![She Goes to Another School She Goes to Another School](https://i.kym-cdn.com/entries/icons/mobile/000/032/426/cover5.jpg)
She Goes to Another School
This submission is currently being researched & evaluated!
You can help confirm this entry by contributing facts, media, and other evidence of notability and mutation.
About
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]
![Yes, I Have a Girlfriend. She Goes to Another School beth mccoll @imteddybless yes.i have a girlfriend. she goes to another school 6:04 PM · Jan 5, 2015 · Twitter Web Client](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/706/070/545.jpg)
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).
![She’s an alien lmao y’all dumb girlfriend from another school Corporate needs you to find the differences between this picture and this picture. They're the same picture.](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/706/071/c16.jpg)
![She's from another school so you don't know her... illustration of a man in suit and fedora driving a car with an invisible hitler in the passenger seat. me my girlfriend from another school.](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/706/076/be9.jpg)
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).
![I told you guys she was real! Me coming back from Area 51 with my girlfriend that goes to another school TOGanStoc](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/520/689/b42.jpg)
![She Exists! Leaving Area 51 with my girlfriend that goes to another school](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/569/523/407.jpg)
Various Examples
![No! I'm Not Single No! I'm not alamy SINGLE! XOXO ala I'm just in a Irtg direne relationship, because the lamy person l'm in a relationship with lives in the OTTOMAN EMPIRE](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/685/710/770.jpg)
![Yes I Have a GF Yes I have a GF, no you don't know her, she goes to another school](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/706/078/589.jpg)
![Titles are definitely not difficult when I finally meet my friends "girlfriend from another school" -Ahh, i see you're a man as well,](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/706/081/bee.jpg)
![They figured me out pixel art of book titled i have a gf from another school and other hilarious jokes you can tell yourself volume ii](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/706/077/856.jpg)
![Good luck tomorrow you brave souls Me entering a vault in Area 51 My gf that goes to another school Florida My dad man That one Friend whose been offline sock LE](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/578/677/eb9.png)
![She is, its true My Gf, who is real And goes to another school Me,](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/706/084/712.jpg)
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 !
Recent Videos
There are no videos currently available.
Top Comment
Nedhitis
Jan 14, 2020 at 01:04PM EST