Its Smug Aura Mocks Me

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Its Smug Aura Mocks Me is a memorable quote from the American television comedy series It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia uttered by the character Frank (portrayed by Danny Devito) in reference to a portrait of a dog supposedly painted by Adolf Hitler. Online, a screenshot of the scene been used as an exploitable, with people replacing the portrait with other images for humorous effect.

Origin

On October 11th, 2012, the episode of It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia entitled "Pop-Pop: The Final Solution" aired in the United States.^[1] In the episode, the character Frank remarks of a painting of a dog,^[2] "I do not like this painting, Charlie. Its smug aura mocks me."

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On May 12th, 2014, Twitter ^[3] account @FrankRQuotes tweeted the quote and screen capture. The tweet (shown below, left) received more than 65 retweets and 80 likes.

Two years later, on February 9th, 2016, Redditor ^[4] SamHam101 posted a photoshopped version of the image, replacing the painting with a screenshot from an anime. The post (shown below, center) received more than 630 points (98% upvoted) in less than three years.

The following year, Redditor^[5] TornadoJohnson posted a variation with a character from Samurai Jack in the /r/samuraijack subreddit. The post (shown below, right) received more than 1,200 points (98% upvoted) in a year and a half.

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