About
“You Know Nothing, Jon Snow” is a memorable quote attributed to the Wildling character Ygritte from George R. R. Martin’s epic fantasy novel series A Song of Ice and Fire. Due to its repeated appearance throughout A Storm of Swords and the HBO TV series Game of Thrones, the quote has been regarded by some fans as obnoxious and celebrated by others in the form of fan art illustrations and image macros.
Origin
The quote was originally said by Ygritte in Chapter 15 of A Storm of Swords (page 213, U.S. paperback edition). In the chapter, Ygritte says the line to Jon Snow in anger. This happens because Jon asks why she was crying because of a song about “the last of the giants” when he had just seen hundreds of them.
There were tears on Ygritte’s cheeks when the song ended. “Why are you weeping?” Jon asked. “It was only a song. There are hundreds of giants, I’ve just seen them.” “Oh, hundreds,” she said furiously. "You know nothing, Jon Snow…
In HBO’s Game of Thrones, Ygritte (played by Rose Leslie) delivers the line once in “A Man Without Honor” (Season 2, Episode 7) that aired in May 2012 and made several additional appearances throughout Season 3 in accordance with the novel series.
Spread
Similar to Ned Stark’s “Winter is Coming”, the quote soon evolved into a popular catchphrase among the fans of A Song of Ice and Fire and Game of Thrones. On May 23rd, 2010, the Facebook fan page[7] titled “You Know Nothing, Jon Snow” was launched. In addition, the quote has inspired a notable collection of fan art illustrations on Deviantart[2] and Tumblr,[6] as well as some image macros on Quickmeme.[3]
Notable Examples
Search Interest
External References
[1]Entertainment Weekly – ‘Game of Thrones’: You know nothing about Ygritte’s catchphrase in season 3
[2]DeviantART – There’s trolls beyond the wall
[3]Quickmeme – Y U Know Nothing
[4]Goodreads – George R.R. Martin – Quotes
[5]Tumblr – You Know Nothing Jon Snow
[6]Tumblr – Tagged Results for ‘You Know Nothing Jon Snow’
[7]Facebook – You know nothing, Jon Snow
[8]The Mary Sue – Tagged Results for You Know Nothing Jon Snow
[9]Wikipedia – A Storm of Swords
[10]A Wiki of Ice and Fire – Ygritte
[11]A Wiki of Ice and Fire – A Storm of Swords – Chapter 15
[12]HitFix – ‘Game of Thrones’ star Rose Leslie explains the art of ‘You know nothing’
[13]Reddit – /r/thingsjonsnowknows
[14]BuzzFeed – 26 Things Jon Snow Knows Nothing About
[15]Pinterest – Pinned Results for ‘You Know Nothing Jon Snow’
[16]Cheezburger – Tagged results for ‘Jon Snow’
[17]Geek Tyrant – GAME OF THRONES Ygritte Fan Art – ‘You Know Nothing, Jon Snow’
[18]DigitalSpy – ‘You Know Nothing, Jon Snow’ meme from ‘Game of Thrones’ goes viral
[19]Vulture – Game of Thrones’ Kit Harington on His Jon Snow Theories, Favorite Fan Site, and Season-Two Sex
[20]Hipster Game of Thrones – You Know Nothing, Jon Snow
[21]MMO Champion – You Know Nothing, Jon Snow