You Can't Defeat Me

You Can't Defeat Me

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Updated Mar 11, 2021 at 08:57AM EST by Y F.

Added Aug 03, 2018 at 06:50PM EDT by R-Switz.

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Editor's Note: This entry contains spoilers for Thor: Ragnarok; read at your own caution.

About

"You Can't Defeat Me" is a three-panel object label image macro series based on screenshots from the 2017 Marvel superhero film Thor: Ragnarok.

Origin

On October 10th, 2017, the film Thor: Ragnarok premiered in the United States. In the film, the antagonist Hela (played by Cate Blanchett) taunts Thor (played by Chris Hemsworth). Unbeknownst to Hela, Loki (Tom Hiddleston) has recently placed the crown of Surtur (Clancy Brown) upon the "eternal flame," which causes Surtur to grow massive and burst out of the Palace of Asgard, much to Hela's shock. During their confrontation, Hela says, "Whatever game you're playing, it won't work. You can't defeat me."

The earliest known usage of the scene as a meme was posted on July 2nd, 2018 in the Marvel Shieldposting Facebook [1] group. That day, Facebook user pedrohenrique.pracanicoribeiro photoshopped the characters flags from the countries participating in the 2018 FIFA World Cup. The post (shown below) received more than 1,600 reactions and 300 shares in one month.


You can't defeat me - I know; but he can

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Shortly after, users within the Facebook group posted more variations (example below, left).

On July 5th, 2018, Imgur [2] user DrZorkkins posted a variation of the meme in which the characters are labeled "depression," "my alcoholism" and more. The post (shown below, center) received more than 2,000 points and 11,000 views.

On July 9th, 2018, Redditor [3] user penguini123 a variation featuring items from the video game Mario Kart in the r/gaming subreddit. The post (shown below, right) received more than over 3,700 upvotes (95% upvoted) in less than one month.


You can't defeat me I know, but he can Me You can't defeat me My depression I know, but he can MX ALCOHOLISM You can't defeat me 2nd I know, but he carn

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Everyishouner villain ever You can't defeat me l know, but he can The Power of Friendship Factual an rational argumΓ© You can't defeat me Idk prolly some 12 year old on the internet l know, but he can LITERACLY JUST BEING TOO DUMB TO UNDERSTAND THE FACTS AND KEEP DENYING THEM WHILE ALSO INSULTING You my friends depression You can't defeat me my friend MARVEIknow, but he can my love and support

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