# We're All Trying To Find The Guy Who Did This "We're All Trying To Find The Guy Who Did This" is a reaction image taken from the Netflix sketch comedy I Think You Should Leave with Tim Robinson, where a man in a hot dog costume insists he did not crash a hot dog-shaped car. By late 2020, Twitter users were replying with it to politicians and companies caught dodging blame, including Donald Trump's "SAVE THE POST OFFICE" tweet. ## Origin I Think You Should Leave with Tim Robinson premiered on Netflix on April 23, 2019, and the "Hot Dog Car" scene appears in episode five of season one[2]. Robinson plays the man in the costume, insisting the group should track down whoever drove the hot dog-shaped car into a menswear shop while standing next to the wreckage in the suit[1]. The earliest documented use as a reaction image came on October 17, 2019, when Twitter user @joesmith628 replied to director Duncan Jones with the screengrab[4]. Jones had quoted Mike Pence saying "I need to be spanked and spanked hard," which lined up with the sketch's full punchline[5]. - **Platform:** Netflix (source), Twitter (viral spread) - **Creator:** Tim Robinson (sketch); @joesmith628 (earliest known reaction-image use) - **Date:** 2019 ## Overview A typical post captures a politician, executive or celebrity complaining about a problem they caused, then quote-replies with the still of Robinson in the hot dog suit and the line "we're all trying to find the guy who did this"[1]. The joke hinges on obvious deflection: the man in the photo is clearly the hot dog driver, so slapping the quote onto a real speaker accuses them of pretending they did not cause the thing they are now condemning[1]. The full line in the sketch runs "we're all trying to find the guy who did this and give him a spanking," but the spanking tail is usually cut when people deploy it on Twitter[2]. Some versions post the costume photo without any caption, trusting readers to supply the quote themselves[3]. ## How to Use Quote-reply the target's complaint with the hot dog man photo and the "we're all trying to find the guy who did this" caption. The target is typically someone decrying a situation they themselves caused or benefited from, such as a company flagging an industry problem or a politician blaming a system they oversee. ## Frequently Asked Questions ### What is We're All Trying To Find The Guy Who Did This? It is a reaction image of Tim Robinson wearing a hot dog costume while pretending he did not crash a hot dog-shaped car, taken from his Netflix show I Think You Should Leave[2]. ### Where did We're All Trying To Find The Guy Who Did This come from? The Hot Dog Car sketch in episode five of I Think You Should Leave with Tim Robinson, which Netflix released on April 23, 2019[3]. ### What does We're All Trying To Find The Guy Who Did This mean? People use it to accuse the target of a tweet of causing the very problem they are now complaining about, since the character blaming an unknown driver is obviously the driver himself[1]. ### How do you use We're All Trying To Find The Guy Who Did This? Reply to a self-serving statement, such as a company's apology or a politician's condemnation, with the hot dog costume still and the quote; Ilhan Omar used it on Exxon's climate tweet in December 2020[8]. ### Is We're All Trying To Find The Guy Who Did This still popular? Its peak was late 2020 during the Trump Postal Service and NFL moments, and it is still a familiar reaction image on Twitter and in sketch-fan circles[1]. ## References 1. [https://slate.com/culture/2020/08/hot-dog-costume-meme-i-think-you-should-leave.html]() 2. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WLfAf8oHrMo]() 3. [https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/were-all-trying-to-find-the-guy-who-did-this]() 4. [https://twitter.com/joesmith628/status/1185031669969018880]() 5. [https://twitter.com/ManMadeMoon/status/1185031183177879554]() 6. [https://x.com/i/status/1269041630809665536]() 7. [https://twitter.com/EricDSnider/status/1295461310230966272]() 8. [https://twitter.com/IlhanMN/status/1334702809296613376]() --- Source: https://meme.com/memes/were-all-trying-to-find-the-guy-who-did-this Published by meme.com — The Internet Meme Library