{"slug":"so-youre-telling-me-theres-a-chance","name":"So You're Telling Me There's A Chance","url":"/templates/so-youre-telling-me-theres-a-chance.jpg","w":1661,"h":934,"top":"ONE IN A MILLION SHOT","bottom":"SO YOU'RE TELLING ME THERE'S A CHANCE","alternateFormats":[{"slug":"so-youre-telling-me-theres-a-chance-gif","label":"GIF Version"},{"slug":"so-youre-telling-me-theres-a-chance-captioned","label":"With Caption"}],"description":"Jim Carrey's face the moment unrealistic hope takes over. Make your own So You're Telling Me There's A Chance meme for any long shot you're still betting on.","keywords":"so youre telling me theres a chance meme, dumb and dumber meme, jim carrey meme, one in a million meme, unrealistic optimism meme","year":2014,"origin":"From the 1994 film Dumb and Dumber. Lloyd Christmas asks Mary Swanson what his chances are with her and she says \"Not good. Like one in a million.\" His face lights up and he responds, \"So you're saying there's a chance.\" The clip became a meme template around 2014, used for any situation where someone holds onto an absurdly optimistic reading of terrible odds. For equally irrational confidence, see Change My Mind. For the slow creep of hope turning to dread, see Anakin Padme 4 Panel.","sourceVideo":"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KX5jNnDMfxA","format":"classic","howToMake":["The So You're Telling Me There's A Chance template is ready. Just add your text","Type the top text with the impossible odds or bad news, and the bottom text with the wildly optimistic spin you're choosing to take from it","Classic drops your text directly over Jim Carrey's jubilant expression, or Classic Bars gives the hopeful text more room to breathe","Big white Impact with a black stroke sells the delusional excitement. The wider the gap between the odds and the hope, the funnier it lands","Done finding silver linings in storm clouds? Download the PNG or Share it with anyone else who refuses to accept reality"],"exampleCaptions":["MY FLIGHT IS DELAYED BY 12 HOURS AND I HAVE A CONNECTING FLIGHT IN 13","SO YOU'RE TELLING ME THERE'S A CHANCE"],"exampleAltText":"So You're Telling Me There's A Chance meme about making a connecting flight with only one hour between a 12-hour delay","exampleRefreshDate":"2026-03-04","seo":{"aliases":["Dumb and Dumber Chance Meme","Lloyd Christmas Meme","One In A Million Meme","Jim Carrey Hope Meme","There's A Chance Meme"],"description":"Jim Carrey as Lloyd Christmas from Dumb and Dumber, face alight with pure, unearned optimism. He's just been told the odds are one in a million, and instead of despair, he radiates hope. The scene captures the very human tendency to cherry-pick the only interpretation of terrible news that involves things working out perfectly.","definition":"Lloyd Christmas from Dumb and Dumber learns his odds are one in a million and responds with excitement rather than defeat. The meme format pairs any devastating or hopeless setup with the one sliver of technically-not-impossible hope the speaker clings to.","useCases":[{"category":"Unrealistic Optimism","examples":["The probability my pull request has zero bugs / So you're telling me there's a chance","My lottery ticket matching five out of six numbers / So you're telling me there's a chance I won something","The job posting saying they want 10 years of experience and I have 6 months / So you're telling me there's a chance","My fantasy team needing 43 points from a backup kicker to win / So you're telling me there's a chance","Getting on the standby list for the sold-out flight on Thanksgiving / So you're telling me there's a chance"]},{"category":"Sports & Competition","examples":["My team is down 28 points with 4 minutes left / So you're telling me there's a chance","I'm seeded 64th in the tournament and my first opponent is ranked 1st / So you're telling me there's a chance","My team has a 0.3% playoff probability according to the algorithm / So you're telling me there's a chance","I've missed my last 14 free throws but we need one to win / So you're telling me there's a chance","I'm in last place in March Madness with only one team left standing / So you're telling me there's a chance"]},{"category":"Work & Career","examples":["They interviewed 200 people for one position and I think mine went okay / So you're telling me there's a chance","The promotion was already announced but HR said to 'keep applying' / So you're telling me there's a chance","I submitted my proposal 3 hours after the stated deadline / So you're telling me there's a chance","My pitch deck has a typo on every third slide / So you're telling me there's a chance they liked it anyway","They said the role was filled but asked to keep my resume on file / So you're telling me there's a chance"]},{"category":"Technology & Software","examples":["Deploying on a Friday afternoon after skipping unit tests / So you're telling me there's a chance it's fine","My laptop battery at 2% with no charger in sight and 10 minutes left in the presentation / So you're telling me there's a chance","Closing the document without saving after two hours of work / So you're telling me there's a chance it autosaved","Sending a file that was probably too large to the client's email / So you're telling me there's a chance it went through","Updating my production server without testing in staging first / So you're telling me there's a chance nothing breaks"]},{"category":"Relationships & Dating","examples":["She gave me a fake phone number but the area code was right / So you're telling me there's a chance","They said they'd 'think about it' when I asked them out / So you're telling me there's a chance","It's been six weeks since the last date and they're definitely not texting me back / So you're telling me there's a chance","They said 'let's just be friends' but we're still texting / So you're telling me there's a chance","I confessed my feelings and they changed the subject / So you're telling me there's a chance"]},{"category":"School & Tests","examples":["I studied for 20 minutes before a 200-point final / So you're telling me there's a chance","I guessed C on every question I didn't know / So you're telling me there's a chance they were all C","The professor said partial credit is 'possible in certain circumstances' / So you're telling me there's a chance","I submitted a rough draft as the final and it's technically submitted / So you're telling me there's a chance it passes","My essay is three pages shorter than required but the font is 12.5 instead of 12 / So you're telling me there's a chance"]},{"category":"Money & Luck","examples":["I put my last $10 on a parlay with 7 legs / So you're telling me there's a chance","The stock I bought at its peak might recover / So you're telling me there's a chance","The scratcher ticket has one number left to reveal / So you're telling me there's a chance","My Airbnb host is still unresponsive at 11pm the night before my check-in / So you're telling me there's a chance it's fine","The price I need to sell at for breakeven requires the stock to triple / So you're telling me there's a chance"]}]}}