Memes / Justice League (2017)

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For Zack Snyder's Justice League, see here.

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• Josstice League is the most common name applied to the theatrical cut used to differentiate it from the Snyder Cut. "Whedon Cut" is also used, albeit to a much lesser extent.
• A photo of J. K. Simmons with well-muscled arms has attracted a lot of attention, with some people theorizing that it was actually Gordon who smashed the Joker's teeth. Simmons has denied that he did it for the film as he's been serious about his fitness for several years already.
• Within hours of the Comic-con Footage being released, the ever (in)famous Bat-meme of Bruce Wayne adopting plucky orphans manages to overlap onto Barry Allen, largely due to his youth, their chemistry, and the color red, of course.
• Also from the scene of Bruce recruiting Barry is the odd fascination some fans have with the fact that Rick and Morty is playing on one of Barry's TVs.
• Additionally, Aquaman slamming Bruce into a wall has been memed to Hell and back. Popular variants include the fake headline "Breaking News: Batman Doesn't Learn Lesson, Insults Another Superhuman", Batman telling Aquaman to "let go of [him], you fucking mermaid", and this:
  Bruce Wayne: You have to find Nemo!
  Aquaman: WHY DID YOU SAY THAT NAME!?!?!
  • Note that, related to the above, both have/had a father named Thomas. Some memes played on this.
• Some have gone the extra mile straight into Black Comedy.
  Bruce Wayne: I hear you talk to fish.
  Aquaman: I hear you talk to graves.
• Another Aquaman-related one has come up with this behind the scenes photo of Jason Momoa holding a guitar in costume.
• This exchange between Barry and Bruce has been crowned the funniest moment in the movie (and became even more beloved by the fact that it was a line from Snyder's original footage).
  Barry Allen: So what are your superpowers again?
  Bruce Wayne: I'm rich.
• The "You Can't Save The World Alone"◊ poster immediately got this knockoff◊ as a satirical explanation of why Superman isn't with them.
  • The poster is popular for fan remakes. It's also got comic, Superfriends, Lego Justice League, DCAU, Arrowverse, and even Marvel versions (all easily findable in a quick Google search.) Even Teen Titans Go! To the Movies made an official parody poster!
• A report on the reshoots talked about some of the actors' schedule conflicts, most notably Henry Cavill, who had grown a mustache for Mission: Impossible – Fallout and was not allowed to shave it for JL reshoots, so it would have to be digitally removed in post-production. This led to loads of jokes like "Freddy Mercury is Superman" and photoshopping mustaches on prior depictions of Superman.
  • This meme went on to experience a resurgence after Invincible (2021) came out, as one of its main characters is a Superman Substitute who sports a thick mustache, leading to some fanart using Cavill as a model for a younger Omni-Man.
• When footage of Michael McElhatton's character was revealed, nearly everybody began making Roose Bolton jokes on comments under the clip and on social media, as seen here.
• "Mustache-gate" is the common name for how the facial hair Henry Cavill was contractually obligated to grow out for another role he was doing at the time and the botched CGI used for erasing it◊ became the de facto symbols of everything that went wrong with the movie.
• And of course thanks to the omnipresence of Mother Boxes in the plot of the film, the inevitable nickname Martha Box has gained traction.
• In Latin America, Aquaman's "You're out of your mind, Bruce Wayne" quote was translated as "Estas enfermo, Bruce Wayne" (literally "You're sick, Bruce Wayne"). It's become a huge meme to express disgust towards others.
• In box-office discussion circles, this movie is used as a tongue-in-cheek unit of measurement of blockbuster performance thanks to its infamous box office underperformance (one Justice League equals $229 million).
• "And I did Josstice League too!" ^Explanation Referring to the Villain Song of Agatha Harkness in WandaVision, in which she boasts that she's the one behind everything bad that happened in the show all along. Most notably, she killed Sparky the dog, too.
• "You won't let me live... You won't let me die." ^Explanation Used in situations where one person creates a good scenario for another person/thing, and then changes the situation to a bad one, such as "My phone when I plug it in at 5% and unplug it at 15%".
• The part of Flash trying to sneak up behind Superman and finding to his horror that Superman can catch up to him became a meme for people describing getting caught while trying to be sneaky.

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