Zac Efron's Baywatch Faceplant
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About
Zac Efron's Baywatch Faceplant is a photoshop meme featuring a picture of actor Zac Efron falling on his head while filming a scene on a beach for the upcoming action comedy film Baywatch.
Origin
On April 25th, 2016, the entertainment news site TMZ posted several photographs of actor Zac Efron running down the beach and falling on his head while shooting a scene for the film Baywatch (shown below).
Spread
The following day, Efron posted the photograph on Instagram[1] . Within 72 hours, the post gained over 818,000 likes and 18,200 comments.
On April 26th, Redditor nyan_swanson submitted the photo for viewers to edit on the /r/photoshopbattles[2] subreddit, where it accumulated upwards of 4,800 votes (94% upvoted), 200 comments and many photoshopped variations (shown below).
On April 27th, Redditor Hug_A_Ginger submitted the original photo to the /r/funny[8] subreddit. Within 48 hours, the post gathered more than 7,700 votes (84% upvoted) and 750 comments. In the coming days, several news sites published articles about the photoshop meme, including Vulture,[3] The Wrap,[4] BroBible,[5] The Daily Dot[6] and UpRoxx.[7]
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External References
[2] Reddit – PsBattle – Zac Efron Falling on his Face
[3] Vulture – Memes of Zac Efrons Faceplant
[4] The Wrap – Zac Efrons Baywatch Tumble
[5] Brobible – Zac Efron Faceplants Doing The Baywatch Run
[6] The Daily Dot – Zac Efron falls over doing Baywatch Run
[7] UpRoxx –
Zac Efron Became An Instant Internet Meme
[8] Reddit – Zac Efron posts the second still from Baywatch
[9] TMZ – Zac Efron Falls For Bae
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Krazy-Chibi
Apr 29, 2016 at 07:31PM EDT
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