# Pablo Escobar Waiting Pablo Escobar Waiting, also called Sad Pablo Escobar, is a three-panel image macro pulled from Netflix's Narcos, where Wagner Moura's Escobar sits alone in three different spots with a hollow, defeated stare[1]. Published anonymously on Meme Generator in October 2016, one month after Narcos season 2 aired, the template turned trivial waiting frustrations into one of Reddit's go-to reaction formats through 2017 and 2018[2]. ## Origin Netflix released the second season of Narcos, its drama about Colombian cartel leader Pablo Escobar, on September 2, 2016[1]. About five weeks later, on October 8, 2016, an anonymous Meme Generator account uploaded the three-panel template of Moura's Escobar in the field, the kitchen, and the pool[2]. There is no confirmed creator behind the original template; the uploader is only identified as an anonymous Meme Generator user, and no fan is known to have made the assembled image before that date. By the eighteen-month mark, KYM tracked more than 950 derivative posts built off that original template[2]. - **Platform:** Meme Generator / Reddit (viral spread) - **Creator:** Unknown - **Date:** 2016 ## Overview The template pairs three screencaps of Wagner Moura's Escobar looking utterly checked out: sitting in an empty field, slumped at a kitchen table, and staring into a drained backyard pool[2]. Users stack a caption on top describing something they are waiting for, and the three panels sell the emotional arc of that wait, from bored to miserable to fully broken. The joke works because the images are pulled from genuinely heavy dramatic beats in Narcos season 2, so the mismatch between real cartel-boss despair and, say, a delayed food order is what makes the format land[3]. Captions typically follow a 'When...' setup: waiting on a package, waiting for the next episode of a show, waiting for a coworker to show up. The static, unedited screengrabs and the lack of a payoff panel keep the format easy to remix, which is how it stayed in circulation on subreddits like /r/funny and /r/AdviceAnimals for close to two years[2]. ## How to Use The common convention is to add a single 'When...' caption at the top of the three-panel image describing whatever you are stuck waiting for, then let Moura's unedited screencaps do the emotional work. The waits are usually low-stakes and mundane, since the gag comes from applying Escobar's Narcos-level despair to something trivial[2]. ## Frequently Asked Questions ### What is Pablo Escobar Waiting? It is a three-panel image macro using screencaps of Wagner Moura's Escobar from Narcos season 2, deployed to express the sad boredom of waiting for something[2]. ### Where did Pablo Escobar Waiting come from? An anonymous Meme Generator user uploaded the three-panel template on October 8, 2016, about five weeks after Netflix released Narcos season 2[1][2]. ### What does Pablo Escobar Waiting mean? The three progressively lonely shots stand in for the boredom and low-grade misery of anticipation, usually applied to trivial waits like shipping delays or missed lunch plans[2]. ### How do you use Pablo Escobar Waiting? Users typically add a 'When...' caption at the top describing what they are waiting for, then let the three unedited screencaps carry the emotional arc[2]. ### Is Pablo Escobar Waiting still popular? The template's heaviest documented activity ran from October 2016 through early 2018, with the biggest single Reddit hit landing in /r/funny in February 2018[2]. ## References 1. [https://www.netflix.com/title/80025172]() 2. [https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/pablo-escobar-waiting]() 3. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Narcos]() --- Source: https://meme.com/memes/pablo-escobar-waiting Published by meme.com — The Internet Meme Library