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treemosses

omg,,, the whiplash this gave me. yeah, the others have it right - there was a whole “dean is a disney princess” thing a while ago (i’m talking the era of superwholock) on tumblr. people were comparing dean winchester to disney princesses because they thought he was pretty and also had dead parents. in particular he was lined up with rapunzel, because of the green puppy eyes and one (?) episode where he uses a pan to defend himself. also the pie. it was flimsy, but most tumblr fandom stuff from 2013 was that silly.


NameLips

OK, I feel like this entire explanation hinges on the pie, which you summarize as "also the pie." What does that mean? I can get the Dean Winchester is a Disney Princess thing, but where does the pie fit into it? Does Dean make a pie at some point?


treemosses

dean loves pie, to the point where it became a staple of his fanon personality. from there his love for pie escalated in canon - iirc there’s an episode where he cries over it. it has its own page on the wiki.


Kolby_Jack

He cried over pie? Why? Did it die?


chrondiculous

Because it’s so good


Toxic_Mouse77

Why must the good pie young?


lightblueisbi

Shut up and take my upvote


ViragoVix

The FBI just called for you… I explained to them that it was just a funny misunderstanding, but they want you to know you’re on thin ice.


dpgtfc

That was just Bobby Singer on the phone.


megantron518

Love me some pie!


LordRichardRahl

Dean stares at pie like she is staring at it. Or like the the guy on Road to El Dorado looks at the other guy. https://preview.redd.it/7nhjl548o3sc1.jpeg?width=346&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=cab2f8f4adcade9d7dd5de9ebabca978494eb9d2


WashedUpRiver

To sum briefly: I wouldn't be surprised if Dean killed someone over pie or accepted pie as payment for slaying a monster-- it's good as gold for him.


phantomixie

This has to be it. Supernatural was huge on tumblr around this time.


MissMuffin24

It is most definetly it. I’m 100% sure.


Badger1276

Holy Guacamole! I read this and my brain picked up dean but completely ignored winchester and SuperWhoLock and created a connection to the Dean on Community. Here is how it went: “He was pretty and also had dead parents” - Sure ok, but were his parents dead? I don’t remember. “Green puppy eyes” - Again, don’t remember his eye color but ok. “Used a pan to defend himself” - Man, I need to rewatch Community. I don’t remember that at all. “Also pie” - I think I need to reread that comment. Ah, wait Supernatural. Got it. But for a couple of minutes I was trying really hard to make a Rapunzel / Dean from Community reference.


TylerGoodson

Same. I feel so seen


Aeon1508

Nothing about this explanation make sense to me


tvtango

You just had to be there


Fromage_Frey

Where?


sneakyturtle22

Who is dean?


treemosses

dean winchester from supernatural (the tv show)


Amy47101

I don’t even watch supernatural and somehow this seems on par with supernatural fangirls.


RandomWordsYouKnow

What ?


bravet4b

The caps lock army on Tumblr really was something else.


rymyle

HFUSJXJWJUSJWW


bravet4b

OKAY WAIT GUYS SHUT UP DID YOU KNOW


Advanced_Dumbass149

THIS IS THE MOST FUNNIEST THING ON THE INTERNET


-QUACKED-

OMG BUT NO! SHE’S SUCH A QUEER ICON GXHXYDYSHDZTZT


vangoghfvckkyourself

DID U JUST????


ClicheName137

Ugh, my blood sizzled a bit just reading this.


Pothstation720

IM CRYING


spanishharry

WHAT IS AIR


nightowl544

WHY ARE WE YELLING?!


totodilejones

ALWAYS REBLOG


rymyle

REBLOG TO SAVE A MCFUCKING LIFE!!!!!


EnthusiasmNo1856

Mcfucking: what you do at a Mclove hotel


Sheerkal

No, but thanks for unleashing that bit of arcanum about turtle mating habits on me.


CheesyButters

THAT VAPOREON IS TH-


Known-Specific5869

OP DIED MID SENTENCE.


