What is Oh Stop It, You?

It is a rage comic reaction face used to accept compliments or flattery while performing playful modesty.

Where did Oh Stop It, You come from?

An artist named William drew the character and posted it to his Tumblr art blog GODBEAMS on December 23, 2010.

What does Oh Stop It, You mean?

It signals self-modesty or humble gratitude, the visual equivalent of saying 'stop, you're making me blush' after a compliment.

How do you use Oh Stop It, You?

Place the panel at the end of a rage comic or reply when a character is being complimented or teased and wants to accept the praise while pretending to wave it off.

Is Oh Stop It, You still popular?

It is a classic of the early-2010s rage comic wave; the original 2010 Tumblr post had accrued 2,757 notes by mid-2012 and the face is still recognized as shorthand for that era.

Oh Stop It, You

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Published September 19, 2026

Oh Stop It, You is a rage comic reaction face drawn by an artist named William and posted to his Tumblr art blog GODBEAMS on December 23, 20103. The blushing, wide-mouthed drawing became the go-to panel for playful humility whenever a rage comic character wanted to accept a compliment while pretending to wave it off.

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Overview

The character shows a rosy-cheeked face with a wide grin and one palm raised in a mock-dismissive wave, paired with the line 'Oh stop it, you.' Rage comic authors reach for the panel after compliments, flattery, mild teasing, or any moment where a smug protagonist wants to accept praise while pretending to brush it off1. Its tone sits between flattered and quietly self-satisfied, which set it apart from the angrier or more anxious faces in the rage comic lineup3. An inverse version, 'Hey You, Stop It,' flips the smile into a scowl and gets used to snap back at an annoyance in the same comic grammar2.

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Origin & Background

Platform

Tumblr (GODBEAMS blog) / rage comic sites (viral spread)

Creator

William

Date

2010

William drew the face and posted it to his Tumblr art blog GODBEAMS on December 23, 2010, where the original post picked up 2,757 notes by mid-20123. The character first appeared outside Tumblr on February 14, 2011, in a deviantArt piece by user Fyi-Sus about how she reacts to compliments, though it did not enter the rage comic format itself until September 2, 2011, when a Memebase submission used it to depict a girl's reaction after a friend asked her to send shower photos3.

How It Spread

Through late 2011 the face jumped from Tumblr into every major rage comic aggregator. Two Facebook fan pages went up in November 2011, followed by a third in March 2012, and together the pages passed 30,000 likes by July 20123. My Face When indexed the character on its own reference page1, while Reddit, Rage Generator, Ragestache, 9gag, and Memebase all hosted 'oh stop it you' tags or dedicated submissions across the first half of 20123. The inverse 'Hey You, Stop It' debuted on Rage Generator on February 5, 20122 and spread from there to FunnyJunk, MemeCenter, and 9gag, giving the original face a matched pair for negative reactions.

Timeline

2010-12-23

William posts the original drawing to his Tumblr art blog GODBEAMS.

2011-02-14

DeviantArt user Fyi-Sus uses the character in a comic about reacting to compliments.

2011-09-02

First rage comic appearance, posted on Memebase.

2011-11

Two Facebook fan pages for the face are created.

2012-02-05

Inverse counterpart 'Hey You, Stop It' debuts on Rage Generator.

2012-03

A third Facebook fan page for the character launches.

2012-07

Combined Facebook fan pages pass 30,000 likes; original Tumblr post reaches 2,757 notes.

How to Use This Meme

Drop the panel at the end of a rage comic or thread when a character is being complimented, teased, or flattered, and wants to accept the praise while performing exaggerated modesty. Common convention pairs it with the caption 'Oh stop it, you' or its variants. The inverse 'Hey You, Stop It' panel works the opposite way, closing a comic on annoyance rather than humility2.