Should We Bow? Yeah, He's a King

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Should We Bow? Yeah, He's A King is a memorable catchphrase from the 2018 Marvel movie Avengers: Infinity War. The quote comes from a conversation that takes place between Bruce Banner (played by Mark Ruffalo) and James "Rhodey" Rhodes (Don Cheadle) after they first arrive in the country of Wakanda. In addition to the catchphrase, an image macro of the scene is often used in exploitable memes to commend and signify greatness. The scene is also a prominent reaction image in Indian cricket circles on the internet.

Origin

On April 27th, 2018, the MCU movie Avengers: Infinity War was released in theaters. The movie contains a scene in which the characters Banner (The Hulk) and Rhodes (War Machine) arrive in Wakanda, and Banner asks if he should bow down to T'challa (Black Panther). This interaction is notably followed by the We Don't Do That Here meme scene. A clip of the scene was uploaded by the YouTube^[1] channel KinoCheck Archive on July 28th, where it gathered over 6.4 million views in four years (seen below).

While the earliest known use of the meme was on Twitter in 2019,^[2] the earliest known viral use of the meme was on December 6th, 2019, in an Instagram^[3] post made by @mast_troll. The post gathered over 1,000 likes in four years (seen below).

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On January 7th, 2020, the Instagram^[4] page @marvel_gods_ posted a version of the meme and gathered over 25,000 likes in three years (seen below, left). On June 4th, the Instagram^[5] page @theoctagonjones posted a version of the meme, gathering over 2,400 likes in over two years (seen below, right).

On August 30th, 2020, the Instagram^[6] page @allthingsshero posted a version of the meme that gathered over 25,000 likes in over two years (seen below, left). On November 4th, the Instagram^[7] page @manatelugujokes posted a version of the meme that gathered over 3,000 likes in two years (seen below, right).

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