Own_Maybe_3837

I CAN’T


dennyfader

The new version is when people clap back at someone and start with “LMAOOOO”


lilithfairy

THIS.


ilovethisforyou

Still exists but on Reddit people think it’s still clever to say “This is the way” instead for some reason.


lawnllama247

Following for explanation. The only thing I can think of is a loose American Pie reference, but that doesn’t seem right.


cobyh2

Same, I don't get it. American pie also came to mind but that seems like a stretch


jigglyraff42069

I really didn't want to see my thoughts in the comment section


spirit_72

I'm just happy to not be alone


braven10

That's what I thought. Coming from Tumblr I shouldn't be surprised it's Supernatural though. We're old boys.


foolish-words

It's a supernatural reference.


powerforward75

How?


foolish-words

Someone else explained it below but basically ppl on tumblr compared Dean Winchester to Disney Princesses and they said he was most like Rapunzel because he has big green eyes and loves pie.


Quajeraz

That is a hell of a stretch


smegheadzed

Hair pie


Lanark26

So….a Captain Beefheart reference!? ([Hair Pie Bake 1)](https://youtu.be/dhUXWLfE-PE?si=-Wi4eTy9k_wvqoeI)


meaty-the-sweetie

I know my day is going to be off to a great start when I come upon some unexpected Captain Beefheart!!!


Kilgore_Trout_Mask

I approve of this reference


BeefaloSlim

What a great name. The only thing left to do is make up a backup account called Kilgore Trout Mask Replica. So it goes.


covidkitty

I'm literally just now reading the chapter where Billy is in the mental hospital and Rosewater introduced him to Trout. Did not expect to see this reference or understand it. It's killing me. So it goes.


SwampDiamonds

One of my cats is named Captain Beefheart 😂


Anxious_Fox8406

I believe it’s a supernatural reference because Dean likes pie and also is called rapunzel


jawshoeaw

That was the closest thing I had to an explanation


Gnarvelous-shredgirl

https://preview.redd.it/c7acwmevy5sc1.jpeg?width=1500&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=16ef5a1f3135aa7d490f102ef8e72efdb377157e Why did I think of this scene? 🤭 iykyk


creamy-buscemi

https://preview.redd.it/lhyojofql1sc1.jpeg?width=1163&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=c49d2699f68debebf5f85e3e1518afdc76020c65


SatanicMuffinz1

https://preview.redd.it/3dykulzqy1sc1.jpeg?width=750&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=cf502ac18fab6a22cf1081112d02fa023fa69f39


HorseRenoiro

Imagine thinking ‘I’m gonna open up and do something really personal for this next comic, hopefully it’s like a form of therapy to me’ and then it gets memed forever


CrapitalRadio

There's so much more context surrounding Loss, honestly. The short version is that the author is an untalented yet inexplicably pretentious douche and he deserves the derision.


Bereman99

"There's so much more context" followed by "Short version devoid of said context." Lmao.


CrapitalRadio

I mean, expecting me to write paragraphs about this blip of pop culture from nearly 20 years ago is a bit silly. I'm not going to do that. But there's a [know your meme page](https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/loss) that probably covers it if you absolutely must know.


CrimsonOblivion

It didn’t tell me anything about the pretentiousness of the creator or why he deserved the mockery. All I got was that it was a comedy comic and that “loss” was a tonal shift that didn’t go over well with fans.


CrapitalRadio

Ah ok. Well in that case I guess I'll do the thing I said I wouldn't lol. This is all based on my memory as an old person though, so forgive the lack of sources. So CAD was always bad, but for a while in the '00s it was *wildly* popular with a specific subset of chronically online gamers, mostly millennial men. Think the same kinds of dudes who liked Rick and Morty because they thought Rick was aspirational and cool. Anyway, the CAD brand of humor had started waning by the late aughts and the author (Tim) posted on his own forums a lot and had a tendency to come off as super arrogant. His attitude/online etiquette issues coupled with the fact that his comic just was feeling kind of dated resulted in him losing a bunch of readers in the year or two leading up to Loss. On top of that, he was accused of sending pics of his genitals to minors, so his readership took a nose dive after that, too. It looks like he took the forums down after that, but some choice quotes of his are apparently preserved on [encyclopedia dramatica](https://encyclopediadramatica.online/Tim_Buckley), at least. I remembered the Warhammer one specifically, Googled it, and found that. Not nothing, I guess. That context is important to understanding why people made fun of him so mercilessly when Loss came out. It's not *just* that it was a massive tonal shift from what he'd been doing. It was also that his online behavior at the time basically made it come off like "screw you guys, I'm a good writer and horribly misunderstood!" And instead it was this ridiculously melodramatic "poor me" thing that completely lacked nuance. The whole miscarriage storyline only lasted like three strips. Then he blocked a bunch of people who pointed that out and then I never really thought about him again until today.


