Also called Teacher’s Copy vs Student’s Copy · Traumatized Mr. Incredible · What They Give You
A clean, colorful Mr. Incredible sits beside a dark, grainy version of the same face. Label the left as the good original and the right as the degraded copy or disappointing result.
The change in image quality makes the comparison immediate. The right side looks as though detail has been lost through copying, compression, or an unfortunate attempt to reproduce the original.
You can compare two versions of a file, an instruction and its result, or a polished expectation and a rough outcome. The two captions should name versions of the same thing.
In October 2020, Twitter user CitizenPlain shared humanlike edits of characters from The Incredibles, including Mr. Incredible. The original character artwork and its altered counterpart became a two-image comparison. [2]
On November 10, 2020, Reddit user PARILIZEDpArrOT243 posted a classroom-copy joke and darkened the altered face to resemble a poor photocopy. That version led to the familiar contrast between the teacher’s clear original and the sheet given to students. [1] [2]
CitizenPlain shares the altered Incredibles images that precede this comparison. [2]
A Reddit post compares the teacher’s original with a degraded student copy. [1] [2]
Later captions contrast people unaware of something with people who know its unsettling background. [2]
Put matching labels near the bottom of each half. The clean left portrait is the starting point; the dark right portrait is the poorer version.
Be specific about what changed. A saved original and a repeatedly forwarded picture make a clearer pair than vague labels such as “good” and “bad.”
Original captions to try with this template.
Original artwork by PARILIZEDpArrOT243 (photocopy edit)
Each round of sharing seems to leave less of the original picture behind.
Original artwork by PARILIZEDpArrOT243 (photocopy edit)
The classroom comparison focuses on detail disappearing from a useful illustration.
Original artwork by PARILIZEDpArrOT243 (photocopy edit)
The neat reference becomes an ominous version after the attempt to recreate it.
References for this template. Example captions are original.
The November 10, 2020 classroom-copy edit and its discussion.
Documents the character edit, photocopy adaptation, and later people-who-know format.
