He Would Not Fucking Say That
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About
He Would Not Fucking Say That is a catchphrase and exploitable meme template derived from a TikTok video in which a user presents how they think each South Park character would react if you asked their pronouns, with Cartman saying, "I use any pronouns! Thank you for asking," a line of dialogue which many believed was uncharacteristic of Cartman, resulting in an X, formerly Twitter, user reposting the video with the caption, "he would not fucking say that." The video was posted to TikTok in November 2021 and became the subject of memes over the following months, with the caption "he would not fucking say that" being attached to other images in reference to the original.
Origin
On November 2nd, 2021, TikToker[1] @mrstweakshonkers posted a video captioned "How South Park characters would react if you asked their pronouns," showing each character and then transitioning to what they would say. Cartman is shown with a smile on his face and the dialogue, "I use any pronouns! Thanks for asking!" The video gained over 317,000 views in two years (shown below).
@mrstweakshonkers this is canon lol #southpark #ericcartman #stanmarsh #kylebroflovski #kennymcormick #mrstweak #tweektweak #craigtucker #buttersstoch #randymarsh ♬ Pee Pee Poo Poo – Baby Kata
On December 15th, X[2] user @Ani_Twt_Ws posted a screenshot from the video with the additional caption, "he would not fucking say that," garnering over 2,500 likes in two years (shown below). This is the earliest known post of the screenshot with the additional caption. Later that day, it was reposted to /r/196[3] by u/smol_king, garnering over 1,100 upvotes in the same span of time.
Spread
On February 21st, 2022, TikToker[4] @familyguyvored posted a video inspired by the South Park pronoun video with Family Guy characters, garnering over 283,000 views in a year. On February 22nd, X[5] user @gurobite reposted a screenshot from the video of Peter Griffin saying he goes by they/them pronouns, writing, "He would not fucking say that," garnering over 47,900 likes in a year (shown below).
On October 5th, Redditor u/PlatinumSix posted a screenshot to /r/196[6] of a now-deleted X post replying to the Cartman meme, writing, "this is how people on here talk about Jesse Pinkman," garnering over 12,900 upvotes in a year (shown below, left). On November 7th, Tumblr[9] user portpebble made a post using the "he would not fucking say that" banner, garnering over 54,500 notes in 11 months (shown below, right).
On November 12th, Tumblr[7] user hiveswap posted the original meme, writing, "its true. eric cartman from south park would not fucking say that," garnering over 25,000 notes in 11 months. On November 27th, Redditor u/Unoriginal-bish posted a screenshot to /r/tumblr[8] of a now-deleted Tumblr post using the banner from the meme, garnering over 5,500 upvotes in the same span of time (shown below). On February 6th, Instagram[10] user perish.and.decay reposted portpebble's viral Tumblr post, garnering over 19,900 likes in eight months.
On October 17th, Tumblr[11] user punkitt-is-here posted a meme using the phrase referencing the Fallout video game series, garnering over 2,800 notes in a day (shown below).
Template
Various Examples
Search Interest
External References
[1] TikTok – mrstweakshonkers
[2] X – Ani Twt Ws
[4] TikTok – familyguyvored
[8] Reddit – Unoriginal-bish
[9] Tumblr – portpebble
[10] Instagram – perish and decay
[11] Tumblr – punkitt-is-here