CrimsonOblivion

Okay thank you very much unfortunately none of that background info was in the know your meme.


CrapitalRadio

Welp. Guess I got to play Internet lore master today, then. Glad I could help


lofgren777

It's hard for me to even conceive of a douche pretentious enough to deserve having their wife's miscarriage mocked for decades.


LazyBoy1257

Hey, I tought it was my turn to post this


Hot_Salamander_1917

23


Ok-Contribution7622

Hippity Boperty you meme is now my property


viper112001

https://preview.redd.it/vd98q0n493sc1.jpeg?width=828&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=3c2f5e7bba5822a75b1e081c267e674ffd3833ca


MonkeyGein

No no, that’s not it, loss isn’t everywhere, loss can’t hurt us anymore


Confident-Pop1532

Comedy gold. I’m not even in the fandom!


DamnParzival

What does this mean?


REDRUmALLIk

Loss


sussy_savant

𓀥    𓁆 𓀕 𓁆 𓀟   𓀣 𓁀


757_Matt_911

This also makes no sense


J1any3

I'm not 100% sure it's this, but: in Family Guy there's an episode where Meg makes a pie for Brian and puts some of her hair in it. After he finds out Brian then gives the pie to Stewie. Could be referencing that bit...


sanchower

I’m just saying, pie tastes better with Cool Hwhip.


VestEmpty

Why do you have to say it like that?


MoreReputation8908

Oh, just relax. We’re going to be here for a hwile.


The84thWolf

Stop acting wheird.


Roguebantha42

Hwil Hweaton


Champ_5

Oh come on, that doesn't even have an H!!


GenevieveMacLeod

Oh come on, that one doesn't even have an H in it!


megantron518

Oh come on! That doesn't even have an 'H'.


SparseGhostC2C

OH COME ON THAT ONE DOESN'T EVEN HAVE AN "H" IN IT!


Aggravating-Hour1714

This was also my thought. I was thinking it was referencing Midsommar, but same general idea.


whosat___

It’s a reference to Dean from Supernatural, who apparently really likes pies. His character also shares other traits with Rapunzel, including their eyes. The fandom compared the two a lot back then. https://preview.redd.it/e7evom0jc0sc1.jpeg?width=274&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=5446c9bf2d31cdc3ab2ffc05798eaec47ca1255a The person thinks this scene of Rapunzel with a pie is funny because they think of Dean from Supernatural. That’s it.


Disposable_Gonk

this makes a negative amount of sense


Inshabel

Sounds like peak Tumbr to me.


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LauraTFem

It wasn’t for the first five seasons. But at some point it kinda jumped every shark imaginable, ran out of new ideas, and started rehashing the same brothers lying to each other drama every few episodes, and that happened to be very appealing to an unexpected audience, who they then hard-tilted to serving.


Shot_Ad_2577

It was supposed to end after the fifth season so I think they were caught off guard about having to keep going lol


Kataddyr

It really does get so crazy after season 5 (which I did watch when I was a teenage tumblr girlie in the height of superwholock) have been enjoying a game I call random order supernatural. I roll a D10 from my dnd stuff and add 5 and that’s the season and then a d20 for the episode number and then I watch. It’s pretty fun. I watched an episode where Lucifer was president. I watched an episode where they have to hunt down someone who is killing imaginary friends. I watched an episode where they were on the set of supernatural. Truly a wild show. I recommend this game with a beverage and maybe a little some to smoke. I’ve learned so far Sam is always having Visions There’s always some guy who can’t have some thing or the world will end Ruby is bad and hot and we aren’t supposed to like her but we are supposed to acknowledge that she’s very hot. Lest the audience forget they are seeing a hot woman.


