About
“And this is where I’d put my X…if I had one!” is an image macro series featuring the character Mr. Turner from the animated television series The Fairly OddParents. It is used to convey anger in the fact that the user is without something.
Origin
The phrase originated from an episode of the animated television series The Fairly OddParents titled “Father Time,” which originally aired on Nickelodeon on April 20, 2001.[1] It is spoken by the father of Timmy Turner, the protagonist of the series. The original scene takes place in an alternate future where Timmy’s father never won his prized childhood marathon trophy and became a dictator.
“And this is where I’d put a trophy-if I had one!”
The scene was uploaded by YouTuber xspiritombx[5] on September 1st, 2011. As of March 2014, the video has gained over 600,000 views.
Spread
On July 23, 2012, Deviant Art[8] user fluttersyke uploaded two edited stills from the scene that read:
“This is where I would put the one fuck I give-If I had one.”
On November 18th, 2012, YouTuber DreamLandSpartan[6] uploaded a Dubstep remix of the Fairly Odd Parents scene. As of March 2014, the video has gained over 26,000 views.
As of March 2014, the Meme Generator[3] page for “If I Had One” has accumulated over 14,000 submissions. The meme is mentioned under “Memetic Mutation” on the TV Tropes[4] page for The Fairly OddParents.
The meme has since spread to Tumblr[7] under the tag “#if I had one.”
Notable Examples
External References
[1]Fairly OddParents Wiki – Father Time!
[2]Google Images – If I Had One
[3]Meme Generator – If I Had One
[4]TV Tropes – The Fairly Odd Parents
[5]YouTube – xspiritombx
[6]YouTube – DreamLandSpartan
[7]Tumblr – #IfIhadone
[8]DeviantArt – fluttersyke