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If We're Gonna Date You May Have to Defeat My Seven Evil Exes or If You Want to Be My Boyfriend, You Have to Defeat My Seven Evil Exes refers to a series of exploitable memes, including image macros, based on a line of dialogue from the 2010 movie Scott Pilgrim Vs. the World using the phrasal template "If you want to X you have to Y." Memes using the phrasing have appeared online as early as November 2021 and were further popularized on X (Twitter) in November 2023 following the release of the anime series Scott Pilgrim Takes Off.

Origin

In the 2010 film Scott Pilgrim Vs. the World, Ramona Flowers tells Scott Pilgrim that if he wants to date her, he may need to defeat her seven evil exes (shown below).

While the first known use of the meme is unconfirmed, the earliest known viral example of the meme was posted on November 23rd, 2021 by X^[1] user @ItsChloeNow, sharing an image of Ramona Flowers talking to Scott Pilgrim, captioned, “if we’re gonna date, you may need to defeat my 70,000 twitter followers," garnering over 26,600 likes in two years (shown below).

Spread

The format inspired several new examples over the years, becoming increasingly popular throughout 2023. For example, on April 27th, 2022, Instagram^[2] user computerpwn posted a version of the meme that gained over 1,900 likes in a year (shown below). The meme was reposted by Instagram^[3] user sp1nal.memeingitis on October 12th, 2023, garnering over 23,000 likes in a month.

On October 15th, Instagram^[4] user phntombridee posted a version of the meme that gained over 2,000 likes in a month (shown below, left). On October 16th, X^[5] user @sushiisiu posted a redraw of the meme that gained over 19,000 likes in the same span of time (shown below, right).

On November 13th, X^[6] user @TheCigsBrand posted an edit of the image macro replacing the latter half with "my Twitter reply guys," garnering over 19,000 likes in two weeks (shown below). On November 27th, X^[7] user @Saw2004pilled posted a version of the meme referencing the Saw movies, garnering over 9,700 likes in two days.

On November 28th, X^[8] user @Bajagryphon posted a redraw of the meme referencing My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic, garnering over 4,400 likes in a day (shown below).

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