# Thank You, Random Citizen Thank You, Random Citizen is a reaction image and catchphrase lifted from a 2010 line delivered by Brad Pitt's Metro Man in the DreamWorks animated film Megamind. Fans clipped a screenshot of the pointing superhero and started using it as a mock-grand response to compliments, kind DMs, and message-board praise, turning a throwaway movie beat into a long-running image macro. ## Origin Megamind premiered internationally in late October 2010 and rolled out through November of that year[1]. The exchange happens during Metro Man's public appearance in Metro City, where he responds to a shouted thanks from the crowd with 'And I love you, random citizen.' On November 15th, 2010, the official DreamworksTV channel uploaded the short scene to YouTube, where the clip climbed past 1.5 million views over the following years[2]. The screengrab of Metro Man mid-point started circulating as a reaction image on image boards and forums well before it settled into a fixed template, with users typing out variations of the quote as captions or comment replies rather than baking the text into the picture[3]. - **Platform:** Megamind (film) / Imgur (viral spread) - **Creator:** Unknown - **Date:** 2010 ## Overview Thank You, Random Citizen, also written as And I Love You, Random Citizen, is a paraphrase of a line spoken by the superhero Metro Man (voiced by Brad Pitt) in the 2010 DreamWorks film Megamind[1]. When an off-screen fan in a crowd shouts thanks, Metro Man beams and replies, 'And I love you, random citizen'[2]. Posters grabbed a screencap of him grinning and pointing straight at the camera and turned it into an all-purpose reply for any small unearned compliment online. The format is dead simple: the screenshot appears on its own or with white impact text riffing on the quote, swapping in words like 'thank you,' 'I like you,' or 'and I appreciate you' before the phrase 'random citizen' or 'random user'[3][4]. The joke works because Metro Man's earnest, chest-out delivery is wildly out of proportion to whatever nice-but-tiny thing prompted it, like a stranger upvoting your post or leaving a kind Discord message[5]. ## Frequently Asked Questions ### What is Thank You, Random Citizen? It is a reaction image and catchphrase built around the line 'And I love you, random citizen,' spoken by Metro Man in the 2010 film Megamind, most often used as a mock-grand thank-you online[5]. ### Where did Thank You, Random Citizen come from? The line comes from Megamind, which premiered in October 2010, and DreamworksTV uploaded the scene to YouTube on November 15th, 2010[2]. ### What does Thank You, Random Citizen mean? It is an over-the-top way to acknowledge a small kindness from a stranger online, playing on Metro Man's earnest superhero delivery aimed at whoever shouted from the crowd[3]. ### How do you use Thank You, Random Citizen? Drop the screenshot of Metro Man pointing as a reply to a compliment or nice DM, or use the MemeGenerator template to add captions like 'And I thank you, random citizen'[6]. ### Is Thank You, Random Citizen still popular? It is a classic reaction image with steady long-tail use on forums and message boards rather than a trending moment, with hundreds of template spinoffs logged as of 2019[6]. ## References 1. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Megamind]() 2. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jTswFDgOqso]() 3. [https://imgur.com/gallery/vl3f5pG/comment/25979439]() 4. [https://funnyjunk.com/funny_gifs/4471145/German+armor/30]() 5. [https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/thank-you-random-citizen]() 6. [https://memegenerator.net/instance/49063651/and-i-thank-you-random-citizen-any-time-random-citizen]() --- Source: https://meme.com/memes/thank-you-random-citizen Published by meme.com — The Internet Meme Library