Your Foster Parents Are Dead

About

"Your Foster Parents Are Dead" is a memorable quote uttered by the character T-800 in the 1991 science fiction action film Terminator 2: Judgement Day. The scene in which he says the line has been the source of numerous parodies, including an image macro series that mocks another's faux fandom.

Origin

On July 3rd, 1991, the film Terminator 2: Judgement Day was released in the United States.^[1] In the film, T-800 and John Connor (portrayed by Arnold Schwarzenegger and Edward Furlong, respectively) attempt to contact John's foster parents. T-800 speaks to John's foster mother (portrayed by Jenette Goldstein) over a payphone and determines that she had been killed by the film's antagonist, T-1000 (portrayed by Jason Patrick). The two share the following exchange:

T-800: [to John; normal voice] What's the dog's name?
John: Max.
T-800: [impersonating John's voice] Hey Janelle, what's wrong with Wolfie? I can hear him barking. Is he all right?
Foster Mother: Wolfie's fine, honey. Wolfie's just fine. Where are you?
T-800: [hangs up the phone] Your foster parents are dead.

Spread

On October 1st, 2013, YouTube channel CineFix posted a sweded version of the scene in their series "Homemade Movies." Within six years, the post received more than 317,000 views (shown below, left).

The following year, on August 24th, 2014, a three-panel Spanish-language variation of the meme was posted on the WillyLavameLasBolas Facebook ^[2] page (shown below, right).

On June 19th, 2015, YouTuber TPD Productions posted a LEGO version of the scene. The post received more than 19,000 views in a little over four years (shown below).

Two years later, on February 17th, 2017, a variation of the meme featuring images from the film Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope edited into the meme was posted on the Youngling-core Facebook^[3] group (shown below, left).

On September 2nd, 2019, Redditor ^[4] Sabretooth1100 shared a variation in the /r/PrequelMemes subreddit that references the Hello There meme. The post received more than 51,000 points (96% upvoted) and 470 comments in less than days (shown below, center).

The following day, Redditor^[5] psdump shared a version in the /r/simpsonsshitposting subreddit that references the Dental Plan meme. The post received more than 1,500 points (98% upvoted) in 24 hours (shown below, right

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