A modest request
A request for some peace meets laughter instead of help.
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- The opening question
- Need anything?
- Peter’s request
- One quiet day
Also called Peter Parker Cry · Jameson Laughing at Peter · Peter Parker Rejected
Peter makes a hopeful request, Jameson bursts out laughing, and Peter ends up in tears. Write the opening exchange and let the three reaction panels deliver the rejection.
This five-panel version turns a reasonable request into something the other person finds laughable. The pause before Jameson laughs makes the refusal feel especially harsh.
Peter’s final crying face exaggerates the disappointment. Use it when asking for a small favor, a break, or a fair deal gets a response that is much less sympathetic than expected.
The office panels come from Spider-Man 2 (2004). Peter Parker, played by Tobey Maguire, asks J. Jonah Jameson for an advance, and J. K. Simmons’s Jameson laughs at the request. [1]
The final close-up comes from the earlier Spider-Man (2002), when Peter loses Uncle Ben. Meme makers added that separate reaction to the Jameson exchange; Know Your Meme documents a captioned combination on Imgflip in 2015. [2]
Spider-Man supplies the tearful close-up later added to the end of this template. [2]
Spider-Man 2 supplies the office exchange that starts the sequence. [1]
A documented Imgflip edit adds the crying face after Jameson’s laughter. [2]
Place Jameson’s opening line in the empty space to his right in the first panel. Put Peter’s reply to his left in the second panel. Keep the last three panels free of captions for the pause, laughter, and tears.
The request should sound sincere. If Peter is obviously joking, Jameson’s laughter is an expected response and the final disappointment loses its point.
Original captions to try with this template.
A request for some peace meets laughter instead of help.
The hopeful follow-up gets an answer before anyone says the price.
Peter expected an invitation to include a say in what the group watches.
References for this template. Example captions are original.
Identifies the office scene in which Jameson laughs at Peter’s request for an advance.
Documents the 2002 crying scene and its later use as an added reaction panel.