The same day, a post in /r/dankmemes by dcxr 2 about the trailer for the latest Spider-Man film gained over 13,000 points. That day, it appeared in /r/MemeEconomy 1 in a post by FestiveNinja that gained over 1,200 points (shown below, left). Many were created by the page cancer_supreme, including a popular edit that mashed up Elmo from Sesame Street and Whomst that gained 1,300 likes on their page and was reposted to several other meme pages. The image of Church saying the line began seeing use as a reaction image on January 15th, 2019. Over the following months, 'Hey Beter' edits began appearing with increasing frequency on Instagram. One of the earliest was posted by thicc_garlic on December 22nd, introducing both the 4-panel comic template and the B Button Emoji which would become popular in future edits (shown below).

Shortly after the influx of YouTube and Instagram videos, photo edits began appearing on Instagram. 55 (701) Family Guy Peter Griffin What Really Grinds My Gears Funny Meme Original Photoshop Hey Peter Hey Beter Epioc. One popular edit by Nick Sexton using a clip of Joe singing the theme from American Dad gained over 24,000 views. On November 4th, 2016, Instagram user hyporcite posted a video of a doll resembling Joe Swanson with the audio of Joe repeatedly saying 'Hey Peter.' The following day, more edits began appearing on YouTube.

The video would go on to inspire similar creations on Instagram four months later.

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