Wake Up! It's No Use! He's in A Deep Coma!

About

Wake Up! It's No Use! He's in A Deep Coma! refers to an exploitable image macro that originated from an edited panel of an edition of the comic Morning Glories, drawn by artist Joe Eisma. The meme template depicts a bandaged man laying on a hospital bed as his friends attempt to coax him awake by saying, "Wake Up!," "C'mon, snap out of it!," "Please…if you can hear my voice…," "It's no use! He's in a deep coma!" The bandaged man is then shown to wake up after a punchline, often to the effect of his prized possessions being sold, a familiar sound or in anticipation of an event. While the origins of the template are unknown, the meme first went viral on Reddit in 2019.

Origin

On April 16th, 2014, the 38th issue of the comic book Morning Glories, co-created by author Nick Spencer and artist Joe Eisma, was released. The comic contained a scene where a character named "Gribbs" is shown laying injured and bandaged in a hospital bed as someone attempts to coax him awake (seen below).^[1]

On June 22nd, 2019, Redditor^[2] adeptopeth212 posted the earliest known version of the meme to the subreddit /r/funny gathering over 8,000 upvotes in three years (seen below, left). Also on June 22nd, an unknown user posted a version of the meme to Imgur,^[3] gathering over 58,000 views in a similar timeframe (seen below, right).

Spread

On June 23rd, 2019, the Facebook^[4] page Successful Stoners posted a version of the meme that gathered over 7,000 reactions in over three years (seen below, left). On July 28th, an unknown user uploaded what appears to be the original meme to Imgur,^[5] gathering over 90,000 views in three years (seen below, right).

On September 1st, 2019, Redditor^[6] StupidSiblings uploaded a version of the meme to /r/dankmemes, gathering over 21,000 upvotes in three years (seen below, left). On October 4th, 2019, Facebook^[7] page Restaurant Memes posted a version of the meme, gathering over 200 reactions in three years (seen below, right).

Various Examples

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