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Get In Loser Were Going Shopping

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Published August 25, 2026

"Get In Loser We're Going Shopping" is a catchphrase from the 2004 film Mean Girls that became a standard caption for photos of animals sitting in cars. The macro spread across FunnyJunk, Facebook, Reddit, I Can Has Cheezburger and 9gag between 2010 and 2013.

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Overview

"Get In Loser We're Going Shopping" is a catchphrase from a 2004 Mean Girls scene that became a standard caption for pictures of animals riding in cars1. The joke leans on the contrast between Regina George's sneering delivery and a dog, cat, llama or other pet staring back at the camera from a car seat4. Photos of pets in convertibles, jeeps and toy cars picked up the format between 2010 and 20132.

The macro sits alongside the "There's No Time to Explain" family of templates, taking a well-known movie quote and stamping it over an unrelated animal photo3. Formatting is usually plain white Impact text, with the line split across the top and bottom of the frame1.

Origin & Background

Platform
FunnyJunk (first macro) / Reddit (viral spread)
Key People
ItsBrianna
Date
2010

The line comes from the 2004 teen comedy Mean Girls, where Regina George (Rachel McAdams) pulls up in a red convertible next to Cady Heron (Lindsay Lohan) and shouts "Get in loser, we're going shopping"3. The scene became one of the film's most repeated moments.

The earliest known image macro built on the quote was posted to FunnyJunk on May 1st, 2010 by user ItsBrianna6. That version swapped the shopping punchline for a political one, showing President Barack Obama with the caption "Get in loser / We're getting healthcare"6.

How It Spread

A Facebook page titled "Get in loser, we're going shopping" launched on November 5th, 20117. About a year later, on October 29th, 2012, Redditor severychick submitted a photo of two dogs sitting in the front seats of a jeep to /r/aww using the same title, pulling more than 14,900 upvotes and 150 comments before the post was archived1.

On January 18th, 2013, I Can Has Cheezburger picked up the format with a photo of a dog behind the wheel of a toy car, which drew around 830 upvotes and 140 Facebook shares over the following nine months4. That summer, on July 28th, 2013, Redditor almightyderplicious posted a llama sticking its head out of a car window to /r/funny with the same caption, gathering more than 6,000 upvotes and 60 comments in two months2. The llama photo was reposted to 9gag the next day5.

The template also crossed into short-form video. On September 27th, 2013, the Zane and Heath Vine channel uploaded a Barbie-doll parody of the Mean Girls scene staged with a miniature sports car3.

How to Use This Meme

The format typically pairs the "Get in loser, we're going shopping" caption with a photo of an animal, most often a dog or cat, seated inside a vehicle and looking at the camera1. The joke lands best when the pet appears to be doing the inviting, and creators often swap the "shopping" ending for a topical punchline the way the 2010 Obama healthcare version did6.

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