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Commando trooper from the video game Star Wars: Republic Commando

Your Tactics Confuse and Frighten Me, Sir

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About

"Your Tactics Confuse and Frighten Me, Sir" is a memorable quote uttered by the Clone Commando in the Star Wars video game Star Wars: Republic Commando. Online, people use the image a reaction image macro to people's actions the memer finds questionable.

Origin

On February 28th, 2005, LucasArts Entertainment released the video game Star Wars: Republic Commando.[1]



On September 25th, 2007, GameFAQs[2] forum user Wyvern1 mentioned the line in the thread, "Star Wars: Republic CommandoBest quotes of the game." They wrote, "Mine is either 'Are you trying to baffle the enemy into submition…?' or 'Your tactics confuse and frighten me, sir.' if you tell Scorch to plant a det somewhere and then immediately cancel the order.


Wyvern1 13 years ago #2 Mine is either "Are you trying to baffle the enemy into submition.?" or "Your tactics confuse and frighten me, sir." if you tell Scorch to plant a det somewhere and then immediately cancel the order. "This is our turf and we'll fly how we please."

Spread

In 2019, a screenshot of Scorch with the chyron that features the line began spreading on Reddit. On June 19th, 2019, Redditor apnoeic posted the earliest available version of the meme in the /r/prequelsmeme.[3] They posted the meme in response to the caption, "When someone pretends they haven't heard of Star Wars: Republic Commando" (shown below, left).

On November 16th, 2021, Redditor[4] CaptianBrasiliano posted the meme in response to a Craig's List ad for "Be naked at my sister's wedding." The post received more than 51,000 points (91% upvoted) and 415 comments in less than six months (shown below, center). Days later, Redditor zotronic posted a variation in the /r/PrequelMemes[5] subreddit that received more than 11,000 points (99% upvoted) in less than six months (shown below, right).


When someone pretends they haven't heard of Star Wars: Republic Commando (i.redd.it) submitted 1 year ago by apnoeic 2 comments share save hide give award report crosspost Your tactics confuse and frighten me, sir. Be naked at my sister's wedding (Lower East Side) My sister is having an outdoor wedding in New Canaan ct in May. I want someone to be naked in the woods and to run through the wedding in order to ruin it. I will protect you from my family. New York 278 NY 907L 278 © craigslist - Map data © OpenStreetMap Your tactics confuse and frighten me, sir. AIMERICA IN FO ONN NICOLE CARTER NEWSROOM ORTLY VICTORIA BECKHAM TILTED ONTO DOLLY AND WHEELED 1 Anonymous Hero Donates Hospital 200 Human Kidneys THE CLONE WARS MEMER Your tactics confuse and frighten me, sir.


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Me making a meme use to show a weird feature I just found about People who are seeing the original meme Your tactics confuse and frighten me, sir. Shirtless Florida man travels to Louisiana to headbang to Slayer during Hurricane Laura Pittman also started a GoFundMe for victims of Hurricane Laura, which has so far raised $240. BY COLIN WOLF – AUG 28, 2020 10 AM Your tactics confuse and frighten me, sir. Bots after getting tortured in a map Your tactics confuse and frighten me, sir. made with mematic
Me: *Asks my crush out with a meme during a pandemic* Me looking back on it while I wait for her response: Your tactics confuse and frighten me, sir. Man attempts to rob bank by "holding himself hostage" and tells swat team to back down otherwise he will kill himself NYPD A Your tactics confuse and frighten me, sir. imgflip.com Me in a game I have over 900 hours on seeing my level 3 friend doing the stupidest s--- l've seen someone do Your tactics confuse and frighten me, sir. made with mematic

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Your tactics confuse and frighten me, sir.

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External References

[1] IMDB – Star Wars: Republic Commando

[2] GameFAQs – Best quotes of the game

[3] Reddit – /r/prequelmemes

[4] Reddit – /r/prequelmemes

[5] Reddit – /r/prequelmemes

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