The Goggles Do Nothing! (1995)

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A Simpsons Quote

“My Eyes! The goggles do nothing!” was a line yelled by Simpsons character Rainier Wolfecastle on Episode 2 Season 7 on September 24th, 1995.

In the episode Rainier was portraying “Radioactive Man” on a set of the Radioactive Man movie.

In the scene, Milhouse (who was earlier chosen to be Radioactive Man’s sidekick) was supposed to save Radioactive Man from a large wave of nuclear waste. Due to the directors unceasing demands for “realism,” the radioactive waste was just that; real.

Milhouse, however, was not present for the filming of the scene, and the waste crashed over Wolfecastle. The protective goggles that he (and subsequently, everyone else in the stuido) was wearing began to melt as he said “the goggles do nothing.”

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This meme is referenced in the Genmay.com FAQ in 2003 as a popular catch-phrase used for conveying the horror of having seen something unwanted.

What are “teh goggles?” Why do they do nothing?
An oft-quoted line from The Simpsons. It is used to describe an unpleasant visual image, such as goatse, tubgirl, etc. The pictures viewed would be so horrible, the goggles would indeed do nothing. Also used as “the protective eyewear, it is ineffective.”

Related: Carol didn’t wear her safety goggles, and now she doesn’t need them.

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Chris Menning
May 06, 2009 at 08:21PM UTC , Chris Menning wrote:

Mainstream before the internet.

Jamie Dubs
May 06, 2009 at 09:37PM UTC , Jamie Dubs wrote:

Simpsons catchphrase for real… but funny

OctopusGuy
Jul 04, 2009 at 11:46AM UTC , OctopusGuy wrote:

This shouldn’t be in the deadpool. It’s one of those memes that is simply spread by word of mouth by people seeing a hilarious phrase on TV and repeating it to all their friends, and so on. In a sense, it’s not a meme, but it has transformed itself into many an image macro, so…

Chris Menning
Jul 22, 2009 at 01:16PM UTC , Chris Menning wrote:

I’ve moved this from the Deadpool back to “Researching.” I thought it was too mainstream, but the thing that changed my mind was that the phrase is often pulled entirely outside of the context of the Simpsons when in use.

See this forum post for more info:
http://knowyourmeme.com/forums/1-general/topics/240-how-should-we-handle-things-that-are-from-the-mainstream#forum_post_1801

cybergon
Aug 23, 2009 at 11:07AM UTC , cybergon wrote:

i’m pretty sure the original phrase is:

“My eyes! Ze googles do nothing”

Frketson
Sep 04, 2009 at 03:20AM UTC , Frketson wrote:

added some more pics that i found on macrochan.

http://macrochan.org/search.php?tags=The+goggles

Zegon
Dec 18, 2009 at 06:19AM UTC , Zegon wrote:

To be honest, I always thought this meme stemmed from Final Fantasy VI, where the effect Blind did nothing due to a bug in the hit mechanics. See:

http://everything2.com/title/Final+Fantasy+VI+Evade+Bug

Because of this, Blind does nothing, and the item, Goggles, which prevents the effect, would also do nothing. This is the first time I’ve noticed the Simpsons quote.

HeavyMetal202
Mar 04, 2010 at 09:09AM UTC , HeavyMetal202 wrote:

+1 comfirm

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