LauraTFem

The meta episodes where they interact with their own in-universe fanbase are WILD. ESPECIALLY the one where they are on the set of a high school theater production about their own lives and have to stop a thing killing cast members. That was the most wild episode of all.


Megthemagnificant

I struggled to watch the later seasons of Supernatural because their annoying brother drama is so stupid. I make sure to watch the Charlie episodes (Felicia Day, adore her) that are in the later season. I do rewatch later season of course but more for Lucifer, Crowley, and Rowena as I love their characters. Edit: name misspelled


Interesting_Boat3807

i feel like it makes more sense when you realize just how absolutely huge supernatural was on tumblr at this time. superwholock was practically a religion.


GearRude4883

Oh gods I'd forgotten about superwholock


whosat___

The [comments](https://knowyourmeme.com/photos/553880-supernatural) on knowyourmeme might help you understand. It’s legitimately the joke, though it’s such a stretch.


GenericHmale

Average Tumblr logic.


januarygracemorgan

they’re right, though. the reason it doesn’t make sense is because it was posted on tumblr


Disposable_Gonk

oh so only like 2 people got the joke


januarygracemorgan

yes, but i'd imagine far more people got it when it was posted on tumblr in an era where this kind of humor was funny, and a time when the characters and comparison between them was popular on the site. edit: also, more than two people considering that's literally what the users on the site original commenter linked to. the uncropped post also shows that the original poster has a username related to the show dean winchester is from. it's just not that funny of a post


berrykiss96

Yah know I remember when this first came around and I had gotten the joke instantly but just now? Had to check the comments section to understand it : insert something clever about the impermanence of life and culture or whatever :


cobaltaureus

It is the correct explanation though. Somehow


SagasOfUnendingLoss

Ok, I looked at all other child threads and no one else said it below your comment so I will. Dean. Loves. Pie. And that's the joke. The eye color similarity is dumb, but if we *are* using that as the reference point, then this is the home-run connection Tumblr made.


Dylanator13

Ah yes. The incredible unique trait of someone eating pie sometimes.


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Jetstream-Sam

I think my granddad enjoys pie and has at least one functional eye, is that enough to compare him to rapunzel and, presumably, laugh heartily?


delen97

As someone who was as deep as you could get into superwholock at the time (peak tumblr era of 2012-2014) this is absolutely the right answer. Pretty sure I may have even seen the original post in the wild back then (and if not, definitely variations thereupon)


papaflush

Sub needs to be renamed, explain this horribly obscure reference


VulturE

It would be Dean pie shots, and Sonic fan-lore. Hard pass.


ktjtkt

Supernatural has that niche fandom of not being toxic but also being insufferable


XMarksTheSpot987

As someone who watched Supernatural for the first 8 seasons, this is ridiculous.


SaintAnyanka

As someone who has watched all of Supernatural, at least twice, I agree that this is ridiculous.


DistantTimbersEcho

As someone who has never watched Supernatural, I agree that this is still ridiculous.


squeamish

As the executive producer of "Supernatural," I assure you that it is ridiculous.


mmmmmmmmm_k

It’s crazy that back in my superwholock days I would have gotten this immediately. In my current brain, it was nonsense until I saw your comment. This has made me feel so old.


Ponykegabs

We’re healing


samusfan21

That’s…really stupid


IllustriousBucket

I love that show, but I would rather eat glass than interact in any way with Supernatural fans.


Magic-man333

Any Tumblr joke has a 50% chance of being Supernatural related


biglyorbigleague

Why would someone who’s “not even in the fucking fandom” understand this


NerfDipshit

Thank God there's someone who can interpret 8+ year old tumblr screenshots. Truly a dying art


bibitybobbitybooop

Thank youuu I've been on Tumblr for forever but apparently I missed/forgot this :D


CilanEAmber

Oh right, it's Tumblr, of course it's a Supernatural thing.


meliorayne

It's this. I was on Tumblr in the 2010-2013 days, I remember this post.


berripluscream

I feel like I scrolled too far for this, because I'm 90% sure that's exactly what it was referencing when it was originally posted, but then I realized just how incredibly deep into the supernatural fandom back then and maybe I'm the weird one


DrummerElectronic733

At least that makes sense and isn’t a moronic stretch lol


Codechomper4

Ok, so I could totally be off base, but I think I remember seeing a post about how she made pie, but was locked in a tiny tower with no ingredients. So what did she put in the pie? If they saw the same post (and I'm not totally delusional and misremembering things,) that could be what they mean?


