History Memes / Oppenheimer

* "Sex! I'm wanting more! Tell the world: stop the war!" [[labelnote:Explanation]]Soon after the film was released, American [=YouTuber=] and comedian Kyle Gordon released "Planet of the Bass," a parody of 1990's Eurodance songs with [[WordSaladLyrics purposefully nonsensical lyrics]]. This particular line from the song is often jokingly attributed to the real Oppenheimer or to his portrayal in the film (similar to [[Memes/Morbius2022 "It's morbin' time!"]]), as it neatly encapsulates both his sexual escapades and hand-wringing over the use of nuclear weapons.[[/labelnote]]

** Jokes about [[YourCheatingHeart his startling number of one night stands, often with married women, while he himself was also married]], including the frequent suggestion that Los Alamos was really just a way to get other men to bring their wives along to a concentrated location so Oppenheimer could tryst with the wives in question.

[-[[caption-width-right:350:[[UsefulNotes/RobertOppenheimer Oppenheimer]] if he had invented [[SugarWiki/TVTropesWillEnhanceYourLife something fun]] like Website/TVTropes]]-]

[[caption-width-right:350:[[UsefulNotes/RobertOppenheimer Oppenheimer]] if he had invented [[SugarWiki/TVTropesWillEnhanceYourLife something fun]] like Website/TVTropes]]

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* '''''"[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barbenheimer Barbenheimer]]"''''' (or, alternatively "Barbieheimer") -- The film releasing on the same day as Creator/GretaGerwig's ''Film/{{Barbie|2023}}'' with its own AllStarCast has led to many memes fusing the two films, fuelled by the sheer force of {{Bathos}} from contrasting the very serious nature of Oppenheimer's invention of the nuclear bomb and ensuing moral dilemma against the whimsical and comedic nature of ''Barbie'' (and ''Oppenheimer''[='s=] dark and sometimes DeliberatelyMonochrome look vs the bright and predominantly {{Pink|Means Feminine}} look of ''Barbie''). See also [[Memes/Barbie2023 that film's meme page]].

* Related to the Barbenheimer MasculineFeminineGayCouple example above, there's a general meme about Oppenheimer (both as portrayed by Cillian Murphy and in RealLife) being a ButchLesbian (sometimes ''while'' still being acknowledged as a cisgender man).

* Einstein's bitter prediction to Oppenheimer (based on his own rejection and re-embrace by the scientific community) that one day the same people who disgraced Oppenheimer will want to reward him for his work, but only to make themselves feel better, has grown popular as a shorthand for recognizing similar disposal/re-embrace patterns in other fields (such as [[https://x.com/fiendformojitos/status/1697633680468959555?s=46&t=Ya28dCuMrNVqvQWWTs8NJA this tweet]] suggesting Creator/GeorgeLucas is the Einstein to Creator/RianJohnson's Oppenheimer.

* The final scene of the film, more specifically, [[https://www.themarysue.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Screen-Shot-2023-05-08-at-4.07.48-PM-copy.jpg?w=1200&resize=1200%2C675 this still image of Oppenheimer's look of paralyzed guilt and dismay]], has been used as shorthand for anyone who feels [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone extreme guilt as a result of a chain of unanticipated events they started that have spiralled out of control]], albeit much more benign ones than what's in the movie. Examples include users captioning the picture or using it as a reaction to starting memes they didn't intend, [[YouKeepUsingThatWord people who coined oft-misused terms]], attributing the expression to Creator/ChristopherNolan himself [[labelnote:Explanation]]usually reflecting on the impact and wild popularity of Film/TheDarkKnight leading to a saturation of superhero movies[[/labelnote]], and other figures of pop culture.

* The final scene of the film, more specifically, [[https://www.themarysue.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Screen-Shot-2023-05-08-at-4.07.48-PM-copy.jpg?w=1200&resize=1200%2C675 this still image of Oppenheimer's look of paralyzed guilt and dismay]], has been used as shorthand for anyone who feels [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone extreme guilt as a result of a chain of unanticipated events they started that have spiralled out of control]], albeit much more benign ones than what's in the movie. Examples include users captioning the picture or using it as a reaction to starting memes they didn't intend, [[YouKeepUsingThatWord people who coined oft-misused terms]], attributing the expression to Creator/ChristopherNolan himself [[labelnote:Explanation]]usually reflecting on the impact and wild popularityof Film/TheDarkKnight leading to a saturation of superhero movies[[/labelnote]], and other figures of pop culture.

* The final scene of the film, more specifically, [[https://www.themarysue.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Screen-Shot-2023-05-08-at-4.07.48-PM-copy.jpg?w=1200&resize=1200%2C675 this still image of Oppenheimer's look of paralyzed guilt and dismay]], has been used as shorthand for anyone who feels [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone extreme guilt as a result of a chain of unanticipated events they started that have spiralled out of control]], albeit much more benign ones than what's in the movie. Examples include users captioning the picture or using it as a reaction starting memes they didn't intend, [[YouKeepUsingThatWord people who coined oft-misused terms]], attributing the expression to Creator/ChristopherNolan himself [[labelnote:Explanation]]usually reflecting on the impact and wild popularityof Film/TheDarkKnight leading to a saturation of superhero movies[[/labelnote]], and other figures of pop culture.

