AboutWhat does the meme depict?
The 'X, X Everywhere' meme features a two-panel image of Buzz Lightyear and Woody from the animated movie Toy Story. In the top panel, Woody, with a slightly open mouth and a pointed finger, appears to be explaining something to Buzz. Buzz, in the same panel, is looking at Woody with an expression of realization and surprise. The bottom panel, which is a close zoom on Buzz's face, shows him looking directly at the viewer, a look of even greater realization or shock on his face. The text typically overlays the images, with the 'X, X Everywhere' format used to comment humorously on the prevalence of something, with the variable 'X' being substituted to fit various situations.
OriginWho did it first?
The 'X, X Everywhere' meme template is derived from a specific scene in the movie 'Toy Story 2', as showcased in a Youtube video where Woody and Buzz Lightyear are conversing. The phrase that characterizes this meme, however, originated in a significantly different context. On the imageboard 420chan in 2007, the site's administrator, Kirtaner, introduced a word filter that automatically replaced text-less image posts with 'DICKS EVERYWHERE' to discourage spam. This led users to adapt the phrase to different contexts by substituting 'Dicks' with other words relevant to their posted images. The phrasal template 'X, X Everywhere' owes its foundational literary form to 'The Rime of the Ancient Mariner' by Samuel Taylor Coleridge, published in 1798, wherein the phrase is used to reflect an overwhelmed or oversaturated state.[1]
Origin: 2010