The you are like papa Strangers Things meme has gone viral on TikTok, know its meaning
With Season 4 of Netflix’s blockbuster program finishing up, fans have been reliving Season 2 and doing their best impersonation of Millie Bobby Brown’s character, 11-by having an adolescent rage tantrum.
You Are Like Papa Trend Meaning As Stranger Things Meme Goes Viral On TikTok
TikTok has evolved beyond being a platform only for dancing routines and lip-syncing to songs, and pretty much anything can – and generally does – become viral these days.
Several of these trends may be ascribed to distinct sounds, which vary from track remixes and quotations from TV shows or movies to anything else added. That is exactly what has been happening with the most recent Stranger Things-themed fad.
The Trend ‘You Are Like Papa’ Explained.
If you haven’t seen Stranger Things, there aren’t really any huge spoilers here. Season 2 was released in 2017, so you’ve got plenty of time to catch up.
In the second season, episode 5, “Chapter Five: The Flea as well as the Acrobat,” released in 2017, Hopper (David Harbour) has an assertion with Eleven (Millie Bobby Brown) about breaking out of their cabin where she’d been hidden for almost a year and needed to shield her from Hawkins Lab, from which she escaped.
So, when Eleven returned, Hopper imposed severe parenting sanctions, like grounding her and prohibiting her from watching television or having Eggo waffles, as he informed Eleven that there were consequences for her actions. “You have to recognize that your actions have repercussions.”
Eleven, on the other hand, was irritated and said, “You are like Papa!”
“Really?” said a frustrated Hopper.
Dr. Martin Brenner (Matthew Modine) is the Director of Hawkins Lab, who nurtured a series of test subjects with psychokinetic talents, including Eleven, and instructed them to address him as “Papa” in order for them to regard him as more than just a parental figure.
Four years after the scene aired, Eleven’s quote: “You are like Papa” has become a humorous trend on TikTok, where users describe instances in which we all embody Eleven’s rage when faced with reality, with 42,000 videos employing the sound.
Rise of TikTok’s New Favorite Trend
You’re like papa is the worst trend on tiktok rn
— notsomer (@hotgorlsomer) July 25, 2022
Imagine saying “yOU ARE LIKE PAPA” irl and the person you’re talking to isn’t on tiktok nor watches stranger things
— toni 🐈⬛🔪 FE3H BIRTH (@paatuhod) July 25, 2022
The trend rising from the episode is TikTokers mocking themselves for failing to consider the consequences of their actions, with examples ranging from overspending when shopping to staying up too late at night and even making snarky remarks to their parents.
In the previous several weeks, about 50,000 clips have been created with sound, with the trend truly taking off towards the end of July as some of the latest videos have piled up stratospheric views.
It remains to be seen how long it will survive, but considering the popularity of Stranger Things, we wouldn’t be surprised if it sticks around for a little longer.
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