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The Flash Looking at Superman is an image macro meme featuring two screenshots from the 2017 superhero film Justice League. The meme features the character Superman catching fellow superhero the Flash attempting to sneak behind him in a fight. Online, people use the two images to express feelings surprised obstruction.

Origin

On November 17th, 2017, Warner Bros. released the film Justice League in the United States.^[1] In the film, the titular Justice League resurrects the character Superman (portrayed by Henry Cavill), who awakens confused, angry and defensive. As a result, the Justice League attempts to quell his rage by fighting him, and when the Flash (portrayed by Ezra Miller) attempts to sneak around him, Superman turns his sights on him (shown below).

On November 21st, 2017, Tumblr ^[2] user mikebay16 posted a meme from @dccomicfeed Instagram account. The post received more than 800 notes in less than four years (shown below).

Spread

The meme saw sporadic usage over the next for years. For example, Redditor SeniorLad shared a variation from the Marvel Shieldposting Facebook in the /r/4panelcringe^[3] subreddit (shown below, left).

On April 3rd, 2021, Redditor Metalloid_Emon shared an object labeling variation of the meme in the /r/HolUp^[4] subreddit. The post received more than 70,000 points (80% upvoted) and 550 comments in less than two weeks (shown below, center).

On April 5th, Redditor karvina_42 shared a variation in the /r/dankmemes^[5] subreddit. The post received more than 67,000 points (93% upvoted) and 400 comments in less than 24 hours (shown below, right).

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