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Holy Christ, There's Nothing Left refers to a memorable scene from the 2014 film RoboCop in which protagonist Alex Murphy / RoboCop (portrayed by actor Joel Kinnaman) sees how little human parts still remain in his cyborg body. Starting in 2023, the scene has been used as a caption meme format, used in formats such as First Person to Fall Asleep at the Sleepover.

Origin

On February 12th, 2014, the American action movie RoboCop, a remake of a 1987 film, premiered in the United States.^[1] In one scene of the film, protagonist Alex Murphy / RoboCop, a cyborg police officer who was critically injured in a car-bomb explosion and put into a cybernetic body, is allowed to see the few human parts of his body that still remain. Shocked by his body being reduced to his head, lungs and a singular hand, Murphy exclaims in desperation, "Holy Christ, there's nothing left" (scene shown below).

Holy Christ. Holy Christ. Holy Christ, there's nothing left!

Prior to March 27th, 2023, TikTok user @yucfilm667 posted the earliest caption meme based on the scene, a First Person to Fall Asleep at the Sleepover meme (original post since removed; reupload shown below). On March 27th, 2023, TikTok^[2] user @deadlybite115 reposted the meme, gaining over 87,900 views and 2,900 likes in one year.

Spread

On May 23rd, 2023, TikTok^[3] user @saitzmemes posted a remake of that meme that gained over 3.6 million views and 480,000 likes in one year (shown below).

In the following months, the clip saw more use as a caption format, primarily on TikTok. For example, on August 30th, 2023, TikTok^[4] user @max posted a Misheard Lyrics meme that interpreted "Holy Christ" as "Hold the crust." The post (shown below, left) received over 1.5 million views and 248,000 likes in one year.

On September 15th, TikTok^[5] user @gymfailnation posted a caption meme using the scene that received over 58,000 views and 3,500 likes in ten months (shown below, right).

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