Best. Day. Ever.

Submission 42,782

About

"Best. Day. Ever." is an expression of joy associated with Tenso-style multi-pane image macros of happy looking animals and people, accompanied by a period punctuation after each word for added emphasis. It has the opposite meaning of the expression "Kill Me."

Origin

In Season 3 Episode 11 of the American science fiction television series Heroes, originally aired on December 1st, 2008, the character Hiro Nakamura says the phrase "Best. Day. Ever." after teleporting into a comic book shop to recover his memory (shown below).

Precursor

On November 10th, 2006, Season 4 Episode 20 titled "Best Day Ever" of the animated television series Spongebob Squarepants was broadcast, which featured the eponymous song "The Best Day Ever" (shown below).

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Spread

On November 24th, 2010, the computer animated musical Tangled was released, in which the character Rapunzel exclaims "Best. Day. Ever!" while playing on a tire swing (shown below).

On July 5th, 2011, a page titled "Its the Best Whatever, Ever" was launched on TV Tropes,^[4] which listed many examples of the phrase "Best. Day. Ever." used in popular culture. On September 13th, Tumblr^[2] user andersholmvik submitted a post titled "Phrase to Retire: Best. (Blank). Ever.", which criticized the phrasal template for being unfunny and overused. On October 14th, an entry for "Punctuated! For! Emphasis!" was created on TV Tropes.^[1] On July 6th, 2012, the 5secondfilms YouTube channel uploaded a video titled "Best. Day. Ever.", in which actors John Travolta and Tom Cruise beg actress Kelly Preston to pull a car over to receive free massages (shown below, left). On YouTuber Mr. Arturo Trejo uploaded a video titled "Best. Day. EVER!", in which he takes his son on a day trip to the Hoover Dam (shown below, right).

On April 27th, 2014, Redditor amazingbrowncow submitted a four-pane image macro of television host Steve Irwin posed with a crocodile with the caption "OMG Steve Irwin / Best / Day / Ever" to the /r/funny^[3] subreddit (shown below). In nine days, the post garnered upwards of 26,300 upvotes and 330 comments.