# Your Mother Hung Herself > Your Mother Hung Herself is a 2022 four-panel exploitable image macro featuring Asuka Langley Soryu attempting the "Candice" joke on Carnage, who responds with a devastating reference to Asuka's mother's in-show suicide from *Neon Genesis Evangelion*. "Your Mother Hung Herself" is a four-panel exploitable image macro featuring Asuka Langley Soryu from *Neon Genesis Evangelion* attempting the "Candice" joke on Carnage from Marvel's *Spider-Man* franchise, only for Carnage to fire back with a brutal reference to the in-show suicide of Asuka's mother. The format originated on Instagram in January 2022 and went viral on Twitter later that month, spawning edits that swapped Carnage for other characters delivering the devastating comeback. ## Origin On January 6, 2022, Instagram user seinpants posted the original four-panel webcomic[2]. In this version, Asuka asks Carnage, "Hey Carnage, do you know Candice?" Rather than falling for the setup, Carnage responds with "Hey Asuka, do you know a good movie when you see one?" while the fourth panel shows the cover of *Venom: Let There Be Carnage*. The post picked up over 511 likes within a month[2]. Instagram user spooked_memes.v4 reposted it on January 10, where it gained over 3,000 likes in a similar timeframe[2]. The version that actually went viral came on January 25, 2022, when Twitter user jokergunmashups edited the comic to replace Carnage's dialogue with the now-iconic line: "YOUR MOTHER HUNG HERSELF GRAAAAAAAH!!!"[2]. This edit stripped out the movie reference and went straight for the throat with the *Evangelion* lore, earning over 13,600 likes in three weeks[2]. - **Platform:** Instagram (original comic), Twitter (viral edit) - **Creator:** seinpants (original comic, Instagram), jokergunmashups (viral "YOUR MOTHER HUNG HERSELF" edit, Twitter) - **Date:** 2022 ## Overview The meme uses a simple four-panel comic format. In the setup, Asuka approaches Carnage and tries to bait him with the "Candice" joke, a well-known internet prank where the punchline is "Candice [something] fit in your mouth." Instead of falling for it, Carnage responds with a reference to the suicide of Asuka's mother, Kyoko Zeppelin Soryu, who hanged herself during the events of *Neon Genesis Evangelion*[1]. The humor comes from the extreme escalation and the crossover between two unrelated fictional universes colliding over an internet prank gone wrong. The lore behind the punchline is central to understanding why it hits so hard. In the anime, Kyoko was a researcher who underwent a Contact Experiment with Evangelion Unit-02, which fractured her psyche[1]. After being institutionalized and losing the ability to recognize her own daughter, Kyoko committed a "double suicide" by hanging herself alongside a rag doll she believed was Asuka. The real Asuka witnessed the scene[1]. It's one of the darkest moments in an already grim series, which makes weaponizing it as a comeback against a simple "Candice" joke so jarring and effective. ## How It Spread The meme picked up speed quickly after the jokergunmashups edit. On January 28, 2022, Twitter user blottso posted a variation that swapped Carnage for The Annoying Orange, pulling in over 15,000 likes in about three weeks[2]. On February 2, Twitter user Funny_Mechanism uploaded a voiced-over version with xSaki__Chanx providing voice lines for Asuka, gaining over 3,300 likes in two weeks[2]. The audio element added a new dimension to the format and showed its potential beyond static images. By February 6, the meme had migrated to Reddit's r/evangelionmemes subreddit[2]. User Blu3Subaru posted a version replacing Carnage with Big Smoke from *Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas*, referencing Big Smoke's infamous food order, which earned over 400 upvotes in under a day[2]. That same day, user Kabanere posted a subversion where Venom is asked the Candice question and instead apologizes to Asuka, flipping the format's cruelty into something unexpectedly sympathetic[2]. ## How to Use The format typically follows a four-panel structure: 1. Asuka approaches a character and tries to set up the "Candice" joke 2. The character responds with a devastating counter-reference, usually about Asuka's mother 3. Asuka reacts with shock or distress 4. A fourth panel provides a punchline image or additional reaction ## Fun Facts - The original seinpants comic didn't even include the "hung herself" line. Carnage's original comeback was about Asuka not knowing a good movie, promoting *Venom: Let There Be Carnage*[2]. - Kyoko's suicide in the anime involves her hanging both herself and a rag doll she treated as a surrogate Asuka, making the real Asuka a direct witness to the act[1]. - During Kyoko's hospitalization, her husband began an affair with her doctor, and they were already married by the time of the funeral. Other characters in the series imply the infidelity drove the suicide[1]. - The soul of Asuka's mother lives on inside Evangelion Unit-02 after the Contact Experiment, and both the sane and insane parts of her personality were incorporated into the mecha[1]. ## Frequently Asked Questions ### What is "Your Mother Hung Herself"? It's a four-panel exploitable image macro where Asuka from *Neon Genesis Evangelion* tries the "Candice" prank on Carnage from *Spider-Man*, and Carnage responds by referencing the suicide of Asuka's mother[2]. ### Where did "Your Mother Hung Herself" come from? The original comic was posted by Instagram user seinpants on January 6, 2022. The viral version with the "YOUR MOTHER HUNG HERSELF" line was created by Twitter user jokergunmashups on January 25, 2022[2]. ### What does "Your Mother Hung Herself" mean? The punchline refers to Kyoko Zeppelin Soryu, Asuka's mother in *Neon Genesis Evangelion*, who hanged herself after a psychotic break caused by a failed Contact Experiment with Evangelion Unit-02[1]. ### How do you use "Your Mother Hung Herself"? Swap Carnage for a different character, keep the setup where Asuka tries the Candice joke, and have the new character deliver a devastating counter. The format also works as a subversion where the character reacts with sympathy instead[2]. ### Is "Your Mother Hung Herself" still popular? The meme had its peak in January-February 2022 and activity dropped off after that initial burst. It lives on mostly as a reference within *Evangelion* meme communities[2]. ### Who voiced the audio version of the meme? Twitter user xSaki__Chanx provided Asuka's voice lines for the voiced-over edit posted by Funny_Mechanism on February 2, 2022[2]. ### Why is the joke about Asuka's mother so dark? In the anime, Asuka was a child when she walked in on her mother's body after the hanging. Kyoko had also hanged a rag doll she believed was Asuka in a "double suicide"[1]. It's among the most traumatic scenes in the series. ### What subreddit did this meme spread to? The meme reached r/evangelionmemes on Reddit by February 6, 2022, where users posted several variations including Big Smoke and Venom edits[2]. ## References 1. [Kyoko Zeppelin Soryu - EvaWiki - An Evangelion Wiki - EvaGeeks.org]() 2. [Your Mother Hung Herself - Know Your Meme]() --- Source: https://meme.com/memes/your-mother-hung-herself Published by meme.com — The Internet Meme Library