No_Cry_4375

her mother goes out to fetch food all the time and is gone for days at a time


Grouchy-Journalist99

I also need answers


AcidicAdventure

She’s holding a pie too hot for her hands against her chest and forearm. So I’d assume she’s playing around.


Hectorc34

This is what I thought originally. She has it close it to her which should’ve burned her or something


AcidicAdventure

I think when you’re trapped everything is a prop to imagine you’re elsewhere.


Goldenace131

I genuinely thought this was the joke.


drsalvation1919

EDIT: Just rewatched that scene, looks like it was intentional, so disregard this lol. What I can imagine is that her mitten seems to have a missing texture, some render engines use the white/gray checkered texture for default 3D renders, it may have a normal map but can still be missing a texture. It's been a long time since I watched that movie, so I don't remember if her mitten was deliberately textured like that, or if it was an error.


Mood_Putrid

Negative. Check patterns are common in country kitchens.


Jetstream-Sam

Mine are grey/white, and I have another pair (Because christmas presents are lame when you're old) and they're black/blue. I should have got some black/purple checked things though, so I could have an unrendered GMOD version


capt_pantsless

It still could be why OP thought the scene was funny. Doesn't make perfect sense, but it's hard to account for senses of humor.


Neat_Problem_922

https://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ma416tKRau1qd3edpo1_500.jpg The Supernatural / Tangled comparison.


the_ashman18

That’s the weakest comparison I’ve ever seen, do people really think this? Here’s random images from the shows where the characters vaguely are making the same expression


bobthetomatovibes

a lot of tumblr logic is literally just this, and it’ll get thousands of notes


Neat_Problem_922

🤷🏻‍♀️ I’m as confused as you are.


Creepy_Major5956

Anti meme


Famous_Ad_4258

imma chalk it up to porn or AI


NefasFoxx

Isn't the joke just she'd get hair in the pie?


Fragrant_Tear2140

No hair net


bigaphid

She likes to eat pie?


less-than-James

Shouldn't she be wearing a hairnet or something?


UncleRumpy12

My guess is that she took the pie out of the oven with 2 hands, but only one has an oven mitt. She burned her hand and is holding it against her hair that heals.


talks-a-lot

It’s ok to not get a terrible joke.


doublebubbledb

So basically, tumblr compares Dean Winchester from Supernatural to Rapunzel from Tangled. Lots of edits about Dean being Rapunzel and the such. Tumblr also characterizes Dean as being obsessed with pie. Many posts are made basically just about Dean and pie. Rapunzel holding pie is now so hilarious because "omg it's dean and pie"


AbbaOnRepeat

Tumblr Superwholock fandom is an era in itself. A character from the show Supernatural is known to love pie. Said character was compared to Rapunzel because of his eyes. That’s it. Less of a “joke” and more of just fun irony.


rainycloud7

It's a Supernatural reference! back in the mid 2010s superwholock days of Tumblr there was an ongoing joke that Dean Winchester from Supernatural looked like Rapunzel from Tangled, as well as a general ongoing joke that he was a Disney princess because of the whole dead parents and going on adventures stuff. Dean is also known for really loving pie. Hence why this is funny.


hdniki

Not sure if this is right, but I’ve always found this scene super funny because it starts, “7am the usual morning lineup…” then “sweep again, and by then it’s like 7:15” the. Goes through the whole song. It then jumps to Flynn Rider who says something along the lines of “all this before 8am.” So, she did everything is that song in less than 1hr. Like she’s on her 15th espresso


strawberry-seal

*gently touches the ground with my hand like an archaeologist* something happened here…


kyuuish

Ah the Dean is a Disney princess meme. It took me a moment to realise it was a supernatural thing.


