Minor Mistake Marvin
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About
Minor Advice Marvin is an advice animal image macro series featuring a photograph of a young boy staring blankly at a distance and various captions detailing everyday episodes of regrettable mistakes that can unfold as a result of one's own oversight.
Origin
On October 8th, 2014, Redditor marky_mark301 submitted a photograph of a young boy standing in front of a partially burned ramen noodle container inside a microwave to the /r/pics[4] subreddit in a post titled “He just wanted some noodles” (shown below, left). On October 11th, Redditor onebigbagostupid posted an image macro using the photo with a caption about accidentally putting ice cream in a refrigerator titled "Introducing: Mistake Marvin" to the /r/AdviceAnimals[1] subreddit, where it gained over 3,000 votes (84% upvoted) in the first 48 hours (shown below, right). The top-voted comment was submitted by Redditor McGotham, who suggested that the series be called "Minor Mistake Marvin."
![Tried so hard...](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/000/847/015/01a.jpg)
![f77.jpg PUTSICE CREAM BACK INTO THE REFRIGERATOR](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/000/847/005/f77.jpg)
Spread
On the same day, Redditor BrojobBrojob submitted an image macro about forgetting to turn on a slow cooker before leaving for work to /r/AdviceAnimals[2] (shown below, left). Also on October 11th, Redditor CakeSwag submitted a Minor Mistake Marvin image macro joking about accidentally calling a teacher "Mom" to /r/AdviceAnimals[5] (shown below, right). In the following 48 hours, the posts gathered more than 3,400 votes (93% upvoted) and 3,000 votes (79% upvoted) respectively.
![6d3.jpg PREPARES ENTIREDINNERI SIOWI COOKER BEFOREWORK FORGOT TO PLUG IT IN](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/000/847/006/6d3.jpg)
![Calls teacher | "Mom" CALLS TEACHER MOM memecreatorapn.com](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/000/847/019/468.jpg)
On October 12th, the /r/TodayIMarvinedUp[3] subreddit was launched for notable Minor Mistake Marvin examples. The same day, Redditor BrojobBrojob's image macro was reposted to 9gag,[6] where it accumulated upwards of 2,900 points and 50 comments in 24 hours.
Various Examples
![601.jpg PUT BOWL OF SOUP IN MICROWAVE LEFT THE SPOONIN made on imqur](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/000/847/041/601.jpg)
![21d.jpg UNWRAPS CANDY TO EAT THROWS CANDY AWAY EATS WRAPPER](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/000/847/039/21d.jpg)
![900.jpg ATTEMPT TO PUSH MY ouT OF MV DRIVEWAY FOR 15 MINTUES PARKING-BRAKE ON](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/000/847/038/900.jpg)
![fba.jpg CUP OF COFFEE ON ONE HAND BABY BOTTLE IN THE OTHER SHAKESTHEM BOTH](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/000/847/018/fba.jpg)
![723.jpg GOES TO GAS STATION TO FILL UP LAWN M FORGETS GAS CAN AT HOME](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/000/847/037/723.jpg)
![a31.jpg PUTS CLOTHES IN DRYER DOESNT HIT THE START BUTTON](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/000/847/035/a31.jpg)
Search Interest
External References
[1] Reddit – Introducing Mistake Marvin
[2] Reddit – Minor Mistake Marvin
[3] Reddit – /r/TodayIMarvinedUp
[4] Reddit – He just wanted some noodles
[5] Reddit – mistake marvin screw up again
[6] 9gag – Minor Mistake Marvin
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Top Comments
I Need Tea
Oct 14, 2014 at 03:14AM EDT
DanBS
Oct 13, 2014 at 09:50PM EDT