Yo Mister White! Someone's at the Door

About

Yo Mister White! Someone's at the Door refers to an ironic Breaking Bad meme subformat in which Jesse Pinkman notifies Walter White of somebody standing at the door, with the person, a character from a certain franchise, then revealed and Walter White then transported into the universe of that franchise. The exploitable image macro typically consists of four panels above to set up the joke, with the fifth panel at the bottom containing the photoshopped crossover with Walter White.

Origin

On October 5th, 2020, during the peak popularity of ironic Breaking Bad memes, content creator bearboob posted a five-panel meme in which Jesse Pinkman notifies Walter White of a person standing at the door. The person, revealed to be Nick Fury from the Marvel universe, greets White in a similar way to how he recruits new members of the Avengers in Marvel movies. The last panel shows Walter White among the Avengers. The post received over 30,000 likes on Instagram^[1] in one year (shown below).

Spread

In the following month, the image received viral spread online with reposts on Reddit,^[2] Facebook^[3] and other platforms. On November 24th, 2020, Redditor Zacktey submitted the earliest found derivative meme based on the format to the /r/OkBuddyPersona^[4] subreddit, where it received over 500 upvotes in six months (shown below, left). On May 1st, 2021, Redditor GlucoseGarbage posted the only other version of the meme submitted prior to late June 2021, when the format achieved popularity (shown below, center). The post gained over 3,800 upvotes in /r/okbuddyretard^[5] six months.

The format saw its first surge in popularity in late June 2021, although the exact trigger, likely a viral repost, is unknown. On June 25th, Twitter^[6] user @dailyfnaf_ posted the earliest discovered version of the meme from that period, a Five Nights at Freddy's edit that gained over 50 retweets and 330 likes in four months (shown below, right).

In late June and early July 2021, several viral versions of the meme were shared on social media, driving the popularization of the format. For example, on June 26th, Twitter^[7] user @theblueisin123 posted a meme about YouTuber SomeOrdinaryGamers that gained over 40 retweets and 1,600 likes in four months (shown below, left). On July 1st, Instagram^[8] user harverd.universite reposted a meta version of the meme created by an unknown user; the post gained over 10,000 likes in four months (shown below, center). On July 3rd, Instagram^[9] user g__r__u reposted a The Walking Dead meme that gained over 9,500 likes in four months (shown below, right).

In July and August 2021, multiple viral versions of the meme were posted on Reddit, Instagram and other social media. For example, on July 23rd, 2021, Redditor^[10] Andreeeeeeeeeeeeeee3 posted an Overwatch version of the meme that received over 4,200 upvotes in /r/okbuddyretard in three months (shown below, left). On August 31st, Redditor^[11] TigerMafiaFromUganda posted a meme that gained over 8,300 upvotes in /r/ShitPostCrusaders in two months (shown below, center).

On October 3rd, 2021, Twitter^[12] user @rramshackled reposted a Squid Game version of the meme created by an unknown user. The image was widely circulated online in the following weeks (shown below, right).

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