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Nikki Frowning or Obsession "How Your Girlfriend Looks At You" refers to a series of memes, including X / Twitter posts, using a reaction image of the character Nikki (played by actress Inde Navarrette) from the 2026 horror film Obsession frowning under a variation of the phrasal template "How your girlfriend looks at you when you X," "X" being framed as a reasonable request that the girlfriend does not want to go through with.

The meme was popularized on X in early June 2026 after user @PlisskenPatriot posted a controversial version of the meme reading, "how your gf looks at you when you ask her to block the guy who 'r--ed' her in 2019," inspiring significant backlash from other users for joking about assault.

Origin

On June 1st, 2026, X^[1] user @PlisskenPatriot posted an image from the 2026 horror film Obsession of the character Nikki frowning. The film is about a girl who becomes dangerously and creepily obsessed with a man after he makes a wish on an ancient toy for her to fall in love with him. The post text reads, "how your gf looks at you when you ask her to block the guy who 'r--ed' her in 2019," and garnered over 114,000 likes, 7,600 reposts and 37.6 million views in three days.

The premise of the post implies that the "girlfriend" mentioned in the caption does not actually believe that her ex assaulted her and that she won't unfollow him because she's leaving the door open for him or wants to keep an eye on his socials.

The post proved very controversial over the following days, inspiring backlash towards the poster in the quote retweets.

For example, on June 2nd, X^[2] user @angelpurrp posted, "This is a fucking insane tweet gang," which received over 210,000 likes in two days. X^[3] user @tinistinii posted, "I don’t give a single fuck about the male loneliness epidemic yall deserve it," gaining over 340,000 likes in two days.

On June 3rd, 2026, X^[4] user @emkenobi posted, "Men who think r--e is funny should die," gaining over 40,000 likes in a day.

Spread

The Nikki Frowning meme format spread on X / Twitter over the following days in early June 2026 as users came up with new captions that joke about something beneficial that the girlfriend should do, but will not go through with.

On June 2nd, 2026, X^[5] user @SadVampire1776 posted a version of the meme reading, "How your girlfriend looks at you when you tell her drink water," gaining over 6,300 likes in two days.

On June 3rd, X^[6] user @SterlingWest posted a version of the meme that references the "Would You Still Love Me if I Was a Worm?" question that gained over 13,000 likes in a day.

That same day, Instagram^[7] page yungvec posted a compilation of the memes that gained over 1,200 likes in a day.

Later on June 3rd, 2026, X^[8] user @Shillverstein posted, "how women look at you when you give them a realistic, thoughtful solution to a very average problem in their life," gaining over 41,000 likes in a day.

That night, X^[9] user @beigepilled posted a version about the look a boyfriend gives, captioned, "how your bf looks at you when you ask him to delete nudes of the girl who 'broke his heart' in 2019:" garnering over 25,000 likes in a day.

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No, No, No! Don't Do That

No, No, No! Don't Do That, also known as I Thought We Were Having a Nice Date! or simply No No No Obsession Meme, is a viral audio and exploitable reaction meme originating from the 2026 horror film Obsession. The meme features actress Inde Navarrette as the character Nikki delivering a rapid, escalating series of "No, no, no, no, no…" lines followed by "Don't do that! I thought we were having a nice date!" while maintaining an eerie, forced smile and unsettling micro-expressions.

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