What's in the box!? Meme Generator
Use this for an overdramatic panic reaction to a mysterious package, container, reveal, or piece of information when someone is terrified to find out what's inside. It works best when the joke is that the situation is being treated with the full emotional intensity of the famous 'What's in the box?!' scene.
Also known as What's in the Box, Brad Pitt What's in the Box, Se7en, Seven, Detective Mills.
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What the What's in the box!? meme means
A yellow-tinted movie still from Se7en shows Brad Pitt as Detective Mills in the desert, looking upward with a shocked, pained expression. The frame is mostly his face and open sky, with no baked-in text in the original image.
Use this for an overdramatic panic reaction to a mysterious package, container, reveal, or piece of information when someone is terrified to find out what's inside. It works best when the joke is that the situation is being treated with the full emotional intensity of the famous 'What's in the box?!' scene.
- Caption boxes
- 2
- Tone
- panicked dramatic
- Status
- classic
- Origin
- Know Your Meme entry
What goes in each caption box
Box 1: who or what is facing the ominous reveal
Name the person, situation, or moment that has just encountered a suspicious box, package, file, fridge container, or other dreaded mystery. Keep it to about 7 words so it stays readable.
Box 2: the panicked question or worst-case reaction
Write the shouted line, usually a variation on desperately demanding to know what's inside or reacting as if the contents must be awful. Keep it to about 7 words so it stays readable.
What's in the box!? meme examples
Questions about the What's in the box!? meme
- What does the What's in the box!? meme mean?
- A yellow-tinted movie still from Se7en shows Brad Pitt as Detective Mills in the desert, looking upward with a shocked, pained expression. The frame is mostly his face and open sky, with no baked-in text in the original image. Use this for an overdramatic panic reaction to a mysterious package, container, reveal, or piece of information when someone is terrified to find out what's inside. It works best when the joke is that the situation is being treated with the full emotional intensity of the famous 'What's in the box?!' scene.
- How many captions does the What's in the box!? template have?
- It has 2 caption boxes: box 1 is who or what is facing the ominous reveal, box 2 is the panicked question or worst-case reaction.
- How do I make a What's in the box!? meme?
- Describe your situation in one line and the generator picks the wording for each caption box, places it on the What's in the box!? template and gives you a PNG to download. No account is needed to browse formats.
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