Superman Refuses To Help
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Type: Exploitable,
Tags: comic books, superman, help, super hero, dc comics, justin bieber, fans, things i don't like,
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About • Origin • Spread • Various Examples • Search Interest • External References • |
About
Superman Refuses To Help refers to a series of four-panel exploitable memes featuring comic book superhero Superman seeing a building on fire, but because of the name on the burning building, he decides to change into the clothes of his alter-ego Clark Kent and not save the people in the building.
Origin
On March 20th, 2013, Belgian cartoonist Jeroom Snelders posted a four-panel comic of Superman seeing a burning building that has the words "Community Center for Elderly Lesbians" on it. In the comic (shown below), Instead of helping the people inside, Superman goes to a phone booth and changes into the clothes of Clark Kent, Superman's secret identity. The final panel shows Clark Kent walking down the streets, whistling to himself. When posted to Facebook, the comic received more than 1,000 reactions and 213 shares.[5][6]
![Community Center for Elderly Lesbians Help! Help! COMMUNITY CENTER FOR ELDERLY LESBIANS WWW.FAC OXyNJE 00M.INC](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/275/722/c22.jpg)
Spread
Later that year, Memecenter user lungu posted one of the earliest variations of the Superman Refuses To Help on June 1st. In this version (shown below), Superman sees that Justin Bieber is recording inside the burning building. [1]
![Justin Beiber Records Help!](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/275/703/98c.png)
The following day, Twitter user @AlcaideFlanagan posted a variation of this meme, replacing the picture of Justin Bieber with the words "Justin Bieber Annual Fan Meet." The tweet (shown below) received more than 25 retweets and 10 likes.[2]
![Justin Bieber Annual Fan Meet Help! Help! ANNUAL FAN MEET 且且且](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/275/705/6d8.png)
The Justin Bieber variation of the meme became very popular and has since been translated into Spanish and Portuguese, among other languages (shown below, left).[3]
On August 12th, 2013, Funny Junk user imonaboatman upload a variation of the meme, featuring the words "Westboro Baptist Church HQ" instead of the "Justin Bieber Fan Meet." The image (shown below, right) received more than 570 positive votes.[4]
![Encontro de fas do justin bieber SOCOR! SoCORRO! ENCONTRO DE FAS DO JUSTIN BIEBER](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/275/706/ab0.jpg)
![Westboro Baptist Church HQ Westboro Baptist Church HQ 且且且](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/275/707/753.jpg)
Various Examples
![Planet Fitness Help! planet tnes5 Lough. Lift lr](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/275/709/6b2.jpg)
![Batman vs Superman Help!](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/275/710/47b.png)
![Hitlerman](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/275/711/9d1.jpg)
![Toyota prius club Help! Help! Toyota prius club](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/275/712/89d.jpg)
![Slovak-Romanian meeting Help! Help! Slovak-Romanian meetin 4](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/275/714/71e.jpg)
![cryptarch school of disappointment Help! Help! CRYPTARCH SCHOO OF DISAPPOINTMENT](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/275/716/d7b.jpg)
Search Interest
External References
[1] Memecenter – Justin Beiber Records
[2] Twitter – @AlcaideFlanagan's Tweet
[3] Blogspot – Fãs do Justin Bieber
[4] Funny Junk – Westboro Baptist Church HQ
[5] Jeroom Snelders – Community Center for Elderly Lesbians
[6] Facebook – Jeroom.Inc's Post
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Tags: comic books, superman, help, super hero, dc comics, justin bieber, fans, things i don't like,
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