I'm The Invisible Man

I'm The Invisible Man

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Updated Nov 10, 2018 at 06:51PM EST by Twist.

Added Nov 07, 2018 at 03:27PM EST by Matt.

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About

I'm The Invisible Man refers to a series of reaction image macros featuring a screenshot from the music video for the song "The Invisible Man" by the English rock band Queen. The image is used as the punchline to posts about successfully appearing secretive.

Origin

On August 7th, 1989, the Queen song "The Invisible Man" was released as a single.[1] On September 29th, 2008, the 1989 music video for the song was published on official Queen YouTube account. In about 10 years, the video has received more than 12 million views (shown below).



Roughly a decade later, on November 7th, 2018, Redditor SoMeBoDyOnCeToLdMeAS posted a screen capture from the video of Queen singer Freddie Mercury in green sunglasses and the subtitles "I'm the invisible man" in /r/dankmemes subreddit.[2] They captioned the post "2nd graders when they stand behind the seeker in hide and seek." The post received more than 32,000 points (96% upvoted) in less than 24 hours (shown below).


2nd graders when they stand behind the seeker in hide and seek I'm the invisible man

Spread

Following the post, various other Redditors posted versions of the meme in /r/dankmemes. For example, Redditor[3] babydoll_bd posted the image with the caption "When people make plans right in front of you but don't include you in the plans." The post received more than 3,000 points (99% upvoted) in 24 hours (shown below, left). Throughout the day, more examples were posted in the subreddit (shown below, center and right).


When people make plans right in front of you but don't include you in their plans: I'm the invisible man When you turn on incognito mode I'm the invisible man toddlers when they close their eyes I'm the invisible man

Various Examples


When you go downstairs for shredded cheese at 3 AM and don't wake up any family members I'm the invisible man When you're friends ask you what you went as for Halloween I'm the invisible man When a meme exists for more than a few days I'm the invisible man
Germany: Is losing WW2 Hitler: I'm the invisible man When your meme doesn 't make it to the hot section so nobody sees it im the invisible man Germany: Can I count on you guys to help me in this war? Austria-Hungary and the Ottomans: I'm the invisible man

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