# Sweet Jesus Face Sweet Jesus Face is a rage comic reaction face with bulging asymmetrical eyes and a puckered upside-down smile, used to signal overwhelming yearning at the moment a craving is about to be satisfied[3]. Modified from a 2008 deviantArt drawing and reworked on a Facepunch forum in 2009[1], the image hit Reddit in February 2011 with the caption 'Sweet Jesus Have Mercy!' and became a fixture of the r/fffffffuuuuuuuuuuuu rage comic era. ## Origin The face first appeared in a comic titled 'Nobody is Right' posted to deviantArt on September 16, 2008 by user 3-Angled-Blue[1]. In that original drawing it was one expression among several and was not yet tied to any single reaction. A Facepunch Studios forum user named Strongside repurposed the face in an exploitable comic called Troll Bait on March 5, 2009, flipping the smile upside down and pushing one pupil to the far corner of the eye to build the distinctive 'Sweet Jesus' variant[2]. - **Platform:** deviantArt (source art) / Reddit (viral spread) - **Creator:** 3-Angled-Blue (original face); Strongside (Sweet Jesus edit) - **Date:** 2011 ## Overview The face pairs bulging asymmetrical eyes, with one pupil shoved to the outer edge, with an upside-down smile that reads as a trembling, hungry pucker[4]. Rage comic artists dropped it into the last panel of multi-panel strips to sell the exact second a character finally gets the thing they were desperate for, whether food, a crush's attention, or any long-awaited payoff[4]. The emotional register sits close to Me Gusta but pushed further into overwhelmed craving rather than smug satisfaction[4]. The original Reddit post that named it locked the format to a very specific feeling: extreme hunger meeting a pizza delivery at the door[3]. ## How to Use The face typically caps off a multi-panel rage comic. Earlier panels build up longing, deprivation, or anticipation, and the final panel cuts to a character wearing the Sweet Jesus Face as the object of desire arrives[3]. Common setups swap the pizza for any long-awaited reward, keeping the face itself unchanged. ## Frequently Asked Questions ### What is Sweet Jesus Face? A rage comic reaction face with asymmetrical wide eyes and a puckered upside-down mouth, used to show overwhelming yearning or enjoyment[4]. ### Where did Sweet Jesus Face come from? The base face was drawn by 3-Angled-Blue in the deviantArt comic 'Nobody is Right' on September 16, 2008[1], then modified into the 'Sweet Jesus' version by Facepunch user Strongside in March 2009[2]. ### What does Sweet Jesus Face mean? It signals a character being overcome by desire or relief at the exact moment they get something they badly want, such as food finally arriving[3]. ### How do you use Sweet Jesus Face? It typically closes a rage comic, cutting to the face in the last panel after earlier panels build up craving or anticipation[3]. ### Is Sweet Jesus Face still popular? It is a classic rage comic face tied to the r/fffffffuuuuuuuuuuuu era of the early 2010s and is not in heavy current rotation[4]. ## References 1. [https://3-angled-blue.deviantart.com/gallery/#/d1mg3fq]() 2. [https://www.facepunch.com/showthread.php?t=688773]() 3. [https://www.reddit.com/r/fffffffuuuuuuuuuuuu/comments/fg2cj/sweet_jesus_have_mercy/]() 4. [https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/sweet-jesus-face]() --- Source: https://meme.com/memes/sweet-jesus-face Published by meme.com — The Internet Meme Library