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About
“Challenge Accepted” is an expression used to indicate that the speaker is willing to attempt completing a difficult task. The phrase is often associated with a rage comic character illustrated as a stick figure with crossed arms and a smug facial expression.
Origin
“Challenge accepted” began as a catchphrase for the character Barney Stinson in the television sitcom How I Met Your Mother. The earliest instance of Stinson uttering the phrase can be heard in Season 2, Episode 6 “Aldrin Justice” while announcing his intention to seduce an older woman. The episode originally aired on October 23rd, 2006.
[after Marshal infers his professor is tough on her grades because she needs to get laid]
Barney Stinson: Marshall, I’ve thought it over and I accept your challenge.
Marshall Eriksen: I didn’t challenge you to have sex with…
Barney Stinson: Tomorrow, the cougar hunt begins.
The earliest known instances of the the rage comic character were posted in a thread by Body Building[3] Forums member MK on November 12th, 2010, which included two challenge accepted examples (shown below).
Spread
On November 26th, 2010, the “Fuck Yeah Challenge Accepted Guy” Tumblr[2] blog was created. On December 13th, the “Challenge Accepted” Facebook[8] page was created, which accumulated over 145,000 likes within two years. On April 14th, 2011, a “Challenge Accepted” Meme Generator[7] page was created, allowing users to make image macros featuring the rage comic character. On October 27th, FunnyJunk[6] user JanFebMar submitted a rage comic showcasing photographs of a pumpkin carving depicting the character (shown below).
On June 21st, 2012, the Internet humor blog Smosh[4] published a post titled “Best of the ‘Challenge Accepted’ Meme”, which featured several notable instances of the rage comics. Additional examples of the meme have been posted on the Cheezburger site Memebase.[5]
Notable Examples
Derivatives
The “challenge considered” rage comic character (shown below, left) is used to indicate that a task is being considered and “challenge denied” (shown below, right) is used to indicate that a task has been rejected.
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External References
[1]Bungie – When your teacher tells you
[2]Tumblr – Challenge Accepted Guy
[3]BodyBuilding – Challenge Accepted
[4]Smosh – Best of the Challenge Accepted Meme
[5]Memebase – challenge accepted
[6]FunnyJunk – Challenge Accepted
[7]Meme Generator – Challenge Accepted
[8]Facebook – Challenge Accepted
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Top Comments
TrickyDonut
Jul 02, 2011 at 12:55AM EDT+10
I’m a regular on Bungie.net, and I hate it when people say it started on there. It was on plenty of other sites before the day that thread was made. It’s possible we made it more popular, but The Flood forum is so tiny and insignificant compared to 4chan, FJ, and other sites, it’s not very likely.
Alex C. Smith
Mar 03, 2011 at 05:41PM EST+6
CHALLENGE ACCEPTED +1 CONFIRM
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