Dancing Zemo

About

Dancing Zemo refers to a clip from Falcon and the Winter Soldier of Baron Helmut Zemo dancing in a club. The clip spread on Twitter as users added humorous music to the scene.

Origin

On April 2nd, 2021, the Falcon and the Winter Soldier episode "Power Broker"^[1] aired. The episode features a scene of Baron Helmut Zemo dancing in a club (shown below).

Spread

The day the episode aired, Twitter user @bradwhipple posted a GIF of the moment to Twitter, gaining over 100 likes (shown below, top). On April 3rd, 2021, the Twitter account @ZemoDancingTo^[2] launched, a gimmick account dedicated to posting remixes of the scene with numerous songs. Some popular examples include a remix featuring "Hip To Be A Square" by Huey Lewis and The News (shown below, bottom).

The meme pointed out by Inverse^[3] as a symptom of problems with the Marvel Cinematic Universe, writing, "It’s a tough act to buy when this is also the guy who split the Avengers in half, thereby leaving all of Earth unprepared for Thanos’ arrival."

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