"Mine? Mine? Mine?" Seagulls

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"Mine! Mine! Mine!" Seagulls is a reaction image series based on a still shot of the Seagulls, minor antagonist characters in the 2003 Disney-Pixar animated film Finding Nemo, from a scene wherein the creatures surround the the protagonists Marlin and Dory and shout the word to mark their claims on potential prey. Online,

Origin

In the 2003 Disney-Pixar animated film Finding Nemo, Marlin and Dory, the protagonist characters in frantic search of the former's son Nemo, get scooped up by a brown pelican named Gerald upon their arrival at the Sydney Harbor. As Marlin and Dory are about to get swallowed by Gerald on a nearby dock, Nigel, another pelican who has been acquainted with Nemo, shows up and tries to explain to them that he is alive and well. However, both fish attempt to flee the dock in fear of getting eaten by the pelicans, only to find themselves completely surrounded by a flock of seagulls a moment later. Upon seeing Marlin and Dory in their helpless state, one of the seagulls utter "MINE" in trying to claim his newly found prey, which prompts the rest of the flock to yell "MINE" and chase after the fish in absolute chaos.

The earliest known usage of the scene as a reaction image can be traced back to a /r/funny post titled "Skrillex Fans," submitted by Redditor Simon_Killface on January 12th, 2012, which garnered more than 1,110 points (89% upvoted) prior to its archival.

Spread

In February 2012, a number of additional reaction images based on the still shot of the seagulls were submitted to Quickmeme, many of which quickly emerged to the top on /r/funny and other subreddits, including one about the state of comments section in not-safe-for-work (NSFW) posts and another one about the space community's obsession with finding life on another planet (shown below).

On February 20th, 2012, Memegenerator launched an entry page for "Mine Seagull," which has accumulated over 1,280 image macro submissions as of August 2015. On July 27th, Memegenerator created another entry page for "Mine Seagulls," which has less than 200 submissions as of August 2015.