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"Jesus Christ, That's Jason Bourne!" is a memorable quote uttered by the character Craig Jeffers in a scene from the 2016 American action film Jason Bourne. Since its appearance in the official trailer for the film in April 2016, the quote has been paired up with a variety of short video clips featuring physical altercations or cringeworthy displays of physical strength in general.

Origin

On April 20th, 2016, Universal Pictures revealed the official trailer for Jason Bourne, the fifth installment in the Bourne film franchise, garnering over 11 million views over the next four months.

In one of the scenes featured in the trailer, C.I.A agent Craig Jeffers (played by Ato Essandoh) says the quote in shock upon being informed by staff that the surveillance system has identified and located Jason Bourne via facial recognition software.

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On June 23rd, 2016, YouTuber QuickEntertainment uploaded the earliest known remix video sampling the quote in a recut movie trailer. titled "Jason Bourne – Jesus Christ." On July 28th, TheCookFilms uploaded a remix featuring a video montage of Matt Damon as featured in various movies, each scene paired with the quote "Jesus Christ, That's Jason Bourne."

Throughout July and August, dozens of remix videos and recut trailers sampling the scene began to surface on YouTube, Vine and Coub, with most instances featuring the quote as a sarcastic commentary on failed or cringey demonstration of one's physical strength, in a similar vein to the use of the "Watch Out Guys, We've Got a Badass Over Here" reaction image.

On August 6th, Viner Chase DeOpsomer uploaded a parody video featuring the footage of Will Keith slashing plastic water bottles with a Katana sword, intertwined with Agent Jeffers' reaction from Jason Bourne. Within the first two weeks of upload, the Vine clip garnered over 10 million views, 1,790 likes and 1300 revines.

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