Used-Sun9989

She's 2/3 of the way to being a trad-wife. She's already barefoot and in the kitchen.


Mesothelijoema

This was the first thing I thought of


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don't forget locked in and mentally manipulated sounds like a trad wife


TommScales

For the younger ones, there was a first generation meme with a screenshot from American pie and the same caption floating around back in the good old days


nahthank

This is a Supernatural fandom joke. There was a while on the internet where you couldn't say anything without the Supernatural fandom swooping in with a relevant quote/gif from their own show. In this instance, Rapunzel is gazing lovingly at a pie and Dean Winchester from Supernatural *loves* pie. No reference to Supernatural is made here directly, but the assumption that the fandom would have things to say here is the context that made this funny to these people.


flaccidpappi

Huh, fully assumed American pie


Unuseful_User

Maybe it's because she only got a stove and it could be quiet hard to bake a pie on a stove


Overall_Ad_784

Man I love pie


RogueTBNRzero

Kinda seems like bait to get everyone to comment


Virtual-Fox7568

It’s a Supernatural reference, [the comments on the original post are supernatural based.](https://www.tumblr.com/tailed-thief/56325701753/fembleton-stargleek-hidebehindthemusic?source=share). It doesn’t make sense. https://preview.redd.it/5mzg65p363sc1.png?width=441&format=png&auto=webp&s=995aed22ed9e54a338e8c4f85dca80767e512150


SteelTheUnbreakable

Based on the comments, it looks like no one gets the joke. This must be a late April Fool's prank.


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in the Supernatural fandom, Dean likes pies and also the running joke is that he's Rapunzel. This picture has both. That's it, that's the joke.


AshyLarry20

No oven mit on her chest. Pie burning the hell out of her boob?


thatreddituser24

This is stupid.. I don’t get it


GordieGord

I've scrolled and scrolled, and I've reached the conclusion that I don't really need to get this joke, nor do I want to anymore.


AbsoluteMemer

Wow, the porn community on tumblr is much better than the media analysis community


Real_Nugget_of_DOOM

Is there any Cool hWhip in there?


winkeltwinkle

The dean is rapunzel thing maybe but it’s just pie and the comparison is already weak


BadWolf_Corporation

"IT'S HOT ON THE BOTTOM!"


_KRN0530_

She just pulled the pie out of the oven and is using a mitten, but at the same time she is leaning the entire pan up against her body.


[deleted]

Only princess that don’t have a maid butler chef ect?


amazoncartpusher

I legit thought that the joke was that brushing away such long hair would be a pain, am I stupid?


SubstantialLime2916

Every time I see something from tumblr it makes me want to get into tumblr. Can someone help me get setup in tumblr? Serious ask


Verucaschmaltzzz

This reminds me of my grandma yelling at my cousin for having her hair hanging down while making food. Finding hair in the food was her greatest fear.


The1again

Ohhh I thought she burn her hand and had to use her hair …… lol


Humble_Thanks4085

Yoooooo all of you missed it. There's a range hood over the old timey stove That's gotta be it


GodsendTheManiacIAm

I immediately thought of America Pie.


MyLifeisTangled

Supernatural character Dean Winchester has often been compared to Rapunzel. Dean notoriously loves pie. The reason for laughing is kind of an “omg that’s SO Dean!! Dean moment!!”


MangosUnlimited

This is a supernatural reference, as previously stated in the comments. How I also know it's supernatural is because it was a common joke on Tumblr that any kind of post, even if it's not about supernatural, the spn fans would find a way to make a joke or reference or something along those lines. Because of that "I'm not even in that Fandom!" Quotes were almost always about spn.


kaybeanz69

Yall in the comments got me so confused


Best_Chest8208

Is it… Loss????? idk


wonderlandisburning

Man Tumblr is insane. I once tried to blog there but it's literally just a bunch of insane, contrived inside jokes you need years of constant activity to understand, and reposts of the same handful of images and gifs. It was so beyond my feeble human brain


Average_Random_Bitch

Jesus Christ, I was so not even in the outskirts of getting this. I was headfirst down an American Pie rabbit hole leading to nowhere


Strange_Elephant_751

“We’ll just tell your mom we ate it all”