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That's It, I'm Gettin' Me Mallet is a quote said by Eustace in an episode of Courage the Cowardly Dog. The quote became widely referenced in memes in the late 2010s, as people used the quote as a reaction image and exploitable.

Origin

The quote comes from season 1, episode 5 of Courage the Cowardly Dog, "Night of the Weremole," which aired December 17th, 1999.^[1] A clip of the line itself was uploaded to YouTube on October 14th, 2015 by user HellJustFroze (shown below).

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The line began seeing use in memes following an October 5th, 2017 post by Redditor zarina907, who created a Eustace lookalike in Bloodborne with a large mallet-like weapon in /r/gaming,^[2] gaining over 40,000 points (shown below, left). On December 4th, user Omny87 posted a similar image in /r/fo4,^[3] remaking the character in Fallout 4, gaining over 8,100 points (shown below, right).

An image of the clip also began seeing use in reaction images and exploitable parodies. For example, on May 15th, 2019, Redditor atomic42069 posted a reaction image in /r/dankmemes,^[4] gaining over 14,000 points (shown below, left). On June 5th, 2018, Redditor axkill62 posted a photoshop putting Eustace in Destiny, gaining over 400 points^[5] (shown below, right).

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