# Some of You May Die "Some of You May Die" is a quote from Lord Farquaad in the 2001 DreamWorks film Shrek, where he tells knights preparing to fight for Princess Fiona that their deaths are a sacrifice he is willing to make. Starting in 2014, screenshots of Farquaad delivering the line spread across 9GAG and Reddit as an image macro pinned to any situation where an authority figure shows callous disregard, becoming a go-to reaction image for jokes about heartless institutional decisions. ## Origin The line comes from Shrek, released by DreamWorks on May 18, 2001, in a scene where Lord Farquaad rallies the knights of Duloc to compete for the right to rescue Princess Fiona and says, "Some of you may die, but it's a sacrifice I am willing to make"[1]. The clip has been widely available on YouTube for years[5]. The screenshot took on a second life as an image macro in early 2014. On January 28, 2014, a version captioned "My university's thought process about not canceling school with a -30 degree wind chill" was posted to 9GAG and picked up more than 18,000 points, the earliest widely circulated example documented by Know Your Meme[2][5]. - **Platform:** Shrek (source), 9GAG / Reddit (viral spread) - **Creator:** Unknown - **Date:** 2014 ## Overview The image macro is built on a single screencap of Lord Farquaad from Shrek addressing a crowd of knights, usually paired with a caption that names some cold decision the pictured group or institution is making[1]. The joke works because Farquaad delivers the line with total sincerity in the film, so slapping his face onto real-world callousness makes any bureaucratic or authoritarian choice sound like a cartoon villain speech[5]. Captions typically follow a simple template: the top of the image identifies whoever is being satirized (a university, a boss, an anti-vaccine parent, a government), and Farquaad's line stays intact underneath[2]. Users lean into the mismatch between the trivial stakes of the real situation, snow days, staffing decisions, minor inconveniences, and Farquaad's willingness to accept casualties[3]. That gap between petty grievance and life-or-death phrasing is the entire gag[4]. ## Frequently Asked Questions ### What is Some of You May Die? It is an image macro made from a Shrek screenshot of Lord Farquaad telling his knights, "Some of you may die, but it's a sacrifice I am willing to make," used to caption situations where an authority figure is indifferent to harm[5]. ### Where did Some of You May Die come from? The line is from the 2001 DreamWorks film Shrek, spoken by Lord Farquaad before the knights' tournament to rescue Princess Fiona[1]. ### What does Some of You May Die mean? As a meme, it labels any decision, usually by an institution or leader, where the person in charge treats other people's suffering as an acceptable cost[2]. ### How do you use Some of You May Die? Users typically caption the Farquaad screenshot with a group's name at the top, like a school or employer, so his line reads as that group's attitude toward the people under it[3][4]. ### Is Some of You May Die still popular? The macro is a classic Reddit reaction image that kept surfacing through the late 2010s in subreddits like r/fakehistoryporn and r/medicalschool[5]. ## References 1. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=roNlgIY9QKw]() 2. [https://9gag.com/gag/azbG7ox/my-universitys-thought-process-about-not-canceling-school-with-a-30-degree-wind-chill]() 3. [https://www.reddit.com/r/AdviceAnimals/comments/2upymp/how_i_think_antivaxxers_view_their_kids/]() 4. [https://www.reddit.com/r/funny/comments/2rofdw/my_school_when_it_comes_to_snow_days/]() 5. [https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/some-of-you-may-die]() --- Source: https://meme.com/memes/some-of-you-may-die Published by meme.com — The Internet Meme Library