The Right Guy Is Already Here

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About

The Right Guy Is Already Here refers to a two-panel meme format in which a woman rejects a man trying to "be the right guy for her" and responds that "the right guy" is already there, with a certain character standing behind her back. Originating from a 2018 webcomic by Sundae Kids, the format gained popularity among Spanish-speaking users in August 2020, followed by global popularity in October 2020.

Origin

On January 23rd, 2018, webcomics artist Sundae Kids posted a two-panel comic in which a man on a porch tells a woman inside the house that he is trying to be "the right one for her." In the second panel of the comic, the woman rejects the man, telling him, "The right one doesn't have to try." The comic (shown below) garnered over 73,000 reactions and 47,000 shares on Facebook^[1] in three years. An Instagram^[2] post made by Sunday Kids on January 25th gained over 18,300 likes in the same period.

Prior to August 2nd, 2020, an unknown user posted the first meme based on the webcomic, altering the template. The altered version, based on a Spanish translation of the comic, replaced the woman's answer with "el indicado ya llegó" ("the one is already here"), with an image of Gangster SpongeBob edited in. On August 2nd, the meme was reposted by Implying memes are an art form,^[3] Jaimeme^[4] and several other Facebook meme pages, with the post in Implying memes are an art form gaining over 620 reactions and 1,900 shares in four months.

Spread

Following the viral spread of the Gangster SpongeBob edit, the format gained popularity among Spanish-speaking meme pages on Facebook and Instagram. For example, on August 8th, Facebook^[5] page Chayanne Toreroposting posted a meme that gained over 1,900 reactions and 720 shares in four months (shown below, left). On August 10th, Facebook^[6] page La bufanda de Mikasa posted a version that received over 4,500 reactions and 520 shares (shown below, right).

The exact user or page that first posted the English version of the meme is unconfirmed. On October 3rd, 2020, Instagram^[7] account dark_iron_gains posted the earliest found English version of the meme, gaining over 4,800 likes in two months (shown below, left). On October 5th, Facebook^[8] page Rappers In Peculiar Places posted a version of the meme that gained over 1,100 reactions and 300 shares in two months (shown below, center). Starting on October 7th, an Apu Apustaja version of the meme (shown below, right) gained viral spread on Facebook.^[9]^[10]