# WRONG!/ Lex Luthor YTMNDs WRONG!/ Lex Luthor YTMNDs is a 2006 YTMND fad spun from a Superman Returns trailer clip where Kevin Spacey's Lex Luthor cuts into frame and screams 'WRONG!' at whatever is on screen. User stratos-the-bratos kicked it off on May 23, 2006 by welding Lex onto the Kaz Hirai 'Ridge Racer' moment from E3 2006, and more than 300 remix sites followed. ## Origin The format started on May 23, 2006 when YTMND user stratos-the-bratos uploaded 'Lex Luthor owns Kaz Hirai,' which pulled a scene from the Superman Returns theatrical trailer and spliced it against the E3 2006 Sony press conference moment where Kaz Hirai said 'Ridge Racer!'[1]. The site landed inside the larger E3 2006 YTMND meme wave and racked up roughly 329,000 views[3]. Kevin Spacey played Lex Luthor in the 2006 Superman Returns film, which is where the sampled 'WRONG!' delivery originated[3]. A second structural branch of the fad kicked off with YTMND user RedBaron's 'Lex Luthor owns Scientology' (around 448,000 views), establishing the pattern where Luthor appears unannounced, screams, and triggers chaos in whatever scene he was dropped into[2]. - **Platform:** YTMND - **Creator:** stratos-the-bratos - **Date:** 2006 ## Overview The fad lives in two main shapes. The first keeps Luthor's audio and face but swaps the Kaz Hirai target, pasting another figure's head and voice into the Sony E3 clip while leaving the 'WRONG!' interruption untouched[1]. The second variant drops Luthor into an unrelated scene from nowhere, lets him scream 'WRONG!', and ends with massive on-screen destruction set to loud audio and the usual YTMND looped GIF background[2]. What locks the joke together is Kevin Spacey's delivery, the hard cut, and the single-word scream, which turned a trailer clip into a reusable interrupt button[3]. YTMND users ran it against E3 announcements, Scientology, pop stars, and other memes of the era, with each site keeping the three beats intact so viewers knew exactly when the payoff was coming. ## How to Use Users typically pick a target clip or scene, insert the Luthor cut-in at a hype beat, let him deliver the 'WRONG!' shout, and finish with destruction set to loud audio over a looped background GIF, the three-part YTMND structure that defined the format[2]. ## Frequently Asked Questions ### What is WRONG!/ Lex Luthor YTMNDs? It's a 2006 YTMND fad where a clip of Kevin Spacey's Lex Luthor shouting 'WRONG!' from the Superman Returns trailer gets dropped into other scenes to interrupt or destroy them[3]. ### Where did WRONG!/ Lex Luthor YTMNDs come from? YTMND user stratos-the-bratos started it on May 23, 2006 with 'Lex Luthor owns Kaz Hirai,' fusing the Luthor clip with the Kaz Hirai 'Ridge Racer' moment from E3 2006[1]. ### What does WRONG!/ Lex Luthor YTMNDs mean? The joke uses Luthor as an interrupt button, his sudden 'WRONG!' shout cancels or wrecks whatever was happening in the clip he was spliced into[2]. ### How do you use WRONG!/ Lex Luthor YTMNDs? Users typically pick a target scene, cut Luthor in during a hype moment, let him scream 'WRONG!', and follow with on-screen damage set to loud audio over a looped GIF[2]. ### Is WRONG!/ Lex Luthor YTMNDs still popular? The fad peaked on YTMND in 2006 and now sits as a classic artifact of the site's remix era, with more than 300 archived sites documented[3]. ## References 1. [https://lexluthor.ytmnd.com]() 2. [https://lexownshubbard.ytmnd.com]() 3. [https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/wrong-lex-luthor-ytmnds]() --- Source: https://meme.com/memes/wrong-lex-luthor-ytmnds Published by meme.com — The Internet Meme Library