Who Killed Hannibal? Meme Template

Eric André causes a problem, then turns to the camera as if someone else must be responsible. Label the person making the bad decision, what suffers, and the excuse that ignores the obvious cause.

The audience has just seen who caused the damage. The question in the second picture is funny because it pretends that the answer is a mystery.

Use it for a habit you refuse to blame, an avoidable consequence, or a misplaced accusation. The first picture needs to establish the cause clearly enough for the second picture to contradict it.

The scene comes from season two, episode six of The Eric Andre Show, which aired on November 7, 2013. During the sketch, André shoots co-host Hannibal Buress and then asks who killed him. The question turns something the audience just witnessed into a mock mystery. [1]

Two screenshots became an object-labeling format in April 2018. Versions replace the spoken question with an accusation against somebody else, or with confusion about a problem the speaker plainly caused. The familiar “Why would X do this?” wording is a meme variation on the scene. [2] [1]

Put the responsible person or behavior on André’s jacket in the upper picture. Label the thing being damaged near Hannibal, then write the baffled question across the bottom picture.

The two labels should explain the action without a separate paragraph. If the joke is about your own habits, name the habit rather than relying on “me” alone.

Who or what causes the problem

On André’s jacket in the upper picture.

What suffers

Near Hannibal in the upper picture.

The baffled question

Across the lower part of the second picture.

• Make the cause and consequence easy to connect.
• Save the excuse or accusation for the lower picture.
• Keep both faces and the raised arm visible.
• An everyday self-inflicted problem works without a real accusation.