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That's the Evilest Thing I Can Imagine is a memorable quote uttered by the character Mojo Jojo in the Cartoon Network animated series The Powerpuff Girls. Online, it is used as an expression to highlight juvenile pranks or trolling schemes in a similar vein to Some Men Just Want to Watch the World Burn.

Origin

On July 16th, 2004, the Powerpuff Girls episode "Custody Battle" premiered in the United States. In the episode, the villains Him and Mojo Jojo compete to win the respect of the Powerpuff Girls' rivals, the Rowdyruff Boys, by demonstrating evil deeds. As Him and Mojo Jojo fight over who is the most evil, the Rowdyruff Boy Brick tells them that the boys only care about destroying the Powerpuff Girls, to which Mojo Jojo replies tearfully, "Why, that’s the evilest thing I can imagine!" An animated GIF of the scene (shown below) was posted by Tumblr^[4] user Ametrine on September 9th, 2011.

Spread

On February 12th, 2013, 9gag^[3] user vladimirvamp12 uploaded an image showing onions disguised as caramel apples followed by the Mojo Jojo image macro (shown below, left). Within nine days, the post gained over 36,000 upvotes and 11,000 Facebook shares. On February 20th, Redditor gh7gpx submitted an image macro featuring instructions on tricking others into smelling flatulence, followed by the reaction image of Him and Mojo Jojo (shown below, right). Within 24 hours, the post received over 4,200 upvotes and 40 comments.

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