Twitter is replete with film and television meme accounts. Out-of-context stills from shows like Schitt’s Creek or Our Flag Means Deathregularly make the rounds. But one meme account rises above the rest, dedicated to sharing images of Paddington Photoshopped into movies and TV shows “until I forget,” or so says the caption that accompanies every image. Jason, who runs @Jaythechou on Twitter, kicked it off in March 2020, and is still going strong. Roughly 550 Paddington Photoshops later, and Jason still has not forgotten.
Putting Paddington into any movie or show improves it immeasurably. Don’t try to fight me on this. I will win. Give me a little bear from darkest Peru on any day of the week, one in a long coat, a rain hat, and little booties who likes to stick his snout into unseemly situations.
Paddington is a masterpiece. Paddington 2? It’s also a masterpiece.
I Photoshop paddington into a movie or TV show until I forget: Day 542 pic.twitter.com/M2OwkzUyiD
I Photoshop paddington into a movie or TV show until I forget: Day 537 pic.twitter.com/AvdhGUYj6c
I Photoshop paddington into a movie or TV show until I forget: Day 528 pic.twitter.com/XFYJegFfVw
For Jason, the reasoning behind the account was just that simple: It started as a “fun little Reddit project,” and it’s only grown since he’s moved to Twitter. “I get DMs from strangers around the world saying they love what I’m doing, and it makes them smile or laugh,” he said. Evidently some of the ones he thought were “horrible or done at the very last minute” have gotten the biggest reactions — from film studios interacting with him to going extremely viral.
“I would always get funny reactions when I tell people that Paddington 2 is my favorite movie,” Jason told
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