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Broccoli Eddie Murphy is a reaction image macro series based on a scene from the 2003 comedy film Daddy Day Care. The image features comedic actor Eddie Murphy dressed in a broccoli costume while screaming in pain.

Origin

On May 9th, 2003, the film Daddy Day Care premiered in the United States.^[1] In the film, the characters Charlie and Phil (portrayed by Eddie Murphy and Jeff Garlin, respectively) fight while dressed as vegetables.

On June 9th, 2009, YouTuber victor echeverria posted a clip of the scene, receiving more than 130,000 views in less than 11 years (shown below).

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On May 10th, 2016, Twitter ^[2] user @officialseanpenn posted a series of images from the film, including the image of Murphy screaming in the costume, with the caption "eddie murphy dressed as broccoli is my fetish" (shown below, left).

Months later, on September 28th, Twitter^[3] user @sienaliggins tweeted the image with the caption, "Ain't No
Tellin What I'm Finna Be On…. I'm beyoonnddddd !!!!" The tweet, which has since been deleted, was later featured on Bossip (shown below, center).^[4]

The following year, on January 17th, 2017, an anonymous 9GAG ^[5] user posted the image with the caption "when u accidentally eat something vegan." The post received more than 17,000 points and 535 comments in less than three years (shown below, right).

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