* The final scene of the film, more specifically, [[https://www.themarysue.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Screen-Shot-2023-05-08-at-4.07.48-PM-copy.jpg?w=1200&resize=1200%2C675 this still image of Oppenheimer's look of paralyzed guilt and dismay]], has been used as shorthand for anyone who feels [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone extreme guilt as a result of a chain of unanticipated events they started that have spiralled out of control]], albeit much more benign ones than what's in the movie. Examples include users captioning the picture or using it as a reaction starting memes they didn't intend, [[YouKeepUsingThatWord people who coined oft-misused terms]], attributing the expression to Creator/ChristopherNolan himself [[labelnote:Explanation]]usually reflecting on the impact and wild popularityof Film/TheDarkKnight leading to a saturation of superhero movies[.[/labelnote]], and other figures of pop culture.

* The Oppenbronzer.[[labelnote/Explanation]]The makeup department used bronzer to emphasize Cillian Murphy’s cheekbones even further and make his skin look more weathered to create more of a resemblance to the real Oppenheimer, and many regular makeup users on Twitter began joking about its prominence once word got out that that was the product used for that effect. Entertainment journalist Hunter Harris even published an “interview” with the bronzer (with no explanation given as to how a makeup product could give an interview).[[/labelnote]]

** Jokes about [[YourCheatingHeart his startling number of one night stands, often with married women, while he himself was also married]], including the frequent suggestion that Los Alamos was really just a way to get other men to bring their wives along to a concentrated location so Oppenheimer could trust with the wives in question.

* Lewis Strauss has become a meme in himself, usually as a way for the user to ironically acknowledge their own probably baseless paranoia that someone else is talking about them behind their back or to suggest a [[BestServedCold willingness to enact elaborate revenge over a slight]].

** Due to long predating the movie, the "country ass" tweet became an unavoidable association for some Twitter users, leading to one to praise it by commenting [[https://twitter.com/BossMoz/status/1683052716606779393?s=20 "The biggest testament I can give to how engrossing {{Film/Oppenheimer}} was is that for three hours, I didn't ONCE think about Bobby Oppenheimer's country ass."]]

** Due to long predating the movie, the "country ass" tweet became an unavoidable association for some Twitter users, leading to one to praise it by commenting [[https://twitter.com/BossMoz/status/1683052716606779393?s=20 "The biggest testament I can give to how engrossing ''{{Film/Oppenheimer}}'' was is that for three hours, I didn't ONCE think about Bobby Oppenheimer's country ass."]]

** Due to long predating the movie, the "country ass" tweet became an unavoidable association for some Twitter users, leading to one to praise it by commenting [[https://twitter.com/BossMoz/status/1683052716606779393?s=20 "The biggest testament I can give to how engrossing ''Oppenheimer'' was is that for three hours, I didn't ONCE think about Bobby Oppenheimer's country ass.]]

* [[https://twitter.com/Senn_Spud/status/1556843411918901249?s=20 "Bobby Oppenheimer, get your country ass over here. My momma says you been in the city inventing a bomb as big as a damn bus.]][[labelnote:Explanation]]A tweet by Will Sennett that eventually spawned a much longer video in the same vein, based around the incongruous recasting of Oppenheimer as a country boy returning to his hometown to reunite with unimpressed but good-natured hayseed friends.[[/labelnote]]

* "Sex! I'm wanting more! Tell the world: stop the war!" [[labelnote:explanation]]Soon after the film released, American [=YouTuber=] and comedian Kyle Gordon released "Planet of the Bass," a parody of 1990's Eurodance songs with [[WordSaladLyrics purposefully nonsensical lyrics]]. This particular line from the song is often jokingly attributed to the real Oppenheimer or to his portrayal in the film (similar to [[Memes/Morbius2022 "It's morbin' time!"]]), as it neatly encapsulates both his sexual escapades and hand-wringing over the use of nuclear weapons.[[/labelnote]]

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8VgSyKl9vg0 "My le bomb..... le killed people!?!?"]] / [[Music/GangnamStyle OPPENHEIMER STYLE]][[labelnote:Explanation]]A quote from a Website/FourChan greentext which [[https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FtbnbfbWIAA3_ab?format=png&name=orig approximated]] what a movie trailer for a schlockey comedy version of ''Oppenheimer'' would look like, among other things referencing "Music/GangnamStyle" (because of the "oppen" part of Oppenheimer's name sounding like part of the chorus of "Gangnam Style") and Webcomic/RageComics to jab at attempts by out-of-touch executives at being "hip." The inherent absurdity of the quote resulted in it becoming a popular subject for parody, rewriting it to fit a number of situations while preserving the Rage Comic-style writing (particularly the heavy use of "le").[[/labelnote]]

* "Sex! I'm wanting more! Tell the world: stop the war!" [[labelnote:explanation]]Soon after the film released, American [=YouTuber=] and comedian Kyle Gordon released "Planet of the Bass," a parody of 1990's Eurodance songs with [[WordSaladLyrics purposefully nonsensical lyrics]]. This particular line from the song is often jokingly attributed to the real Oppenheimer or to his portrayal in the film (similar to [[Memes/{{Morbius}} "It's morbin' time!]]), as it neatly encapsulates both his sexual escapades and hand-wringing over the use of nuclear weapons.[[/labelnote]]