People on dating apps be like (Emperor's New Groove Meme)

This is a 4-panel meme that repurposes scenes from Disney's 2000 animated film *The Emperor's New Groove* to joke about the behavior of people using dating apps. The top lead-in text reads 'People on dating apps be like:'. The first panel shows the character Kuzco preparing to review a line of potential suitors, with the subtitle 'Alrighty! Let's trot out the ladies! Let's take a look-see.'. The second panel depicts Kuzco judging each woman in the line harshly, dismissing almost all of them with superficial criticisms: 'Hate your hair, not likely, yikes, yikes, yikes...'. The third panel shows Kuzco speaking dismissively to the only remaining candidate, saying 'And let me guess, you have a great personality.'. The final panel shows Kuzco complaining to an attendant about the quality of candidates, asking 'Is this really the best you can do?'. The meme satirizes how many dating app users are excessively picky, rejecting most matches immediately for trivial superficial reasons and dismissing non-physical positive traits like personality as an insufficient consolation prize.

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Alrighty! Let's trot out the ladies! Let's take a look-see.

Hate your hair, not likely, yikes, yikes, yikes...

And let me guess, you have a great personality.

Is this really the best you can do?

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People on dating apps be like:

Overview

This is a 4-panel meme that repurposes scenes from Disney's 2000 animated film The Emperor's New Groove to joke about the behavior of people using dating apps. The top lead-in text reads 'People on dating apps be like:'. The first panel shows the character Kuzco preparing to review a line of potential suitors, with the subtitle 'Alrighty! Let's trot out the ladies! Let's take a look-see.'. The second panel depicts Kuzco judging each woman in the line harshly, dismissing almost all of them with superficial criticisms: 'Hate your hair, not likely, yikes, yikes, yikes...'. The third panel shows Kuzco speaking dismissively to the only remaining candidate, saying 'And let me guess, you have a great personality.'. The final panel shows Kuzco complaining to an attendant about the quality of candidates, asking 'Is this really the best you can do?'. The meme satirizes how many dating app users are excessively picky, rejecting most matches immediately for trivial superficial reasons and dismissing non-physical positive traits like personality as an insufficient consolation prize.

Origin notes

This meme was originally shared on the Reddit r/Meme subreddit with the accompanying title 'That movie was ahead of its time'. It is an edited remix of scenes from the theatrical release of The Emperor's New Groove, with custom added subtitles to recontextualize the original film scene (a sequence where Kuzco reviews potential brides) into a joke about modern dating app behavior. A 'made with mematic' watermark at the bottom left confirms the meme was created using the popular Mematic mobile meme editing application.

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