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Tracksuit Joker is a digitally-altered screenshot from the 2019 film Joker. The image features the character Joker in a grey Nike track jacket looking at a mirror and has been used to express self-reflection and criticism.

Origin

On August 20th, 2019, the magazine Total Film^[1] premiered images from the then-upcoming film Joker. One of the images shows the character Joker (portrayed by Jaoquin Pheonix) looking in the mirror that has the phrase "Put on a happy face" written on it (shown below).

Two months later, Twitter ^[2] user @RashadStark tweeted the earliest known usage of the Tracksuit Joker with the caption "They said he had no drip, now the jokes on them." The tweet received more than 300 likes and 140 retweets in less than three months (shown below).

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Hours later, Twitter^[3] user @hestillcold tweeted the image with the caption, "When you got clean for the date and then that 'Don’t hate me 😫' text pops up on your screen." The tweet received more than 140,000 likes and 39,000 retweets in less than three months (shown below, left).

On December 20th, Twitter^[4] user @cloud_surferrr tweeted, "Me getting dressed to go to work when there’s an 8 year old YouTuber that made $26 million this year." The tweet received more than 954,000 likes and 266,000 retweets in less than one month (shown below, center).

Days later, Twitter^[5] user @vxdhxx tweeted the image in response to the Stormi Webster's Playhouse video. They wrote, "Me getting dressed to go to work so I can afford rent when there’s 2 year old Stormi that has a air conditioned two story play house with a balcony." Within one month, the tweet received more than 84,000 likes and 17,000 retweets (shown below, right).

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