![Then and Now Then and Now](https://i.kym-cdn.com/entries/icons/mobile/000/023/635/jurassic.jpg)
Then and Now
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About
Then and Now refers to a series of exploitable images that feature a young boy pulling an older woman and pointing at a movie poster in the past juxtaposed against a present day illustration of an adult male pulling an adult woman's arm while pointing at a remake, reboot or sequel of the movie in the adjacent image. Online, people have changed the movie posters depending on what movie is coming out soon.
Origin
On June 16th, 2015, DeviantArt [1] user Mickking posted a two-panel webcomic of young boy pulling a woman and crying while pointing at a Jurassic Park movie poster in 1993. The adjacent panel shows the same boy and woman in the same position and pointing at a Jurassic World poster in 2015.
![The Game Room, Jurassic Park 1993 2015 JURASSIC PARK JURASSIC WAID An Adventure 65 Million №ars In The Maki THE PARK 1 JUNE THE GAME ROOm](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/283/443/141.jpg)
Spread
Three days later, on June 19th, Redditor Vikram_Sharma posted the image on the subreddit /r/funny,[2] where it received more than 12,000 points (84% upvoted) and 600 comments in two years. Around this time, an anonymous user posted the picture to Memecenter,[3] receiving more than 4,000 likes.
On October 5th, Amino Apps[4] user Samantha uploaded a version of the webcomic with the posters replaced with Kingdom Hearts and Kingdom Hearts X posters (shown below).
![Kingdom Hearts — Then and Now 2015](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/283/458/d5f.jpg)
Over the next few months, people continued to exploit this web comic, replacing the posters with versions featuring Harry Potter, Spider-Man, The Power Rangers and more (examples below).
On August 8th, Redditor trover2345325 posted about this meme in the /r/OutOfTheLoop subreddit.[5]
Various Examples
![Transformers Then and Now 2007 2017 RANS FURMERS](https://a.kym-cdn.com/assets/blank-b3f96f160b75b1b49b426754ba188fe8.gif)
![Harry Potter, Then and Now 2001 2016 BELLATRIX BLACK ANIMALES FANTASTICOS It](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/283/464/971.jpg)
![Fantastic Beasts, Then and Now 2001 2016 ANIMAUX トANISTIQUES](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/283/465/7b2.png)
Search Interest
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External References
[1] DeviatArt – Then and Now
[2] Reddit – Then and Now
[3] Memecenter – Then and Now
[4] Amino Apps – Random Kingdom Hearts Pictures
[5] Reddit – Where does this meme come form?What is it's source?
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PoolCleaningRobot
Aug 09, 2017 at 05:50PM EDT
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Aug 10, 2017 at 11:28AM EDT