It's a Simple Spell But Quite Unbreakable
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Part of a series on Avengers: Infinity War. [View Related Entries]
It's a Simple Spell But Quite Unbreakable
Part of a series on Avengers: Infinity War. [View Related Entries]
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"It's a Simple Spell But Quite Unbreakable" is a memorable quote uttered by the character Doctor Strange in the 2018 superhero film Avengers: Infinity War. Online, a screen-capture from the scene has been used in reaction images and image macros featuring the quote as a punchline to various jokes about easy-to-do protective measures.
Origin
On April 27th, 2018, the film Avengers: Infinity War was released in theaters in the United States.[1] In the film, the character Dr. Strange (portrayed by Benedict Cumberbatch) deflects an attack by Ebony Maw (portrayed by Tom Vaughan-Lawlor) and says the line, "It's a simple spell but quite unbreakable" (shown below).
On September 7th, Instagram [2] user @momsdelfructas posted a Spanish-language meme of the moment, including a screen capture of the scene. The post received more than 300 likes in two months (shown below).
Spread
On November 6th, Redditor [3] tr7272 posted a No Nut November variant of the meme. They captioned the post, "When you disable Bluetooth while watching Porn so you can't accidentally stream it to another room." The post received more than 15,000 points (96% upvoted) and 130 comments in 24 hours (shown below, left).
Over the next 24 hours, Redditors continued to post versions of the meme on the /r/dankmemes subreddit (examples below, center and right).
Various Examples
Search Interest
External References
[1] Imdb – Avengers: Infinity War Quotes
[2] Instagram – @momosdelfructas's Post
[3] Reddit – I already failed NNN.
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