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Sarcastically Surprised Kirk
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Sarcastically Surprised Kirk refers to an image from the 1970s animated Star Trek of Captain Jim Kirk appearing bemused. The image is typically paired with captions where a person who need to pretend to be shocked.
Origin
The images are stills from the Season 2, Episode 4 episode of Star Trek: The Animated Series called "Albatross,"[1] which aired September 28th, 1974. The scene occurs towards the end of the episode[2] and is Kirk's reaction to Spock and Bones bickering (GIF of the moment shown below).
I Present to You Sarcastically Surprised Kirk, Now Animated
Spread
The image began seeing use as a reaction image towards the end of 2015. One of the first major posts using the pictures as a display of sarcastic shock was posted November 4th, 2015 to /r/blackpeopletwitter,[3] gaining over 12,000 upvotes (shown below, left). On November 7th, Twitter user @gothlatina[4] posted a variation that gained over 1,100 retweets and 1,400 likes (shown below, right).
The image continued to spread over the following years with various popular captions. A thread with multiple variations was posted to Funnyjunk on December 23rd, 2015 (example shown below, left). On June 3rd, 2016, Twitter user @Lili_Claire posted a variation that was later featured in a Buzzfeed article.[5]
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External References
[3] /r/blackpeopletwitter – Fake like you're surprised
[4] Twitter – gothlatina
[5] Buzzfeed – Older Sisters: Read This Post, Then Call Your Sister And Say Sorry
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