# Beep Beep Lettuce Beep Beep Lettuce is an exploitable image macro from the Nick Jr. cartoon Max and Ruby, in which Max answers his sister Ruby's innocent question with the nonsense phrase 'beep beep lettuce.' Tumblr user daddymoseby posted the first known edit on February 23, 2016, and by May 2017 the words anchored a theme day on Reddit's r/me_irl. ## Origin The source footage comes from 'The Glass Slipper,' a season-four episode of the Nickelodeon preschool show Max and Ruby that aired on January 20, 2010. Ruby plays Cinderella, which is why the meme always finds her in a ballgown and tiara[2]. Max, who speaks only in short bursts across the series, says nothing resembling 'beep beep lettuce' in the actual episode; the phrase is pure fan invention. The earliest known edit went up on Tumblr on February 23, 2016, from user daddymoseby. The three-panel image has Ruby asking 'mex how do i luk in mai new pants,' Max replying 'beep beep lettuce,' and Ruby finishing with 'fuck why me'[1]. That post set the template every later version copies. - **Platform:** Tumblr (origin) / Reddit (viral spread) - **Creator:** daddymoseby (Tumblr) - **Date:** 2016 ## Overview The standard template crops a scene where Ruby is dressed as Cinderella and asks Max some innocent question about her outfit. Edits replace Ruby's dialogue with crude, lowercase misspellings while Max's reply stays 'beep beep lettuce,' and Ruby closes with an angry or defeated reaction[1]. The humor sits on the gap between the toddler-friendly cartoon art and the deliberately coarse captions. By late 2016, the three words broke loose from the Max and Ruby template entirely. Users started placing 'beep beep lettuce' into unrelated screenshots, bad acronyms, and shaggy-dog comic panels, so the phrase worked as a stand-alone punchline[3]. Urban Dictionary entries ran a side gag claiming Google translates the Japanese for 'your eyes are stars' as 'beep beep lettuce,' which fed later Reddit variations[8]. ## How to Use To make one, keep the three-panel Max and Ruby cutout. Ruby's first bubble gets a misspelled, lowercase question, often about her clothes. Max's bubble always reads 'beep beep lettuce,' with no variation. Ruby's third bubble delivers a frustrated reaction, usually with profanity. ## Frequently Asked Questions ### What is Beep Beep Lettuce? An exploitable image macro from the Nick Jr. cartoon Max and Ruby, in which Max replies 'beep beep lettuce' to whatever his sister Ruby asks him[1]. ### Where did Beep Beep Lettuce come from? Tumblr user daddymoseby posted the earliest known version on February 23, 2016, using screenshots from the January 2010 Max and Ruby episode 'The Glass Slipper'[2]. ### What does Beep Beep Lettuce mean? Nothing literal. The joke runs on the gap between the cartoon's innocence and the nonsense phrase, with a running gag that Google Translate renders the Japanese for 'your eyes are stars' as 'beep beep lettuce'[8]. ### How do you use Beep Beep Lettuce? The format puts a misspelled, crude question in Ruby's mouth, Max answers 'beep beep lettuce,' and Ruby reacts with frustration or profanity[1]. ### Is Beep Beep Lettuce still popular? It peaked across 2016 and 2017 as a Tumblr and Reddit catchphrase, now sitting in classic status as a legacy image macro[3]. ## References 1. [http://daddymoseby.tumblr.com/post/139857414351/beep-beep-lettuce]() 2. [http://www.nickjr.com/max-and-ruby/videos/max-ruby-448-the-glass-slipper/]() 3. [https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/beep-beep-lettuce]() 4. [https://www.reddit.com/r/me_irl/comments/5utbdy/me_irl/]() 5. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0_H9SKRzpqA]() 6. [https://www.reddit.com/r/me_irl/comments/6emcgj/me_irl/]() 7. [https://www.reddit.com/r/me_irl/comments/6emoel/me_irl/]() 8. [https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Beep%20Beep%20Lettuce]() --- Source: https://meme.com/memes/beep-beep-lettuce Published by meme.com — The Internet Meme Library