You Did It. The Crazy Son of a Bitch, You Did It
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"You Did It. The Crazy Son of a Bitch, You Did It" is a memorable quote uttered by the character Dr. Ian Malcolm in the 1993 science fiction adventure film Jurassic Park. Online. screenshots, GIFs and videos of the scene have been used as a reaction image.
Origin
On June 11th, 1993, the film Jurassic Park premiered in the United States.[1] In the film, the main characters encounter their first dinosaur, a brachiosaurus. Upon seeing the dinosaur, Dr. Ian Malcolm (portrayed by Jeff Goldblum) expresses his astonishment over the park's creator achievement by uttering "You did it. The crazy son of a bitch, you did it."
On November 1st, 2009, YouTuber TDXsfw posted a clip of the scene. Within a decade, the video had been viewed more than 100,000 times (shown below).
Spread
Several years later, on February 21st, 2011, Tumblr [2] user squaredem shared a high-resolution screenshot of Goldblum speaking the line (shown below, left).
On July 9th, 2015, GIPHY [3] published a GIF of the moment with expressive text overlaying the images (shown below, right).
The meme grew in popularity between 2017 and 2019. On March 21st, 2017, 9GAG user per_alt_delete2 posted a variation of the meme with the caption, "When the Uber driver gets you to Jack in the Box at 2AM" (shown below, left). Months later, on November 18th, 2017, Instagram [4] user @drgrayfang shared a variation with the caption "When you're shitfaced and get your Uber driver to stop at McDonald's." The post received more than 44,000 likes in less than two years (shown below, right).
Various Examples
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External References
[1] IMDB – Jurassic Park
[2] Tumblr – squaredem's Post
[3] GIPHY – You Did It
[4] Instagram – @drgrayfang's Post (private account)
[5] 9GAG – per_alt_delete2's Post
