{"slug":"you-made-this-i-made-this","name":"You Made This I Made This","url":"/templates/you-made-this-i-made-this.jpg","w":440,"h":959,"top":"","bottom":"","description":"Build a You Made This I Made This meme. A 3-panel comic shows one stick figure presenting their creation to another, who takes it and claims credit.","keywords":"you made this i made this meme, stealing credit meme, i made this comic, plagiarism meme, taking credit meme, you made this meme template","year":2013,"origin":"A 3-panel black-and-white comic by artist Nedroid (Anthony Clark). Panel 1: a stick figure on the left holds a small round object, speech bubble says \"I MADE THIS.\" The figure on the right asks \"YOU MADE THIS?\" Panel 2: the right figure takes the object, holding it alone. Panel 3: the right figure stands alone with the object, speech bubble: \"I MADE THIS.\" The comic perfectly captures intellectual property theft, plagiarism, and credit-stealing in three wordless-transition panels.","format":"template","textBoxes":[{"label":"Creator (Left, Panel 1)","x":7.7,"y":25.1,"w":25,"h":8,"placeholder":"The creator","fontFamily":"Arial","fontColor":"#FFFFFF","strokeColor":"#000000","strokeWidth":2,"isBold":true,"isAllCaps":false,"textAlign":"center","fontSize":20,"opacity":1},{"label":"Creation (Center, Panel 1)","x":33.5,"y":24.4,"w":20.2,"h":8.3,"placeholder":"The thing made","fontFamily":"Arial","fontColor":"#FFFFFF","strokeColor":"#000000","strokeWidth":2,"isBold":true,"isAllCaps":false,"textAlign":"center","fontSize":20,"opacity":1},{"label":"Thief (Right, Panel 1)","x":58.7,"y":24.7,"w":26,"h":8.9,"placeholder":"The credit stealer","fontFamily":"Arial","fontColor":"#FFFFFF","strokeColor":"#000000","strokeWidth":2,"isBold":true,"isAllCaps":false,"textAlign":"center","fontSize":20,"opacity":1},{"label":"Thief (Panel 2)","x":50.8,"y":62.1,"w":35.7,"h":7.9,"placeholder":"Credit stealer","fontFamily":"Arial","fontColor":"#FFFFFF","strokeColor":"#000000","strokeWidth":2,"isBold":true,"isAllCaps":false,"textAlign":"center","fontSize":20,"opacity":1},{"label":"Stolen Creation (Panel 2)","x":41.8,"y":53.2,"w":25.4,"h":8.4,"placeholder":"The stolen thing","fontFamily":"Arial","fontColor":"#FFFFFF","strokeColor":"#000000","strokeWidth":2,"isBold":true,"isAllCaps":false,"textAlign":"center","fontSize":20,"opacity":1},{"label":"Thief (Panel 3)","x":60.7,"y":91.8,"w":39.1,"h":5.7,"placeholder":"Now claims credit","fontFamily":"Arial","fontColor":"#FFFFFF","strokeColor":"#000000","strokeWidth":2,"isBold":true,"isAllCaps":false,"textAlign":"center","fontSize":20,"opacity":1},{"label":"Claimed Creation (Panel 3)","x":46.6,"y":83.6,"w":23.2,"h":7.6,"placeholder":"Their thing now","fontFamily":"Arial","fontColor":"#FFFFFF","strokeColor":"#000000","strokeWidth":2,"isBold":true,"isAllCaps":false,"textAlign":"center","fontSize":20,"opacity":1}],"exampleCaptions":["Small creators","Original content","Big accounts","Big accounts","The repost","Big accounts","Their \"original\" content"],"exampleAltText":"You Made This I Made This meme about big accounts stealing content from small creators","exampleRefreshDate":"2026-05-17","howToMake":["Open the You Made This I Made This comic template","Label the creator (left figure in panel 1) with whoever originally made something","Label the creation (center object) with what was made","Label the thief (right figure) with whoever stole credit","The remaining boxes track the theft through panels 2 and 3 as the thief claims the creation","Download your credit-theft callout"],"seo":{"aliases":["I Made This Comic","Stealing Credit Meme","You Made This Meme","Nedroid Comic Meme","Plagiarism Comic","Taking Credit Meme"],"description":"Three panels, black and white, simple stick figures. Panel 1: the left figure presents a small round object proudly. \"I MADE THIS.\" The right figure inspects it. \"YOU MADE THIS?\" Panel 2: the right figure holds the object alone, the left figure gone. Panel 3: the right figure cradles the object. \"I MADE THIS.\" Three panels. One theft. Zero shame.","definition":"A 3-panel Nedroid comic where one figure presents their creation and another takes it and claims credit. The universal template for intellectual property theft, plagiarism, and credit-stealing.","useCases":[{"category":"Content Theft","examples":["SMALL CREATOR → ORIGINAL MEME → INSTAGRAM REPOST ACCOUNT → \"I MADE THIS\"","INDIE DEVELOPER → UNIQUE GAME MECHANIC → AAA STUDIO → \"INNOVATIVE NEW FEATURE\""]},{"category":"Work Credit","examples":["ME → THE IDEA IN THE MEETING → MY MANAGER → \"I HAD THIS GREAT IDEA\"","THE INTERN → THE PRESENTATION → THE SENIOR ANALYST → \"MY WORK\""]},{"category":"Cultural Theft","examples":["UNDERGROUND ARTISTS → A TREND → MAINSTREAM BRANDS → \"WE STARTED THIS\"","YOUR FRIEND → A JOKE → YOU 10 MINUTES LATER → BIGGER LAUGH"]}]}}