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I Heard Someone Threatened The Pope

This is an edited meme featuring a Papal Swiss Guard in his traditional colorful striped uniform. The image is edited to add glowing red laser eyes to the guard, who is grinning aggressively while pulling open his outer cloak to reveal a modern submachine gun hidden underneath. The top text reads 'I heard that someone threatened the Pope!', which is a comedic exaggeration of how quickly and forcefully the Pope's personal guard will respond to any threat against him. The original post title was 'The Swish are excited', a pun on 'Swiss' referencing the Swiss Guard.
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I heard that someone threatened the Pope!

Overview

This is an edited meme featuring a Papal Swiss Guard in his traditional colorful striped uniform. The image is edited to add glowing red laser eyes to the guard, who is grinning aggressively while pulling open his outer cloak to reveal a modern submachine gun hidden underneath. The top text reads 'I heard that someone threatened the Pope!', which is a comedic exaggeration of how quickly and forcefully the Pope's personal guard will respond to any threat against him. The original post title was 'The Swish are excited', a pun on 'Swiss' referencing the Swiss Guard.

Origin notes

This meme originated on Reddit as noted in the given metadata, it is edited from an original photograph of a serving Papal Swiss Guard, with added edits for the laser eyes and hidden weapon to create a joke following reports of threats against the Pope.

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