American Psycho Business Card Scene / Let's See Paul Allen's Card

About

American Psycho Business Card refers to a series of parodies and remixes of a memorable scene from the film American Psycho in which characters compare each others' business cards.

Origin

On April 14th, 2000, the film American Psycho was released in the United States. In the film, Patrick Bateman (portrayed by Christian Bale) attempts to show off his new business card but quickly realizes that another character has a more tasteful and "better" card, which leads him to an emotional break (shown below).

On July 7th, 2006, YouTuber Kira Holland uploaded the scene. The post received more than 2.9 million views in about 13 years (shown below).

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Two years later, on December 14th, 2008, YouTuber Clown Baby posted a parody of the scene. In about 11 years, the video received more than 30,000 views (shown below, left).

On January 4th, 2013, YouTuber Demi Adejuyigbe posted a remix of the scene in which the cards are replaced by Pokémon cards. The post received more than 557,000 views in about six and a half years (shown below, right).

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