Pablo: Why Aren't We Alive?
Added by Matt • Updated about a year ago by Juicydeath1025
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Type: Image Macro, Reaction,
Tags: backyardigans, television, ghosts, penguin, cartoons,
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About • Origin • Spread • Various Examples • Search Interest • External References • |
About
Pablo: Why Aren't We Alive? is a memorable quote uttered by the character Pablo on the American children's animated television series The Backyardigans. Online, a screen capture of Pablo saying the line has been used as the punchline to jokes about death and exhausted trends.
Origin
On October 25th, 2004, The Backyardigans' Halloween episode "It's Great to be a Ghost" premiered in the United States.[1] In the episode, the characters Pablo, Uniqua and Tyrone are ghosts and Pablo (voiced by Zach Tyler Eisen) asks, "Why aren't we alive?"
14 years later, on October 24th, 2018, Redditor [4] AWESOMEPRESTON used the image of Pablo asking the question as the punchline to the following joke: "parents: *refuse to vaccinate their kids* their kids." The post received more than 44,000 points (94% upvoted) and 470 comments (shown below).
![Parents: refuse to vaccinate Parents: "refuse to vaccinate kids* Kids Pablo: Why aren't we alive](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/425/754/d6a.jpg)
Spread
That day, Twitter [2] user reposted the image and received more than 59,000 retweets and 200,000 likes in two days.
Following the post, variations on the format were shared on various subreddits. For examples, Redditor[3] Specklecore shared the image with the caption "My team after Blitzcrank hooks the enemy Darius" in the /r/LeagueOfMemes subreddit. The post received more than 200 points (100% upvoted) in two days (shown below, left). Over the next few days, examples were shared on /r/dankmemes, /r/me_irl and /r/historymemes, as well (examples below, center and right).
!["My team after Blitzcrank hooks the enemy Darius"](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/424/916/c9b.jpg)
![help im dead](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/424/918/bb6.jpg)
![Simo Hayha exists](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/424/919/685.jpg)
Various Examples
![When your a meme and your older then 3 days When your a meme and your older then 3 day:s Pablo: Why arent we alve](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/424/920/ffe.jpg)
![Pablo Escoar 2/12/1993 PABLO ESCOBAR 2/12/1993 Pablo: why arent we alive](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/424/922/a80.jpg)
![America: *nukes Japan* America: *nukes Japan* Japanese. Pablo: Vhy aren t we alive](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/424/924/e65.jpg)
![When you and your friends only browse Reddit and play video games all day When you and your friends only browse Reddit and play video games all day u/snekarmy619 Pablo: Why are we alive?](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/424/926/f5a.png)
![When you join a cult](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/masonry/001/424/917/e8f.jpg)
![Kids when they wake up the day after the avengers came Kids when they wake up the day after the avengers came Pablo: Why arent we alive](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/424/927/7b5.png)
Search Interest
External References
[1] Wikia – It's Great to be a Ghost
[2] Twitter – @MirGucci's Tweet
[3] Reddit – this ain't it chief
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Tags: backyardigans, television, ghosts, penguin, cartoons,
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