No Pages Left for a Happy Ending

Text on the meme

When I’m reading an incredibly sad book and realize there’s not enough pages left for a happy ending

What it means

Brian Griffin from Family Guy reads an incredibly sad book on a couch, then realizes there are not enough pages left for a happy ending and reacts with growing distress. The joke turns a reader’s dread about a tragic ending into an exaggerated reaction, made more melodramatic by Radiohead’s melancholic song “Exit Music (For a Film)” playing underneath. It is used as a reaction to bleak stories, hopeless situations, or any moment when a happy resolution seems impossible.

Sound

♪ Radiohead — Exit Music (For a Film)

music / музыка

Who

Brian Griffin (Брайан Гриффин) — Family Guy

Objects

white anthropomorphic dog / белая антропоморфная собака open book / открытая книга brown jacket / коричневый пиджак purple couch / фиолетовый диван blue wall / синяя стена yellow curtain / жёлтая штора living room / гостиная sad expression / грустное выражение лица wide eyes / широко раскрытые глаза black nose / чёрный нос book pages / страницы книги reading / чтение