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Michael Biopic Fake Post-Credits Musicians Initiative Avengers Parody Meme

This 3-panel meme parodies the classic post-credits scene from the 2012 *Avengers* film where Nick Fury recruits Tony Stark to the Avengers Initiative. The first two panels feature Jaafar Jackson playing Michael Jackson in the 2025 biopic *Michael*, wearing the iconic red *Thriller* jacket and smiling. The first panel's text reads "Mr. Jackson, you've become part of a bigger universe, you just don't know it yet." The second panel shows Michael responding "Who are you?". The third panel cuts to a lineup of actors portraying legendary musicians from other popular biopics: from left to right, Timothée Chalamet as Bob Dylan (from the upcoming *A Complete Unknown*), Stefan Adegbola as Peter Tosh (from *Bob Marley: One Love*), Rami Malek as Freddie Mercury (from *Bohemian Rhapsody*), Austin Butler as Elvis Presley (from *Elvis*), and Taron Egerton as Elton John (from *Rocketman*). The text below Freddie reads "Freddie Mercury, lead singer of Queen. I'm here to talk about the Musicians Initiative". The core joke frames all modern mainstream musician biopics as part of a connected cinematic universe, similar to the Marvel Cinematic Universe, teasing a fictional cross-over team-up of deceased iconic musicians.
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Mr. Jackson, you've become part of a bigger universe, you just don't know it yet.
Who are you?
Freddie Mercury, lead singer of Queen. I'm here to talk about the Musicians Initiative

Overview

This 3-panel meme parodies the classic post-credits scene from the 2012 Avengers film where Nick Fury recruits Tony Stark to the Avengers Initiative. The first two panels feature Jaafar Jackson playing Michael Jackson in the 2025 biopic Michael, wearing the iconic red Thriller jacket and smiling. The first panel's text reads "Mr. Jackson, you've become part of a bigger universe, you just don't know it yet." The second panel shows Michael responding "Who are you?". The third panel cuts to a lineup of actors portraying legendary musicians from other popular biopics: from left to right, Timothée Chalamet as Bob Dylan (from the upcoming A Complete Unknown), Stefan Adegbola as Peter Tosh (from Bob Marley: One Love), Rami Malek as Freddie Mercury (from Bohemian Rhapsody), Austin Butler as Elvis Presley (from Elvis), and Taron Egerton as Elton John (from Rocketman). The text below Freddie reads "Freddie Mercury, lead singer of Queen. I'm here to talk about the Musicians Initiative". The core joke frames all modern mainstream musician biopics as part of a connected cinematic universe, similar to the Marvel Cinematic Universe, teasing a fictional cross-over team-up of deceased iconic musicians.

Origin notes

This meme was originally shared on the r/Meme subreddit on Reddit, as confirmed by the provided source metadata. It was created and circulated shortly after promotional material for the 2025 Michael Jackson biopic Michael was released to the public. The creator edited together stills from six separate music biopics, and adapted the dialogue from the Avengers 2012 post-credits recruitment scene to make the joke about a shared "music biopic cinematic universe". It went viral as fans joked about the trend of Hollywood producing high-profile musician biopics in the 2010s and 2020s.

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