Don't Believe His Lies
Added 9 years ago by Jill • Updated about a month ago by 3kole5
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Type: Catchphrase Pop Culture Reference
Tags: exploitable memento
About
Don't Believe His Lies is a multi-panel exploitable image series using screen captures of a scene from the 2000 psychological thriller film Memento in which a man writes the phrase “Don’t believe his lifes” on a Polaroid instant film.
Origin
Throughout the film Memento, originally released on March 16th, 2001, the protagonist Leonard Shelby (played by Guy Pearce) writes notes to himself in order to keep track of important information that he would otherwise forget due to the memory loss caused by anterograde amnesia. In one of the pivotal scenes, Shelby is seen writing “don’t believe his lies” on the backside of an instant film of a man named Teddy (played by Joe Pantoliano) after identifying him as a suspect of the man he is looking for.
On January 9th, 2012, Redditor SWozniak submitted a post titled "Don't believe his lies," featuring three screen captures of the Memento scene with video game designer Peter Molyneux photoshopped on to the Polaroid (shown below). Prior to being archived, the post gained over 1,400 votes (88% upvoted) on the /r/gaming[3] subreddit.
Spread
On January 21st, 2013, Redditor murraya submitted a variation of the image featuring an illustration of Gandhi on the photo titled "I made a little reminder for myself for when I start a new Civ 5 game" to the /r/gaming[4] subreddit, where it gathered more than 2,600 votes (95% upvoted) prior to being archived. On March 10th, 2013, Redditor vesci posted a photoshopped version of the exploitable with a Sim City non-player character on the photo to the /r/SimCity[6] subreddit. Before the post was archived, it reached over 1,600 votes (91% upvoted) and 200 comments.
On January 7th, 2015, Tumblr user silosenovengo[7] posted a photoshopped version of the Polaroid screencapture featuring Valve CEO Gabe Newell (shown below, left). On January 20th, Redditor AHG94 submitted a GIF of the Memento scene titled "MRW I leave myself a reminder in preparation for talking to my Jewish friend" to the /r/shittreactiongifs[5] subreddit, where it received upwards of 3,500 votes (97% upvoted) and 100 comments in the first month (shown below, right).
Various Examples
Search Interest
External References
[1] Cheezburger- Images with tag: memento
[2] Tumblr- Search results for Don't Believe His Lies
[3] Reddit – Dont Believe His Lies
[4] Reddit – I made a little reminder for myself
[5] Reddit – MRW I leave myself a reminder
[6] Reddit – Dont believe his lies
[7] Tumblr – Solesenovengo
Comments ( 24 )
I "DON"t Believe his lies
This fits so perfectly
Lmao
I "DON"t Believe his lies
This fits so perfectly
Lmao
I "DON"t Believe his lies
This fits so perfectly
Lmao
Someone with talent
Make me a Hideo Kojima version
best movie ever
You might also mention Meghan McCarthy, one of the lead writers on MLP:FiM who regularly lies on Twitter. "Don't believe her lies" has been associated with her for a while now.
I have to admit, I came expecting Final Fantasy XII.
jojo edit in 3… 2… 1…
I "DON"t Believe his lies
Sorry, I was limited to MS Paint.
Look up GIMP, my friend. All your photo editing needs will be met for free.
AND WE ARE OFF, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN!!!
Look up GIMP, my friend. All your photo editing needs will be met for free.
DON'T BELIEVE ONDORE'S LIES!
I'M CAPTAIN BASCH OF DALMASCA!!!!
I'M CAPTAIN BASCH OF DALMASCA!!!!
Somebody needs to make one with Usopp.
This fits so perfectly
You guys are so lazy!
http://i.imgur.com/LclGPUp.png
http://i.imgur.com/yifj4VF.png
whenever i see this meme i /zoom into hell! :)
"Todd believe his lies" would have been better IMO
I would have had it read "buy his game again"
"Todd believe his lies" would have been better IMO
I would have had it read "buy his game again"
+1 confirm
been seeing this since long ago
Lmao
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