The Applebee’s Menu Panic

Applebee’s waiter: What would you like to order Me: I’ll take the apple Waiter: We don’t actually sell apples Me, visibly frightened: Ok then. (Gulps) I’ll have the bees

A bearded man in a white hoodie sits in an Applebee’s restaurant while the on-screen dialogue escalates from ordering an apple to nervously ordering “the bees” after learning that apples are not on the menu. The absurd misunderstanding turns the restaurant name into a literal threat, and the tense Mexican standoff-style music makes his fearful reaction feel dramatically over-serious. The clip works as a reaction meme for situations where someone takes a brand or phrase far too literally. The audio features Hollywood Film Music Orchestra’s “Mexican Standoff,” a cinematic, suspenseful music cue with a television-like dramatic mood that heightens the joke.

♪ Hollywood Film Music Orchestra — Mexican Standoff

• @antichirst / 17532 2024-08-11