AboutWhat does the meme depict?

Confused Travolta is a meme template that features an animated GIF depicting the character Vincent Vega, played by John Travolta, in the 1994 film Pulp Fiction. In the GIF, Travolta's character is edited to appear in various settings, looking bewildered and scanning the area around him. The focus is on his confused expression and his awkward, out-of-place stance in different, often humorous, contexts.

OriginWho did it first?

The meme originated from a post by an Imgur user named karmafrappuccino on November 17th, 2012. This post featured the character Vincent Vega looking around a room bewildered while a voice-over conversation plays from an intercom, setting the stage for the meme's context of confusion and displacement. See the original Imgur post here. Following this, on November 6th, another user on Imgur, ILikeToWonkaMyWilly, shared a GIF where Travolta's character is edited into a supermarket aisle, enhancing the meme's portrayal of confusion in unusual settings. The post can be viewed here.^[1]

Origin: 2015