!["Get the fries. You'll need the energy in the coming days." Drawing of Michael Jackson's face reflecting in a hand mirror](https://i.kym-cdn.com/entries/icons/mobile/000/036/988/getthefries.jpg)
"Get the fries. You'll need the energy in the coming days."
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About
"Get the fries. You'll need the energy in the coming days." refers to a viral Tumblr "snowclone" originally posted by user grimeclown. In the joke, person goes to McDonald's and asks a picture of a fictional character what they should order, who tells them to "get fries." The post would go on to inspire multiple variations featuring different characters, as well as fan art depicting the various scenes.
Origin
On February 4th, 2017, Tumblr user grimeclown[1] made the original post, which featured a piece of Michael Jackson fan art titled "Man in the Mirror"[2] which was made by Tumblr and DeviantArt user Atarial.
"hi welcome to mcdonalds what can i get for you?”
“yeah can i get a deluxe quarter pounder with cheese?”
“absolutely, do you want the meal or just the sandwich?’
“uuuuuh hold on”
*fishes something out of my pocket*
“mikey what do i do?”
“get the fries. youll need the energy in the coming days”
*stuffs it back in my pocket*
“uhh yes please the meal would be great”
The post has received over 580,000 notes in four years.
Spread
Over the following years, the post was parodied on Tumblr by replacing the Michael Jackson fan art with various anime and video game characters. For example, Tumblr user sylferino[3] posted a parody with Diavolo from Jojo's Bizarre Adventure, gaining over 4,700 notes (shown below, left). User waddle-lee also posted a Jojo parody, though the post was deleted (shown below, center). User gogopri[4] posted an example featuring Raiden and Snake from Metal Gear Solid 2, gaining over 2,300 notes (shown below, right).
![Boss! What do I do? cashier: hi welcome to mcdonalds what can i get for you? i get doppio: yeah can cheese? a deluxe quarter pounder with cashier: absolutely, sandwich? do the meal or just the want you doppio: uuuuuh hold on doppio: *fishes something out of his pocket* doppio: boss! what do i do? diavolo: my sweet doppio, get the fries, you'll need the energy to kill risotto" doppio: *puts it back in his pocket* doppio: uhh yes please the meal would be great](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/506/426/3b1.jpeg)
![Giorno goes to McDonald’s hello welcome to italian mcdonalds what can i get for-you lemmetget uhhhh cheeseburger ok would you like fries with that? dad what do i do](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/470/537/d15.jpeg)
!["Fast food, and it's consumption of fries, has become a well-oiled machine" hi welcome to master miller's burger house what can i get for you? yeah can i get a deluxe quarter pounder with cheese? absolutely, do you want the meal or just the sandwich? uuuuuuuuhh hold on Get the fries. You'll need the energy in the coming days. Snake, what do I do? Uhh, yes, please, the meal would be great.](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/002/059/287/555.png)
Jackson Family Estate v. Tumblr Hoax
Sometimes users may see a Tumblr content removal image instead of the Michael Jackson fan art (shown below).
!["Get the fries. You'll need the energy in the coming days.", but with the Tumblr content removal image instead. “hi welcome to mcdonalds what can i get for you?" "yeah can i get a deluxe quarter pounder with cheese?" "absolutely, do you want the meal or just the sandwich? “uuuuuh hold on" *fishes something out of my pocket* "mikey what do i do?" This content has been removed for violating Tumblr's Community Guidelines. "get the fries. youll need the energy in the coming days" *stuffs it back in my pocket* "uhh yes please the meal would be great"](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/002/070/977/422.png)
This led to a hoax that the Jackson Family Estate had sued Tumblr. User thebiologyofpurpose[5] created a fake Wikipedia screenshot to add legitimacy to the hoax (shown below).
![Jackson Family Estate v. Tumblr Hoax Class action lawsuits [edit ] Lawsuit Jackson Family Estate v. Tumblr](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/002/070/980/e5b.png)
Various Examples
![Sothis, what do I do?](https://a.kym-cdn.com/assets/blank-b3f96f160b75b1b49b426754ba188fe8.gif)
![Allfather, what do I do? Hi!Welcome to McDonald's( what can I get for you? Can I get a deluxe quarter pounder with Cheese? Absolutehy! Do you wart the meal or just the Sandwich? Un. Hold on. Allfather, what do I do? * nustlek Get the fries. You'll need " the energy in the coming days. |S. Unh Yes please. The 'meal would be great.](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/002/071/102/c3c.png)
![Illuso, what do I do? McDonald's worker: Hi welcome to McDonald's what can I get for you? Formaggio: Yeah can I get a deluxe quarter pounder with cheese? McDonald's worker: Absolutely, do you want the meal or just the sandwich? Formaggio: Uuuuuh hold on [Fishes something out of his pocket] Formaggio: Illuso what do I do? Illuso: Get the fries. You'll need the energy in the coming days, Formaggio Formaggio: [stuffs it back in his pocket] Uhh yes please, the meal would be great #jba #vento aureo #illuso #formaggio #ezra posts 1,198 notes Mar 3rd, 2019](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/002/071/055/13a.png)
![Raiden, what do I do? "hi welcome to mcdonalds what can I get for you?" "yeah can i get a deluxe quarter pounder with cheese?" "absolutely, do you want the meal or just the sandwich?" "uuuuuh hold on" *fishes something out of my pocket* "raiden what do i do?" "get the fries. youll need the energy in the coming days" *stuffs it back in my pocket* "uhh yes please the meal would be great" #raiden #mk #mortal kombat x #mkx #mortal kombat #owg.txt #i hope yall remember the old ass post im referencing shshdhdb 195 notes Jan 19th, 2021 •..](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/002/071/086/b2f.png)
![Engie, what do I do? "hi welcome to mcdonalds what can i get you" yeah can i get a deluxe quarter pounder with cheese? "absolutely, do you want the meal or just the burger?" uuuuh hold on *fishes something out of my pocket* engie what do i do? EENGINEEHR No "Get the fries, son. You'll need the energy in the coming days." *stuffs it back in my pocket* uhh yes please the meal would be great #yes this is my wallet #yes i have an emotional support engie in my wallet #yes this is based on the cursed mikey what do i get post #thanks #team fortress 2 #tf2 #tf2 engie #tf2 engineer 906 notes Feb 6th, 2020](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/002/071/085/dbb.png)
![Bowser, what do I do? "uuuuuh hold on" *fishes something out of my pocket* “bowser what do i do?" "get the fries. youll need the energy in the coming days"](https://a.kym-cdn.com/assets/blank-b3f96f160b75b1b49b426754ba188fe8.gif)
Search Interest
External Links
[1] Grimeclown – Tumblr – Get the fries. You'll need the energy in the coming days.
[2] Atarial – Tumblr – Man in the Mirror
[5] Tumblr (login required) – thebiologyofpurpose
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Sterglitch
Apr 11, 2021 at 01:16AM EDT