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Sorry Mate, Wrong Path

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Sorry Mate, Wrong Path refers to a reaction image from Bandersnatch in which the character Colin says the line. The image has been paired with various captions describing one making a poor decision.

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In Bandersnatch, a film in the Black Mirror series which has a "choose your own adventure"-type structure, if a viewer chooses a certain path, then the character Colin will tell the main character, Stefan Butler, "Sorry mate, wrong path," breaking the film's fourth wall (shown below).



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On December 28th, the day of the film's release, Redditor CXNEILPUNKXC posted a picture of Sid from Toy Story in /r/BlackMirror with the caption, "Wrong path, mate,"[1] comparing Colin to the character. The post gained over 4,900 points (shown below, left). On December 31st, user hamidtorres[2] used the still as a reaction image, gaining over 430 points (shown below, right).



Over the following months, the format continued spreading in Reddit. On January 17th, user LaReinaAzul posted an example to /r/memes (shown below, left). Another edit appeared on 9GAG[3] on January 23rd (shown below, right).



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[1] Reddit – Wrong Path Mate

[2] Reddit – Feel You Bro

[3] 9GAG – Sorry Mate


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