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| {{RageTab}}{{Character|name=I Lied Guy|image=8oiEawck (1).webp|imagecaption=”I LIED!”|aliases=I Lied Face, Liar, I Lied Guy, Blue Guy, Blue Trollface|birthDate=2011|debut=I was way evil back then}}
| | == Description == |
| '''I Lied Guy''' is a nefarious-looking blue and black drawing of a face that is often used as the punchline of [[Rage Comics|rage comics]] and is meant to indicate that the subject in the comic has been dishonest in some way, often in a very insignificant "white lie." | | '''I Lied''' is a malicious blue face with the appearance is a stickman with a giant head, blue or dark blue, and a few wrinkles. The mischievous face shows by appearance: tiny eyes with small eyebrows in an angry form, a mustache split into 2 halves, and a giant grin with teeth most likely showing but some black is seen in the center. |
| | | {{Character|name=I Lied Guy|image=8oiEawck (1).webp|imagecaption=”I LIED!”|aliases=I Lied Face, Liar, I Lied Guy}} |
| ==Origin==
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| According to a timeline of rageface origins on Reddit<small><sup>[1]</sup></small>, the first instance of 'I Lied' was in a comic posted by Redditor Coveiro titled "I was way evil back then"<small><sup>[3]</sup></small> on May 10th, 2011. The thread reached the front page of the f7u12 subreddit and accumulated 8,753 up votes prior to being archived. A revised version of the face that became common in other rage comics began with the second ‘I Lied ’’<small><sup>[4]</sup></small> thread made by Coveiro on May 14th, 2011.
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| == Precursor ==
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| The rage face functions in a similar fashion to the slang word "psych" (also known as "sike", or "syke"), that indicates that a lie has just been told. From Urban Dictionary<sup>[4]</sup>:<blockquote>The word often used as an exclamation which serves to tell what you just said was false or wrong.
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| used to retract a lie
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| used to fake, fool, or decieve someone in a funny joking sarcastic way
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| means "just kidding" or "not!"
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| may also be spelled sike or psyche</blockquote>On TV Tropes<sup>[9]</sup>, "I Lied" is described as a common phrase associated with villains in fictional works.<blockquote>Stock Phrase uttered in response to You Said You Would Let Them Go or a similar expression of shock at a broken promise of lenience or forgiveness. Spoken by the villain (or a particularly unmerciful hero) just before killing the hostage, blowing up the Doomed Hometown, using the Doomsday Device, or some other act of merciless badness. Sometimes spoken just after, with a smirk and a smoking gun.</blockquote>
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| == Spread == | |
| A compilation of "I Lied" comics were posted to the blog Pleated Jeans<sup>[13]</sup> on June 30th, 2011. On August 23rd, a slideshow featuring various "I Lied" comics was uploaded to YouTube. On July 31st, artist Sam Spartt uploaded an artistic rendition of the "I Lied" face to his Flickr page.
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| The "I Lied Meme" single topic Tumblr was created on October 3rd. A Meme Generator<sup>[15]</sup> page has 152 submissions, a Quickmeme<sup>[16]</sup> page has 211 submissions and a Facebook fan page has 4,272 likes as of December 7th, 2011. Additional derivatives can be found on Memebase<sup>[10]</sup>, Tumblr<sup>[11]</sup> and FunnyJunk.<sup>[12]</sup>
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| == Counterparts ==
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| === Strawberry Guy ===
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| On June 22nd, 2011, a comic was posted to Memebase titled "Just wait until you see Strawberry Guy"<sup>[6]</sup> that pointed out that I Lied guy resembled a blueberry looking. The following day, Cheezburger user Yarcofin submitted a re-framed comic with Strawberry Guy in the final panel accompanied by the text "challenge accepted".
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| On August 13th, a new version of Strawberry Guy was submitted by user RMPage in a comic titled "Strawberry's Official Return."<sup>[7]</sup> This was added to the Rage Builder<sup>[8]</sup> along with other I Lied variations like "No Homo", "Watermelon Man" and "Bad Apple" under the category "Fruit Men" on August 19th, 2011.
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