Netflix Adjacent Shows Accidentally Spell Resident Evil Meme
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Interface text includes 'Movies', 'My Netflix', 'THE RESIDENT' on the left show thumbnail, and 'EVIL' on the right show thumbnail.
Overview
This image is a photograph of a Netflix streaming service user interface, displaying two television show thumbnails placed next to each other in the content library. The left thumbnail is for the medical drama 'The Resident', which displays the text 'THE RESIDENT' prominently at the bottom of the tile. The right thumbnail is for the supernatural horror series 'Evil', which displays the text 'EVIL' prominently at the bottom of its tile. The core joke of the meme is the visual wordplay: when placed side by side, the words 'RESIDENT' and 'EVIL' combine to spell 'Resident Evil', the name of the extremely popular global horror video game and film franchise.
Origin notes
This meme was originally posted on Reddit as part of meme sharing communities, with the original post title given as 'thank you resident evil'. It is a user-captured photograph of their personal Netflix streaming interface, shared to highlight the happy accidental wordplay created by the adjacent placement of the two show thumbnails.
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