AboutWhat does the meme depict?

"This Little Maneuver's Gonna Cost Us 51 Years" features a screenshot from the 2014 science fiction movie Interstellar. In the image, the character Cooper, portrayed by Matthew McConaughey, delivers the memorable line. The image is typically used in image macros to express actions leading to significant, often humorous consequences.

OriginWho did it first?

The film Interstellar, released by Warner Bros. Studios on November 7th, 2014 in the United States Interstellar on IMDb, includes a scene where the crew, lacking fuel, uses a black hole called Gargantua as a slingshot. In this pivotal moment, Cooper informs his crew that their maneuver will cost them 51 years on Earth. The earliest known meme adaptation of this scene emerged on May 28th, 2019, when Redditor BrodoFratgins posted it with a humorous caption about taking a detour to get gas. This video Watch on YouTube includes the relevant scene from the movie.^[1]

Origin: 2014