Hello, I'm a Professor in a Movie

About

Hello, I'm a Professor in a Movie refers to a phrasal template that mocks film cliches. The template begins "Hello, I'm a [X] in a movie," followed by a series of cliches that the cinematic characters perform that differ from those professions in reality.

Origin

On January 1st, 2019, Twitter ^[1] @_roryturnbull tweeted, "Hello, I'm a professor in a movie, I only reach the main point of my lecture right as class is ending. Then I yell at students about the reading / homework as they leave." The post received more than 22,000 retweets and 166,000 likes in three days (shown below).

Spread

Following the post, other people on Twitter posted variations on the format. Two days later, Twitter^[2] user @Ceilidhann tweeted, "Hello, I'm a writer in a movie. I write one piece a week and live in a two bedroom New York apartment with a walk-in wardrobe. Also I never actually pitch anywhere, the jobs just come to me." Within 24 hours, the tweet received more than 2,300 retweets and 20,000 likes (shown below, left).

Over the next 24 hours, others began posting the variations of the format (examples below, center and right).

On January 3rd, Twitter^[3] published a Moments page on the format.

Greatest Hits

On January 16th, the meme evolved to other professions and jobs that exist outside of movies. Twitter^[4] user @YourMomsucksTho tweeted one of the earliest known variation. They wrote, "Hi, i'm a mom. You might know me from some of my Greatest Hits like 'I thought your game was cancelled', 'please don't fart on your sister', 'why are there dirty socks in the refrigerator' and 'I've clearly failed as a mother, just wait until your father gets home.'" Within one week, the tweet received more than 1,300 retweets and 10,000 likes (shown below).

Throughout the week, more users posted this variant of the meme (shown below). These versions frequently featured the phrase, "You might know me from some of my Greatest Hits."

On January 21st, 2019, Twitter^[5] published a Moments page about the variants.

Various Examples

Search Interest

External References