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"Thanks, Satan" is a memorable quote from the 2012 Walt Disney Animation Studios film Wreck-It Ralph. A screencap of the quote later became an image macro series on platforms such as Reddit.

Origin

On November 2, 2012, Wreck-It Ralph premiered in theatres. The film features a scene (shown below) where the titular Ralph (voiced by John C. Reilly), a fictional video game villain, attends a "Bad-Anon" meeting ( a parody of Alcoholics Anonymous), where he is comforted by another video game villain named Saitine (voiced by Martin Jarvis). ^[1] Ralph expresses his gratitude, mispronouncing Saitine's name as "Satan". A clip of the "Bad-Anon" scene was uploaded to YouTube on September 3, 2013, which garnered nearly 1.3 million views and 7,400 likes in seven years. ^[2]

On March 16, 2013, a .gif of the quote (shown below) was uploaded to the Wreck-It Ralph gallery of Know Your Meme by Rammin. The image received over 140 upvotes in seven years. ^[3]

On October 20, 2013, Imgur user ILikePatato uploaded a .gif of the quote to the image hosting platform, which received over 150 upvotes and nearly 4 million views in seven years. ^[4]

Spread

The first known use of the quote as an image macro was posted on Twitter by @FactsofSchool on August 6, 2014. The tweet (shown below) garnered over 5,200 retweets and 6,200 likes in six years. ^[5]

When your teacher wishes you good luck before an exam pic.twitter.com/3JUmRaWmwY

— College Student (@FactsOfSchool) August 7, 2014

On February 14, 2018, Reddit user /u/cymonster uploaded a .gif of the quote to r/reactiongifs with the caption "MRW my boss tells me I'm doing a good job.". The post received over 22,000 upvotes and 99 comments in two years. ^[6]

On October 30, 2019, Reddit user /u/youpelistic uploaded an image macro of the quote parodying the then-ongoing #TeamTrees movement to r/memes (shown below). The post received over 29,000 upvotes and 85 comments in six months. ^[7]

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