![]() The members of Task Force X learned that the place was housing Starro the Conqueror, a mind-controlling giant starfish from outer space. 'The Suicide Squad': How James Gunn retooled and made this bunch his own The new “Squad” (currently in theaters and on HBO Max) opened with tragedy – poor Weasel (Sean Gunn) drowning after jumping out of a plane – and got immediately worse from there when pretty much half our heroes bit the dust hitting the beach of the fictional South American island of Corto Maltese, including returnee Captain Boomerang (Jai Courtney). That “Game of Thrones” Red Wedding episode has nothing on the bloodshed spattered all over “ The Suicide Squad,” with writer/director James Gunn killing off the vast majority of his supervillain lineup – including John Cena’s Peacemaker, the title character of an upcoming HBO Max spinoff show. Overall, memes using the image macro of John Xina were prevalent on Reddit and Twitter since late May 2021, using catchphrases like "You Can't Xi Me" among others.Spoiler alert! The following post reveals plot points and the ending of “The Suicide Squad” so beware if you haven’t seen it yet. The video received 110 likes over the course of five days. For instance, on October 3rd, 2021, Reddit user thebaliguns uploaded a video to r/ shitposting. In October 2021, videos relating to John Xina using the video of John Cena Speaking Chinese and Eating Ice Cream began to be included in memes revolving around the China's Social Credit System event. The video received 297 upvotes over the course of four months. On May 27th, 2021, Reddit user Daftpunkerzz1988 posted the first known video meme using the image of John Xina to the subreddit r/ADVChina. The image appeared in r/blursedimages the same day. The image (shown below) received roughly 1,500 upvotes over the course of four months. On May 30th, 2021, the oversaturated image first appeared on r/CommunismMemes uploaded by the user CrimbusIsOver. Screenshots of the article became its own image macro meme, reposted to sites like iFunny in the days following.īlown-out and oversaturated images of American As Fack's image began appearing on Reddit in the days following. ![]() The t-shirt (shown below) was covered in an article written by the website American Military News on May 27th, 2021. On May 26th, 2021, graphic-tee company American As Fack began selling a t-shirt with a different Photoshopped image of John Cena as Chairman Mao. The image was reposted to Reddit on May 26th, 2021, by user ClassicSoulboy to the subreddit /r/walkaway. The post (shown below) received roughly 6,600 likes over the course of five months. On May 25th, 2021, conservative Twitter and Instagram meme account posted a photoshopped photo of John Cena as Xi Jinping to their Instagram. The hashtag #JohnXina began trending on Twitter that day too after tweet. This tweet inspired multiple Twitter users to use "John Xina" in their own tweets that day to poke fun at Cena's video. The tweet (shown below) received 444 likes over the course of five months and included a Photoshopped image of Cena leading a communist revolution. On May 25th, 2021, Twitter user posted a quote tweet referencing John Cena as "John Xina" in reference to the Weibo video. The video on Weibo received roughly 68,200 likes over the course of five months while Twitter user repost received roughly 11,800 likes and 10,000 quote tweets. On May 24th, 2021, a video of John Cena's Apology To China surfaced on Twitter, uploaded by user The video was originally posted to the Chinese social media site Weibo, by John Cena's account RealWWEJohnCena. These are the earliest known references to John Cena using the nickname. On January 30th, 2016, Twitter account tweeted, "JOHN Xina." On May 23rd, 2016, used "John Xina" again in a tweet (shown below). ![]() The nickname "John Xina" first appeared on Twitter as early as 2016.
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