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Black Ops Guy "Is That X?"
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About
Black Ops Guy "Is That X?" is a recaption and image macro meme format based on the cover artwork of Call of Duty: Black Ops. In memes, the image is captioned with a clarifying question referring to another post, with the resulting macro being used as a reaction or a punchline in a complex meme. In 2023, a version captioned "Is That Frieza?" gained particular virality.
Origin
On November 9th, 2010, the first-person shooter video game Call of Duty: Black Ops was released.[1] The cover art for the game is a dark photograph of a soldier sitting on the floor holding a handgun in each arm, his face obscured by shadow (shown below).
![Call of Duty Black Ops Guy Full Cover Art](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/002/691/961/82a.jpg)
Prior to June 9th, 2021, an unknown user posted a two-panel meme that used the image. The top panel of the meme is a photograph of a gimmick banana car,[2] and the bottom panel is the Black Ops cover captioned "Is that a banana car?" On June 9th, 2021, Instagram[3] user @sssnark made the earliest recorded repost of the image, which received over 110 likes on the platform in two years (shown below).
![Is That a Banana Car? IS THAT A BANANA CAR](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/002/691/914/d50.jpg)
Spread
On June 25th and 26th, 2021, the Instagram[4][5] accounts @merciless.sungod and @big_chungles reposted the image, with the posts gaining over 5,200 likes and 6,000 likes in two years, respectively. The image continued circulation through 2021 and 2022, including reposts on Reddit[6] and iFunny.[7]
On February 9th, 2022, a Surprised Fast Food Worker in which the worker was replaced with the Black Ops Guy went viral on iFunny and Twitter[8] (authorship unconfirmed (shown below).
![Is That a Weed Cirno Here's your order,than- thanks IS THAT A weed cirnc](https://a.kym-cdn.com/assets/blank-b3f96f160b75b1b49b426754ba188fe8.gif)
In the following weeks, the merged format experienced a period of active use on iFunny. For example, on February 28th, 2022, iFunny[9] user @oeyrm3imoo4113 posted a Pokemon version that received over 5,700 smiles in two years (shown below, left).
![Is That a Weed Cat cattsu IS THAT A weed Cat](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/002/691/916/7c7.jpg)
![Is That a Weed Alien SAMMAN LORE TAKE ME TO YOUR DEALER cattsu IS THAT A weed Alien](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/002/691/917/12f.jpg)
Is That Frieza?
On March 22nd, 2022, the social media page ForAmerica posted a Wojak meme about teachers that received over 10,000 reposts and 45,000 likes on X[10] in two years. The meme used an image of a bespectacled female Wojak with pink hair and shaved sides (shown below, left). Starting at least as early as June 2022, the Wojak has been compared to Frieza, a villain character from the Dragon Ball Z anime series, as the two share a similar color scheme and design.[11][12]
On January 24th, 2023, iFunny[13] user YourPersonalGivenFuck posted the image of Black Ops Guy captioned "Is that Frieza" (shown below), also replying with it to a Dragon Ball meme posted two days prior.[14]
![Is That Frieza IS THAT FRIEZA](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/002/691/929/2d2.jpg)
Throughout 2023, the image has repeatedly been used to reply to memes containing the "Frieza Wojak." For example, on April 18th, 2023, the X[15] account @EverythingOOC made one such reply that gained over 820 smiles on the platform in six months. On September 29th, X[16] user @fang_the_sniper posted a scroll-down video of the "Is that Frieza" image being spammed in replies to the Wojak meme (shown below).
https://t.co/PdAoIn3tVp pic.twitter.com/m88jh7s17V
β πLenπ¦ (@fang_the_sniper) September 30, 2023
Various Examples
![Share Your Villain Story Luffgod @Luffgod5. Oct 7 Share you story 1.6K SA// Harassment accident surgery Scars insecurity Self harm Other Abuse 12.4K Marou FREE @Marouanemeftah1 β€ 25K β2M IS THAT FRIEZA 9:05 AM. Oct 7, 2023 76.2K Views β](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/002/691/941/264.jpg)
![Is That a Poop Chain IS THAT A POOP CHAIN POO 146 POOP 10011 Try On 3D](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/002/691/918/346.jpg)
![Is That Frieza? Got bored at work. Only had purple marker. Power I Spray weed. trash, parts, tools 244 comments IS THAT FRIEZA Dank Man 1d](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/002/691/947/cfb.jpg)
![Is That Berdly Sanders HAPPY @happyroadkill. Oct 28 Progressives in office sure have been giving us a powerful lesson on how much of an incurable poison our system is Peace must prevail. ...So you're proposing a ceasefire or-? HEY! HEY! HAPPYROADKILL 527 eval scareth @EartOvaal 2.7K IS THAT 3:06 AM Oct 29, 2023. 21.8K Views Bernie HUMANITY must prevail 23K I did NOT say that! Bernie No body heard me say that! β1M](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/002/691/942/fa6.jpg)
![Is That Anna the Famous Diabetic Daugher cattsu Insulin Anna the famous IS THAT diabetic daughter](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/002/691/921/a4b.jpg)
![Is That a Dog With a Tiny Mattress IS THAT A DOG WITH A TINY MATTRESS](https://a.kym-cdn.com/assets/blank-b3f96f160b75b1b49b426754ba188fe8.gif)
Search Interest
External References
[1] Wikipedia β
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Call of Duty: Black Ops
[2] Facebook β Big Banana Car
[4] Instagram β merciless.sungod
[5] Instagram β big_chungles
[6] Reddit β Oh. My god
[7] iFunny β TheCosmicKid
[8] Twitter β @kirbyfan05
[9] iFunny β oeyrm3imoo4113
[10] X β @ForAmerica
[11] iFunny β 20eggseggs
[12] Reddit β Frieza is now a teacher apparently
[13] iFunny β YourPersonalGivenFuck
[14] iFunny β Your_Local_Serial_nooner
[15] X β @EverythingOOC
[16] X β @fang_the_sniper
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