But You Have Heard Of Me
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But You Have Heard Of Me is a quote from Pirates of the Caribbean protagonist Jack Sparrow as a retort to his reputation as a lousy pirate. This sentence has been turned into a snowclone online, and the associated scene, into an exploitable, they've been used in many memes about things or people that are infamously bad at what they do.
Origin
The movie *Pirates of the Caribbean" was released in theaters in July 9th, 2003. In one famous scene, during Jack Sparrow's arrest, James Norrington has this exchange with him:
- You are, without doubt, the worst pirate I've ever heard of.
- … But you have heard of me.
The earliest online reference to that scene, as a snowclone, comes from a post[1] in a caption contest, posted on January 11th, 2004. The post (see quote and screenshot below) associates to a screenshot of Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets this dialogue:
Harry: You have to be the worst wizard I’ve ever heard of…
Lockhart: But you have heard of me!
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On r/PrequelMemes, a meme[2] posted on January 19th, 2021 gathered over 15,000 points in 4 years.
On r/memes, a meme[3] posted on January 30th, 2021 gathered over 195,000 points in 4 years.
On Tumblr, A Steven Universe fanart[4] by Vincenzo Nova, posted on July 23rd, 2017 and referencing this scene, gathered over 12,800 notes in 7 years.
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[1] MuggleNet – CC #064: Week of January 4, 2004
[2] r/PrequelMemes – This business is no longer profitable!
[3] r/memes – Modern day pirate
[4] Tumblr – I’ll be honest this is all I could really think of after the new trailers leaked
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