What's My Purpose / Butter Robot Meme Generator

What is the What's My Purpose / Butter Robot Meme?

The Butter Robot from Rick and Morty asks what its purpose is, gets a disappointing answer, and processes the existential blow. Users fill in all three panels to create a question/answer/devastation sequence about any underwhelming truth.

Also Known As

• Butter Robot Meme
• You Pass Butter Meme
• Rick and Morty Purpose Meme
• What Is My Purpose Meme
• Existential Robot Meme

About the What's My Purpose / Butter Robot Meme

Three stacked panels from Rick and Morty. Top: the small grey Butter Robot stands on a yellow-green checkered floor, its single lens eye looking up, two antennas on its boxy head, tread wheels beneath. Middle: Rick sits at the dining table eating pancakes with a fork, Summer stands behind in a pink tank top, and the Butter Robot sits on the table near a butter dish. A grandfather clock and framed picture fill the cozy family background. Bottom: the Butter Robot alone again on the same checkered floor, its posture slightly lower, processing the answer it just received.

From Rick and Morty Season 1. Three panels: (1) the small grey Butter Robot on a checkered floor, looking up, presumably asking "What is my purpose?" (2) Rick eating pancakes at the dining table with Summer standing behind, telling the robot it passes butter. (3) The Butter Robot alone again, processing the devastating simplicity of its existence. The Adult Swim watermark is visible. The format lets users fill in the question, the disappointing answer, and the reaction. For another "purpose is underwhelming" moment, see This Is Worthless. For an existential crisis in a different style, see This Is Fine.

How to Make a What's My Purpose / Butter Robot Meme

1. Three text fields map to the three-panel sequence: the question (top), the answer (middle), and the existential reaction (bottom)
2. Panel 1: the Butter Robot asks about its purpose. Panel 2: Rick delivers the underwhelming truth. Panel 3: the robot processes the disappointment
3. The original punchline is "You pass butter" / "Oh my god." Your version replaces the answer with whatever soul-crushing purpose you want to assign
4. White Impact with black stroke sits well over the bright yellow-green animation style. Each panel is roughly one-third of the tall image
5. Download your existential crisis as a PNG and share it with anyone who needs to question their role in life

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