Rubber Duck On Keanu's Head

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Nathan Cykiert @nathancykiert the Matrix trailer could have just been this shot and I would have been thrilled 9:04 AM · Sep 9, 2021 · Twitter Web App

Josh Horowitz @joshuahorowitz Sure there are lots of amazing shots in the new MATRIX trailer but we all know there's one iconic image. 10:08 AM · Sep 9, 2021 · Twitter for iPhone

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Rubber Duck On Keanu's Head refers to a still image from the The Matrix Resurrections trailer in which Keanu Reeves is laying in a bathtub with a rubber duck on his head.

Origin

On September 9th, 2021, the trailer for The Matrix Resurrections was released. In the trailer, there is a brief shot of Keanu Reeves lying in a bathtub with a rubber duck on his head (shown below).

Spread

Shortly after the trailer was released, the image of Keanu with a duck on his head was used as a reaction image, primarily with captions implying the poster is looking forward to something or feels foolish. For example, user @patrickhwillems^[1] posted the image with the caption "live look at me thinking about the matrix resurrections for the next three months," gaining over 120 retweets and 1,100 likes (shown below, left). User @rosstmiller^[2] wrote, "Keanu Reeves in a bathtub with a rubber duck on his head. That's it, that's the tweet," gaining over 90 retweets and 400 likes (shown below, right). Jokes about the duck on Keanu's head were covered by Uproxx.^[3]