Ant Man Who Are You Again Meme

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Emmet-Man Will Defeat Thanos by Crawling Upwards His Butt and Expanding, also known as the Thanus Theory, refers to a humorous fan theory speculating that in the 2019 Marvel superhero film Avengers: Endgame the character Ant-Homo will defeat Thanos by entering the villain'south torso through the anus while in his microscopic form and rapidly expand from the within, killing Thanos in the procedure. In March 2019, the theory spawned a series of related memes on Reddit.

Origin

Prior to the release of 2018 film Avengers: The Infinity War, several users online proposed various theories on how Avengers could defeat supervillain Thanos, some of which relied on Ant-Human's power to compress to minuscule size and expand back. For example, on July 29th, 2017, Redditor sodabased suggested that Avengers could put Hulk in the Emmet-Man's conform, get him within Thanos's mouth and let him expand dorsum once he reaches the supervillian's urethra.^[ane] On Dec 10th, 2017, Redditor iwasherenotyou suggested that Emmet-Man himself could enter Thanos' trunk and expand.^[ii]

On December 19th, 2017, Redditor maxwellthebeech posted a mock-upwards poster of Emmet-Human being climbing Thanos's ear in /r/Curiosity subreddit, where it gained over 1,300 upvotes. In the comments, several Reddit users speculated on the thought of Ant-Man killing Thanos by expanding from inside his trunk, with Redditor Rayhann suggesting that Ant-Homo could "crawl upwards his ass and deeply violate his very being which would traumatize him".^[three]

Months later, on March 16th, 2018, Redditor^[16] bigblackhotdog posted in the /r/marvelstudios subreddit "If antman gets small-scale, goes into thanos b hole and so grows big would thanos grow with him or explode in ecstacy."

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On March 19th, 2018, Tumblr ^[fifteen] user tanjonathans wrote, "infinity war is a dumb movie cause why would you bother all those heroes to fight thanos when all yous have to exercise is become emmet-human being within his asshole, brand him grow back to his normal size and that'due south it purple joss whedon is dead." The postal service received more than 139,000 notes in one yr (shown below).

infinity war is a dumb movie cause why would you bother all those heroes to fight thanos when all you have to do is get ant-man inside his asshole, make him grow back to his normal size and that's it purple joss whedon is dead #tell me im wrong #txt Text Font White Line Product Document

On Apr 30th, 2018, Twitter^[4] user @filmgloss speculated on a potential reason why Pismire-Human being did not appear in recently released Avengers: Infinity War, making a reference to the humorous theory. The postal service gained over 11,000 retweets and 30,400 likes in i yr. On May 1st, 2018, Tumblr user a-stew posted a screenshot of the tweet which gained over 83,200 likes and reblogs in the same period.^[5]

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In the following months, the possibility of the theory working was discussed on Reddit and other online platforms.^[half-dozen] On June 7th, 2018, YouTuber John Campea posted an assay of the theory (shown below, left).^[7] On July 20th, YouTube channel entertainmentie released a video interview with the Emmet-Human actor Paul Rudd in which they asked the actor most the theory (shown below, right).

I well-nigh remember it's a question for Thanos. If at that place is one matter we learned from Infinity War, it is that Thanos can take a lot of punishment. And, and then, yous know…

On March 14th, 2019, Redditor Aimless_Devastator commented "Are we still betting on Ant-man defeating Thanos by crawling up his barrel then expanding?" in /r/movies thread defended to an Avengers: Endgame trailer. In the thread, Redditor Nolio1212 posted a response which gained over 15,200 upvotes in half dozen days (quoted beneath).^[viii]

I thought about this, and I can't retrieve of a worse death.. for Ant-man. Thanos is pretty tough, similar can take some punches from the Hulk kind-of-tough, well his butthole and insides have to be blob-level stiff too.
The way I see it happening is Ant-man crawling up his butt, expanding and and so whatever I can draw equally the chunky man soup that would come flying out of Thanos' ass from Ant-homo trying to expand into something that just won't budge.

