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Patrick Bateman At The Office Party or Patrick Bateman Holiday Party refers to an exploitable meme used in a series of edits based on a scene from the 2000 film American Psycho in which the main character Patrick Bateman (played by actor Christian Bale) attends his company's Christmas party and gets surprised after seeing a pet pig. In the edits, which gained viral usage in late November 2022 on TikTok, Bateman's unpleasant or disgusted facial expression and many other reactions during the party are used alongside relatable text overlays and captions.

Origin

On April 14th, 2000, the psychological thriller American Psycho premiered in the United States.^[1] In one scene of the film, the main protagonist Patrick Bateman is shown attending his company Christmas party with Allen, who mistakes Bateman for another coworker once again, making plans for dinner after the party. After that, Bateman is surprised to see a pet pig in someone’s arm, making a disgusted face (scene shown below).

On November 28th, 2022, TikTok^[2] user @teqz_editz posted one of the earliest fan edits of the scene, titling the video, “Hey Hamilton have a holly jolly Christmas.” The video (seen below) received roughly 21,000 plays and 1,8400 likes in three years.

Spread

Patrick Bateman’s Christmas party scene was popularized as an exploitable and video caption meme on TikTok and Instagram over the next few years, usually related to "sigma male" memes or using the character’s disgusted face after looking at the pet pig.

For instance, in December 2024, Imgflip user @NolaAgora posted a still image of Patrick’s facial expression paired with the caption, “Me at the Christmas Party,“ which received roughly 310 views in two months.

The scene was also used as exploitable for office-party-related memes. For example, on January 30th, 2025, Instagram^[4] user @stibioprimaris posted the scene accompanied by the text overlay, “Me at the office party realizing that none of these people have even read the Hours Heresy,” referencing the events that took place in the Warhammer 40K universe. The post (seen below) amassed over 12,000 likes in two weeks.

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