{"slug":"thats-how-you-do-it","name":"That's How You Do It (Simpsons)","url":"/templates/thats-how-you-do-it.jpg","w":1080,"h":792,"top":"","bottom":"","description":"Create a That's How You Do It Simpsons meme. From \"The Wizard of Evergreen Terrace,\" a father smacks his kid for not appreciating something enough. Label the thing that did it right and the thing that didn't.","keywords":"that's how you do it simpsons meme, simpsons smack meme, now that's how you do it meme, simpsons father kid meme, that's how you x meme","year":2020,"origin":"From The Simpsons episode \"The Wizard of Evergreen Terrace\" (1998). At the Edison Museum, a father smacks his son on the back of the head after the kid fails to show enough enthusiasm. The scene became a meme template captioned \"Now that's how you do an X!\" for comparing two similar things where one clearly outperformed the other. The father represents the superior version, and the kid represents the inferior one getting schooled.","format":"template","textBoxes":[{"label":"The better thing (father)","x":18.5,"y":34.3,"w":35,"h":30,"placeholder":"The thing that did it right","fontFamily":"Impact","fontColor":"#FFFFFF","strokeColor":"#000000","strokeWidth":2,"isBold":true,"isAllCaps":true,"textAlign":"center","fontSize":38,"opacity":1},{"label":"The worse thing (kid)","x":57.9,"y":44.6,"w":35,"h":25,"placeholder":"The thing that failed","fontFamily":"Impact","fontColor":"#FFFFFF","strokeColor":"#000000","strokeWidth":2,"isBold":true,"isAllCaps":true,"textAlign":"center","fontSize":38,"opacity":1},{"label":"Caption","x":5,"y":72.6,"w":90,"h":20,"placeholder":"NOW THAT'S HOW YOU DO A ___!","fontFamily":"Impact","fontColor":"#FFFFFF","strokeColor":"#000000","strokeWidth":2,"isBold":true,"isAllCaps":true,"textAlign":"center","fontSize":38,"opacity":1}],"exampleCaptions":["THE JOSH FIGHT","THE AREA 51 RAID","NOW THAT'S HOW YOU DO AN APOCALYPSE!"],"exampleAltText":"That's How You Do It Simpsons meme comparing the Josh Fight to the Area 51 Raid","exampleRefreshDate":"2026-05-16","howToMake":["Open the That's How You Do It Simpsons template with the father and kid scene","Label the father with the thing that successfully did what it set out to do","Label the kid with the similar thing that failed or fell short by comparison","The format works best when both things attempted the same goal but one clearly dominated","Download and use to crown a winner in any head-to-head comparison"],"seo":{"aliases":["Now That's How You Do It Meme","That's How You X Meme","Simpsons Father Kid Smack Meme","Wizard of Evergreen Terrace Meme"],"description":"A scene from The Simpsons where a father smacks his kid on the back of the head outside the Edison Museum. The tall father figure on the left represents the thing that executed successfully, and the smaller, stunned kid on the right represents the thing that tried the same thing but fell flat. The smack is the comparison itself.","definition":"A Simpsons meme from \"The Wizard of Evergreen Terrace\" where a father smacks his son. Used as an object label to compare two similar things, crowning one as having done it right and the other as a failure.","useCases":[{"category":"Event Comparisons","examples":["THE JOSH FIGHT / THE AREA 51 RAID","THAT ONE INDIE GAME WITH 4 DEVS / THE TRIPLE-A STUDIO WITH 300 PEOPLE","THE COMMUNITY COOKOUT / THE CORPORATE TEAM BUILDING EVENT"]},{"category":"Product & Culture Comparisons","examples":["THE SEQUEL NOBODY ASKED FOR / THE ORIGINAL THAT WAS PERFECT","THE KNOCKOFF THAT ACTUALLY WORKS / THE BRAND NAME THAT BROKE IN A WEEK","THE HOMEMADE VERSION / THE STORE-BOUGHT VERSION THAT COST FIVE TIMES MORE"]}]}}