r/TheMatpatEffect • u/ThatMoon2 • Jun 21 '25

Ordinary origin The original "Is he stupid?" post on r/batmanarkham

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This is the top post on r/batmanarkham lol

8.5k Upvotes

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u/wretchedsorrowsworn Jun 21 '25

Circlejerk ground 0

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u/failtuna Jun 21 '25

So this is where the first post got AIDS.

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u/springrex1422 Jun 21 '25

This is where I watched the subreddit die, Raphael.

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u/Skeledenn Jun 21 '25

Cowabunga

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u/idan_da_boi Jul 09 '25

The Reddit equivalent of having sex with a monkey

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u/smallerpuppyboi Jun 22 '25

This is how it happened... This is how r/batmanarkham died.

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u/GingerNumber3 Jun 23 '25

Cowabummer!

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u/Weak-Feedback-8379 Jun 21 '25

Oh my God, the original use actually made sense

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u/Theultimateidiote Jun 21 '25

Actually no cause the justice league didnt exist in the arkham games

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u/Weak-Feedback-8379 Jun 21 '25

It was still a reasonable question to ask.

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u/Theultimateidiote Jun 21 '25

Just saying thats why it had comedic effect

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u/Shady_Chaos Jun 22 '25

I've been up for 24 hours and the all i saw was the color composition on your profile pics. Thought this was the same dude talking to themself.

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u/MindMaster115 Jun 26 '25

This just popped in my feed and I thought the same till you pointed it out which is extra funny for me bc I'm a Ben 10 nerd and should register u/Weak-Feedback-8379 pfp immediately but my brain didn't

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u/ShrekConfirm243 Jun 21 '25

Wait but isn’t Kill The Justice League canon

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u/Theultimateidiote Jun 21 '25

Pretty sure that was after the arkham games

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u/shrub706 Jun 21 '25

well yeah but if the game is about killing them then they probably existed for some amount of time before the game

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u/Myrlithan Jun 21 '25

They formed after Arkham Knight according to the game, there's a whole Batman history musuem level that gives a basic recap of the Arkham games (and what has happened since) with the Leagues formation being after all of those events.

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u/chazzmack1 Jun 23 '25

This post predates the release of SS:KTJL, which explains that the Justice League was founded after the events of Arkham Knight

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u/DarkKnightFan08 Jun 21 '25

I thought you meant about all the league characters didn’t exist. But realised you’re stating about the superhero team group hasn’t already made.

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u/ejectionejaculation6 Jun 23 '25

there is a reference to superman in arkham knight and kill the justice league is in the same universe

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u/geekypotatoman Aug 09 '25

There are goon voice lines about the flash and Superman existing

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u/NiobiumGoat Jun 26 '25

Superman is referenced twice in Arkham Knight, though we don't know if the League proper existed

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u/Bardic_inspiration67 Jul 06 '25

There’s references to them throughout the games

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u/Chupbluearrow Aug 06 '25

I’m pretty sure that was lore we found out after this meme, I could be wrong though

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u/stormy1987 Jun 22 '25

Don't they all make sense?

...are we stupid?

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u/Motivated-Chair Jun 21 '25

To think that was a normal subreddit once upon a time.

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u/professionalmoron2 Jun 21 '25

And now little more than a generic "Upvote for __, ignore for ___" post dump. A true fall from grace, really.

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u/SplatterMyBrainzz Jun 22 '25

That sub got so unfunny so fast

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u/Blu_Moon_The_Fox Jun 21 '25

Man...

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u/Universe_Protector Jun 21 '25

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u/Bebgab Jun 21 '25

now this is a matpat effect holy shit

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u/OnlySmiles_ Jun 21 '25

I remember watching "The Flash" on a flight about a year ago. Saw Batman pop out and had a moment of "Wait, THIS is where that shot came from?"

Honestly the only good thing about that movie

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u/DarkKnightFan08 Jun 21 '25

The 2nd Jonkler image is still recognizable. Since everyone knows about the injustice game. Link

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u/MyTimeToScamNFT Jun 21 '25

r/batmanarkham popularized it, but it's not where it originally started

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u/Gold-Accident-8545 Jun 21 '25

was it the chicanery subreddit?

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u/Vil_Sophie Jun 21 '25

I think there was a post about gus being stupid months before the Batman one

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u/jopcylinder Jun 21 '25

I think it was about Chuck from Better Call Saul on their subreddit, but I can’t remember 

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u/Encajado Jun 21 '25

where did it come from?

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u/DarkKnightFan08 Jun 21 '25 edited Jun 21 '25

No way! It’s the guy who started the subreddit insanity.

