Add French Fries to make it extra American!
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Overview
This is a two-panel animated meme using characters from the 2007 DreamWorks film Bee Movie. In the top panel, the female character labeled 'European' speaks smugly with her eyes closed, saying 'Did you know that here in Europe, we put hot dogs and corn on pizza?', while the male character labeled 'AMERICANS' has his back turned, unaware of the statement. In the bottom panel, the woman continues: 'And we call it "American Style" pizza', prompting the American man to turn around with a shocked, bewildered, and disgusted expression. The humorous punchline subverts the common stereotype that Americans create bastardized, unusual versions of traditional international foods, by instead showing Europeans inventing non-traditional pizza toppings and branding them as American, to the shock of actual American people. The original posted title adds an extra punchline suggesting adding French fries would make the pizza even more stereotypically American.
Origin notes
This meme originates from the Reddit Meme subreddit, retrieved as an RSS feed source. It uses edited footage from the 2007 animated film Bee Movie, applying the common reaction meme format of a character turning around in shock at an unexpected or offensive statement. The original post was titled 'Add French Fries to make it extra American!', leaning into the joke about exaggerated stereotypes of American fast food and modified international cuisine.
![This is a 2-panel reaction meme using the well-known Mr Bean exam cheating scene template. In the first panel, the student sitting on the left is labeled 'Europe', focused on writing on his exam paper, while Mr. Bean sitting to his right is labeled 'Americans naming cities' and is sneakily glancing at Europe's paper. In the second panel, Europe looks up with an annoyed, surprised expression at Mr. Bean, who is caught looking, with text next to Mr. Bean reading '"New [City name]"'. The joke satirizes the common naming convention used for many United States cities, where the prefix 'New' is added to the name of an existing European city for newly established settlements, such as New York, New Orleans, New Hampshire, and New London.](https://gagbase.com/i/c/memes/96/58/df/90/9658df90d3c4d5bf9899ba1e9a441daa.jpeg.webp)
