I Thought I Hired Boxers

Text on the meme

扶清滅洋! 殺鬼! 神功附體! 刀槍不入! Who the fuck are you people I thought I hired boxers Vive la France!!! 我不會說日語 *unintelligible* Who the fuck are you people I thought I hired boxers

What it means

A cartoon depicts a confused man who hired boxers but accidentally assembled fighters from the Boxer Rebellion, French revolutionaries, and other mismatched historical groups. The joke comes from the pun on “boxers,” contrasting boxing athletes with the anti-foreign Boxer rebels, and is used when someone gets an absurdly different result from what they requested. EN: A cartoon depicts a confused man who hired boxers but accidentally assembled fighters from the Boxer Rebellion, French revolutionaries, and other mismatched historical groups. The joke comes from the pun on “boxers,” contrasting boxing athletes with the anti-foreign Boxer rebels, and is used when someone gets an absurdly different result from what they requested.

Objects

cartoon fighters / мультяшные бойцы boxing gloves / боксёрские перчатки red flag / красный флаг spear / копьё halberd / алебарда sword / меч Chinese warrior clothing / китайская одежда воина French revolutionary costume / костюм французского революционера Qing dynasty hat / шапка династии Цин feathered hat / шляпа с перьями confused employer / растерянный наниматель historical fighters / исторические бойцы red jacket / красная куртка mustache / усы cartoon panel / мультяшная панель