On the same day, Redditor x720xHARDSCOPEx posted the comment in /r/copypasta subreddit, gaining over 8,200 upvotes in vi days.^[9] On March 15th, 2019, Redditor KushPatil made a post referencing the theory in /r/prequelmemes subreddit, which received over fifty,800 upvotes in five days.^[10]

poll showing 92% in favor of Ant Man crawling inside Thanos' butt and picture of Palpatine saying he loves democracy

In March 2019, numerous notable posts referencing the theory appeared in /r/dankmemes^[11] ^[12] subreddit.

Josh Brolin's Response

On March 28th, 2019, Thanos actor Josh Brolin posted an old video of exerting himself on a toilet bowl,^[xiii] hashtagged #flushanantman as a reference to the theory. The video gained over 1.two million views and 280,000 likes in 24 hours. The original video was start posted by Brolin on Apr 21st, 2018.^[14]

Scientific Caption

On April 2nd, 2019, Mel Magazine^[17] published "A BIOPHYSICIST EXPLAINS HOW Pismire-MAN COULD KILL THANOS FROM INSIDE HIS ASS." In the article, the author writes the various results of what could happen if Pismire-Human being performed the theory. Alex Klotz from MIT said:

If Emmet-Man were more than fluid as he expanded, he would splurt through the ii sphincters on either side of the rectum, out of the anus and into the colon. Nonetheless, based on videos of him shrinking and growing, it looks like he tin only expand isotropically, without irresolute shape.
I can remember of three possibilities: he just gets stuck, rectum-sized, until he shrinks once more; [he] tries to expend but builds upwardly so much pressure that it kills him; [Ant-homo splurts] out of the anus.

handwritten formulas and calculations explaining what would happen if Ant Man expanded inside Thanos' rectum

Ultimately, he concludes that considering of both Thanos' force and the ability of the Power Stone, Thanos' body may be more resilient than normal. Therefore, Ant-Man might non burst through Thanos' entire body. Klotz says, "Each tissue and connectedness in the trunk has its own strength and its own limits, and then even if he tin can expand through the rectal wall, I don't know if, for example, the same could be said about breaking the pelvis." Then Ant-Human being may burst through the anus, merely possibly non the entirety of Thanos' trunk. "Literally tearing him a new one will practise enough of damage in its own correct and at the very to the lowest degree [it'll] be extremely unpleasant."

Chuck Tingle Adaptation

On April 10th, 2019, erotica novelist Chuck Tingle released an erotic adaptation of the theory entitled Revengers Buttgame: Antguy Gets Small-scale To Go Into Thamos' Butt And then Gets Big And Hard.^[18] That mean solar day, the author tweeted,^[nineteen] "please enjoy new tingler superhero consequence REVENGERS BUTTGAME: ANTGUY GETS SMALL TO Get INTO THAMOS' Barrel AND And then GETS Big AND HARD out now." The post received more than 280 retweets and 700 likes in 24 hours (shown below).

cover for Chuck Tingle erotic novel parodying the Ant Man and Thanos theory

The synopsis for the book reads: "t's up to Antguy to use his amazing powers, shrinking himself down, entering Thamos' butt, and so bravado up extra large."

The book shortly went to #1 on Amazon'due south Fantasy Erotica rankings.
The post-obit day, Tingle tweeted,^[19] "wow just striking number ane new FANTASY EROTICA ON ALL AMAZONS this proves love and shows TASTEFUL LITERATURE Volition Ascent TO TOP IN Globe OF Self PUBLISHING to gloat i would similar to ask @ChrisEvans to come up on big time podcast for reading of REVENGERS BUTTGAME.

That day, The Daily Dot^[xx] published an article most the book. Tingle said to the website, "If [Paul Rudd] can exist a pocket-size man and a big man, so he could probably find some new means to prove love within a barrel."