She Goes to Another School
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You Wouldn't Know Her, She Goes to Another School is a widespread response which, in several variations, is used to avoid admitting to not actually having a girlfriend. Online, the phrase has been used as a caption in numerous memes. This trope is also known as Girlfriend in Canada.[1]
Origin
While the earliest mention of a person pretending to have a girlfriend, a fiance or a wife in a distant place which cannot be easily be checked to increase their social status is unknown, the trope has appeared in a number of books, films, TV series and other media since the pre-Internet era.[1] Some of the notable examples include The Breakfast Club character Brian Johnson pretending to have a girlfriend in Niagara Falls to avoid admitting to being a virgin. Another example is Napoleon Dynamite titual character Napoleon lying to his friend Pedro that he has a girlfriend in Oklahoma (scene shown below, left). In episode 16 "PDA" of season seven of The Office character Kevin claims that he had intercource in the office with a person "who goes to another school" (scene shown below, right).
The earliest known viral meme based on the trope was posted by Twitter[2] user @imteddybless on January 5th, 2015 (shown below). The tweet received over 4,700 retweets and 12,600 likes in four years and was widely circulated online in the following years.[3][4][5]
Spread
Starting in August 2018, memes about girlfriends "from another school" gained popularity in /r/dankmemes and other meme communities on Reddit. For example, a They're the Same Picture meme by Redditor[6] xxnormieslayerxx received over 540 upvotes in six months (shown below, left). A November 15th, 2018, meme by Redditor[7] Aravini received over 6,500 upvotes in six months (shown below, right).
In July 2019, the format saw a surge in popularity on Reddit[8][9] in connection to Storm Area 51 memes as a part of Me Running From Area 51 subformat (examples shown below. left and right).
Various Examples
Search Interest
External References
[1] TV Tropes – Girlfriendd in Canada
[2] Twitter – @imteddybless' Tweet
[3] EBaum's World – 36 Choice Pics For Your Viewing Pleasure!
[4] Instagram – grapejuiceboys (private account)
[5] Instagram – fluffypiqasso
[6] Reddit – She’s an alien lmao y’all dumb
[7] Reddit – She's from another school so you don't know her…
[8] Reddit – I told you guys she was real!
[9] Reddit – She exists !
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Nedhitis
Jan 14, 2020 at 01:04PM EST