Look What They Need to Mimic a Fraction of Our Power

Editor's Note: This entry contains spoilers for Invincible, read at your own caution.

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Look What They Need to Mimic a Fraction of Our Power is a line of dialogue spoken by Omni-Man to Invincible in the animated TV series Invincible during a fight between the two. The line is in reference to a pair of fighter jets, used to illustrate how weak humans are in comparison to superhumans. The scene was first used as an image macro in early May 2021, becoming popularized over the course of the month. Notably, the same episode also inspired the Think, Mark meme.

Origin

On April 29th, 2021, season 1 episode 8 of the Amazon Prime Original animated series Invincible premiered on the service. Throughout the beginning of the episode, Omni-Man and Invincible, father and son, fight as Omni-Man tries to convince Invincible to help him conquer Earth. To illustrate how powerful they are in comparison to humans, Omni-Man points out a pair of fighter jets and says, "Look what they need to mimic a fraction of our power," (shown below).^[1]

On May 1st, Redditor u/Merlo_24 posted an image macro to /r/BokuNoMetaAcademia^[2] referencing the anime series My Hero Academia using a screenshot of Omni-Man from the scene saying the line, garnering over 1,000 upvotes in a month (shown below). This is the earliest known use of the scene in a meme.

Spread

The format continued to spread over the course of May 2021 in new image macros. For example, on May 11th, Redditor u/HiMyNameIsLD posted an image macro referencing video games to /r/dankmemes^[3], garnering over 6,200 upvotes in three weeks (shown below).

On May 22nd, Twitter^[4] user @rvrrbrkly posted, "updated list of slurs to use against white people" along with a series of images showing various slurs referring to white people, garnering over 2,000 likes and 1,900 retweets in two weeks. On May 24th, Twitter^[5] user @kernArtist replied with the subtitled screenshot of Omni-Man and Invincible's head labeled "N word," garnering over 400 likes in two weeks (shown below).

On May 26th, Instagram^[6] meme page @LargeTrap posted a video consisting of the "slurs against white people" tweet and a full-motion version of the scene with Omni-Man edited to hold up a phone, garnering over 159,000 likes five days (shown below).

On May 27th, Instagram^[7] meme page @pedros_friend posted a video image macro referencing the soundtrack to the Flash video game Age of War, garnering over 1,800 likes and 7,900 views in four days (shown below).

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