X is Watching You Poop (2002)Researching

About

“X is Watching You Poop” is an image macro series that consists of a celebrity photo (typically wearing an odd facial expression) …and a caption that reads “X is watching you poop.” For example:

Origins

In October 2002, a Geocities page with a “Jeff Goldblum is Watching You Poop” image macro made its way on to the internet. The idea behind this website was rather simple and clear: Jeff Goldblum shall be watching everyone poop. The photo itself originates from a particular scene in the 1986 horror remake The Fly. According to the archives of the now-defunct website, the real deal was to put up the image macro in public bathroom stalls to bring lulz for those sitting on the toilet.

On a related note, this meme precedes the infamous Ceiling Cat is watching you masturbate, a spin-off of the original that became popular on 4chan as part of Caturday image macros.

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Derivatives

Quite a few variations spawned out of the Jeff Goldblum version, with Christopher Walken is watching you pee being the most popular. There’s also a single topic blog dedicated to Watching You Poop images.

• Kiefer Sutherland is watching you poop
• You watch Jeff Goldblum Poop
• David Koresh is watching you poop
• Jeff Goldblum is watching you poop
• Harold Ramis is watching you poop
• Brian Peppers is watching you poop
• JGIWUP

Today

The “Jeff Goldblum is Watching You Poop” image has been carried to 4chan, resulting in the creation of a rather empty ED article, which has barely changed since 2005.

The meme is past its prime, but has retained a certain degree of search traffic.