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Mini Keanu Reeves
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About
Mini Keanu Reeves, also known as Midget Keanu Reeves and Short Keanu Reeves, refers to a still image of Keanu Reeves from the E3 2019 Cyberpunk 2077 presentation, edited to make the actor appear disproportionately short. Online, the image has been circulated as a blursed image and used as an exploitable.
Origin
On June 9th, 2019, actor Keanu Reeves presented the upcoming CD Projekt Red-developed video game Cyberpunk 2077 at the Microsoft's E3 2019 Xbox press conference.[1] On the same day, Twitter user @KojiMads tweeted a still image of Keanu Reeves standing on the stage, writing "he really just stood like this and everyone went nuts" (shown below, left).[2] Several hours later, Twitter[3] user @JT_0907 tweeted an edited version of the photograph showing Keanu Reeves with disproportionately short stature (shown below. right). @KojiMads reposted the image and received over 50 retweets and 370 likes in one week.[4]
![Keanu Reeves at E3](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/504/733/7e8.jpg)
![LRT JT @JT_0907 LRT 4:03 PM Β· Jun 9, 2019 Β· TweetDeck](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/682/060/1cf.png)
Spread
In the following days, multiple reposts of the image appeared on Twitter,[5] 4chan[6] and Reddit.[7] For example, on June 10th, 2019, an anonymous 4chan user posted the image with a caption referencing My Turn on the Xbox meme.[6] On June 11th, 2019, Redditor illufixe posted the image to /r/blursedimages subreddit, where it gained over 1,300 upvotes in one week.[7]
On June 10th, a version of the image captioned Breathtaking was posted by Twitter user @Thaddeus_Hamlet (shown below, left).[8] On June 11th, Redditor Howboutnoy posted a My Turn on the Xbox meme to /r/memes subreddit, gaining over 6,000 upvotes in six days (shown below, center).[9] On June 12th, 2019, the image was repost to /r/bossfight subreddit as "Little brother Keanu",[10] with fan art posted by Redditor Lorpo314 on June 13th (shown below, right).[11]
![Breathtaking BREATHTAKING](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/504/739/5c0.jpg)
![M----- Keanu mom said it's my turn to play Cyberpunk 2077](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/504/740/ae4.jpg)
![Mini Keanu Painting MOM said it's my turn to Play CyberPunk207T](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/504/741/9ac.jpg)
On June 12th, 2019, YouTuber Pyrocynical used the image as a thumbnail for his E3 2019 review video, promoting the further spread of the meme (shown below, left).[12] In the following days, multiple memes based on the image appeared on Reddit and other online platforms. On June 17th, 2019, YouTuber PewDiePie used the image as a video thumbnail (shown below, right).[13]
Various Examples
![The pride was real! 8-Year-Old Me waiting for my Mom to stop talking on the phone so I can tell her that my Bulbasaur evolved](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/504/745/b74.jpg)
![https://www.reddit.com/r/dankmemes/comments/c1kgib/then_she_batista_bombed_me/ Me waiting for my mom's guest to leave so that i can tell her i failed my math test again](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/504/746/6fc.png)
![absolute mad lad 7 year old me trying to impress the girls at my church group by taking two chairs at once instead of one](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/504/747/3ec.jpg)
![Psst... hey kid. Like Keanu Reeves memes? Wake the f--- up samurai. We gotta do it to em.](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/504/748/c40.jpg)
![i'm farting bubbles, plz help Me waiting for my mum to stop fighting with dad so i can tell her i ate the lemon-scented soap](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/504/750/ef4.jpg)
![Breathtaking 6yo Me waiting for my mom to stop talking on the phone so l can tell her that I s--- myself.](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/504/751/e33.jpg)
Templates
![Mini Keanu Reeves](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/504/734/dd1.jpg)
![Keanu and Mini Keanu Template](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/504/863/f35.jpg)
Search Interest
External References
[1] Polygon β New Cyberpunk 2077 trailer reveals Keanu Reeves, April 2020 release date
[2] Twitter β @KojiMads' Tweet
[3] Twitter β @JT_0907's Tweet
[4] Twitter β @KojiMads' Tweet
[5] Twitter β @JoakkoCanonico's Tweet
[6] 4chan β /v/ Post #465576137
[7] Reddit β Blursed Keanu Reeves
[8] Twitter β @Thaddeus_Hamlet's Post
[9] Reddit β Midget Keanu
[10] Reddit β Little brother Keanu
[11] Reddit β [OC][Art] Little brother Keanu painting i did
[13] YouTube β Keanu Reeves
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