Good Old Rock. Nothing Beats That
![good old rock, nothing beats that the simpsons](https://i.kym-cdn.com/entries/icons/original/000/048/282/Screenshot_2024-02-05_at_1.14.52_PM.jpg)
Type: Exploitable, Pop Culture Reference,
Tags: the simpsons, bart, lisa, rock paper scissors,
![good old rock, nothing beats that the simpsons](https://i.kym-cdn.com/entries/icons/original/000/048/282/Screenshot_2024-02-05_at_1.14.52_PM.jpg)
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About • Origin • Spread • Various Examples • Search Interest • External References • |
About
Good Ol' Rock. Nothing Beats That is a quote said by Bart Simpson in an episode of The Simpsons in which he's preparing to play Lisa in a game of Rock Paper Scissors. In the scene, the audience can hear Lisa's thoughts predicting Bart will throw rock because he always does in the game, followed by Bart thinking "Good ol' rock, nothing beats that!" The scene became an exploitable template mocking how an entity is always predictable.
Origin
In the Season 4, episode 19 episode of The Simpsons, which aired on April 15th, 1993,[1] Lisa and Bart begin to play a game of Rock Paper Scissors. Lisa can be heard laughing at Bart because she knows he always picks rock in the game, followed by Bart thinking "Good ol' rock. Nothing beats that!"
One of the earliest known edits of the scene was posted on 9gag on February 24th, 2018 by user unclebacon,[2] who used it as a reaction image to a poll of the most popular options in Rock Paper Scissors. The post gained over 40 upvoted in six years (shown below).
![RPS List Rock, paper, or scissors? Rock (41% -4674 votes) Paper (36% - 4104 votes) Scissors (24% - 2700 votes) POOR PREDICTABLE BART. ALWAYS TAKES ROCK. GOOD OLD ROCK! NOTHING BEATS THAT.](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/002/750/597/75d.jpeg)
Spread
Over the following years, the scene was used as an exploitable in various ways, usually to make point about a fictional or non-fictional entity being predictable. For example, on November 29th, 2020, Redditor WinterCaptain posted a Jojo's Bizarre Adventure edit in /r/shitpostcrusaders[3] that gained over 1,900 points in over three years (shown below, left). On May 13th, 2021, a deleted Reddit user posted a video game-themed edit on /r/memes,[4] gaining over 33,000 points in three years prior to being removed by moderators (shown below, right).
![Rockposting | /r/ShitPostCrusaders/ POOR PREDICTABLE ROHAN. ALWAYS TAKES ROCK. GOOD OLD ROCK. A NOTHING BEATS THAT.](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/952/501/fb0.jpg)
![Vidya Games FB PlayStation XBOX Poor, predictable Nintendo. I bet it releases another Mario. Nintendo® Good ol' Mario, nothing beats that!](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/002/750/605/186.png)
On September 20th, 2023, Redditor diablo744 posted an edit in /r/HistoryMemes[5] that gained over 19,000 points in four months (shown below, left). On December 8th, Redditor the_real_violet posted an edit in /r/dndmemes[6] that gained over 1,200 points in two months (shown below, right).
![The Ol' Reliable. ROME 3004 POOR PREDICTABLE GREEKS. ALWAY FIGHTING IN A PHALANX GREEKS GOOD OLD PHLANX. NOTHING BEATS THAT.](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/002/680/096/4ca.jpg)
![It’s a classic. | /r/dndmemes POOR PREDICTABLE Monk ALWAYS TAKES Stunning Strike GOOD OLDStunning Strike NOTHING BEATS THAT made with mematic](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/002/716/038/20d.jpg)
Various Examples
![Pokemon POOR PREDICTABLE BROCK, ALWAYS CHOOSES ROCK POKEMON GOOD OL ROCK POKÉMON, NOTHING BEATS THEM!](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/002/750/614/dbf.jpeg)
![Street Fighter Poor predictable Ryu, Always Sh uses Hadouken. Andy K Good old Hadouken. Nothing beats that.](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/002/750/615/d98.jpg)
![Splatoon POOR PREDICTABLE SHIVER, ALWAYS TAKES ROCK GOOD OL' ROCK, NOTHING BEATS THAT!](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/002/750/616/f01.jpg)
![Goku Poor predictable Goku Always uses Spirit Bomb Good old Spirit Bomb Nothing beats that](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/002/750/618/7c2.jpg)
![Metal Gear THERE'S ONLY ONE WAY TO SOLVE THIS ROCK PAPER SCISSORS POOR, PREDICTABLE JACK, ALWAYS PICKS ROCK GOOD OL' ROCK, NOTHING BEATS THAT! Cothatsraspberry ifunny.co](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/002/750/620/129.jpg)
![The Min Min way Poor, predicatble min min. I bet she's going to short hop ram ram. Wow, short hop ram ram, nothing beats that..](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/002/750/621/2d7.jpeg)
Search Interest
External References
[2] 9gag – Good ol' Rock
[3] Reddit – /r/ShitPostCrusaders
[5] Reddit – /r/historymemes
[6] Reddit – /r/dndmemes
Tags: the simpsons, bart, lisa, rock paper scissors,
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