It's Showtime

About

“It's Showtime” is a memorable quote uttered by the character Mr. Incredible (voiced by Criag T. Nelson) in the trailer for the 2004 superhero film The Incredibles. Online, a screen-capture from the scene has been used in image macros featuring the quote as a punchline to various jokes about preparing for danger.

Origin

In 2003,^[1] the teaser for The Incredibles began appearing before movies in theaters. In the trailer, the character Mr. Incredible gets a called for aid and proudly puts on his mask and says, "It's showtime."

On September 25th, 2017, FunnyJunk ^[2] user chokinandtokin posted a screenshot of the moment with the caption, "When you're sitting down to take a test and you hear a kid say, 'Somebody shoot me already.'" Within four months, the post (shown below) received more than 960 upvotes and 17,000 views.

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That day, Redditor ^[3] Snaccetti posted a photoshopped version of the image, placing in references to the video game League of Legends. They captioned the post, "When your team bans your champion and nunu is open." The post (shown below, left) received more than 400 points in four months.

About a week later, on October 2nd, Imgur ^[4] user GetsBannedWayTooMuch posted the image with the caption "When the 24/hr ban gets lifted." The post (shown below, center) received more than 2,400 points and 145,000 views in four months.

The following day, Redditor^[5] digitaltaco13 posted a variation in the /r/dankchristianmemes, referenceing the swearing on a Christian server meme. They captioned the post, "when you get banned from a christian minecraft server for saying frick so you make a new account." The post (shown below, right) received more than 560 points (97% upvotes) in four months.

On March 5th, 2018, Redditor^[6] TheBanisherOfRegs made a version that referenced police brutality on African Americans in the /r/dankmemes subreddit. They captioned the post, "When you become a white cop and finally see a black person." The post (shown below) received more than 24,000 points (87% upvotes) and 180 comments.

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