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Don't Give Me Hope
Part of a series on Avengers: Endgame. [View Related Entries]
Editor's Note: This entry contains spoilers for Avengers: Endgame; read at your own caution.
About
"Don't Do That. Don't Give Me Hope" is a memorable quote uttered by the character Hawkeye in the 2019 superhero film Avengers: Endgame. Online, a screenshot of Hawkeye saying the line has been used as a reaction image macro.
Origin
On April 26th, 2019, the film Avengers: Endgame was released in theaters in the United States.[1] In the film, which takes mostly takes place five years after the events of Avengers: Infinity War, the character Hawkeye (portrayed by Jeremy Renner) is told there may be a way to save his family and friends that have been killed by Thanos. He responds, "Don't do that. Don't give me that hope."
Spread
Several weeks later, on May 17th, Facebook [2] user BG Finito posted the image with the caption "When my crush reacts with a heart on my pic" in the Marvel Shieldposting Facebook group The post received more than 680 reactions in less than one month (shown below, left).
Two days later, Facebook[3] user memesupremeofficial posted the image with the caption "When a random girl looks at you on the train." The post received more than 975 reactions, 255 shares and 180 comments in less than one month (shown below, center).
That day, Redditor [4] zefanja_sdm posted the image in the /r/MemeEconomy subreddit, where it received more than 130 points (97% upvoted) and 25 comments (shown below, right).
On June 6th, Memepdia.ru[5] published an entry on the meme.
![When my crush reacts with a heart on my pic When my crush reacts with a heart on my pic Don't do that. Don't give me hope.](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/501/917/758.jpg)
![When a random girl looks at you on the train WHEN A RANDOM GIRL LOOKS YOUR WAY ON THE TRAIN Don't do that. Don't give me hope](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/501/919/6d6.jpg)
![When you see a cute cirl and go for it with a smooth hello When you see a cute girl and go for it with a smooth "hello" and she replies with "hi" and a smile Don't do that. Don't give me hope.](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/501/920/57a.jpg)
Various Examples
![When any random girl makes eye contact *any random girl on the streets walking past me makes eye contact Me Don't do that. Don't give me hope.](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/501/931/e68.jpg)
![When someone says bump on your flopping meme when someone comments "bump" on your meme thats flopping Don't do that Don't give me hope.](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/501/930/200.jpg)
![When someone tells you that bethesda is working on a remake of Fallout 76 When someone tells you that Bethesda is working hard on the updates for Fallout 76 MARVEL SHIELOPOSTING Don't do that. Don't give me hope. uDudeTrust-Me](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/501/929/d34.jpg)
![When mom says I'm a beautiful young woman When mom says l'm a beautiful young woman and will be married to a loving man one day. RUMyster Don't do that. Don't give me hope.](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/501/928/34b.jpg)
![When the girl next door asks you to fix her cable when the girl next door asked you to fix her tv cable on'tmm Don't do that Don't give me hope n3ch m3ch](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/501/927/a03.jpg)
![Do Me Hope Nobody: Scott: do me hope](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/501/926/31c.jpg)
Templates
![Don't Give Me Hope Template Don't do that. Don't give me hope](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/501/923/f6c.jpg)
![Don't Give Me Hope Template HD Don't give me hope.](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/535/017/c85.jpg)
Search Interest
External References
[1] Wikipedia – Avengers: Endgame
[2] Facebook – BG Finito's Post
[3] Facebook – memesupremeofficial's Post
[4] Reddit – /r/MemeEconomy's Post
[5] Memepedia – Don't Give Me Hope