Suddenly unavailable
The peace sign becomes an implausibly quick escape from paying.
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- The reason to disappear
- Me when the bill arrives
Also called Disappearing Guy · Peace Out · Disappearing
Nileseyy Niles gives a peace sign and fades out of the picture. Add the moment that makes someone decide they would rather be elsewhere.
The three frames turn leaving into a disappearing act: present, fading, gone. The exit can express embarrassment, avoidance, or a quick loss of interest.
One setup is enough. The empty final frame supplies the response without needing another caption.
Comedian Niles Stewart, known as Nileseyy Niles, began a series of disappearing Vines on April 28, 2015. He used a peace sign and a fade effect to escape uncomfortable situations. [1]
This image sequence comes from the third Vine, “When you not tryna get jumped.” A June 19, 2015 tweet by chanelpuke shared frames from it, helping turn the video gag into a still-image reaction. [1]
Niles uses an abrupt visual exit as the punchline. [1]
The sequence becomes usable as a captioned reaction image. [1]
Niles releases a longer comedy video about the disappearing ability. [1]
Add a short setup above Niles in the large left panel. The two right panels should stay clear so the fading sequence remains easy to follow.
Try a request, an awkward discovery, or the end of a reason to stay. Begin with “Me when” if you want a personal reaction.
Original captions to try with this template.
The peace sign becomes an implausibly quick escape from paying.
A request for help is met with immediate absence.
The reason to stay disappears just before the guest does.
References for this template. Example captions are original.
Traces the Vine series, the June 2015 tweet, and the later comedy video.