About

Stuck in the Elevator is an exploitable four-panel comic series in which a man begins to panic while trapped in an elevator after the woman he is confined with says a variety of things he finds distasteful.

Origin

On January 14th, 2015, the webcomic site ToonHole^[1] published a comic titled "Elevator," in which a man panics in an elevator after discovering the woman he is trapped with is into Crossfit (shown below).

Spread

On September 26th, 2015, FunnyJunk user aizeinstein posted an edited variation of the comic in which 4chan's /pol/ board reactis to the woman saying "Israel is a good place" (shown below, left). Within two years, the post gathered upwards of 32,500 views and 890 upvotes. In the comments section, other users posted photoshopped variations along with a blank template of the comic (shown below, right).

On October 2nd, Redditor Weegeeisboss submitted a version of the image in which the woman reveals she is "really into 9gag and iFunny to /r/dankmemes,^[3] where it received upwards of 1,100 points (94% upvoted) and 20 comments within 24 hours. In the coming days, several posts about the meme were submitted to /r/MemeEconomy, including a variation featuring a joke about "traps" (shown below, right).^[4][5][6]

Various Examples

Search Interest

External References