Yo Yo! You must login or signup first!

Meme Encyclopedia
Media
Editorials
More

Popular right now

Abigail Shapiro wearing pearl necklace and pearl earrings and a black top

Abigail Shapiro

Philipp Kachalin

Philipp Kachalin • 5 years ago

Zendaya Theory / Zendaya Big Hat Theory image example.

Zendaya Big Hat Theory

Phillip Hamilton

Phillip Hamilton • about 15 hours ago

Italian Brainrot / AI Italian Animals image and meme examples.

Italian Brainrot Animals

Mateus Lima

Mateus Lima • about a month ago

Liking The Color Pink Again examples from tiktok.

Liking The Color Pink Again

Sakshi Rakshale

Sakshi Rakshale • 3 days ago

Is This Loss meme image examples.

Is This Loss?

Mateus Lima

Mateus Lima • 10 months ago

Know Your Meme is the property of Literally Media ©2024 Literally Media. All Rights Reserved.
Randyarrested_maxresdefault

Confirmed   120,792

Part of a series on South Park. [View Related Entries]


Oh, I'm Sorry, I Thought This Was America

Oh, I'm Sorry, I Thought This Was America

Part of a series on South Park. [View Related Entries]

PROTIP: Press 'i' to view the image gallery, 'v' to view the video gallery, or 'r' to view a random entry.

About

"Oh, I’m Sorry, I Thought This Was America" is a memorable quote uttered by the character Randy Marsh from the animated television series South Park. In the context of online discussions, the original quote and its snowclone variations can be used as a blanket excuse for one's own action or statement in response to a backlash or criticism.

Origin

On April 6th, 2005, an episode of South Park titled "The Losing Edge" aired on Comedy Central. The episode features the South Park kids at a baseball game. During the game, Randy Marsh, father of Stan Marsh, is cheering for the team and trash talking the opposing team. After another parent threatens to beat Randy up, Randy removes his shirt and a fight begins. Every time the South Park team wins, Randy gets arrested by the cops and complains, "Oh, I thought this was America."



Batdad: Now for the finishing move! You're about to be "Batdad-ed"!
Randy: Hey, Batdad, I didn't hear no bell.
Batdad: Batdad knows no fear! Batdad knows no pain!
Randy: For what? Arresting me for what? I'm not allowed to stand up for myself? I thought this was America! Huh? Isn't this America? I'm sorry, I thought this was America.
Randy: Denver sucks ass.


Spread

On April 16th, 2005, a site titled "Oh I'm Sorry I Thought This Was America" was created on YTMND, [2] featuring a tiled background image of Marsh being arrested and a looped audio clip of him repeating the phrase. On March 17th, 2007, user rawsonofchoice posed a question on on Yahoo Answers[3] about others' favorite South Park episodes and titled the thread "I'm sorry, i thought this was america!!!?" On September 17th, 2010, the Tumblr blog imsorryithoughtthiswasamerica[4] was created. The satirical blog features posts that begin with the phrase and go on to describe American "outrages," such as every American not having an iPhone and the price of luxury mattresses.

On July 21st, 2011, an entry for "Oh Im Sorry I Thought This Was America" was added to Urban Dictionary[1] by user WavedBrute who defined the phrase as:

"Something yelled by white trash while being arrested while wearing nothing but underpants."


On October 19th, 2011, Someecards[5] added a card that featured Thomas Jefferson appearing to address a group of fellow founding fathers with the phrase "Oh, I'm sorry. I thought this was America.


Via http://www.someecards.com/usercards/viewcard/MjAxMS1lYjYzZWZkY2NhM2VkNTg5

Notable Examples


Via http://funnyand.com/im-sorry/Via http://cheezburger.com/6499720192Via http://cheezburger.com/6045922048Via http://www.redbubble.com/people/jtbentley/journal/9065312-random-memes-and-assorted-humorVia http://www.pinterest.com/aberrios3/screw-you-guys-im-going-home/<iframe width="420" height="315" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/T8r3cWM4JII" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>

Search Interest

External References

Recent Videos

There are no videos currently available.

Recent Images 19 total


Load 35 Comments

Top Comments


+ Add a Comment

Comments (35)


Display Comments

Add a Comment


Meme Encyclopedia
Media
Editorials
More