Lisa Simpson Crying / "Wanna Fight?"
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Lisa Simpson Crying / "Wanna Fight?" refers to an image of The Simpsons character Lisa from the 1993 episode "Treehouse of Horrors IV" with wide eyes, a flat expression and extended arms, as if casually confronting someone or challenging them to a fight. Since 2018, the image has seen significant use in image macros, as an exploitable and as a reaction image, particularly on Twitter and Tumblr, with a photoshopped variation showing Lisa crying becoming comparably popular.
Origin
On October 28th, 1993, Season 5 Episode 5 of The Simpsons, the fourth annual Halloween special titled "Treehouse of Horrors IV," aired in North America. At one point in the episode, during a sketch about vampires, Lisa gets off the couch and frantically claims there is a vampire in Springfield (shown below).
On March 7th, 2019, Twitter[1] user @heyitsriss_ posted, "*my boyfriend staring at me* me: what dumbass? wanna fight?" along with a screenshot of Lisa Simpson from the 1993 Halloween special as she's describing vampire. The tweet garnered over 203,000 likes and 74,000 retweets in two years (shown below).
A screenshot of the post was shared numerous times over the course of the following months. For example, on March 8th, 2019, Facebook[2] page Daddy's Kitten shared a screenshot of the post, garnering over 11,000 shares and 1,900 reactions in two years.
On May 14th, Facebook[3][4] page Poems Porn shared the original post, followed by Guff on the 25th, garnering over 15,000 shares and 46,000 reactions on the former, and 34,000 shares and 17,000 reactions on the latter in two years.
Spread
The meme quickly inspired new variations, many users first photoshopping the image of Lisa to change the context. For example, on March 13th, 2019, Tumblr[5] user the-memedaddy posted a now-deleted image macro featuring the same image of Lisa Simpson with tears in her eyes, gaining an unknown number of notes before being removed (shown below, left).
On March 17th, iFunny[8] user Blic shared an image macro featuring the image edited to have one pink eye, garnering over 52,600 smiles and 1,400 comments in two years (shown below, right).
On April 11th, 2020, Twitter[6] user @AyeBonita_ posted a screenshot of a Forbes[9] article claiming Americans are eating, drinking, smoking, watching porn and gaming in excess while in quarantine alongside an image of Lisa Simpson crying further photoshopped to have red eyes, garnering over 161,000 likes and 35,000 retweets in a year (shown below).
On April 12th, Tumblr[7] user goawfma recreated @AyeBonita_'s tweet, garnering over 10,000 notes in a comparable span of time. On June 22nd, Twitter[8] user @_BeeGilly_ posted criticizing people for tipping badly during the COVID-19 Pandemic along with the image of Lisa crying, garnering over 304,000 likes and 78,000 retweets in a year (shown below).
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External References
[1] Twitter – my boyfriend staring at me
[2] Facebook – Daddy's Kitten
[3] Facebook – Poems Porn
[5] Tumblr (via Wayback Machine) – meirl
[6] Twitter – I mean ????
[7] Tumblr – like bruh??? it ain’t other shit to do
[9] Forbes – Americans Are Excessively Eating, Drinking, Smoking Pot, Playing Video Games And Watching Porn While Quarantined
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