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I Didn't Expect the Third Reich to Show Up
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About
I Didn't Expect the Third Reich to Show Up refers to a memorable scene from anime series JoJo's Bizarre Adventure in which character Joseph Joestar and his companions unexpectedly encounter Nazi Germany forces during their journey. A still image from the scene, paired with a fabricated quote, was circulated online as an image macro and an exploitable.
Origin
On February 8th, 2013, JoJo's Bizarre Adventure episode "Von Stroheim's Revenge" premiered in Japan.[1] In one scene of the episode, set in 1939, the main protagonist Joseph Joestar and his companions encounter a group of German soldiers during their journey over the Swiss-Italian border.
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In the official translated version of the episode, none of the characters pronounces the phrase "I didn't expect the Third Reich to show up."[9]
German soldiers! What are they doing on the Swiss-Italian border?
Spread
The exact origin of the macro is unknown. On January 16th, 2014, Funnyjunk user heroicvenom posted the earliest known instance of the macro as a response to a post by another user.[2] On May 28th, 2014, the macro in a thread on /co/ board.[3] In the following weeks, the image appeared in more posts in /vr/,[4] /co/,[5] /a/[6] and other 4chan boards.
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In the following years, the macro gained popularity on Reddit, Tumblr and other websites. For example, on November 28th, 2018, Tumblr user weirdsexpervert used the macro as an image reaction in a post that gained over 20,000 likes and reblogs in five months (shown below, left).[7] Another version of the meme, posted by Redditor CynicTheCritic on January 16th, 2019, gained over 25,100 upvotes in /r/dankmemes subreddit (shown below, right).[8]
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Various Examples
![Literally the worst *PETA posts anything* The Internet I didn't expect the Third Reich to show up](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/477/395/625.jpg)
![it do be like that Male: *Opens Mouth* Feminists: I didn't expect the Third Reich to show up.](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/477/402/0b6.jpg)
![Worst school day ever When the substitute teacher comes in and enforces the seating plan I didn't expect the Third Reich to show up.](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/477/390/e10.jpg)
![OBESITY RUNS IN THE FAMILY Woman: claims she wouldn't date short guys ever Society: yeah girl you do you Guy: feels slightly less attracted to morbidly obese women Society: I didn't expect the Third Reich to show up.](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/477/404/3a5.jpg)
![Nani?! hen the ?BI shows up but you were using incoznito I didn't expect the Third Reich to show up](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/477/396/da2.jpg)
![LiNkS 2 3 4 sOuNdS nAzI Rammstein: *makes music ignorant media and people: I didn't expect the Third Reich to show up.](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/477/391/a32.png)
Search Interest
External References
[1] Wikipedia – JoJo's Bizarre Adventure
[2] Funnyjunk – heroicvenom's Comment
[3] 4chan – /co/ Thread #62231795
[4] 4chan – /vr/ Thread #1651881
[5] 4chan – /co/ Thread #62371596
[6] 4chan – /a/ Thread #108484800
[7] Tumblr – weirdsexpervert's Post
[8] Reddit – 👏 Meme 👏 Review 👏
[9] Crunchyroll – JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Episode 18 – Von Stroheim's Revenge
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