# Cmon Do Something
Cmon Do Something is a Photoshop meme built from a White Ninja webcomic panel showing the character poking an object with a long stick and demanding it react. Redditors turned the 2003 illustration into an exploitable in 2015, and it peaked on r/dankmemes and NFL Facebook pages in 2017.
## Overview
Cmon Do Something is a Photoshop meme built around an exploitable panel from the Canadian webcomic White Ninja[1]. The original drawing shows the White Ninja character standing over an object and jabbing it with a long stick, muttering the words 'C'mon, do something.' Editors swap the object being poked for sports logos, video games, flags, or anything the poster finds boring, dead, or disappointing[4].
The joke works because the White Ninja looks bored and vaguely aggressive at the same time, poking at something that obviously cannot respond. That made the template a natural fit for sports fandom frustration, meme fatigue posts, and self-deprecating 'do something already' bits across Reddit[3].
## How It Spread
Sports subreddits picked up the format next. On September 25th, 2016, Redditor axiomaticwisdom posted an edit to r/steelers with the White Ninja prodding the Pittsburgh Steelers logo, pulling more than 5,400 points and 130 comments before the thread was archived[3]. The NFL Memes Facebook page pushed the format to a much larger audience on February 5th, 2017, posting a version aimed at the New England Patriots that racked up over 63,000 reactions, 52,000 shares, and 4,300 comments within two months[7].
The template exploded on r/dankmemes in April 2017. On April 17th, ALLCAPS-hashtag submitted a strip captioned 'When you run out of memes' in which the White Ninja pokes a series of national flags asking 'C'mon, do a world war,' collecting upwards of 14,100 points and 240 comments in 48 hours[5]. The next day, WhyDidntYouDoMyJob reposted the same image to r/meirl, where it pulled another 4,800 points and 170 comments in 24 hours[6].
Other edits landed the same week. Redditor napuinsai submitted a darker 'When you ran out of memes' variant featuring emo teens on r/dankmemes[4], and Bill_Cosby666 asked r/MemeEconomy whether Cmon Do Something posts were 'invest worthy'[8].
## How to Use
The template typically shows the White Ninja panel with the dead fish swapped out for whatever the poster wants to mock. A common convention is a caption or speech bubble starting with 'C'mon' followed by a demand, with the object being poked chosen to trigger a specific fandom, a sports team, a struggling video game, a political figure, or the state of memes themselves[5].
## Frequently Asked Questions
### What is Cmon Do Something?
It is a Photoshop meme built from a White Ninja webcomic panel where the character pokes an object with a long stick and says 'C'mon, do something'[1].
### Where did Cmon Do Something come from?
The source illustration comes from White Ninja merchandise sold in 2003 showing the character poking a dead fish[1], and Redditor KayakBassFisher posted the first widely seen exploit on r/tappedout on June 11th, 2015[2].
### What does Cmon Do Something mean?
It expresses bored impatience at something that refuses to react, a sports team choking, a mobile game going stale, or the poster running out of fresh memes[5].
### How do you use Cmon Do Something?
Swap the fish in the original panel for a logo, game, or figure your audience is frustrated with, and change the caption to 'C'mon, do [x],' as ALLCAPS-hashtag did with national flags on r/dankmemes[5].
### Is Cmon Do Something still popular?
It peaked as a viral format on Reddit and NFL Memes' Facebook page in early 2017[7], and now sits as a classic exploitable image macro from that era[4].
## References
1. [https://whitenetjaseries.com/]()
2. [https://www.reddit.com/r/tappedout/]()
3. [https://www.reddit.com/r/steelers/]()
4. [https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/cmon-do-something]()
5. [https://www.reddit.com/r/dankmemes/]()
6. [https://www.reddit.com/r/meirl/]()
7. [https://www.facebook.com/nflmemes/]()
8. [https://www.reddit.com/r/MemeEconomy/]()
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