# That Really Rustled My Jimmies
That Really Rustled My Jimmies is a 4chan catchphrase paired with a frowning gorilla image macro, used to express annoyance at another poster in mock 1950s slang. It started on FunnyJunk in June 2010 and went viral across 4chan between late 2010 and 2013.
## Overview
"That Really Rustled My Jimmies" is a catchphrase paired with reaction images of frowning apes and other animals, used on 4chan to express annoyance at another poster in mock old-fashioned English[4]. The signature version pairs the phrase with a frowning gorilla image macro, while the counter-format captions a cartoon gorilla from a Gorilla Munch cereal box with "My Jimmies Remain Unrustled"[6].
The line reads like 1950s slang, and its awkward register is much of the joke. Posters use it as a stiff, faux-Victorian way of admitting they got annoyed, while the unrustled version works as a flat dismissal of obvious bait[7].
## How It Spread
Through 2011 the jimmies format jumped across 4chan boards, showing up in threads on /v/, /x/, and /tv/, and drifting outward to Newgrounds, Tumblr, and Facebook[4]. On February 23, 2012, a "Jimmies General" thread was sticky-featured on /v/ and ran past 650 posts before archiving[5]. The following day 4chan briefly renamed the /v/ board from "Video Games" to "Jimmies"[4].
The meme reached mainstream news on April 12, 2012, after Modesto resident James Ferrario killed a deputy sheriff and a locksmith during an eviction. A /b/ troll posted a fake AMA claiming to be Ferrario, and a Fox 40 KTXL reporter aired the thread, calling the suspect "Jimmy Rustle" and describing an alleged "gorilla fetish" based entirely on the jimmies images being posted[2].
On March 6, 2013, the hacking group NullCrew defaced Time Warner Cable's customer support page with the Gorilla Munch cartoon in protest over the Copyright Alerts System, and the defacement stayed up for several hours before the company took it down[1].
## How to Use
People typically pair the phrase with a reaction image, most often the frowning gorilla or another disgruntled-looking animal, and post it in reply to something they find annoying or bait-y. The inverse, "my jimmies remain unrustled," is a common convention for signaling that a provocation failed to get under the poster's skin. Both variants often use plain white overlay text in the classic 4chan macro style.
## Frequently Asked Questions
### What is That Really Rustled My Jimmies?
It is a 4chan catchphrase paired with a frowning gorilla image macro, used to express annoyance at another user's post in mock old-fashioned English[4].
### Where did That Really Rustled My Jimmies come from?
An anonymous user first posted the image macro on FunnyJunk on June 16, 2010[6]. The underlying gorilla photograph was uploaded to Flickr by Frank Wouters on July 4, 2007[3].
### What does That Really Rustled My Jimmies mean?
It means someone or something has genuinely annoyed the speaker, phrased in intentionally dated 1950s slang for comic effect, with the greentext template popularized on 4chan's /r9k/ board in December 2010[7].
### How do you use That Really Rustled My Jimmies?
Post the frowning gorilla image with the phrase when a thread annoys you, or reply with the Gorilla Munch cereal-box gorilla captioned "My Jimmies Remain Unrustled" to signal you were not baited[6].
### Is That Really Rustled My Jimmies still popular?
Peak usage ran from late 2010 through 2013, driven by 4chan sticky threads, the 2012 Ferrario news cycle covered by Fox 40 KTXL, and the 2013 NullCrew hack of Time Warner Cable[2][1].
## References
1. [https://www.dailydot.com/]()
2. [https://fox40.com/]()
3. [https://www.flickr.com/photos/frank-wouters/]()
4. [https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/that-really-rustled-my-jimmies]()
5. [https://web.archive.org/web/2012*/chanarchive.org/4chan/v/*jimmies*]()
6. [https://funnyjunk.com/]()
7. [https://web.archive.org/web/2011*/chanarchive.org/4chan/r9k/*rustled*]()
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