My Spoon Is Too Big

About

“My spoon is too big” is a meme inspired by Don Hertzfeldt’s short animated film Rejected from 2000.

Other memorable lines from Rejected include “I am a banana” and “my anus is bleeding” but by comparing terms in Google Insights, we can see that “my spoon is too big” is the phrase most searched for from the film.

ytmnd

On May 17th, 2004, Konversion created the first “My spoon is too big” YTMND.

Another 13 “Spoon is too big” YTMNDs have been created since then; including

• Kimmycakes
• The Matrix Spoon is too big
• A Meeting of the Minds

Most of the YTMNDs are lacking in mutation or recontextualization, instead opting to play the original audio over an unaltered still from the cartoon.

Youtube

Many re-enactments of the “My Spoon is too big” scenes can be found on Youtube.

Resources

• Urban Dictionary
• “My Spoon is too big” on Flickr
• DeviantArt