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"Fuck Off, Hitler" is a memorable quote uttered by the character Jojo in the 2019 comedy war film Jojo Rabbit. Online, people feature screenshots from the film in a series of reaction image macros.

Origin

On September 8th, 2019, the film Jojo Rabbit premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival.[1] In the film, Jojo (portrayed by Roman Griffin Davis) rejects his imaginary friend Adolf Hitler's (portrayed by Taika Waititi) attempts to radicalize him by kicking in the groin and saying "Fuck off, Hitler." The kick launches Hitler out of a window (clip below).


The earliest known usage of the scene as a reaction image was posted on December 23rd, 2019 by Redditor [2] Bobbybilllboard with the caption "No one: / Some art school in Vienna." The post received more than 1,400 points (98% upvoted) in less than two months (shown below).


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Days later, December 26th, Tumblr [3] user once-upon-a-time-and-space shared a GIF of the scene. The post recieved more than 12,000 notes in less than two months (shown below, left).

Months later, Redditor[4] redditdiscordyoutube posted a similar version of the "Vienna art school" meme on the /r/memes subreddit. The variation received more than 102,000 points (96% upvoted) and 500 comments in less than two weeks (shown below, center).

On February 14th, Redditor[5] Blazegamingpug shared a variation that criticizes BuzzFeed's coverage of "straight white males." The post received more than 23,000 points (92% upvoted) and 185 comments in less than one week (shown below, right).


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External References

[1] IMDB – Jojo Rabbit

[2] Reddit – /r/HistoryMemes

[3] Tumblr – once-upon-a-time-and-space's Post

[4] Reddit – /r/memes

[5] Reddit – /r/dankmemes



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