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Oppenheimer Questioning Scene is a memorable scene from the 2023 film Oppenheimer in which the protagonist J. Robert Oppenheimer (played by Cillian Murphy) is being questioned at a security hearing. Online, images of Oppenheimer's interrogator Roger Robb (Jason Clarke) and Oppenheimer in the scene have been used as an image caption meme format, often paired with embarrassing or awkward questions.

Origin

On July 21st, 2023, the biographical drama film Oppenheimer, starring Cillian Murphy as the theoretical physicist of the same name, premiered in the United States.[1] In one scene of the film, Oppenheimer is being questioned about his scruples with using the atomic bomb in Japan by the character Roger Robb, portrayed by Jason Clarke, during a security meeting (images and dialogue shown below).

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- Well then, you would have built the H-bomb too, wouldn't you?
- I couldn't.
- I didn't ask you that, Doctor! And the GAC report which you co-authored after the Soviet atomic test said a Super bomb should never be built!
- What I meant was…
- Would the Russians do everything to increase their strength?
- If we did it, they would have to do it. Our efforts would only fuel their efforts just as it had with the atomic bomb!

On July 24th, 2023, X[2] user @JokerCritic posted two still images from the scene, writing, "This scene." The tweet (shown below) received over 680 reposts and 14,900 likes in one month.

Michael @JokerCritic This scene 4:05 PM Jul 24, 2023 558.4K Views .

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On July 25th, 2023, X[3] user @itsmattfred posted the images, captioning them, "This is how it feels to wake up to an alarm." The post (shown below) received over 3,400 reposts and 45,000 likes in one month.

thic Matthew @itsmattfred This is how it feels to wake up to an alarm 7:30 AM. Jul 25, 2023 1.6M Views

In the following days, the images achieved popularity on X as an image caption format, with users often captioning them with questions that were embarrassing or awkward to answer, and with descriptions of stressful situations. For example, on July 25th, X[4] user @CountVolpe made a post that received over 6,900 reposts and 56,900 likes in one month (shown below).

Sydney @CountVolpe This is how it felt doing math homework with your dad 4:10 PM. Jul 25, 2023 1.5M Views

An image from another scene of Oppenheimer being questioned also saw use as a meme format. For example, on July 31st, X[5] user @firagawakjwthme posted a meme that received over 110 reposts and 1,600 likes in three weeks (shown below).

Firaga Walk With Maestro @firagawalkwthme You thought your post was "a banger" and that everyone in the group chat would "juice" it, is that an accurate assessment? 3:18 PM Jul 31, 2023. 64.2K Views

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Firaga Walk With Maestro @firagawalkwthme Job applications asking you to list your social media links 3:31 AM - Aug 9, 2023 513.5K Views
Matthew Williams @MatthewW1991 ARE YOU OR ARE YOU NOT THE OWNER OF THE ACCOUNT 'SLOPPENHEIMER69420'??? 9:24 AM - Aug 9, 2023 · 19K Views :
Sydney @CountVolpe Telling the waiter i ordered my hot sauce an hour ago 6:34 PM Jul 27, 2023 57.6K Views

Cam Walsh @CamWalsh27 "NO NO NO YOURE NOT GETTING IT. THE TICKS OCCUR EVERY 1.25 SECONDS WHICH SIGNIFIES A DAY IS PASSING ON EARTH" 12:57 PM. Jul 25, 2023 7,326 Views .
Oluwajomiloju @JomiAdeniran "You said you pull mad girls yet you haven't talked to a single woman here tonight and you even couldn't make eye contact with the only lady that approached you first. Can you explain?" 12:18 AM . Jul 26, 2023 13.1K Views .
addie @maybegrayson "so your favorite zack snyder movie is army of the dead?" 5:47 AM Jul 26, 2023 3,460 Views

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