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Sarcastically Surprised Kirk

Sarcastically Surprised Kirk

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Updated Nov 13, 2021 at 09:18AM EST by Iwazaru.

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About

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).


When you know how yo homie cheated cause u was with him and his girl telling u and u gotta act surprised ひ hug my nuts @gothlatina Follow when he tell u about all the bad luck he been having & u gotta act surprised & pretend u didn't do brujeria on him 2 9

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]


when ya man is telling you about his life and you gotta act like you didnt already stalk him and find out Lili Norris @Lili Claine Follow #growing upwithsisters watching your sister get in trouble for something you did and blamed on her*

Various Examples


Aunt: "That's your 3rd Plate." Me: "That's your 3rd Husband" #ThanksgivingClapBack WHEN YOU REPLAY THE BEGINNING OF FALLOUT4 AND YOU GOTTA PRETEND TO CARE ABOUT YOUR SPOUSE GETTING SHOT.. FACEBOOK.COM/FALLOUTPAGES Fallout Hub Comics Kid: [sobbingl Something happened to my toy, Daddy! It's not making sounds any more! You: @HowToBeADad #MemeHistory "OJ.. your wife is dead OJ: when you havent made plans for the future and then suddenly it is the future and everything didnt just magically work itself out When a n---- tell you how his last girl played him & you gotta act fake shocked like you aren't gonna play him too

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External References

[1] Wikipedia – Albatross

[2] Kisscartoon – Albatross

[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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