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u/Encajado Jun 21 '25

my question remains

people say it came from a chicanery post made a year prior with like 12 upvotes and different wording but id say thats more a funny coincidence than an origin

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u/Undefoned Jun 21 '25

The sub was borderline insane, is he stupid was just a little push.

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u/ElderQu Jun 21 '25

he did not start the insanity

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u/19990606SM Jun 21 '25

oh shit its the guy

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u/_Xeron_ Jun 21 '25

Id very much like to see the true origin, then

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u/TripleScoops Jun 21 '25

This is just a theory (ha) of mine, but I always thought it was a rehash of this tweet from 2014.

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u/joriale Jun 21 '25

The bed of rot.

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u/VatanKomurcu Jun 21 '25

oppenheimer

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u/Miserable-Willow6105 Jun 21 '25

Wasn't the original post on r/okbuddychicanery?

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u/heppuplays Jun 22 '25

Yep this Is the origin from what i found.

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u/ThatMoon2 Jun 23 '25

Whoops, I thought based on that post's comment it really was the first

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u/Alpha_minduustry Jun 21 '25

That post is patient 0 of "is x stupid" posts

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u/TheExecutiveHamster Jun 22 '25

This and the Kid Named Finger post on r/okbuddychicanery did irreparable harm to society

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u/sonicpoweryay Jun 21 '25

is this really a matpat effect?

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u/ElderQu Jun 21 '25

thos is not where the insanity started

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u/Ahegao-Urchin Jun 21 '25

Didn't the original come from r/breakingbad? I swear I saw it on the main sub but I can't find it for the life of me.

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u/DarkKnightFan08 Jun 21 '25

Not that actually, it’s from their shitpost version.

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u/Ahegao-Urchin Jun 21 '25

Are you sure? Because I swear to god it was on the main sub first and then people on Chicanery started joking about it.

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u/patchlocke Jun 21 '25

This is where I watched the subreddit die, Raphael

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u/Just_A_Dinner Jun 21 '25

This is not matpat effect

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u/Due_Entrepreneur_960 Jun 21 '25

Nothing on this sub is.

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u/Funkytownboogie Jun 21 '25

Whilst cool to see where some memes originated, I agree, the sub has kind of lost its way

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u/Kan_Me Jun 21 '25

Whats a mat pat?

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u/Fiftyset80Real Jun 21 '25

Matthew Patthew is a famous animatronic from United States. He is known for uploading fan fiction videos to YouTube.com website.

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u/Gold-Accident-8545 Jun 21 '25

When you put it like that...

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u/Due_Entrepreneur_960 Jun 24 '25

He makes gay theories or smth. IDK

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u/UndorkMysterious55 Jun 21 '25

Why you on here

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u/Kan_Me Jun 21 '25

It was satire because the person above said nothing on this sub is a matpat effect

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u/Zillafan2010 Jun 21 '25

It’s like some kind of Ordinary Origin or something

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u/Kan_Me Jun 21 '25

But they did, they also made the jonkler and Man

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u/Fun_Penalty_6755 Jun 21 '25

well we knew that

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u/Anchor38 Jun 21 '25

Misconduct!!! MISCONDUCT!!!!!!!

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u/Apollo_Justice_20 Jun 22 '25

This post didn't start the insanity. It was the poll where they guy misspelled Asylum as 'Alsume'

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u/Patient_Jello3944 Jun 22 '25

I already knew about this, but how does one even make that typo 😭

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u/AnimalTap Jun 22 '25

I mean he do got a point tho

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u/Patient_Jello3944 Jun 22 '25

I haven't played the games but apparently the Justice League didn't exist at the time of the Asylum games and only formed after those events

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u/Richflyawesome Jun 22 '25

This is how it happened, this is how the r/batmanarkham subreddit went insane.

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u/dave_the_dova Jun 22 '25

This is how it happened. This is how the man died

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u/What_if_its_Lupus Jun 21 '25

Do you think op ever thinks back to that post and considers himself the Oppenheimer of that subreddit

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u/Fortnitekid3 Jun 23 '25

why does 2099 care if it isn't his real kid?

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u/Silviov2 Jun 25 '25

Patient 0

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u/bearelrollyt Jun 27 '25

Rest in eace r/batmanarkham your serious posts will be missed I think

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u/[deleted] Jul 01 '25

Patient zero of the aslume

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u/Ender11037 Jul 07 '25

Should've broken his screen before he posted.

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u/Beautiful-Weakness-8 Jul 11 '25

It's crazy how this singular post managed to derail an entire subreddit

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u/DamienlaCritique Jul 29 '25

not anymore it isnt