About
“It’s High Noon” is a memorable quote uttered by the playable hero character McCree when executing his ultimate ability Deadeye in the first-person shooter video game Overwatch.
Origin
In Overwatch, each of the 21 playable characters has an ultimate ability that can be activated once fully charged. When activating McCree’s Deadeye ability, he loudly announces “It’s high noon” while locking on to all enemies within his field of view. If the trigger is pulled after fully locking on to enemy players, they will all be hit with a shot that instantly kills them (shown below).
Spread
On October 29th, 2015, Imgur[3] user DoctorMacaa submitted a “Good Heavens, Just Look at the Time” parody image featuring McCree (shown below, left). On November 5th, YouTuber vamroth uploaded a clip of McCree earning a “Play of the Game” by killing three enemies with the Deadeye ultimate ability (shown below).
On May 19th, 2016, Tumblr user dandycalamity[1] uploaded a webcomic in which McCree reads a watch with the words “high noon” repeated across the surface (shown below). Over the next two weeks, the post gained over 20,000 notes. On May 24th, Redditor Evillisa submitted the comic to /r/Overwatch,[2] where it received more than 6,100 votes (91% upvoted) and 200 comments in one week.
On May 29th, YouTuber TheBetamanique uploaded a YouTube-poop style video featuring a music remix of McCree singing “It’s High Noon” (shown below, left). The same day, YouTuber Bartol Babich uploaded a “When I’m Bored” remix featuring a montage of McCree clips (shown below, right).
Various Examples
