About

Jim Carrey is a Canadian-American actor, producer, and comedian best known for his exaggerated facial expressions and energetic style of slapstick comedy. Since his on-screen debut in the early 1980s, the iconic comedian-actor has starred in over 40 feature films, most notably in classic comedy films released between the late 1980s and 1990s, including Ace Ventura films, The Cable Guy, The Mask and Dumb and Dumber.

Acting Career

Carrey made his on screen debut in the 1984 film All in Good Taste. He had a handful of movie and TV roles throughout the 80s before landing a starring role in the sketch comedy show In Living Color, which ran for five seasons from 1990-1994. His film career took off in 1994, when he starred in three of his most recognizable films: The Mask, Ace Ventura: Pet Detective and Dumb and Dumber. He starred in many comedies throughout the 90s and 2000s including Me, Myself & Irene (2000), Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004), Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events (2004) and Yes Man (2008). He has won two Golden Globes, one in 1999 for Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama (The Truman Show) and one in 2000 for Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture – Comedy/Musical (Man on the Moon).

Online History

Fandom

The Jim Carrey website^[19] was registered in June of 2009^[20] and features many sections including a Bibliography of the actor's life, his TruLife uploads, and many different cameo references to roles he has played. Carrey also joined social media site Twitter in June 2009 and currently (as of October 2014) has 13 million followers on his verified account.^[4] His Facebook account is also verified, and has 4.2 million likes.^[3] Though he has yet to appear in an AMA, the /r/JimCarrey sub-reddit was registered in March of 2012 and currently has 168 subscribers.^[5] The first definition for Jim Carrey was submitted to Urban Dictionary on January 21, 2005.^[6] Fan run Tumblr blogs include jimcarrey^[17] and obsessedwithjimcarrey.^[18] As of September 2014, DeviantArt ^[19] has over 4,000 fan art submissions dedicated to the actor.

Jim Carrey's Message to Emma Stone

On August 24th, 2011, Jim Carrey uploaded a satirical Message to Emma Stone in which he expresses his love for the American actress. It was rumored to have been a viral marketing gimmick for his website TruLife,^[9] but the video was subject to a number of remixes and was parodied by other celebrities and received media attention.

Jim Carrey's Twitter Rant

On June 30th, 2015, Jim Carrey posted a series of tweets criticizing California's newly passed bill SB277, which requires the vaccination of all schoolchildren, while accusing the Governor of being a "corporate fascist" and of "poisoning more children with mercury and aluminum."

That day, many Internet users began mocking Carrey's statements for being anti-vaxxer, paranoid and ill-informed.^[11][12][13] On July 1st, Redditor whispy_farts submitted an image macro featuring the character Bones from Star Trek titled "MRW Jim Carrey went on a rant about mandatory vaccine laws," which contained the caption "Dammit, Jim! / You're an actor, not a doctor" (shown below, right). In the first three hours, the post gained over 1,900 votes and 100 comments on the /r/AdviceAnimals^[14] subreddit. Im the coming days, several news sites published articles about the Twitter rant, including CNBC,^[15] LA Times,^[16] Rolling Stone,^[17] The Washington Post^[18] and UpRoxx.^[19]

Political Illustrations

Sarah Huckabee Sanders Portrait

On March 17th, 2018, Carrey tweeted^[22] a painting of a woman that resembles White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders. He captioned the painting, "This is the portrait of a so-called Christian whose only purpose in life is to lie for the wicked. Monstrous!" The post (shown below) received more than 30,000 retweets and 122,000 likes in two days.

People responded negatively to Carrey's portrait in the comments. Twitter^[23] user @Tigersfan6976 tweeted a picture of Carrey with the caption, "And this is the picture if a has-been, who hasn't put out a decent movie in 15 years." The post (shown below, left) received more than 300 retweets and 2,800 likes in 24 hours.

Twitter^[24] user @BlessedTNGal tweeted, "And this is one more reason that I'm done with Hollywood. It's ok to be mean and hurtful as long as it's to someone you disagree with, right? Btw, this is a classic example of bullying. But again, it's ok as long as it's someone you disagree with, right?" Within 24 hours, the tweet (shown below, center) received more than 100 retweets and 1,100 likes.

On March 19th, Sarah Huckabee Sanders's father, Governor Mike Huckabee tweeted, "Pathetic BULLY, sexist, hater, bigot & 'Christaphobe' @jimcarrey attacks @PressSec for her faith; what would be hypocritical Hollywood reaction if he called someone a 'so-called Muslim' or 'so-called Jew?' #classlessCarrey." The post (shown below, right) received more than 4,300 retweets and 10,000 likes in 24 hours.

Sean Hannity Illustrations

On April 3rd, 2018, Carrey posted^[26] an illustration of Fox News host Sean Hannity and InfoWars's Alex Jones in a professional wrestling match. He captioned the post, "If u believe wrestling is real u may even believe Fox news, Info Wars and the robotic drones on Sinclair Broadcasting. But wrestling doesn’t harm viewers. Performers like Sean Hannity and Alex Jones should join the WWE where their hyperbole will do less damage to the culture.

On April 16th, following reports that Donald Trump's lawyer Michael Cohen represented Sean Hannity as legal council, Carrey posted an image of a manatee with Hannity's head. He captioned the post,^[27] "Sean Manatee: some endangered species aren't worth saving! ;^P #SeanHannity." The post (shown below) received more than 6,700 retweets and 33,000 likes in 24 hours.

Several media outlets reported on Carrey's illustration, including Business Insider,^[28] IndieWire,^[29] HuffPost,^[30] The Daily Dot ^[31] and more.

Related Memes

"What is Love"

In 1996, Jim Carrey preformed as one of the three cast members from the iconic sketch The Roxbury Guys as preformed on Saturday Night Live. ^[10] His sketch later went on to inspire the hit YTMND for What is Love in 2005.

Sellotape Selfie

Sellotape Selfie is a photo fad in which individuals take pictures of themselves after wrapping their faces in adhesive tape as to appear grotesque in a contorted and squished manner. Each Sellotape selfie is then uploaded to Facebook with an invitation for a friend to take one. The original instance of the meme comes from a scene in Yes Man in which Jim Carrey is exchanging faces with his co-worker across the hall.

"Alrighty Then"

Alrighty Then is a catchphrase from the movie series Ace Ventura. Two separate macro generators exist for Alrighty Then. The first generator was created Jul 15, 2012, and features 372 images.^[12] A seperate "Alrighty Then" generator was created on Mar 14, 2013, and features 1,855 images. ^[1]

   

"Did Someone Say…"

The "Jim Carrey Limo" generator was created on Nov 08, 2013, and features 448 images.^[2] The macro features a still from the intro of Dumb & Dumber and usually is captioned with some form of "Did Someone Say…" or "My Face When Someone Says…" as the header.

Lady Gaga ft. Jim Carrey

On May 13th, 2010, user fourest registered the YTMND "ladyahhhahhhh" which featured a face swaped gif of Lady Gaga along with the background song of Bad Romance.^[13] On top of the track were samples from "The Most Annoying Sound in the World" scene from the Jim Carrey movie Dumb & Dumber.^[14] The YTMND was uploaded to YouTube two days later, and has since received over 9.6 million views.^[15] A 10 hour version of the song was uploaded in February of 2012, and currently (as of October 2014) has 3 million views.^[16]

Search Interest

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