Pacha Edits / When The Sun Hits That Ridge Just Right

About

Pacha Edits refers to a photoshop meme based on several exploitable images of Pacha, one of the main characters featured in Disney's animated buddy comedy film series The Emperor's New Groove, most notably a stillshot of the character signaling an OK gesture with his left hand in satisfaction. Since debuting on 4chan in late January 2016, the still shots of Pacha have spawned hundreds of photoshopped derivatives on numerous forums within the imageboard community, often accompanied by snowclone variants based on the quote "When The Sun Hits That Ridge Just Right."

Origin

The pose originates from a scene in the 2000 Disney animated film The Emperor's New Groove^[11] wherein Pacha, a peasant father and one of supporting characters in the film series, informs Emperor Kuzco on the ideal spot for natural sunlight exposure atop the ridge where his hometown village is located. In late January 2016, 4chan users began using the still shot of Pacha's "OK" hand gesture as a reaction image to express approval of a post.

Spread

On January 29th, 2016, a thread was started on 4chan's /v/ (video games) board with a blank template of the Pacha image and a message encouraging others to recreate and share their own photoshopped versions.^[1] After drawing hundreds of responses, the thread went on to spawn multiple copycat threads on other sub-forums within the community, most notably on /vp/ (Pokemon) and /co/ (Comics & Cartoons). A Danbooru.styled website was consequently created several days after the spike in popularity of the exploitable.^[12]

Various Examples

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