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The format

What does The Rock Driving mean?

Also called Race to Witch Mountain Meme · The Rock Driving a Taxi · Dwayne Johnson Car Reaction

A routine question gets an answer worth turning around for. Fill the two speech bubbles, then let The Rock’s startled look deliver the reaction.

The three panels show a driver speaking, a passenger replying, and the driver looking back in surprise. The last image acts like a silent “Wait, what?”

Give the conversation a normal opening and put the unexpected detail in the reply. A misunderstanding, forgotten task, or casually admitted mistake can supply the surprise.

Origin

A taxi scene becomes a three-panel conversation.

The images come from the 2009 film Race to Witch Mountain. Dwayne Johnson plays Jack Bruno, a taxi driver who discovers two children in his cab. The meme rearranges the encounter into a question, a reply, and his startled look back. [1]

On July 29, 2009, Newgrounds user MetalStar posted a blank three-panel version for others to edit. The format spread through forum replies and later appeared on caption-generator sites. [1]

How the meme spread

  1. Race to Witch Mountain supplies the scene

    The film stars Dwayne Johnson as taxi driver Jack Bruno. [1]

  2. A blank comic is shared on Newgrounds

    MetalStar starts a thread that invites users to replace the conversation. [1]

  3. The format gets a Quickmeme page

    The three-panel exchange becomes available through a caption generator. [1]

Caption guide

Keep the question ordinary and the answer surprising.

Write inside the white speech bubbles in the first two panels. Leave the third panel without a caption so the look back has room to work.

The answer should change how the reader understands the question. Keep both lines brief enough to read as a quick exchange in a car.

The normal question
The driver’s opening line in the upper bubble.
The surprising answer
The passenger’s reply in the middle bubble.
  • Use the first bubble for the driver’s question.
  • Put the mistake or unexpected detail in the second bubble.
  • Finish the joke before the silent reaction panel.

The Rock Driving examples

Original captions to try with this template.

Make your own

The Rock Driving: The normal question: Did you save it?. The surprising answer: I closed the warningDid you saveit?I closedthe warning
Work

A troubling save method

Closing the warning is treated as if it completed the save.

Read caption text
The normal question
Did you save it?
The surprising answer
I closed the warning
The Rock Driving: The normal question: Who has the tickets?. The surprising answer: I thought you didWho has thetickets?I thoughtyou did
Travel

Ready for the trip

The routine check exposes that neither person took responsibility.

Read caption text
The normal question
Who has the tickets?
The surprising answer
I thought you did
The Rock Driving: The normal question: Did you back it up?. The surprising answer: I took a screenshotDid you backit up?I took ascreenshot
Technology

A very thin backup

The answer reveals a misunderstanding of what needed to be preserved.

Read caption text
The normal question
Did you back it up?
The surprising answer
I took a screenshot
Sources1 reference

References for this template. Example captions are original.

  1. The Rock Driving: Know Your Meme

    Identifies the film scene and documents the Newgrounds thread and Quickmeme page.