# Neat "Neat" is a deadpan catchphrase and reaction image featuring Futurama's Bender snapping photos of disasters while muttering the word. What started as a running gag in a 2001 Futurama episode moved onto image macro boards in 2010, when forum users turned a screen grab into a flat one-word reply. By 2012, Redditors were using it to describe playing Pokemon Snap, and the template grew to include 60s Spider-Man and other camera-wielding characters. ## Origin Season 3 Episode 8 of Futurama, originally broadcast on February 25th, 2001, has robot Bender Bending Rodriguez photograph a plane crash and say "Neat" to the camera[1]. The gag recurred in later episodes with different disasters as the subject. Fans ported the joke to still images on January 4th, 2010, when NeoSeeker Forums member Curt Connors posted a Bender screen grab captioned "Neat" inside a weapons and armor discussion thread for Mass Effect 2[2]. Matt Groening's team made the character; Curt Connors is only the earliest documented poster of the image macro, and the original macro author is unconfirmed. - **Platform:** Futurama (TV source) / NeoSeeker Forums (image macro) - **Creator:** Unknown - **Date:** 2010 ## Overview Replies with the Bender macro typically go up when another user shares something obviously horrific, with the deadpan "Neat" working as a brush-off to any shock value[7]. The visual joke relies on the mismatch between a calamity and the detachment of a tourist taking vacation snaps. In the show itself, Bender does the bit at a plane crash and other disasters[1], and FunnyJunk user UnicornsLOLcats collected those still frames into one macro set in late 2010[5]. Variations lean on the camera prop. 60s Spider-Man screen grabs with the superhero holding a bulky period camera became a popular secondary template on bodybuilding forums[6]. Animal versions with critters digitally fitted with cameras appeared alongside them, and posters on r/futurama assembled Polaroid-styled still frames with handwritten caption notes written in character as Bender[7]. ## How to Use Posters typically reply with the Bender-with-camera image as a flat one-word reaction to a disturbing, dramatic, or absurd post, so the understatement does the comedic work. Variations use 60s Spider-Man or an animal with a camera covering the face in the same slot[6]. ## Frequently Asked Questions ### What is Neat? "Neat" is a catchphrase and reaction image macro featuring Futurama's Bender taking a photo of a disaster while saying the word[1]. ### Where did Neat come from? Bender did the bit in Futurama Season 3 Episode 8, aired February 25th, 2001[1]. The image macro version first appeared on NeoSeeker Forums on January 4th, 2010, posted by user Curt Connors[2]. ### What does Neat mean? In its everyday idiomatic sense, "neat" marks something as interesting or awesome[8]. As a meme reply, it is deliberately deadpan, often used to downplay or deflect from obviously shocking content[3]. ### How do you use Neat? Typically, posters reply with the Bender-with-camera image as a one-word reaction to a disturbing or dramatic post[3]. Variations include 60s Spider-Man and other characters with cameras covering their faces[6]. ### Is Neat still popular? The macro saw regular reuse through the early 2010s, with the Pokemon Snap meta-post landing on r/pokemon in 2012[3] and the catchphrase still active as plain slang[8]. Current activity data was not covered in the available sources. ## References 1. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4PZk2CMd0BQ]() 2. [https://www.neoseeker.com/forums/42350/t1467599-weapons-armor-thread/]() 3. [https://www.reddit.com/r/pokemon/comments/vbgzv/how_i_feel_when_i_play_pokemon_snap/]() 4. [http://archive.foolz.us/a/thread/33858300]() 5. [https://www.funnyjunk.com/funny_pictures/1124567/Neat/]() 6. [https://forum.bodybuilding.com/showthread.php?t=137523173]() 7. [https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/neat]() 8. [https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Neat]() --- Source: https://meme.com/memes/neat Published by meme.com — The Internet Meme Library