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"Some dream, huh?" is a memorable quote uttered by the character Mary Jane in the 2002 superhero action film Spider-Man. Online, people use screenshots from the scene in an object-labeled series to express a desire for something that does not exist.

Origin

On May 3rd, 2002, Colombia Pictures released the film Spider-Man in the United States.^[1] In one scene the characters Peter Parker and Mary Jane Watson (portrayed by Tobey Maguire and Kirsten Dunst, respective), speak outside of a diner. After Mary Jane reveals that she works in a diner, and not her dream career of actor, she says, "Some dream, huh?"

On May 21st, 2017, YouTuber Dreaming Spider uploaded the scene to YouTube. The post received more than 267,000 views in less than four years (shown below).

Spread

On November 19th, 2018, Imgur ^[2] user FlyYouFLCL posted a three-panel object-labeling meme in which Mary Jane is labeled "Big Tittied Goth GF". The post received more than 85,000 views in less than two years (shown below, left).

That day, Redditor ^[3] theprince_627 posted a version in which Mary Jane is labeled with the release date for Sam Raimi's canceled film Spider-Man 4. The post received more than 7,1000 points (97% upvoted) and 70 comments in less than two years (shown below, center).

The meme continued to spread over the next few years. For example, on May 16th, 2020, Redditor^[4] sreeko1 shared a variation in which Mary Jane is labeled "Half-Life 3"/memes/half-life-3-confirmed/, an infamously unreleased video game. The post received more than 475 points (96% upvoted) in less than two years (shown below, right).

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