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Doctor Fate's Three Words refers to exploitable video edits of DC Comics superhero Doctor Fate from the 2017 action video game Injustice 2. Following a GIF edit of the clip featuring the words "Be Gone Thot", which was created in 2017, Instagram users began creating their own iterations with various three-word phrases in November 2019. The next month, TikTok users began using a sound clip of Yung Thug's "Hot" to reenact the Doctor Fate scene.

Origin

On July 9th, 2017, the GIF of Doctor Fate using hand gestures to the incorporated words "be gone thot" was uploaded to Tenor^[1] (shown below).

Spread

On October 6th, 2017, YouTuber Bobby Thiphaseng edited the clip using the text "be gone thot" to include sound (shown below). The video garnered over 24,500 views and 560 likes in two years.

On November 8th, 2019, Instagram user yilmaz.exe uploaded the clip featuring the phrase "shut up boomer" (shown below, left). The video gained over 19,700 likes in a month. The next day, Instagram user succmydragon uploaded a variation which includes the phrase "he's just vibing" (shown below, center). The video gained over 300 likes in a month. On November 13th, 2019, Instagram user bedrock.mp4 incorporated a sound clip of Yung Thug's "Hot"^[2] into the video (shown below, right). The post accumulated over 15,600 likes in a month.

TikTok

On November 30th, 2019, TikTok user @vbankzs uploaded the Doctor Fate scene incorporating both the Yung Thug sound and the phrase "ur a bot" (shown below, left). The video gained more than 181,800 likes in a week. On December 4th, TikToker @joshvfx posted a version in which he reenacts the scene (shown below, center). The video accumulated over 477,900 likes in two days. The next day @robbieroket gained over 30,000 likes in a day for his iteration (shown below, right).

Various Examples

Template

On December 3rd, 2019, YouTuber husky4k uploaded "Dr. Fate Meme Template" which received over 1,600 views in three days (shown below).

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