{"slug":"but-it-might-work-for-us","name":"But It Might Work For Us (Blank)","url":"/templates/but-it-might-work-for-us.png","w":418,"h":894,"top":"","bottom":"","description":"Create a But It Might Work For Us meme using the blank four-panel Arrested Development template. Add your own custom text to the top and bottom.","keywords":"but it might work for us blank meme, arrested development template blank, it might work for us meme, arrested development four panel","year":2013,"origin":"The blank panel version of the But It Might Work For Us Arrested Development meme, allowing custom text to be added over the four-panel image. The captioned version has the original dialogue baked in. For the single panel version, see But It Might Work For Us (Single Panel).","format":"template","alternateFormats":[{"slug":"but-it-might-work-for-us-captioned","label":"Captioned Version"},{"slug":"but-it-might-work-for-us-single","label":"Single Panel"}],"textBoxes":[{"label":"Top text","x":5,"y":2,"w":90,"h":10,"placeholder":"The thing that never works","fontFamily":"Impact","fontColor":"#FFFFFF","strokeColor":"#000000","strokeWidth":2,"isBold":true,"isAllCaps":true,"textAlign":"center","fontSize":45,"opacity":1},{"label":"Bottom text","x":5.4,"y":81.9,"w":90,"h":15,"placeholder":"Why it might work for us","fontFamily":"Impact","fontColor":"#FFFFFF","strokeColor":"#000000","strokeWidth":2,"isBold":true,"isAllCaps":true,"textAlign":"center","fontSize":45,"opacity":1}],"exampleCaptions":["GOING BACK TO YOUR EX","BUT IT MIGHT WORK FOR US THIS TIME"],"exampleAltText":"But It Might Work For Us blank meme about going back to your ex","exampleRefreshDate":"2026-05-15","howToMake":["Open the But It Might Work For Us blank four-panel template","Add top text with the doomed plan or thing that never works for anyone","Add bottom text with the specific delusional reason this time is different","The blank version lets you write completely custom dialogue over the Arrested Development panels","Share with fellow optimists who know better and are doing it anyway"],"seo":{"aliases":["But It Might Work For Us Custom","Arrested Development Blank Template","It Might Work Blank Meme"],"description":"The four-panel Arrested Development sequence stripped of its original dialogue, leaving a blank canvas for custom text. Top and bottom text boxes let you write your own version of the \"it never works but it might work for us\" joke. The panels show the same characters and emotional arc of resigned wisdom giving way to irrational hope, but the specific plan is yours to fill in.","definition":"A blank four-panel Arrested Development meme template for the \"But It Might Work For Us\" format. Allows custom text over the familiar panel sequence.","useCases":[{"category":"Relationship Revisits","examples":["GOING BACK TO YOUR EX / BUT IT MIGHT WORK FOR US THIS TIME","REINSTALLING THE APP YOU DELETED / BUT THIS TIME I'LL USE IT DIFFERENTLY","TRYING THE SAME DIET AGAIN / BUT I'M REALLY COMMITTED NOW"]},{"category":"Repeated Bad Strategies","examples":["WAITING UNTIL THE LAST MINUTE / BUT I WORK BETTER UNDER PRESSURE","SKIPPING THE TUTORIAL / BUT I'LL FIGURE IT OUT"]}]}}