Reaction Guys/ Gaijin 4Koma (2003)

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E3 2003, Nintendo needed something big to get ahead of Xbox and the PS2. The IGN team for the conference was (in the picture left to right) Matt Casamassina, Craig Harris, Chadd Chamers, Peer Schneider. At the conference Nintendo pulled out “Pacman vs.” Here is our heroes’ reaction


Disappointment

Fast forward one year. With news of a new Zelda on the horizon our heroes staged what it would look like when they see it.


Euphoria!

How this meme started was on IGN’s boards and then slowly made it’s way to 2chan where it got the name “Gaijin 4Koma” which basically means “4-panels-foreigners” then it went to 4chan then all across the web.

The meme often has four panels and usually plays out like so:

Panel one: Something fair or lame
Panel two: Disappointment
Panel three: Something awesome
Panel four: Euphoria

Example:

Occasionaly, the colours will invert for super awesomeness. Sometime things are so awesome it becomes the effect of dividing by zero.

You can read what Peer Schneider has to say about it here.

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21 Comments

Tylord14
May 24, 2009 at 04:10AM UTC , Tylord14 wrote:

this looks like it could be a meme. looks hilarious lol.

Dylan Hatch
May 24, 2009 at 09:12PM UTC , Dylan Hatch wrote:

So many possibilities! Need more pics. Awesome meme, though. Wasn’t aware of this before. :)

Emperor Ethan
May 26, 2009 at 02:30PM UTC , Emperor Ethan wrote:

I like the Eric Conveys an Emotion ones. So random.

Jamie Dubs
May 26, 2009 at 05:49PM UTC , Jamie Dubs wrote:

epic sixtaz pic dump is epic

Someguy503
May 30, 2009 at 06:49AM UTC , Someguy503 wrote:

Probably my most favorite meme out there. So many things you can do with this!

timartin2332
Jun 08, 2009 at 06:46PM UTC , timartin2332 wrote:

i lol’d lots

Zop
Jun 27, 2009 at 09:10AM UTC , Zop wrote:

I lol’d buckets.

Kapuhi
Jul 01, 2009 at 05:28AM UTC , Kapuhi wrote:

COULD be a meme? I’ve been seeing this one for years!

Alfred Kahn
Sep 18, 2009 at 12:56AM UTC , Alfred Kahn wrote:

I knew this one had a name. I love this meme. XD

Bob Holly
Sep 25, 2009 at 08:13AM UTC , Bob Holly wrote:

Mods, please delete this photo. I wasn’t aware blatanly NSFW pics weren’t allowed on the site until it was too late. Thanks.

Bob Holly
Sep 25, 2009 at 08:15AM UTC , Bob Holly wrote:

Mods, please delete my contribution to this meme. I wasn’t aware blatanly NSFW pics weren’t allowed on the site until it was too late. Sorry.

Captain Blubber
Sep 25, 2009 at 11:44AM UTC , Captain Blubber wrote:

Dun wurry bro.

It’s been deleted.

Ravana
Sep 26, 2009 at 02:20PM UTC , Ravana wrote:

I first saw one of these after Matrix:Revolution hit cinemas, but the order is reversed;

Excitement over the Matrix,
Boredom over Matrix Reloaded,
followed by a picture of 4 empty seats for Matrix Revolution

Every version I’ve seen since then used that order, including the shot of the empty seats.

Blah-tan
Nov 03, 2009 at 07:35AM UTC , Blah-tan wrote:

Commencing epic pic dump…

Hector Hessy
Nov 03, 2009 at 09:28PM UTC , Hector Hessy wrote:

lol Blah
Haruhi normul.
:/
Naked.
>:D
i would do the same thing x3

Hector Hessy
Nov 04, 2009 at 08:35PM UTC , Hector Hessy wrote:

@Blah
Delete the NSFW ones

MadRat
Dec 09, 2009 at 03:37AM UTC , MadRat wrote:

I don’t know how long it will stay but here’s one you missed. http://i47.tinypic.com/28vzvbt.jpg
I can’t remember the anime it’s from. Something about a guy who wears a white, porcelain mask.

Elestia
Dec 09, 2009 at 11:39PM UTC , Elestia wrote:

It’s from the anime series Darker Than Black

unknownguy
Jan 03, 2010 at 07:30AM UTC , unknownguy wrote:

the weegee and sparta versions made me lol so hard!

Ryan Golemo
Mar 17, 2010 at 11:48PM UTC , Ryan Golemo wrote:

Can we please edit out all of the anime/manga out of here. I’m pretty sure its just supposed to be the original photos with their edits.

Tomberry
Mar 17, 2010 at 11:56PM UTC , Tomberry wrote:

They have maybe a legitimate place here because they are “edits” of the initial photo ?

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