$14,000,000 Reflecting Pool Fail Meme

Bottom of the reflecting pool, Normal ass water

This animated meme uses a comedic scene from the sitcom Arrested Development. A character fully covered in blue body paint taps another character wearing a white shirt on the shoulder, then turns to walk away, leaving obvious blue paint marks on the white shirt. The blue-painted character is labeled 'Bottom of the reflecting pool', while the other character is labeled 'Normal ass water'. The joke references the widely shared viral story of a $14,000,000 public reflecting pool that turned cloudy and blue after regular water reacted poorly with the pool's bottom coating, spreading blue residue throughout the previously clear water, which is analogous to the blue paint transferring onto the white shirt in the scene.

This meme originates from the Reddit r/Meme subreddit, as confirmed by the provided source information. It repurposes a widely used comedic scene from the sitcom Arrested Development where the character Tobias Fünke accidentally covers himself entirely in blue body paint, to satirize the viral story of the costly failed reflecting pool. The 'made with mematic' watermark present on the image confirms it was edited using the Mematic mobile meme creation application.