About

Pleased Sulley, also known as Sulley Finger Pinch, is a reaction image macro based on a scene from the American animated film Monsters University. The post expresses approval of the meme's subject (similar to Pacha Edits).

Origin

On June 13th, 2013, the film Monsters University premiered in the United States.^[1] In the film, the character Sulley attempts to quiet the character Mike Wazowski (portrayed by John Goodman and Billy Crystal, respectively) by holding his hands up to his mouth and pinching his fingers (clip below).

The earliest known usage of the scene as a meme was posted on May 6th, 2016 by Twitter ^[2] user @donreclamon. They captioned the tweet, "Mi cara cuando veo a una chica linda y nalgona."

Spread

Over the next few years, the image continued to grow in usage. On November 24th, 2019, Instagram ^[3] user @707lifenotfound used the image in comparison to an image of Shrek. The post received more than 2,000 likes in less than two months (shown below, left).

The following year, on January 6th, 2020, Instagram^[4] user @grapejuiceboys shared the version as the reaction of the "weed guy" when asked "How's the weed?" The post received more than 98,000 likes in less than four days (shown below, center).

Days later, Redditor ^[5] mljuzz7 used the reaction as a joke about the popularity of tea in England. The post received more than 75,000 points (94% upvoted) and 330 comments in less than 24 hours (shown below, right).

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