of two days, the video received roughly 1.6 million views and 202,100 likes (shown below). The video's description read, 'Bobspeed you gentleminions,' hence coining the term. Inspired by the ironic adoration, the official TikTok account of the Minions franchise posted a video on July 2nd, 2022, showing a Minions stuffed animal looking out a skyscraper window while overlayed videos of men in suits played in the background. For instance, on June 30th, 2022, TikToker _pan posted a video that used the song ' Rich Minion'' by Yeat and showed disbelief over people actually showing up the theater wearing suits, earning roughly 16.8 million plays and 3.9 million likes in four days (shown below, left). Starting on July 1st, young men manifested the meme into real life by showing up to theaters wearing suits and other formal attire.

In late June 2022, YouTubers and TikTokers started joking about arriving at the theaters on July 1st, 2022, to see Minions: The Rise of Gru wearing fancy attire like suits, dress shirts, ties and blazers, all in reference to the Tickets To X, Please trend, as well as the Fernanfloo Dresses Up / My Wife's Funeral template (examples shown below). Additionally, a sign that stated it wouldn't let Gentleminions into the theater went viral after being posted to Twitter. The term was coined by the official TikTok account of the Minions in early July 2022. Multiple TikTok videos documented their arrival, as well as the riots, mosh pits and disruptive cheering they did that often resulted in police shutting down the theaters and showings. Gentleminions is a slang term that refers to the young men and high schoolers that came to watch the 2022 movie Minions: The Rise of Gru in theaters wearing suits, ties and smoking cigars to show ironic adoration for the film. Minions: the rise of gru, minions, rise of gru, theaters, suits, ties, fancy, clothes, men, young men, high schoolers, tiktok, riot, mosh pit, yelling, cheering, disrupting, 2022, gentleminions memes, gentleminion meme, wearing suits to minions movie, minions suit meme About This video went on to gain millions of views in it's first 24 hours alone.Character, Fan Labor, Pop Culture Reference, Slang, Viral Video In this episode, Pewdiepie goes over memes such as 'Peter Hurts His Knee', Inkling Girl's Eye, and Gru's Plan.

#GRU AND MINION MEME SERIES#

Later on March 14th, youtuber Pewdiepie made the 12th episode of his series entitled Meme Review. That day, Redditor Pawaaar- posted a GIF version of the meme to /r/me_irl, where it received upwards of 32,000 votes (89% upvoted) and 230 comments within six hours (shown below, right).

On March 12th, a Droste effect-themed version of the comic was submitted to /r/MemeEconomy (shown below, left). Meanwhile, Reddit user 4k60fpsHDR posted an edit about the education system to r/memes which gathered over 6,000 upvotes in under 24 hours. Meanwhile, user charizard77 posted a edit about daylight savings time sleep schedules to /r/memes gathering more than 4,600 upvotes in the same timeframe (show below, center). On March 11th, 2018 Reddit user very_niceu uploaded a Nazi parody of the comic to /r/dankmemes, gathering upwards of 21,000 upvotes within 24 hours (shown below, left). The image was subsequently posted by /u/dankbob_memepants_ to r/memeeconomy that day, where it gathered over 18,000 upvotes and 250 comments within 24 hours (shown below). On March 9th, 2018, Redditor FieldMarshalSixDans submitted a four-panel version meme using screencaps from the scene in a post to r/deepfriedmemes. In the film, the character Gru presents a plan to steal the moon in front of a man on a television screen and discovers a drawing of him sitting on the toilet hidden within his presentation pages. On July 9th, 2010 the film Despicable Me was released in theaters.

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