Hazmat suits ready: Good guys lost movie question meme
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Overview
This meme is composed of two parts: the top section is a screenshot of a Reddit post from user u/Invic-117 asking the question 'What's a good movie where the "good guys" lost?', and the bottom section is a reaction image of Gumball Watterson from the animated series The Amazing World of Gumball, dressed in a suit sitting behind an office desk with a smug, scheming knowing expression, with the caption below him reading 'I think we all know where this is going'. The joke relies on the common internet trend where users respond to this type of question with controversial, often offensive hot takes that reference real-world tragic or politically contested events (framed as the 'movie' in question), leading to heated, toxic arguments in the comment section, which aligns with the original 9Gag title referencing needing hazmat suits to engage with the content.
Origin notes
This meme was first posted as a question on Reddit by user u/Invic-117, then edited to pair with the popular Gumball scheming reaction template, before being reposted to 9Gag under the title 'Hazmat suits ready'. The Gumball reaction template is a widely used meme format to signal that a conversation is about to proceed in a predictable, edgy, or controversial direction.