Recaption

About

Recaption or Caption Changing refers to an evolution of reaction image image macros templates in which certain letters of the text in the image macro is blacked out to create a new phrase in the picture, which is then accompanied by a caption to be relevant for the new image. They tend to be popular on Reddit.

Origin

One of the earliest known memes to evolve this way was Ah, I See You're A Man of Culture as Well. I See You're a Man of Culture is a reaction image featuring a screenshot of the character Last Samurai from the anime Arakawa Under the Bridge with the caption "Ah, I see you're a man of culture as well."

The meme began spreading in March of 2017, beginning on the 9th. By March 22nd, edits which blacked out parts of the text to create new phrases and reaction images began appearing on the subreddit /r/dankmemes (examples shown below).

Spread

Through the following year, several more image macros evolved in this way.

Now This Looks Like a Job For Me

Now This Looks Like a Job For Me refers to an image from the music video for the song “Without Me” by Eminem that began being used as a reaction image in late June of 2017 for situations in which the poster volunteers for a task. The jokes tend to be edgy in content and are popular on meme-focused subreddits. The meme developed such that the image macro of Eminem was blacked out by various creators.

What About the Droid Attack on the Wookiees

What About the Droid Attack on the Wookiees is a line of dialogue spoken by the character Ki-Adi-Mundi in the 2005 film Star Wars: Episode III -- Revenge of the Sith. Online, the phrase, as well as a picture from the scene in which it was uttered, has become popular among Prequel Meme communities. As that meme spread, the line was altered via text blackout.

I'm Something of a Scientist Myself

I'm Something of a Scientist Myself is a memorable quote uttered by the character Norman Osborn (played by Willem Dafoe) in the 2002 superhero film Spider-Man. Online, a screen-capture from the scene has been used in image macros featuring the quote as a punchline to various jokes about one’s scientific expertise. The image macro began growing popular in February of 2018, and quickly evolved into text blackout variations.

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