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Donald Sutherland Screaming and Pointing
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About
Donald Sutherland Screaming and Pointing refers to an image of actor Donald Sutherland with a scary, wide-eyed look on his face as his arm and finger are extended outward, taken from the 1978 film Invasion of the Body Snatchers. The frame saw use as a reaction image and image macro meme template in the late 2000s and early 2010s. It also saw a spike in use following Sutherland's death in June 2024.
Origin
The scene comes from the end of 1978's Invasion of the Body Snatchers when Matthew Bennell, played by actor Donald Sutherland, emits the characteristic high-pitched scream of the duplicates (shown below).
It's unclear when the image of Sutherland screaming began seeing use in memes, though there are early examples of the image seeing use in forums in the late 2000s. For example, a post dated May 3rd, 2007, in the elitepvpers[1] forum shows user CampionE using an image macro of the scene with the caption Pwned as an avatar (shown below).
![Pwned PWNED!!](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/002/844/098/73a.gif)
Spread
The still of Sutherland continued seeing use in image macro memes over the following several years, usually with captions mocking someone for being an outsider. The meme creation site Imgflip hosts several examples of the meme with such captions.
For example, an example created by user Jewelmen10[2] was created to mock Twitter users with Hexagonal Profile Pictures (shown below, left). An example created by user TrentaIcedTea6PacketsofSplenda[3] was created to reference mask-wearing during the COVID-19 Pandemic.
![Hexagon PFP imgflip.com HEXAGON PFP](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/002/844/104/102.jpg)
![Mask wearing YOU DON'T WANT DONALD SUTHERLAND AFTER YOU FOR NOT WEARING THE MASK! imgflip.com](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/002/844/106/36f.jpg)
Resurgence Upon Donald Sutherland's Death
On June 20th, 2024, Donald Sutherland passed away at the age of 88.[4] His passing led to the creation of memes using the frame as a tribute to the actor.
For example, on June 21st, Memedroid user Lindsyoung[5] posted a Meme Heaven edit with the still (shown below, left). On June 20th, Twitter / X user @ambernoelle[6] posted the still saying Sutherland should have won an Oscar for his performance in the scene, gaining over 170 retweets and 1,900 likes in one day (shown below, right).
![Meme Heaven DONALD SUTHERLAND 1935-2024](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/002/844/108/400.png)
![RIP Don Amber Sparks @ambernoelle RIP to a legend, Donald Sutherland should have won an Oscar for this absolutely formatively terrifying moment alone 1:40 PM âš« Jun 20, 2024 95.1K Views](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/002/844/111/69e.png)
Various Examples
![Gif](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/000/117/126/ISEE.gif)
![Invasion of the NO Us NO U](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/000/117/129/NOU.gif)
![That's Him, KnowYourMeme! THAT'S HIM Know Your Meme HE'S THE ONE THAT POSTED A PICTURE THAT HURT MY SENSITIVE BUTTHOLE](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/263/343/7aa.jpg)
![Because it had to be done. R.I.P. Donald Sutherland. | /r/dndmemes DM: The Big Bad Wizard also casts another Fireball using Twin Spell. The Rules Lawyer Player:](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/002/843/533/dd2.jpeg)
![Freedom to Think... Gone..... UNVACCINATED SOON THERE'LL BE NO ONE LEFT TO FIGHT ONCE THEY MAKE VACCINES MANDATORY FOR ADULTS](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/380/602/51a.jpg)
![RIP Big Guy YOUR SOUL HAS BEEN SNATCHED FROM YOUR BODY REST IN PEACE DONALD SUTHERLAND imgflip.com](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/002/844/113/b8a.jpg)
Search Interest
External References
[1] ElitePVPers – Forum Avatar
[2] Imgflip – Hexagon PFP
[3] Imgflip – Mask Wearing
[4] AP – Donald Sutherland Dies at 88
[5] Memedroid – RIP Donald Sutherland
[6] Twitter – ambernoelle
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