Gru's Plan

Meme
Synonyms:	Gru meme
Date Started:	March 2018
Related:
See Also:	Despicable Me
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Gru's Plan is a four panel internet meme usually showing the character Gru from Despicable Me standing in front of a blank easel, creators can add whatever text they like to the blank space. In the first three panels Gru looks excited about what is printed on the easel, but in the last panel he looks confused or upset about what is written. This meme first appeared around early to mid March 2018, and quickly became popular on sites like Tumblr and Twitter. Fans used the meme to humorously depict their fandoms and make fun of themselves.

Example of Gru's Plan meme, used to illustrate the difficulty of writing fanfiction

Examples

General Fandom

• Character death, ^{Archived version}
• Fan Art, ^{Archived version}
• OC, ^{Archived version}
• OTP, ^{Archived version}
• Never canon, ^{Archived version}
• Content, ^{Archived version}
• Fandom drama, variant, ^{Archived version}

Fandom Specific

• Silver, ^{Archived version} Treasure Planet
• Saruman, ^{Archived version} LOTR
• Choni shippers, ^{Archived version} Riverdale
• Flatmate, ^{Archived version} Sherlock (TV series)
• Members leave, ^{Archived version} Panic! at the Disco
• Erased, ^{Archived version} Dangan Ronpa
• Harely Quinn, ^{Archived version} Batman
• Merlin, ^{Archived version} Merlin (TV series)
• Judy, ^{Archived version} Zootopia
• Jon, ^{Archived version} Game of Thrones
• Sirus Black, ^{Archived version} Harry Potter
• C/7, ^{Archived version} Star Trek: Voyager

Resources

• Know Your Meme: Gru's Plan