Where Is The 'You Can Just Give This Kind of Thing to Men and They Will Be Thrilled' Phrase From? The Origin Of The Exploitable Anime Panel And Its Memes Explain

The anime adaptation of the Frieren: Beyond Journey's End has been capturing the heart of viewers from all over the world with its well-written plot about an almost immortal elf living her life after defeating the demon lord.

Aside from the teardrop and emotional moments in almost every episode, the main character Frieren occasionally delivers stupidly funny lines that would seem out of place but perfectly match her persona. Such is the case, that a simple line from the latest episode of the anime became a popular exploitable meme on social media. Let's investigate how the You can just give this kind of thing to men and they will be thrilled scene was turned into a popular meme.

Where Is The 'You Can Just Give This Kind of Thing to Men and They Will Be Thrilled' Phrase From?

The phrase "You can just give this kind of thing to men and they will be thrilled" comes from episode 12 of the Frieren: Beyond Journey's End anime series. The scene (shown below) premiered on November 24th, 2023, showing Fern (Frieren's apprentice) asking her master what she's going to present Stark for his 18th birthday.

The elf pulls a potion from a chest and explains that it will dissolve a person's clothing if poured on them, saying, "You see, you can just give this kind of thing to men and they will be thrilled." The clip was posted on YouTube (shown below) by @Squabbles-Anime on the same day the episode aired, amassing over 540 views and 10 likes in a week.

How Did 'You Can Just Give This Kind of Thing to Men and They Will Be Thrilled' Become A Meme?

Shortly after the 12th episode of Frieren: Beyond Journey's End premiered, a two-panel montage (shown below, left) of the phrase was posted on Facebook by @animewatchersguild, garnering more than 371 likes and 309 shares in a week. On November 24th, Facebook user Princess Hinghoi posted fan art referencing the scene (shown below, right), garnering over 5,100 reactions and 8000 shares in the same span of time.

In a week since the episode aired, there are countless photoshopped versions of the meme posted on Facebook, X and Reddit. For example, on On November 26th, 2023, Redditor user rave_lord_nito posted a version of the meme referencing Dark Souls, garnering over 1,500 likes and 200 upvotes in a day (shown below, left). That same day, X user @Watameloncrimes posted a version of the meme submitted by X user @senpai6913 that garnered over 1,500 likes in a day (shown below, right).

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