About

Sorry Mate, Wrong Path refers to a reaction image from Bandersnatch in which the character Colin says the line. The image has been paired with various captions describing one making a poor decision.

Origin

In Bandersnatch, a film in the Black Mirror series which has a "choose your own adventure"-type structure, if a viewer chooses a certain path, then the character Colin will tell the main character, Stefan Butler, "Sorry mate, wrong path," breaking the film's fourth wall (shown below).

Spread

On December 28th, the day of the film's release, Redditor CXNEILPUNKXC posted a picture of Sid from Toy Story in /r/BlackMirror with the caption, "Wrong path, mate,"^[1] comparing Colin to the character. The post gained over 4,900 points (shown below, left). On December 31st, user hamidtorres^[2] used the still as a reaction image, gaining over 430 points (shown below, right).

Over the following months, the format continued spreading in Reddit. On January 17th, user LaReinaAzul posted an example to /r/memes (shown below, left). Another edit appeared on 9GAG^[3] on January 23rd (shown below, right).

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