![Shit, I'm Late For School / Toast of Tardiness Shit, I'm Late For School / Toast of Tardiness](https://i.kym-cdn.com/entries/icons/square/000/011/216/tumblr_m8d96q15uW1qzimwpo1_1280.jpg)
Shit, I'm Late For School / Toast of Tardiness
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![07d.png hailfirepeaks hailfirepeaks FIDDLESTICKS I AM LATE FOR GENTLEMAN SCHOOL](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/000/386/126/07d.png)
About
"Shit, I'm Late for School" is a photo fad in which participants typically make an exaggerated running motion while carrying various objects in their mouth, accompanied by the phrasal template "Shit, I'm late for X school!" The pose is inspired by an anime trope in which students are shown rushing to school while carrying a piece of toast in their mouth.
Origin
On August 6th, 2012, Tumblr user badcgijosh posted[1] a picture of himself posing as if he was running with a piece of toast in his mouth followed by the caption, "Shit, I'm late for anime school." As of August 28th, the post has 44,961 notes.
![Original](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/000/385/912/a51.jpg)
Precursor
As early as August 1st, 2010, members of Anime forum Mabinogi World[2] were discussing the origin of characters depicted as rushing for school while eating toast, noting its popular use in Shoujo[3] manga written for a female audience. In October 2011, a single topic Tumblr named “Fuck Yeah Animu Toast”[5] was created to celebrate images of anime characters running with toast. As of August 2012, TV Tropes[4] lists nearly 50 instances of "running late for school" characters in Anime/Manga and points out that it is so overused, many manga-drawing guides advise against using it.
![4a3.jpg](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/masonry/000/386/422/4a3.jpg)
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Spread
The day after the first image was posted by Tumblr user Badcgijosh, Fuck Yeah Anime Toast reblogged the photo[9] but parodies of this image did not begin appearing until August 27th with one of the first derivatives showing Tumblr user minsterofsass[10] being late for Canadian school while holding a bottle of maple syrup with his teeth (shown below). That evening, dozens of derivatives began appearing on Tumblr with the tags “late for school”[11], “shit I’m late for school”[12], “shit I’m late”[13] and “late.”[14] The following day, the Daily Dot[15] published a collection of eight instances of the photo fad.
![454.png ministerofsass 14,073 2012-08-27 18:16 S--- I'M LATE FOR CANADIAN SCHOOL Source: ministerofsass #canada #me #1 tried](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/000/386/818/454.png)
On August 27th, Tumblr user Badcgijosh expressed negative feelings[7] about the photo fad, stating that he does not “like encouraging people to be lazy about their humour … there are things that are exponentially funnier to be said by anyone without using a template I literally spent ten seconds planning.”[8] That same day, Tumblr artist payface[6] posted a comic (shown below) to express badcgijosh’s displeasure over people overusing the joke.
![http://payface.tumblr.com/post/30369653257 S--- I'M LATE FOR ANiME SCHOOL INSTANT MEME HIT IM LATE S--- IM L 何こ71 WHY](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/000/386/364/dde.png)
Notable Examples
![Murica KFC willsucksS S--- I'M LATE FOR AMERICAN SCHOOL](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/000/386/116/05e.png)
![S---, I'm Late For Potato! VERDAMMT I'M LATE FOR GERMAN SCHULE!](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/000/386/142/016.png)
![Star Trek parody S--- I'M LATE FOR ALPHA SHIFT](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/000/386/127/84f.png)
![Russian fenriis 3,260 2012-08-27 22:54 SMIRN OFF VO DEA S--- RUSSIAN SCHOOL IS LATE FOR ME Phi #s--- i'm late](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/000/386/359/28c.png)
![S---, I'm Late For Court! neko-bii NNGGHOOOOOOH I'M LATE FOR COURT](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/000/386/119/c2f.png)
![Friendship agent-nudie-pants 2012-08-27 20:46 1,585 OH S--- I'M LATE FOR FRIENDSHIP #mip #late for school #fluttershy #fluttershy cosplay](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/000/386/373/f7e.png)
Search Interest
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External References
[1] Tumblr – badcgijosh – Shit, I'm late for anime school
[2] Mabinogi World – Runningv, late, and with a piece of toast
[4] TV Tropes – Late for School
[5] Tumblr – Fuck Yeah Anime Toast
[6] Tumblr – Payface | TO BE FAIR most of them are really funny but man you guys sure know how to run a joke into the ground, and one could only imagine how josh feels
[7] Tumblr – Well this is at least the worst thing that’s happened to me all week
[8] Tumblr – badcgijosh | abedisavampire asked: What's the problem with spawning a meme, if you don't mind my asking?
[9] Tumblr – Fuck Yeah Animu Toast's reblog
[10] Tumblr – minsterofsass | Shit I'm late for Canadian school.
[11] Tumblr – Posts tagged "late for school"
[12] Tumblr – Posts tagged "shit i'm late for school"
[13] Tumblr – Posts tagged "shit i'm late"
[14] Tumblr – Posts tagged "late"
[15] Daily Dot – Tumblr's late for anime school
Top Comments
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Aug 28, 2012 at 03:57AM EDT
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