When Guac Is Extra

About

When Guac Is Extra is an ironic meme based on an exploitable advertisement animation for the 2018 animated film The Grinch.

Origin

On September 16th, 2018, the @grinchmovie Instagram feed posted a promotional video for the film in which The Grinch character falls to his knees below a caption that says "When Guac Is Extra" (shown below).Over the next month, the post gained over 1,300 comments, many of which mocked the post as cringeworthy and out-of-touch.

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On October 9th, 2018, the @grinchmovie Twitter feed reposted the animation. On October 16th, a screenshot of the tweet was posted to the /r/ComedyCemetary^[2] subreddit. On October 20th, Redditor megadriive submitted a deep fried version of the screenshot
to /r/DeepFriedMemes^[3] (shown below, left). On October 19th, a photoshopped variation of the image was uploaded by Instagram user @stripe_the_dude_bro (shown below, right).

On October 24th, YouTuber AkA uploaded a dubbed version of the original clip (shown below).

On October 29th, Instagram user @grombli posted an I'm Already Tracer version of original animation, which gained over 3,600 views within two weeks (shown below).

On November 10th, a screenshot of the ad was submitted to /r/FellowKids.^[4]

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