Also called Look What They Need to Mimic a Fraction of Our Power · Omni-Man Fighter Jets · Invincible Fraction of Our Power
Omni-Man looks at fighter jets and dismisses the effort needed to match his abilities. Label the elaborate substitute and the person or thing that claims to do the same job effortlessly.
The joke gives an ordinary advantage the tone of a superhero boast. A cat that wakes you up can regard a complicated alarm setup with the same disdain Omni-Man shows the jets.
The comparison needs one shared job. The smug claim can be exaggerated, but readers should immediately see what both sides are trying to do.
The line comes from the first-season finale of the animated series Invincible, released in April 2021. During his confrontation with his son, Omni-Man points to fighter jets as evidence of how much machinery humans need to approach their abilities. [1]
Know Your Meme documents a May 1, 2021 Reddit post applying the scene to My Hero Academia. More comparisons followed during May, including a gaming example posted on May 11. [1]
The eighth episode supplies Omni-Man’s comparison with the fighter jets. [1]
A documented Reddit meme applies the boast to My Hero Academia. [1]
Further image macros use the line for games and other rivalries. [1]
Use the open sky below the jets for the elaborate substitute. Put the confident rival’s label on Omni-Man’s suit in the upper panel, below his face.
The lower panel already contains the boast. Leave that dialogue visible and keep the new labels short enough to establish the comparison before the reader reaches it.
Original captions to try with this template.
The cat treats a phone full of alarms as an inferior way to wake someone up.
The natural sound becomes a smug observer of its digital replacements.
A basic switch claims the credit for a job handled by a collection of apps.
References for this template. Example captions are original.
Identifies the first-season finale, explains the scene, and documents May 2021 memes.
