![Visualizing In the Mirror the Man I Want to Become Visualizing In the Mirror the Man I Want to Become meme example depicting shrek in the mirror.](https://i.kym-cdn.com/entries/icons/mobile/000/045/509/visualmeme.jpg)
Visualizing In the Mirror the Man I Want to Become
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About
Visualizing In the Mirror the Man I Want to Become is an exploitable image macro of a man staring at his reflection in the mirror with his hands behind his back, captioned, "Visualising in the mirror the man I want to become." The image comes from the album cover for the Spider-Man rock and roll concept album Spider-Man: Rock Reflections of a Superhero and became the subject of memes starting in May 2023 in which the image in the mirror is photoshopped to replace Spider-Man with another character.
Origin
On March 17th, 1975, the rock concept album Spider-Man: Rock Reflections of a Superhero, an album that features songs about the Spider-Man universe, was released.[1] The album artwork features a depiction of Peter Parker looking into the mirror to see Spider-Man (shown below).
![Spider-Man: Rock Reflections of a Superhero album cover LIFESONG RECORDS PRESENTS with Stan Lee ROCK REFLECTIONS OF A SUPERHERO SPIDER-MAN: JOHN ROM](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/002/613/671/1e9.jpg)
On May 3rd, 2023, Facebook[2] page Refined Claymore +10 posted a Bloodborne meme photoshopping the album cover, garnering over 960 shares and 3,500 reactions in a month (shown below). This is the earliest known use of the album artwork as a meme.
![Bloodborne is the man i want to become visualising in the mirror the man i want to become:](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/002/613/675/264.jpg)
Spread
The meme spread over the following weeks, becoming notably popular throughout June 2023. On May 4th, 2023, Instagram[3] user ilcirox posted a version with Shrek in the mirror, garnering over 600 likes in a month. On May 6th, a Redditor posted a version to /r/DevilMayCry,[4] garnering over 1,500 upvotes in a month (shown below, left). On May 9th, the Facebook[5] page A Lonely Guy With Good Taste In Pretty Much Everything posted a version of the meme featuring Musashi Miyamoto from Vagabond, garnering over 7,900 shares and 24,000 reactions in a month (shown below, right).
![I think I am Him Visualizing in the mirror the man I want to become](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/002/613/680/569.jpg)
!["Unrivaled under the heavens" visualising in the mirror the man i want to become: @aback](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/002/613/685/ff5.jpg)
On May 13th, the Filipino My Swag Dealer Facebook[6] page posted a version featuring influencer Romeo Gulla, garnering over 9,300 shares and 25,000 reactions in a month. On the same day, the Facebook[7] page You already know wtf is going on shared a version of the meme with pimp Peter Griffin in the mirror, garnering over 5,100 shares and 6,300 reactions in a month (shown below).
![I Am Pimp Peter visualising in the mirror the man i want to become:](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/002/613/687/df9.jpg)
On May 26th, the Facebook[8] page Hey It's Me Goku posted a Dragon Ball version of the meme that gained over 7,200 shares and 17,000 reactions in a month (shown below, left). On June 18th, Instagram[9] user epicjoko posted a version of the meme featuring Shadow the Hedgehog in the mirror, garnering over 119,000 likes in 10 days (shown below).
![Hey It's Literally Me, Goku Visualizing in the mirror the man i want to become: FB@Adminkakarot G@Saiyan179 17](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/002/613/695/bd8.jpg)
![I just want to be shadow the hedgehog man visualising in the mirror the man i want to become: 100](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/002/613/688/dc7.jpg)
Various Examples
![Bigflanges moment visualising in the mirror the man i want to become: WWW](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/002/613/689/ddd.jpg)
![I Wish I Was Peter B Parker visualising in the mirror the man i want to become: Ove](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/002/613/700/081.jpg)
![i am literally Romeo Gulla visualising in the mirror the man i want to become: @aback](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/002/613/703/85d.jpg)
![my name is kiiiid rock visualising in the mirror the man i want to become: my name is ROCK ABI IN](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/002/613/712/ed8.jpg)
![Voglio diventare Shrek visualising in the mirror he man i want to become:](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/002/613/715/a5e.jpg)
![Kiryuuuuu-chan visualising in the mirror the man i want to become:](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/002/613/717/894.jpg)
Search Interest
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External References
[1] Discogs – Spider-Man: Rock Reflections Of A Superhero
[2] Facebook – Refined Claymore +10
[4] Reddit – DevilMayCry
[5] Facebook – A Lonely Guy With Good Taste In Pretty Much Everything
[6] Facebook – Filipino My Swag Dealer
[7] Facebook – You already know wtf is going on
[8] Facebook – hey it's me goku
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