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Dennis Reynolds with Dart in Hand refers to a reaction image macro series featuring the character Dennis Reynolds from the American television series It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia standing nonchalantly after being stabbed in the hand with a dart.

Origin

On October 27th, 2011, the episode of It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia entitled "Chardee MacDennis: The Game of Games" aired in the United States.^[1] In the episode, the characters play a drinking game that includes a test of strength in which they have a dart thrown at their palm. When Dennis (portrayed by Glenn Howerton) plays, he appears unphased by the dart (shown below).

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On June 24th, 2013, Tumblr ^[2] user spacecadet shared a GIF of the moment. The post received more than 100 notes (shown below, left).

The following year, on February 3rd, 2014, Tumblr^[3] user seapeny shared a series of images from the scene. The post received more than 99,000 notes (shown below, right)

Four years later, on April 4th, 2018, Redditor ^[4] TTV_Taxon shared an object labeled variation of the meme in which Dennis is labeled the "Soviet Union" and appears to be showing off the number of deaths within the country. The post received more than 11,000 points (95% upvoted) and 135 comments in less than two years (shown below).

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