![You May Have Outsmarted Me, But I Outsmarted Your Outsmarting You May Have Outsmarted Me, But I Outsmarted Your Outsmarting](https://i.kym-cdn.com/entries/icons/mobile/000/036/819/ouscover.jpg)
You May Have Outsmarted Me, But I Outsmarted Your Outsmarting
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You May Have Outsmarted Me, But I Outsmarted Your Outsmarting is a memorable translation of a line of dialogue spoken by Joseph Joestar in the 17th episode of the anime series JoJo's Bizarre Adventure. Since airing in Japan in 2013, the phrase and a screenshot featuring it have gained significant popularity online outside the JoJo fandom, frequently referenced in image macros and post text.
Origin
On February 2nd, 2013, JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Episode 17 aired on Japanese television. In one translation of the scene, the protagonist, Joseph Joestar, is subtitled as saying, "You may have outsmarted me, but I have outsmarted your outsmarting" to an antagonist during a fight (original scene shown below, differently subtitled). On that day, u/Christemo commented on how great the episode was on a post to /r/anime,[1] specifically quoting the line in their post.
On August 29th, 2015, Tumblr[2] user outofcontextjojo posted a screenshot from the episode featuring the subtitle captioned, "Only the Outsmarted can Outsmart the Outsmarter," garnering over 3,200 notes in roughly six years (shown below). On February 3rd, 2016, Redditor u/define_irony linked the post in a comment reading "Joseph Joestar in a nutshell" on a discussion of the episode to /r/anime,[3] garnering over 90 upvotes in five years.
![Only the Outsmarted can Outsmart the Outsmarter. You may have outsmarted me, but I outsmarted your outsmarting!](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/002/052/583/ca2.jpg)
Spread
Over the next few years, the scene and sentence alone spread across anime and _JoJo's Bizarre Adventure _ communities across social media platforms, particularly Facebook, and typically as an image macro.
For example, on June 9th, 2017, Facebook[4] page AnimeHub posted the screenshot as an image macro with the top text, "YOU CAN'T DEFINE THE ENTIRE FRANCHISE WITH A SINGLE SCREENSHO-" garnering over 260 reactions in four years (shown below, left). On April 15th, 2018, Facebook[5] page J-List posted an image macro using the screenshot referencing Pokemon, garnering over 4,000 reactions and 1,700 shares in three years (shown below, right).
![Jojo bizzare adventure oh boi YOU CAN'T DEFINE THE ENTIRE FRANCHISE WITH A SINGLE SCREENSHO- You may have outsmarted me, but I outsmarted your outsmarting!](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/002/052/587/791.jpg)
![Top 10 Anime Smartest Moves DISABLES Lu15 DISABLES Lu39 105/105 Foe DISABLE's DISABLE was disabled! You may have outsmarted me, but I outsmarted your outsmarting!](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/002/052/586/a55.jpg)
On May 1st, 2019, Facebook[6] page Car memes posted an image macro using the screenshot, garnering over 720 shares and 2,600 reactions in two years (shown below). On November 28th, Redditor u/aegis94 posted an image macro combining the screenshot with a comedic text conversation to /r/PewdiepieSubmissions,[7] garnering over 40,000 upvotes in roughly two years (shown below, right).
![https://www.facebook.com/308506372538478/posts/2255076207881475 When the dude who lied about his car being stock starts pulling away but you also lied about not having NOS You may have outsmarted me, but I outsmarted your outsmarting!](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/002/052/600/ba9.jpg)
![she Are you Expert in English ? Yes Then, answer my one Question. Ok A mother beats up her Daughter Because she was Drunk. Tell me Who was Drunk ? She You may have outsmarted me, but I outsmarted your outsmarting!](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/002/052/605/7d5.jpg)
By 2020 the phrase began taking off on its own, used in post titles and text memes completely unrelated to JoJo's Bizarre Adventure to describe someone being outsmarted.
For example, on July 22nd, 2020, Redditor u/dj_ash posted a Marvel-themed image macro under the post title "You may have outsmarted me but. i have outsmarted your outsmarting." to /r/memes,[8] garnering over 56,000 upvotes in eight months. A Reddit[9] search for "i outsmarted your outsmarting" shows numerous posts with thousands of upvotes, many of them using the title without referencing JoJo's Bizarre Adventure.
Various Examples
![When you counter an opponent's counterspell: When you negate your opponent's negate You may have outsmarted me, but I outsmarted your outsmarting!](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/002/052/596/076.png)
![You cant stop me teacher When you ask the teacher "Can I go to the bathroom?" and they reply "I don't know, can you?" so you s--- on the floor You may have outsmarted me, but I outsmarted your outsmarting!](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/002/052/601/3b4.jpg)
![Gotta Hate It Enemy pokemon: *used fly* My Slower Pokemon: tused fly* You may have outsmarted me, but I outsmarted your outsmarting!](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/002/052/602/7dd.png)
![Outstanding Outsmarting of my Outsmarting TOKYO You may have outsmarted me, but I outsmarted your outsmarting! Outstanding move](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/002/052/603/416.jpg)
![My Point Stands Dad, please stop. You never make good jokes. I made you My point still stands. You may have outsmarted me, but I outsmarted your outsmarting!](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/002/052/618/abb.jpg)
![Nature A spider disguised in a flower attacking a fly that is masquerading as a wasp. You may have outsmarted me, but I outsmarted your outsmarting!](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/002/052/606/3d2.jpg)
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External References
[1] Reddit – That was such a fucking awesome episode.
[2] Tumblr – Only the Outsmarted can Outsmart the Outsmarter.
[3] Reddit – Joseph Joestar in a nutshell
[4] Facebook – Jojo bizzare adventure oh boi
[5] Facebook – Top 10 Anime Smartest Moves
[6] Facebook – Sneak 100.
[7] Reddit – I Outsmarted Your Outsmarting
[8] Reddit – You may have outsmarted me but. i have outsmarted your outsmarting.
[9] Reddit – search: 'i outsmarted your outsmarting'
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