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The format

What does Robotnik Pressing Red Button mean?

Also called Robotnik Pushing Red Button · Eggman Red Button Meme · Jim Carrey Button Choice

Two labeled buttons offer a choice, and a grinning Robotnik commits to the red one. Put the chosen option on the left, the ignored alternative on the right, and name the person making the choice below.

Unlike the sweating character in Two Buttons, Robotnik is delighted to act. The joke is about an enthusiastic preference rather than difficulty deciding.

The red choice can be a temptation, an unnecessary complication, or an obviously impractical habit. The blue choice gives readers the reasonable alternative being ignored.

Origin

A Sonic movie reaction meets the Two Buttons comic.

Jim Carrey plays Dr. Robotnik in the 2020 live-action Sonic the Hedgehog film. The reaction comes from a scene where Robotnik announces that it is time to push buttons and activates a red control. [1] [3]

The upper picture adapts the button panel from Jake Clark’s Daily Struggle comic, first posted in 2014. A documented May 12, 2020 Reddit post shared the combined Robotnik template, and captioned versions spread in the following days. [2] [3]

How the meme spread

  1. The button-panel comic is published

    Jake Clark posts the original Daily Struggle comic, later adapted for the upper picture. [2]

  2. Jim Carrey appears as Robotnik

    Sonic the Hedgehog supplies the live-action button-pressing reaction. [1] [3]

  3. The combined template is shared

    A Reddit post pairs the two-choice drawing with Robotnik’s enthusiastic response. [3]

Caption guide

Put the tempting option on the red button.

The left button is red and is the one chosen in the lower picture. Label it with the action the person actually takes, then put the rejected option over the blue button on the right.

Name the decision-maker on Robotnik’s jacket below his face. Keep the two options short enough to sit on their white panels without covering the buttons.

The chosen red option
Above the red button on the left.
The ignored blue option
Above the blue button on the right.
Who eagerly chooses it
On Robotnik’s jacket below his face.
  • Red on the left is the chosen action.
  • Blue on the right is the ignored alternative.
  • Use the lower caption to identify the decision-maker.
  • Keep Robotnik’s smile and the red control visible.

Robotnik Pressing Red Button examples

Original captions to try with this template.

Make your own

Robotnik Pressing Red Button: The chosen red option: More games. The ignored blue option: Sleep. Who eagerly chooses it: Me at 1 a.m.MoregamesSleepMe at 1 a.m.

Original artwork by Jake Clark (button-panel artwork)

Gaming

One more round

The sensible choice is available, but the decision was never really in doubt.

Read caption text
The chosen red option
More games
The ignored blue option
Sleep
Who eagerly chooses it
Me at 1 a.m.
Robotnik Pressing Red Button: The chosen red option: New tabs. The ignored blue option: Read one. Who eagerly chooses it: Me researchingNew tabsRead oneMe researching

Original artwork by Jake Clark (button-panel artwork)

Work

Another promising link

Collecting more sources feels more exciting than working through the ones already open.

Read caption text
The chosen red option
New tabs
The ignored blue option
Read one
Who eagerly chooses it
Me researching
Robotnik Pressing Red Button: The chosen red option: Extra cheese. The ignored blue option: Follow recipe. Who eagerly chooses it: Me cookingExtracheeseFollowrecipeMe cooking

Original artwork by Jake Clark (button-panel artwork)

Food

A small recipe adjustment

The cook is pleased with a choice the recipe never called for.

Read caption text
The chosen red option
Extra cheese
The ignored blue option
Follow recipe
Who eagerly chooses it
Me cooking
Sources3 references

References for this template. Example captions are original.

  1. Sonic the Hedgehog: Paramount Pictures

    The studio’s film page confirms the 2020 release and Jim Carrey as Dr. Robotnik.

  2. Daily Struggle / Two Buttons: Know Your Meme

    Identifies Jake Clark and the October 25, 2014 original comic.

  3. Robotnik Pressing Red Button: Know Your Meme

    Describes the movie scene, the combined template, and the May 2020 Reddit posts.