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"All Right Then, Keep Your Secrets" is a memorable quote uttered by Frodo, the main protagonist of the fantasy franchise The Lord of the Rings, in the 2001 feature film The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring. Online, a screen capture of the moment Frodo saying the line has been used as a reaction image.

Origin

On December 19th, 2001, The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring was released in theaters in the United States.^[1] In the film, Frodo (portrayed by Elijah Wood) welcomes his friend the wizard Gandalf (portrayed by Ian McKellen) to his home. During their conversation, Frodo mentions a change in his uncle Bilbo (portrayed by Ian Holm), which he suspects Gandalf knows the reason. Frodo responds to Gandalf's silence:

"All right then, keep your secrets."

More than a 15 years later, on June 1st, 2017, YouTuber Quote & Quit posted an isolated clip of the quote. Within two years, the post received more than 2,400 views.

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On June 10th, 2018, the Facebook ^[2] account sadmaymaythief shared a screen capture of the image with the caption "when I am high and talking to a tree but he won't answer." The post received more than 400 reactions, 30 comments and 200 shares in less than six months (shown below, left).

The following week, on June 17th, Twitter ^[3] user @mikediva used the photo as the punchline to the caption "When I’m talking to my cat and she doesn’t answer." The tweet received more than 40 retweets and 280 likes in less than six months (shown below, center).

Several months later, on August 18th, Redditor ^[4] yeeeheeeeheee posted the image in a thread titled "When you ask a girl for her number at the bar and she tells you to go away." The post received more than 18,000 points (93% upvoted) and 120 comments.

That day, Redditor^[5] Atrampoline posted a GIF of the meme in the /r/reactiongifs subreddit. The post received more than 32,000 points (88% upvoted) and 200 comments in two months.

On October 18th, Redditor^[6] Kohlastro posted a image macro of the image, using the caption "When you turn on vpn while using the school wifi," in the /r/dankmemes subreddit.

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