# Nothing To Do Here Nothing To Do Here / Jet Pack Guy is a rage comic catchphrase built around a stick figure who escapes any awkward moment by rocketing away with a jet pack. Born on a Spanish rage comic site in April 2011[1], it became one of the defining escape-hatch reaction formats of the early 2010s rage comic boom[3]. ## Origin The character was drawn by user premutos on the Spanish rage comic community Cuanto Cabrón on April 21, 2011[1]. In the original strip, a man chats up a woman who then mentions she has a boyfriend, and he responds by declaring there is nothing to do here and jet-packing away[4]. The strip was made in Spanish (translated from Spanish for English audiences), and the 'nothing to do here' punchline was carried directly into the English rewrite that started circulating a few weeks later[2]. - **Platform:** Cuanto Cabrón (source) / 9gag / Reddit (viral spread) - **Creator:** premutos - **Date:** 2011 ## Overview The format is simple and modular: a stick figure walks into a socially painful moment, deadpans the line 'nothing to do here,' and then a jet pack fires out of his back as he blasts off-panel[4]. The final frame almost always shows a diagonal trail of exhaust and the character's legs disappearing upward, which became the visual signature that made the joke read even without the caption. Because the escape gag works on top of nearly any setup, the character was quickly used as a punchline stamp on other rage comics rather than as the star of his own strips[1]. Awkward flirting, embarrassing family moments, and school failures all got the same treatment, and the catchphrase was often used on its own as a reply, in the same slot people used the earlier 'Spontaneous Snail' abandon-thread reaction[4]. ## How to Use The typical usage is either as a comic template or as a standalone reply. In comic form, creators set up any embarrassing or losing situation in the first panels, drop the line 'Nothing to do here' in the second-to-last panel, and end with the jet pack silhouette shooting off the top of the frame[5]. As a reply, people often paste just the final jet pack panel or type the catchphrase to signal they're bailing on a conversation. ## Frequently Asked Questions ### What is Nothing To Do Here? It's a rage comic catchphrase paired with Jet Pack Guy, a stick figure who ends awkward situations by flying away with a jet pack[4]. ### Where did Nothing To Do Here come from? It was created by user premutos on the Spanish rage comic site Cuanto Cabrón on April 21, 2011[1]. ### What does Nothing To Do Here mean? It's a bail-out line, used when someone wants to abandon a conversation or an embarrassing moment, mirroring how the character jet-packs out of the panel[4]. ### How do you use Nothing To Do Here? You typically set up an awkward or losing scenario, drop the catchphrase in the penultimate panel, and finish with the jet pack silhouette shooting off-frame[5]. ### Is Nothing To Do Here still popular? It's a classic rage comic reaction from the 2011 era; it circulated heavily through 2012 across 9gag, Reddit, deviantArt, and Tumblr and is still recognized as one of the standard escape-reaction formats from that period[4]. ## References 1. [https://www.cuantocabron.com/otros/ligue-fallido]() 2. [https://9gag.com/gag/2604618]() 3. [https://www.reddit.com/r/fffffffuuuuuuuuuuuu/comments/l1nfj/why_do_they_exist/]() 4. [https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/nothing-to-do-here-jet-pack-guy]() 5. [https://memegenerator.net/Jet-Pack-Guy]() 6. [https://www.facebook.com/NothingToDoHereJetPackGuy]() 7. [https://www.deviantart.com/tag/nothingtodohere]() 8. [https://www.tumblr.com/tagged/nothing-to-do-here]() --- Source: https://meme.com/memes/nothing-to-do-here-jet-pack-guy Published by meme.com — The Internet Meme Library