Mock Interrogation

About

Mock Interrogation refers to a dialogue meme parodying a film trope in which law enforcement officers or criminals holding someone captive attempt to extract information from someone using brutal interrogation methods. In the parodies, the interrogator attempts to get the protagonist to say something relatively benign, which the protagonist refuses to do despite often getting beaten.

Origin

On September 19th, 2014, Tumblr user jobhaver^[1] posted a dialogue parodying The X-Files, in which the FBI is trying to get the main character, Mulder, to reveal the location of "space weed." The post gained over 111,000 notes, and was cited by Meme Documentation as the first example of the meme.^[2]

Spread

The format spread on Tumblr through several popular posts over the coming months. Some examples include a post by jynerzoremade^[3] about love triangles in narratives, gaining over 168,000 notes (shown below, left). Another post by user potologie mocking "bromances" gained over 87,000 notes (shown below, right).

The meme also spread on Twitter. Several popular examples spread in the K-Pop fandom. A tweet by @420yungho gained over 170 retweets and 550 likes (shown below, left). Another tweet by @snake_friend gained over 20 retweets and 60 likes (shown below, right).

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