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Arrogant John Walker refers to an image of John Walker (played by Wyatt Russell) wearing Captain America's suit and smiling arrogantly, taken from episode two of the Marvel mini-series The Falcon and the Winter Soldier. Shortly after airing in March 2021, Twitter and Tumblr users began making jokes portraying the character as a "typical arrogant white guy."

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On March 26th, 2021, the second episode of the Disney+ mini-series The Falcon and the Winter Soldier premiered on the platform. In the episode, John Walker takes over for the now deceased Captain America. As he first appears in the suit, he strikes an arrogant smile and posture, as if completely prepared to take on the role of Captain America. Further, the character is portrayed as fairly arrogant throughout the series.

The day the episode was released, Twitter users began criticizing the character. For example, on that day, Twitter[1] user @agonicks posted a screenshot from the Harry Potter series of the titular character saying, "How dare you stand where he stood?" criticizing Walker as a replacement for Captain America, garnering over 1,300 likes and 200 retweets in six days (shown below, left). On the same day, Polygon[4] posted an article describing how Walker becomes a villain in the comics including an image of Walker from the series looking arrogant (shown below, right).

p---- u. @agonicks ... me at john walker. #FalconAndTheWinterSoldier #JohnWalker How dare you stand where he stood!

On March 28th, Tumblr[5] user ken0bes posted an image of a fish punching the ground from SpongeBob Squarepants photoshopped to say, "I never wanted to punch someone so bad in my entire life, never I swear," followed by the same image of Walker used in the Polygon article, garnering over 530 notes in four days (shown below). This is the earliest known use of the image as a meme.

iner varted t O BAD in m entr SOBAD in my entie life punch someone never I SWEAR

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On March 29th, 2021 Twitter[3] user @UpToTASK posted the image, writing, "This guy is the @MichaelRapaport of the MCU" (shown below), garnering over 260 likes in three days and inspiring a string of tweets[6][7] in which users upload the image and attribute various arrogant text to it (examples shown below, left and right).

Olivia Truffaut-Wong @iWatchiAm - Mar 29 "It's about ethics in journalism" 328lell
rachel leishman ... @RachelLeishman "Women just don't like Star Wars. It's just a fact." saRDel!

On the same date, Tumblr[2] user cryoverkiltmilk then posted the same image of Walker under text imagining how the casting call for the role might have gone, garnering over 250 notes in four days (shown below).

Casting director, speaking to Wyatt Russell: “The vibe we're going for is 'well-meaning, but COMPLETELY self-unaware', and 'has never experienced a consequence in their life'." Wyatt Russell: “I got this." *38 1all

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Star Wars @bradwhipple · Mar 29 STAR WARS "The Last Jedi ruined my childhood."
Timothée @peoplescrtic - Mar 29 "My best friend is black and he doesn't mind when I say it" ere
Laura aas'n ... @lsirikul The next guest to Joe Rogan's podcast 328
TASK Leader of the Invincible Cult #StopAsianHate @UPTOTASK "Gotta hear both sides..." a8lel
Christopher Romijn-Stamos @funkolivier #JohnWalker wants you to do your own research. ariel!
David Atchison @DavidNAtchison Replying to @POC_Culture and @UPTOTASK "It's heritage, not hate." aa8lel!

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About

Arrogant John Walker refers to an image of John Walker (played by Wyatt Russell) wearing Captain America's suit and smiling arrogantly, taken from episode two of the Marvel mini-series The Falcon and the Winter Soldier. Shortly after airing in March 2021, Twitter and Tumblr users began making jokes portraying the character as a "typical arrogant white guy."

Origin

On March 26th, 2021, the second episode of the Disney+ mini-series The Falcon and the Winter Soldier premiered on the platform. In the episode, John Walker takes over for the now deceased Captain America. As he first appears in the suit, he strikes an arrogant smile and posture, as if completely prepared to take on the role of Captain America. Further, the character is portrayed as fairly arrogant throughout the series.

The day the episode was released, Twitter users began criticizing the character. For example, on that day, Twitter[1] user @agonicks posted a screenshot from the Harry Potter series of the titular character saying, "How dare you stand where he stood?" criticizing Walker as a replacement for Captain America, garnering over 1,300 likes and 200 retweets in six days (shown below, left). On the same day, Polygon[4] posted an article describing how Walker becomes a villain in the comics including an image of Walker from the series looking arrogant (shown below, right).


p---- u. @agonicks ... me at john walker. #FalconAndTheWinterSoldier #JohnWalker How dare you stand where he stood!

On March 28th, Tumblr[5] user ken0bes posted an image of a fish punching the ground from SpongeBob Squarepants photoshopped to say, "I never wanted to punch someone so bad in my entire life, never I swear," followed by the same image of Walker used in the Polygon article, garnering over 530 notes in four days (shown below). This is the earliest known use of the image as a meme.


iner varted t O BAD in m entr SOBAD in my entie life punch someone never I SWEAR

Spread

On March 29th, 2021 Twitter[3] user @UpToTASK posted the image, writing, "This guy is the @MichaelRapaport of the MCU" (shown below), garnering over 260 likes in three days and inspiring a string of tweets[6][7] in which users upload the image and attribute various arrogant text to it (examples shown below, left and right).


Olivia Truffaut-Wong @iWatchiAm - Mar 29 "It's about ethics in journalism" 328lell rachel leishman ... @RachelLeishman "Women just don't like Star Wars. It's just a fact." saRDel!

On the same date, Tumblr[2] user cryoverkiltmilk then posted the same image of Walker under text imagining how the casting call for the role might have gone, garnering over 250 notes in four days (shown below).


Casting director, speaking to Wyatt Russell: “The vibe we're going for is 'well-meaning, but COMPLETELY self-unaware', and 'has never experienced a consequence in their life'." Wyatt Russell: “I got this." *38 1all

Various Examples


Star Wars @bradwhipple · Mar 29 STAR WARS "The Last Jedi ruined my childhood." Timothée @peoplescrtic - Mar 29 "My best friend is black and he doesn't mind when I say it" ere Laura aas'n ... @lsirikul The next guest to Joe Rogan's podcast 328 TASK Leader of the Invincible Cult #StopAsianHate @UPTOTASK "Gotta hear both sides..." a8lel Christopher Romijn-Stamos @funkolivier #JohnWalker wants you to do your own research. ariel! David Atchison @DavidNAtchison Replying to @POC_Culture and @UPTOTASK "It's heritage, not hate." aa8lel!

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ok chapter 2 has a super dumb moment when the 3 medal of honor with good intentions nice guy says to falcon and winter soldier OUT OF FUCKING NOWHERE WITH NO PREPARATION WHATSOEVER "stay out of my way" in a menacing way when it was established this guy is a good guy all his life (And yes, i know in the comics he isnt but im not supposed to know that)

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