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Sudden Clarity Clarence
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About
Sudden Clarity Clarence is an advice animal image macro series featuring a photo of a young man at a party staring into the distance as if he is experiencing an epiphany. The captions often contain the phrase "Oh my God" or "Holy Shit" followed by a sudden realization that is trivial and insignificant. The series has been criticized for being redudant, due to its similarities to Conspiracy Keanu featuring an image of a frightened-looking Keanu Reeves.
Origin
The original stock photo (shown left) was submitted to the Australia Associated Press[9] covering the Schoolies festival on Queensland, Australia's Gold Coast. on November 21st, 2009. On November 23rd, 2011, Redditor NorthernSkeptic submitted a post titled "Introducing Sudden Clarity Clarence"[2] that included an image macro (shown right) with the caption "Oh my God / dubstep sucks." The thread subsequently reached the front page of the /r/AdviceAnimals subreddit.
![772.png The original photograph of the Schoolies Festival in Queensland Australia that was submitted to the Australia Associated Press](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/000/263/610/772.png)
![5e7.jpg OH MY GOD 42 DUBSTEP SUCKS quickmeme.com](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/000/263/418/5e7.jpg)
Spread
On February 1st, 2012, the Internet humor site UpRoxx[5] posted an article about the advice animal series with a slideshow of notable derivatives. On February 16th, Slacktory editor Nick Douglas posted an instance on his Tumblr[4] blog with the caption "Holy shit / I've been given a lot and should be more thankful" which received over 1,700 notes in two weeks.
![9b6.jpg Sudden Clarity Clarence realizes he has plenty to be thankful for](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/000/263/481/9b6.jpg)
The meme has since spread to FunnyJunk[6] and Tumblr[7] under the tag "#sudden clarity clarence." The Quickmeme page has received over 3,710 submissions and a Facebook page for "Sudden Clarity Clarence" has 17 likes as of March 6th, 2012.
Notable Examples
![eda.jpg H-------- 32 CHUCK NORRISIS A GINGER quickmeme.com](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/small/000/263/411/eda.jpg)
![34f.jpg OH MY GOD 32 HATE EVERYBODY HERE quickmeme.com](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/small/000/263/413/34f.jpg)
![587.jpg 32 BILLA FROM A GAME OF TAG IN 1998 quickmeme.com](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/small/000/263/414/587.jpg)
![7ce.jpg OH MY GOD 32 THOSE WERE THE DROIDS I WAS LOOKING FOR quickmem e.com](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/small/000/263/419/7ce.jpg)
![f60.jpg 32 BRUCE WILLIS WAS DEAD THE WHOLE TIME! quickmeme.com](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/small/000/263/431/f60.jpg)
![210.jpg FORGOT TO DELETE 42 MY BROWSER HISTORY quickmeme.com](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/small/000/263/433/210.jpg)
![78b.jpg THESE ANIMALS 32 ARE GIVING HORRIBLE ADVICE quickmeme.com](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/small/000/263/412/78b.jpg)
![9a2.jpg OH MY GOD 32 THOSE WERENT LISTERINE BREATH STRIPS quickmeme.com](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/small/000/263/415/9a2.jpg)
![ffe.jpg 32 13 IT WASNTA FART quickmeme.com](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/small/000/263/429/ffe.jpg)
Identity
On March 6th, 2012, Redditor duckareokay submitted a post to the /r/AdviceAnimals[3] subreddit titled "A true moment of clarity" featuring a photograph (shown left) of a man mimicking the Suddenly Clarity Clarence with the caption "I'm a meme." Redditor Badk1d replied to the thread claiming his classmate Will G from southern California was the real Clarity Clarence and presented a photo as evidence (shown right). Neither of the students were from Australia where the original stock photo was taken.
![1df.jpg EM AMEME](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/000/263/446/1df.jpg)
![697.jpg](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/000/263/478/697.jpg)
Template
![3a0.jpg 32 quickmeme.com](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/000/263/430/3a0.jpg)
Search Interest
Search queries for "sudden clarity clarence" picked up in November of 2011, the same month the first Reddit post was submitted.
External References
[1] Quickmeme – Sudden Clarity Clarence
[2] Reddit – Introducing Sudden Clarity Clarence
[3] Reddit – A true moment of clarity
[4] Tumblr – Too Much Nick
[5] UpRoxx – Sudden Clarity Clarence Finally Gets It
[6] FunnyJunk – sudden clarity clarence
[7] Tumblr – sudden clarity clarence
[8] Facebook – Sudden Clarity Clarence
[9] AAPOne – Schoolies Gold Coast
Top Comments
Table Flipper
Mar 06, 2012 at 08:22PM EST
Maria Nunez
Mar 07, 2012 at 06:32PM EST