I Would Like to See the Baby

Editor's Note: This entry contains spoilers for The Mandalorian; read at your own caution.

About

"I Would Like to See the Baby" is a memorable quote uttered by the character The Client on the Disney+ Star Wars television series The Mandalorian. Screenshots of the character saying the line has been used to describe the desire to see something cute or, as in the case with the series, see the character Baby Yoda.

Origin

On December 18th, 2019, the episode "Chapter 7: The Reckoning" of The Mandalorian aired on Disney+.^[1] In the episode, the character The Client (portrayed by Wener Herzog) says, in reference to The Child, also known as Baby Yoda, "I would like to see the baby" (clip below).

The following day, on December 19th, iFunny ^[2] user LukoBazzuko shared a screenshot of the scene with the caption "Me at the start of every episode of the Mandalorian." The post received more than 40,000 reactions and 460 comments in less than one month (shown below).

Spread

On December 20th, Redditor ^[3] adoboacrobat shared the image with the caption "When I go to someone’s house and find out they have a dog." The post received more than 1,800 points (99% upvoted) in less than one month (shown below, left).

That day, Tenor.com^[4] published a GIF of the moment (shown below, right).

On December 22nd, Twitter ^[5] user @DanLaChapelle tweeted the image with the caption, "when you're at someone's house and they have a cat." The tweet received more than 96,000 likes and 29,000 retweets in less than one month (shown below).

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