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Mechanic Lebron

Mechanic Lebron

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Mechanic Lebron refers to a photoshopped image of Lebron James sporting a mustache with a cigarette dangling out of his mouth and one behind his ear. The image became popular after James himself shared a version of the meme with a caption making him sound like an auto mechanic.

Origin

On November 19th, 2015, Twitter user @Brendan_Tobin tweeted a video of James discussing his time with the Cleveland Cavaliers and apparently expressing regret about leaving the Miami Heat (shown below).




Spread

On November 21st, 2015, Twitter user @TankTopPapi[1] tweeted the image along with a caption that made James sound like an auto-mechanic, gaining over 2,700 retweets and 1,400 likes (shown below, left). The following day, James himself shared it to his Instagram[2] where it gained over 267,000 likes (shown below, right).


Sauce Castillo, Jr @TankTopPapi Follow Could be the spark plug. Could be the alternator. But i can prolly fix it for $200." CAVS TV Cleveland Clinic Cleveland Clinic 9:57 PM- 21 Nov 2015 "could be the spark plug. Could be the alternator. But i can prolly fix it for $200." #kingiames . . Follow kingjames Hahahahaha!!!! Man ya'l gotta chill on these memes for real. I really just bust out laughing at this. smh! #MustachlsStrivingForGreatness #IDontCondoneSmokingByTheWay CAVS TV Cleveland Clinic Cleveland 179w Clinic 275,477 likes NOVEMBER 22, 2015 Add a comment... Post

James' response was covered by several blogs, including SB Nation[3] and Fox Sports.[4] The meme saw a resurgence in 2017 where people would imagine Lebron listing potential opponents before saying the Cavs would beat them. For example, Twitter user @cfaix15[5] posted a compilation of such memes from around Twitter (examples shown below).


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In 2018, USA Today noted that Lebron appeared to unintentionally recreate the meme when he said "It doesn't matter to me if I'm a 6th seed, 3 seed, 2 seed, 8 seed…If I come into your building for a Game 1, it will be very challenging."[6]

Various Examples


AVS D-WADE, D-WILL D-ROSE, []1100NT MATTER Clevel Clin Cleveland Clinic I'M GOIN' TO THE FINALS imgflip.com 3-0, 3-1, 3somes, hell 3-6-9 damn you fine, dont make no difference. Cavs in 7 VSI EJ Cleveland Clinic Cl "Raptors, rappers, wrappers, raptures, Toyota Rav4, dont matter. Cavs in 4" @NBAMEMES CAVS TV し』 Clevelanu Clinic Creive luice AVS TV Clevel Clin Cleveland Clinic THATS MY BIRD AVDEMAR DEROZAN, JOSH ROSEN, ANNA FROMFROZEN DON'T MATTER.CAVS IN7 Clevel Clin Cleveland Clinic mgflip.com Bryan @BryanTNR "Golden state, golden retriever, golden corral, golden girls, don't mean a damn thing to me, Cavs in fo" eland nic

Search Interest

External References

[1] Twitter – tanktoppapi

[2] Instagram – KingJames

[3] SB Nation – LeBron James loves the Mechanic LeBron meme

[4] Fox Sports – LeBron gets huge kick out of meme that transforms him into mechanic

[5] Twitter – @cfaix5

[6] USA Today – LeBron on seeding 'Doesn't matter to me if I'm a 6th, 3rd, 2nd, 8th'

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