We Don't Do That Here — T'Challa from Black Panther holding up his hand in a disapproving gesture toward a man with his back turned.

We Don't Do That Here

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Published October 5, 2026

We Don't Do That Here is a reaction image pulled from a 2018 scene in Avengers: Infinity War where Black Panther corrects Bruce Banner for bowing in Wakanda. The screencap of Chadwick Boseman's deadpan response became a go-to punchline on Tumblr, Twitter and Reddit for calling out social missteps both minor and absurd.

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Overview

We Don't Do That Here works as a flat, polite shutdown delivered via a screencap of Chadwick Boseman's T'Challa staring down an unseen offender1. The standard format pairs the still frame with a setup line describing some behavior the poster finds cringe, embarrassing, or socially unacceptable, with Black Panther's line working as the punchline response4.

The tone sits between gentle correction and absolute rejection, which is why it travels so easily across topics. Early versions targeted things like writing-process questions directed at prepared authors2, while later edits swung into darker, more offensive territory on Reddit's /r/dankmemes5. The joke lands because the character's delivery is calm and non-negotiable rather than angry.

Origin & Background

Platform
Film (Avengers: Infinity War) / Tumblr (viral spread)
Date
2018

Avengers: Infinity War opened in United States theaters on April 27th, 20184. In the scene, Bruce Banner (Mark Ruffalo) arrives in Wakanda with James Rhodes (Don Cheadle) and starts to bow to T'Challa; Black Panther stops him with a dry "We don't do that here"6.

That same day, Tumblr user jlaws posted a set of GIFs of the exchange with the caption "Should we bow?" / "Yeah, he's a king," which pulled more than 4,200 notes over the following six weeks1.

How It Spread

Roughly two weeks after jlaws's original post, Tumblr user she-writes-love shared just the still frame with a long setup about disorganized writers being asked about their process by prepared ones2. That post pulled more than 4,100 notes and helped lock in the single-screencap-plus-caption template rather than the GIF version2.

The following month, Twitter user @slutparadise posted a mocked-up version with the caption "When you're from Alabama and want to marry outside your immediate family" on June 4th, 20183. Later that day, Redditor MyDixyRekt2 reposted the tweet to /r/dankmemes under the title "Excuse me?", where it drew more than 5,500 points at 96% upvoted inside 24 hours5. Variations kept rolling through /r/dankmemes over the next day4.

Timeline

2018-04-27

Avengers: Infinity War opens in US theaters; Tumblr user jlaws posts GIFs of the Wakanda bow scene the same day[1].

2018-05-11

Tumblr user she-writes-love posts the screencap with a caption about Writers™, locking in the still-frame format[2].

2018-06-04

Twitter user @slutparadise posts the first mocked-up reaction version of the meme[3].

2018-06-04

Redditor MyDixyRekt2 crossposts the tweet to /r/dankmemes, where it hits 5,500+ points inside a day[5].

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How to Use This Meme

A typical post pairs the T'Challa screencap or GIF with a lead-in describing a social misstep, awkward confession, or absurd scenario. The common convention is to keep the setup specific and the image unaltered so the deadpan read does the work. Edits often swap in a different reactor's face for a mock version of the format.

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