# Pacha Edits Pacha Edits, also known as When The Sun Hits That Ridge Just Right, is a photoshop meme built from a still of Pacha from Disney's The Emperor's New Groove flashing an OK hand gesture. The exploitable took off on 4chan's /v/ board in late January 2016 and spawned hundreds of remixes across imageboard subforums. ## Origin The still comes from The Emperor's New Groove, the 2000 Disney animated buddy comedy, in a moment where Pacha shows off his hilltop village to Emperor Kuzco. On January 29, 2016, a 4chan user opened a thread on the /v/ (video games) board with a cleaned template of the shot and asked others to remix it into video game imagery[3]. The poster who kicked off that thread is unconfirmed as the format's creator, so the meme is best credited to anonymous /v/ regulars rather than any single artist. - **Platform:** 4chan /v/ - **Creator:** Unknown - **Date:** 2016 ## Overview The meme centers on a screenshot of Pacha standing on a grassy overlook and flashing an approving OK sign with his left hand, taken from a scene where he pitches Emperor Kuzco on the ideal ridge for sunrise viewing[1]. Users started blanking out the ridge behind him to drop Pacha into video game covers, Pokemon regions, cartoon scenes, and other pop culture cutouts, with a snowclone caption riffing on his in-movie line "When the sun hits that ridge just right"[3]. The joke works because the gesture reads as low-key satisfaction, so pairing it with objectively bad, obscure, or ironic subject matter creates a comedic mismatch. Common edits swap the ridge for the cover art of a niche game, a Pokemon route sign, or a specific corner of a beloved fictional map, and the caption fills in with whatever the poster is endorsing that day. ## How to Use A typical Pacha Edit takes the blank template of Pacha on his hill and replaces the ridge with any piece of media the poster wants to endorse: a game cover, a manga panel, a Pokemon region, or a movie still. The caption often follows the "When The Sun Hits That Ridge Just Right" snowclone, swapping "the sun" and "that ridge" for whatever fits the scene. ## Frequently Asked Questions ### What is Pacha Edits? It is a photoshop exploitable built from a still of Pacha giving an OK gesture in Disney's The Emperor's New Groove[1]. ### Where did Pacha Edits come from? The format started with a January 29, 2016 thread on 4chan's /v/ board that shared a blank template of the Pacha screenshot[3]. ### What does Pacha Edits mean? The OK gesture reads as quiet approval, so the edits work as ironic "I endorse this" reactions attached to niche or obscure media[3]. ### How do you use Pacha Edits? You drop a game, cartoon, or Pokemon scene into the ridge behind Pacha and caption it with a "When The Sun Hits That Ridge Just Right" variant[3]. ### Is Pacha Edits still popular? The template peaked in early 2016 and settled into classic 4chan reaction-image use, sorted on a dedicated fan booru[3]. ## References 1. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Emperor%27s_New_Groove]() 2. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danbooru]() 3. [https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/pacha-edits-when-the-sun-hits-that-ridge-just-right]() --- Source: https://meme.com/memes/pacha-edits-when-the-sun-hits-that-ridge-just-right Published by meme.com — The Internet Meme Library