# Out Of The Way, Pretty Boy! In November 2013, artist Omocat drew a seven-page webcomic where a jock yells 'Out of the way, pretty boy!' at a classmate, only to fall for him when the boy turns around. Years later, the reveal panel became a face-swap template. By 2021, Instagram and Facebook users were photoshopping the panel with cats, ugly caricatures, and effeminate photos of Drake. ## Origin On November 15, 2013, artist Omocat posted a seven-page comic to their blog starring a character named Pretty Boy and a bully referred to only as Jock, who mocks him in the opening pages, falls for him by the middle, and marries him by the end[1]. In the first page, Jock and three friends shout 'out of the way, Pretty Boy!' at a student reading with his back turned. When he turns around, the group goes slack-jawed. Omocat drew the entire series overnight[1]. The earliest documented edit of the comic appeared on February 1, 2015, when FunnyJunk user magicmatchsticks swapped Pretty Boy's face for rapper Lil B the Based God[6]. The post sat largely ignored, drawing only three thumbs-down over the next six years[6]. Wider adoption of the panel as an exploitable did not pick up until 2019[5]. - **Platform:** Tumblr (source comic) / FunnyJunk, Instagram (viral spread) - **Creator:** Omocat - **Date:** 2013 ## Overview Out Of The Way, Pretty Boy! is used as a face-swap exploitable. Edits replace Pretty Boy's face in the reveal panel with absurd substitutes while the jock's embarrassed, lovestruck reaction stays identical[1]. Common swaps include cats, ugly caricatures, and musicians photoshopped to look effeminate[2][3]. Part of the joke relies on the four-panel visual beat of Omocat's original comic: the setup from behind, the taunt, the turnaround, and the humiliation. Any image dropped into the reveal panel inherits that structure, so the jock reads as flustered no matter how ridiculous the substitute looks[4]. The tone sits between affectionate and absurdist, which is why Omori fans later folded it back into fan art once Pretty Boy and Jock appeared as NPCs in the game[5]. ## How It Spread Edits of the comic trickled out for years before gaining real traction. Interest spiked in 2021 after Omocat's video game Omori drew a larger audience to the artist's older work, and Pretty Boy and Jock were spotted as NPCs inside the game itself[5]. On August 17, 2021, the Facebook page Pains Of Hell Wellness swapped Pretty Boy's face for a deliberately ugly rendering, collecting over 3,000 reactions within two months[3]. On September 30, 2021, Instagram user inhalemybees replaced the character with a photo of Drake altered to look effeminate, drawing more than 41,000 likes in three days[2]. A month later, on October 29, Instagram page neem_official ran the format with a cat in Pretty Boy's place, reaching over 1,600 likes in five days[7]. Most edits still cite Omocat by name, and the comic's cameo in Omori kept the source material visible to new readers rather than letting the image drift away from its author[5]. ## How to Use Posters take the reveal panel from the first page of Omocat's comic and photoshop Pretty Boy's face with something unexpected: an animal, a celebrity caricature, or an intentionally hideous image. The humor sits in the mismatch between the jock's lovestruck shock and whatever absurd thing he is reacting to. ## Frequently Asked Questions ### What is Out Of The Way, Pretty Boy!? It is a face-swap exploitable built from a panel of Omocat's 2013 webcomic Pretty Boy, where a jock insults a classmate and is stunned when the classmate turns around[1][5]. ### Where did Out Of The Way, Pretty Boy! come from? Artist Omocat posted the seven-page comic to their blog on November 15, 2013, drawing the full series in a single night[1]. ### What does Out Of The Way, Pretty Boy! mean? The template plays on the mismatch between the jock's lovestruck reaction and whatever absurd image replaces Pretty Boy's face in the reveal panel[2][3]. ### How do you use Out Of The Way, Pretty Boy!? Posters photoshop Pretty Boy's face with cats, celebrities, or ugly caricatures while leaving the jock's flustered expression untouched[2][7]. ### Is Out Of The Way, Pretty Boy! still popular? The template saw its biggest surge in 2021 after Omori's release boosted interest in Omocat's older work, with the comic's authors appearing as NPCs inside the game[5]. ## References 1. [https://www.omocat-blog.com/post/67079004346/a-project-i-literally-did-overnight-gonna-make-it]() 2. [https://www.instagram.com/p/CUdH3oZrnba/]() 3. [https://pages.facebook.com/painsofhellwellness/photos/a.1748582731886853/4207001859378249/?type=3&source=48]() 4. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gE3iWbmJ4H8]() 5. [https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/out-of-the-way-pretty-boy]() 6. [https://funnyjunk.com/Remember+that+pretty+boy+comic/funny-pictures/5440758/]() 7. [https://www.instagram.com/p/CUXhdhPAmAv/]() --- Source: https://meme.com/memes/out-of-the-way-pretty-boy Published by meme.com — The Internet Meme Library