About

You Have Entered the Comedy Area refers to an image of the Nintendo character Mario riding a cart, paired with the quote "you have entered the comedy area." Online, the image has been used as a macro, often as a reference to obvious joke setups, especially for dad jokes.

Origin

On June 3rd, 2019, Redditor MashSouth reposted Mario Kart DS cover art showing character Mario with folded arms and with a pair of sunglasses poorly edited in, captioned "you have entered the comedy area" (the exact origin of the edit is currently unknown).^[1] The post gained over 3,600 upvotes in three weeks (shown below).

Spread

On June 10th, Redditor batman_poops_too made the first known meme based on the image, with the post receiving over 41,600 upvotes in two weeks (shown below).^[2]

In the following days, the format gained moderate spread on Reddit, with notable examples being posted in /r/memes,^[3] /r/dankmemes,^[4] /r/me_irl^[5] and other subreddits.

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