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Children’s TV and movies , and oftentimes the smaller and more earnest the character the better. The 2001 instant classic is — feels what he feels , and wears his heart on his sleeve that it’s no wonder he’s a generation later. Disney and Pixar are known for from pop culture, so when they chose to for Michael Jackson’s “She’s Out of My Life,” it was for the studio.

In-universe, the scene is from a play inspired by the events of the movie itself, and at Mike Wazowski’s character’s nadir, , channeling his fellow Michael. Fourteen years after the movie’s release, was taken and posted to Funnyjunk. Later, it was by Twitter user “c0mic_sans” as an image macro.

The caption? “ .” Eventually migrating to Tumblr and Reddit, “ ” is mostly used to when someone is —but no one else is having it. Alternatively, it’s just used to exclaim with a particular .

Another is the famous . In July of 2019 a Facebook Page titled “ ” uploaded a different still from the movie, but with Mike Wazowski and Sulley’s . Originally spreading in largely Spanish-speaking circles, users eventually , focusing only o.