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This meme humorously contrasts the core pop culture perceptions of three major sci-fi franchises: it first labels Star Wars as being famous for 'space wizards' (referring to Jedi and Sith Force users), Star Trek as famous for 'space explorers' (referring to its premise of interstellar exploration crews), then cuts to a screenshot of a Minecraft Nether portal (a blocky portal that transports players to the dangerous, unknown Nether dimension) with the text 'where?' and US flag emojis placed in front of it, joking that the core premise of Stargate SG1 revolves around US military teams travelling through alien stargate portals to random unknown planets with little prior knowledge of their destination.
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Star Wars: space wizards!!
Star Trek: space explorers!!
Stargate SG1:
where?

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Humorous comparison of core tropes of three popular sci-fi franchises

Overview

This meme humorously contrasts the core pop culture perceptions of three major sci-fi franchises: it first labels Star Wars as being famous for 'space wizards' (referring to Jedi and Sith Force users), Star Trek as famous for 'space explorers' (referring to its premise of interstellar exploration crews), then cuts to a screenshot of a Minecraft Nether portal (a blocky portal that transports players to the dangerous, unknown Nether dimension) with the text 'where?' and US flag emojis placed in front of it, joking that the core premise of Stargate SG1 revolves around US military teams travelling through alien stargate portals to random unknown planets with little prior knowledge of their destination.

Origin notes

Per the provided source information, this meme was circulated on the Reddit:Meme subreddit. The Minecraft gameplay clip used to make the meme is sourced from a TikTok creator, as evidenced by the TikTok watermark and username @capitan_ochevidnosttb visible on the lower left of the image.

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