{"slug":"with-great-power-comes-great-responsibility","name":"With Great Power Comes Great Responsibility","url":"/templates/with-great-power-comes-great-responsibility.jpg","w":600,"h":453,"top":"","bottom":"WITH GREAT POWER COMES GREAT RESPONSIBILITY","alternateFormats":[{"slug":"with-great-power-comes-great-responsibility-gif","label":"GIF Version"},{"slug":"with-great-power-comes-great-responsibility-blank","label":"Blank Template"}],"description":"Uncle Ben's most quoted line, now applied to situations where the \"power\" is trivial and the \"responsibility\" is nonexistent. Build one for any minor authority you've been handed.","keywords":"with great power meme, great responsibility meme, uncle ben meme, spider-man quote meme, great power great responsibility meme","year":2018,"origin":"The line originates from Spider-Man comics (first appearing in Amazing Fantasy #15, 1962) and was spoken by Uncle Ben in Sam Raimi's Spider-Man (2002). It became one of the most recognized quotes in pop culture history. The meme version applies this cosmic wisdom to absurdly low-stakes situations: being given the TV remote, getting admin access to a shared Google Doc, or being left in charge of the office thermostat. For another Spider-Man format about unearned confidence, see You Know I'm Something Of A Scientist Myself. For Tobey Maguire in a very different emotional state, see Tobey Maguire Crying.","format":"classic","howToMake":["Uncle Ben has spoken. Add the context that makes his wisdom land on something completely unworthy of it","Top text sets up the small, mundane power you've been granted. Bottom text delivers the iconic \"WITH GREAT POWER COMES GREAT RESPONSIBILITY\" line for maximum comedic mismatch","This format thrives on scale inversion. The more trivial the \"power,\" the funnier the gravitas. Being handed the aux cord is not a superpower, but Uncle Ben would disagree","Clean white Impact text with black outline works well over the darker, dramatic tones of the original scene. Keep your setup tight so the quote does its thing","Download your meme and send it the next time someone gives you even the smallest amount of authority"],"exampleCaptions":["WHEN THEY HAND YOU THE AUX CORD","WITH GREAT POWER COMES GREAT RESPONSIBILITY"],"exampleAltText":"With Great Power meme about being handed the aux cord in the car","exampleRefreshDate":"2026-03-06","seo":{"aliases":["Uncle Ben Quote Meme","Great Power Great Responsibility","Spider-Man Uncle Ben Meme","Great Power Meme","Responsibility Meme"],"description":"Uncle Ben delivers his famous line with the gravity of someone passing down ancient wisdom. His face is earnest, serious, and completely certain that what he is saying will shape the future. The weight of his words was intended for a teenager about to become a superhero. The internet redirected that weight toward people who were just handed the office supply closet key.","definition":"Uncle Ben's famous quote from Spider-Man, originally about moral duty and heroism, repurposed for any situation where someone receives a tiny amount of authority and treats it like a sacred calling.","useCases":[{"category":"Minor Authorities Granted","examples":["Being handed the TV remote at a party / With great power comes great responsibility","Getting admin access to the shared Spotify playlist / Great responsibility","Your roommate leaving you in charge of their plant / With great power comes great responsibility","Being given the password to the work printer / Great responsibility","Someone trusting you to order food for the group / With great power comes great responsibility"]},{"category":"Workplace Promotions (Barely)","examples":["Getting the key to the supply closet / With great power comes great responsibility","Being asked to train the new hire on your second week / Great responsibility","Given access to the company credit card with a $50 limit / With great power","Promoted to \"team lead\" with zero additional pay / With great power comes great responsibility","Being the only one who knows how to fix the coffee machine / Great power, great responsibility"]},{"category":"Household Power Dynamics","examples":["Left alone with the thermostat / With great power comes great responsibility","Being put in charge of the grocery list / Great responsibility","Trusted to watch the oven while someone runs an errand / With great power","Being the designated spider-remover in the house / Great power, great responsibility","Given control of what to watch on movie night / With great power comes great responsibility"]},{"category":"Digital Authority","examples":["Becoming a moderator in a Discord server with 12 members / With great power comes great responsibility","Getting edit access to a shared Google Doc / Great responsibility","Being made admin of the family group chat / With great power","Having the Netflix password everyone uses / Great power comes with great responsibility","Being trusted to manage the shared photo album / With great power comes great responsibility"]},{"category":"Social Situations","examples":["Being asked to hold someone's phone at the pool / With great power comes great responsibility","Being the designated driver / Great power, great responsibility","Trusted to take the group photo / With great power comes great responsibility","Being the friend who \"knows a guy\" and can get reservations / Great responsibility"]},{"category":"Gaming & Competition","examples":["Being made party leader in a co-op game / With great power comes great responsibility","Draft captain in fantasy football / Great responsibility","Getting first pick in any board game selection / With great power","Being handed the controller for the final boss fight / With great power comes great responsibility","Chosen to be banker in Monopoly / Great power. Great responsibility"]}]}}