Angry Tom Brady
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About
Angry Tom Brady refers to jokes made about New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady looking upset during his team's 42-27 loss to the Kansas City Chiefs on opening night of the 2017 NFL season.
Origin
On September 7th, 2017, the New England Patriots lost the first football game of the 2017 NFL season 42-27 to the Kansas City Chiefs. With a little over two minutes left in the 4th quarter of the game, the camera caught the Patriots quarterback, Tom Brady, sitting on the sideline looking upset (shown below).
Spread
Shortly after the moment was captured by the cameras, fans on Twitter rooting against the defending Super Bowl champion Patriots reacted with schadenfreude by joking about the image and the team's performance. For example, user @cjzero paired the clip of Brady looking angry with the music from Curb Your Enthusiasm, gaining over 480 retweets and 750 likes in less than a day (shown below).
Tom Brady x Curb pic.twitter.com/RQ3lcfOED7
— CJ Fogler (@cjzero) September 8, 2017
Other users paired the image with jokey captions, turning it into a reaction image. These jokes were covered by SB Nation[1] and Twitter Moments.[2] Some popular examples include a post by @MikeGianella[3] that referenced Brady's quiet support of Donald Trump that gained over 740 retweets (shown below, left). Another tweet by @iamHectorDiaz[4] paired the image with a Brady quote on the current tense political climate in America gained over 1,400 points (shown below, right)
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External References
[1] SB Nation – Angry Tom Brady is the first meme of the NFL season
[2] Twitter Moments – Angry Tom Brady is the newest internet meme
[3] Twitter – @MikeGianella
[4] Twitter – @iamHectorDiaz
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