That's Another One For Apocalypse Bingo

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That's Another One For Apocalypse Bingo is a reaction image featuring animated character Kronk (played by Patrick Warburton) from the 2000 comedy film The Emperor's New Groove. The image is typically used to describe 2020’s apocalyptic events, adding another one to the imaginary “apocalypse bingo” anytime a disaster, major world event or otherwise negative news story is released. The meme began appearing on a number of social media platforms after the 2019-2020 coronavirus pandemic around March 2020.

Origin

The original clip that the meme is pulled from is seen during The Emperor's New Groove, released on December 10th, 2000, specifically the scene where Yzma and Kronk are out searching for Emperor Kuzco. During the clip (featured below), Yzma can be seen frantically running from a swarm of bugs as Kronk, equipped with quill and paper, notices a bird perched on a vine. Approaching it, Kronk says, “Oh, look. A golden-throated small-winged warbler. Just one more for exotic bird bingo. I am loving this.” Although the meme uses a still from this scene, Kronk never actually says the quote, “That’s another one for apocalypse bingo.”

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The first meme using the reaction image was posted on March 18th, 2020, by Redditor^[1] toxicpenguin9 to the r/memes sub under the title, “So we had a 5.7 earthquake in Utah this morning.” The post (seen below) received over 148,000 upvotes, 1,500 comments and numerous Reddit awards.

Another example was posted to r/memes by Redditor^[2] blitzmeme69 on April 16th, 2020. This meme (shown below) was upvoted over 50,000 times and commented on another 329 times.

On April 7th, 2020, following the news of the Chernobyl Wildfires, the Facebook^[3] page
Confessions of Crafty Witches II uploaded a meme to their newsfeed using the image. The post (seen below) received 574 shares, 329 likes and nine comments.

Imgur^[4] user OctopussSevenTwo also posted a similar example on April 13th, 2020, alongside the title, “Krakatoa erupted a couple days ago too.” This post (shown below) received over 128,000 views, 5,000 points and 300 comments.

On Instagram, various meme accounts adopted use of the image in several posts. One such example was uploaded on April 20th, 2020, by Instagram^[5] account wearelibertarians. The meme (seen below) was liked 678 times.

Additional examples of the meme can be seen in a number of Twitter posts throughout March and April 2020. Following the news that the Pentagon officially released three videos of UFO footage, Twitter^[6] user CaptainRedFace1 replied to a tweet (shown below) with the reaction, receiving over 1,200 likes and 66 retweets.

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