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Robin Hood Reacts to USA Losing FIFA Tournament Meme

This is a two-panel reaction meme. The top text across the meme reads 'USA after loosing the FIFA thing'. The first panel features the Robin Hood character from the parody film *Robin Hood: Men in Tights* looking visibly shocked and confused, with overlaid text that says 'I lost. I lost?'. The second panel shows the same character holding open a large book and looking down at its pages, with overlaid text that reads 'Let me see the script.'. The joke satirizes the perceived expectation that the United States would win the referenced FIFA tournament, implying the country is so used to favorable predetermined outcomes that it is shocked by an unexpected loss and wants to check the pre-written 'script' of how the event was supposed to go.
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I lost. I lost?
Let me see the script.

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USA after loosing the FIFA thing

Overview

This is a two-panel reaction meme. The top text across the meme reads 'USA after loosing the FIFA thing'. The first panel features the Robin Hood character from the parody film Robin Hood: Men in Tights looking visibly shocked and confused, with overlaid text that says 'I lost. I lost?'. The second panel shows the same character holding open a large book and looking down at its pages, with overlaid text that reads 'Let me see the script.'. The joke satirizes the perceived expectation that the United States would win the referenced FIFA tournament, implying the country is so used to favorable predetermined outcomes that it is shocked by an unexpected loss and wants to check the pre-written 'script' of how the event was supposed to go.

Origin notes

This meme was sourced from the Reddit r/Meme subreddit via an RSS feed, with the original submitted title 'Did the cheque bounce?'. It is a remixed iteration of the widely used 'Let me see the script' meme template, which originates from a scene in the 1993 Mel Brooks comedy film Robin Hood: Men in Tights. The template was edited to add commentary about the United States losing a FIFA soccer tournament.

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