# Condescending Wonka Creepy Wonka Condescending Wonka (also called Creepy Wonka) is an advice animal image macro featuring Gene Wilder as Willy Wonka from the 1971 film, paired with patronizing or sarcastic captions. The format started on Quickmeme and Reddit in 2011 and reached more than 127,000 Quickmeme submissions within roughly seven months. ## Overview Condescending Wonka is an advice animal image macro built on a screen capture of Gene Wilder playing the title character in the 1971 musical Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory[1]. The still shows Wilder with his chin resting on his hand and a small smile that reads as smug or patronizing depending on the caption above and below the image[3]. Text overlays typically follow the classic advice animal two-line structure. Top text sets up a naive statement someone might make, and bottom text cuts the speaker down with a sarcastic response that treats them as obvious[1]. Before it was called Condescending Wonka, the same image was used for a related series called Creepy Wonka, which paired the shot with confectionery-themed double entendres[2]. ## How It Spread On October 12th, 2011, the web culture blog The Bigster posted a roundup of Creepy Wonka derivatives that pushed the format past its Quickmeme audience[5]. On November 27th, 2011, Redditor chicagowillbeours posted a thread titled "Let's all agree to change his name to Condescending Wonka" to r/AdviceAnimals, and the new name stuck[6]. A dedicated Quickmeme page for Condescending Wonka went live on November 28th, 2011 and reached more than 127,000 submissions by June 2012[4]. The template kept getting reworked into Reddit-native jokes through early 2012. On January 8th, 2012, Redditor hannibl swapped the Wilder still for a photo of a Weimaraner with the caption "Oh, you run a chocolate lab? / I am a chocolate lab", and the post picked up more than 8,500 upvotes within five days[7]. Creepy Wonka macros also spread to FunnyJunk and a "condescending wonka" tag on Tumblr[3]. ## How to Use Making a Condescending Wonka macro typically means picking a statement that sounds proud or self-important, then following it with a mocking reply that treats the speaker as obvious, naive, or self-unaware. The two-line advice animal layout is standard, with the top line quoting the target's claim and the bottom line delivering the put-down[6]. ## Frequently Asked Questions ### What is Condescending Wonka Creepy Wonka? An advice animal image macro featuring Gene Wilder as Willy Wonka from the 1971 film, used for sarcastic and patronizing captions[1]. ### Where did Condescending Wonka Creepy Wonka come from? The first Creepy Wonka macro went up on Quickmeme on March 2nd, 2011, and the Condescending Wonka name arrived in October 2011[1]. ### What does Condescending Wonka Creepy Wonka mean? The captions read as smug or condescending, mocking a naive-sounding statement in the top line with a sarcastic reply below[6]. ### How do you use Condescending Wonka Creepy Wonka? Pair a proud or naive-sounding statement on the top line with a sarcastic put-down on the bottom line[7]. ### Is Condescending Wonka Creepy Wonka still popular? The format peaked in 2011 and 2012, hitting more than 127,000 submissions on the Condescending Wonka Quickmeme page by June 2012, and is now a classic advice animal[4]. ## References 1. [https://www.quickmeme.com/Creepy-Wonka]() 2. [https://www.reddit.com/r/pics/comments/fpv6r/creepy_wonka/]() 3. [https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/condescending-wonka-creepy-wonka]() 4. [https://www.quickmeme.com/Condescending-Wonka]() 5. [http://www.thebigster.com/2011/10/12/the-best-of-creepy-wonka/]() 6. [https://www.reddit.com/r/AdviceAnimals/comments/mmxwr/lets_all_agree_to_change_his_name_to/]() 7. [https://www.reddit.com/r/AdviceAnimals/comments/o5tsj/oh_you_run_a_chocolate_lab/]() --- Source: https://meme.com/memes/condescending-wonka-creepy-wonka Published by meme.com — The Internet Meme Library