High Expectations Asian Father
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About
High Expectations Asian Father is an advice animal image macro series based on popular stereotypes and cliches about first-gen Asian moms and dads being some of the most spartan parents in the world. The image features a photo of an Asian man with glasses and grey hair in front of a green colorwheel background (See also: Son, I am disappoint, Tiger Mom).
Origin
The official single topic blog[1] for High Expectations Asian Father was launched by Tumblr users Chris[10] and Bryant[11] on March 18th, 2010. The first image posted on the site used the caption “I dun care you got A+ in English, Math, History; you got A- in art. / You fail life.” A Memegenerator watermark is present on the image, but it is unclear when the Memegenerator page[2] was created.
Identity
The original image of High Expectation Asian Father comes from a scene in the 2007 Korean horror film Epitaph[14] of the character Professor Park Jung Nam played by South Korean actor Jeon Mu-Song.[15]
The actor is known for playing father figures in several Korean films and TV series. The stillshot from the film was captured and uploaded by Tumblr blogger akane-x[13] on February 23rd, 2012.
Spread
One of the most common tropes used in the series is the wordplay on character’s demanding standards for academic grades. The series reached the “top tier” on MemeGenerator in July of 2010, alongside Technologically Impaired Duck, HAHA Guy and Hnnnnnng. One of the earliest archived instances on 4chan[16] was captioned with “Hory shet / Imbossibru” on November 10th.
On February 23rd, 2011, an oil painting inspired by the series was uploaded to deviantArt[20] by user AnoobisEido.
Compilations of the image macros were posted on blogs and user-generated platforms like Urlesque[3], MemeBase[4], Buzzfeed[5] and Asylum[6], as well as pop culture blogs like MTV’s Iggy[7] and Pop Hangover.[8] Addtional derivatives can be found on Memebase[18] under the “high expectations asian dad” category, on Tumblr[19] under the “#asian father” tag, The Quickmeme[17] page has received over 10,000 submissions, the MemeGenerator[2] page has received over 28,308 submissions and a Facebook[12] page has accumulated 5,940 likes as of February 23rd.
Notable Examples
TheAsianDad.com
The Asian Dad[9] is a single serving site that provides an email and SMS notification service for those who strive to achieve their goals and thus meet the high standards set by the Asian fathers.
Search Interest
External Links
[1] Tumblr – High Expectations Asian Father
[2] MemeGenerator – High Expectations Asian Father
[3] Urlesque – High Expectations Asian Father PIctures
[4] Memebase – High Expectations Asian Dad
[5] BuzzFeed – 7 Reasons Why High Expectations Asian Father is Disappoint
[6] Asylum – High Expectations Asian Father Does Not Approve
[7]MTV Iggy Blog – The Disappointed Asian Father Meme
[8] Pop Hangover – Best of the High Expectations Asian Father Meme
[9] TheAsianDad.com – The Asian Dad / Launched on 1/2/2001
[10] Tumblr – Princess Christyy
[11] Tumblr – VietDacbiet
[12] Facebook – High Expectations Asian Father
[13] Tumblr – Found High Expectations Asian Father
[15] Asian Wiki – Jeon Mu-Song
[16] Chanarchive – EFG Adventure
[17] Quickmeme – High Expectations Asian Father
[18] Memebase – High Expectations Asian Dad
[19] Tumblr – asian father
[20] deviantArt – Artifact 5
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Top Comments
the memes
Dec 13, 2011 at 02:20PM EST+18
YOURE READING THE COMMENTS??
WHY NOT STUDYING?
Emzi
Jun 20, 2011 at 01:09PM EDT+10
Signed up for self-esteem-lowering texts from my cyber Asian dad telling me I’m worthless!
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