Give Me the Child

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"Give Me the Child" is a memorable quote uttered by the character Henry J. Waternoose III in the 2001 animated Pixar film Monsters, Inc. The line has been included in an image macro series featuring the character Sulley holding the character Boo.

Origin

On November 2nd, 2001, the film Monsters, Inc was released in the United States.^[1] In the film, the character Sulley attempts to flee the Henry J. Waternoose (voiced by John Goodman and James Coburn, respectively), who wants to return the human character Boo (clip below).

On October 1st, 2018, Memedroid^[2] user posted the image with the caption, "cuando el papá de tu novia se entera de que eres mayor y se ven a escondidas." (translation: "When your girlfriend’s dad finds out that you’re older and they sneak up") The post received more than 1,800 points (98% upvoted) in less than two years (shown below).

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On August 28th, 2019, Redditor ^[3] LukeIsPalpatine posted an image edit version of the image with about the FBI taking Loli content. The post reieved more than 500 points (99% upvoted) in less than one year (shown below, left).

On February 17th, 2020, Redditor^[4] Deleriousmexican shared a variation as a reaction to the caption "Divorced parents on weekends." The post received more than 32,000 points (93% upvoted) and 165 comments in less than two days (shown below, center).

Two days later, Redditor^[5] Dare568 shared a Prequel Memes variation, which received more than 25,000 points (98% upvoted) and 215 comments (shown below, right).

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