Suits and cigarettes, check. Rollerskates and a Walkman, checkity-check. Barbenheimer is on the horizon—here are the best memes and reactions to the simultaneous releases of the films Barbie and Oppenheimer.
Greta Gerwig’s Barbie and Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer set the same premiere date for 21 July, and many are looking forward to watching the two films back-to-back. Finally, we get the unique chance feel that life in plastic is fantastic, and to become death, the destroyer of worlds—both in the same day.
Whichever film wins in this box office battle, we’re in for a pink, explosive fun time. Let’s see what memes and reactions Twitter has come up with, in what netizens have officially coined ‘Barbenheimer.’
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Barbenheimer: The best Twitter reactions and memes so far
In full swing, baybee
HAPPY BARBENHEIMER MONTH pic.twitter.com/ywvLwNtEI0
— Film Updates (@FilmUpdates) July 1, 2023
Your move, Nolan
The Oppenheimer marketing team has an opportunity to do the funniest thing possible https://t.co/LTI644XiTm
— skoova stev (@bootcutgenes) June 26, 2023
Pretty please we need this collab
this is my barbenheimer 🤝 pic.twitter.com/z4v8XsEsq4
— Letterboxd (@letterboxd) July 2, 2023
We have checked and this is real lmao
we love barbenheimer pic.twitter.com/1VEsv8Exfb
— mari (@luvhsdid) June 30, 2023
Plastique fantastique ✨
what if we kiss and hold hands when we watch the barbenheimer double feature https://t.co/YkAKaeBFKy
— TAYLOR BIRTH (@ATR3lDES) June 29, 2023
“Nolan himself has not commented on the trend” oh let’s go girls
theres a separate section on the barbie and oppenheimer wikipedia pages for “barbenheimer” 😭 pic.twitter.com/VadmSml3PX
— kay (@mjcooke) July 1, 2023
Don’t lie, we all miss the baggy pants era even for just a little bit
https://twitter.com/weekndatfernies/status/1673389527988330496
fit check fit check purr
barbenheimer has rotted my brain beyond repair https://t.co/hK4Jr0fHrS
— a (@burtmackliinFBI) July 1, 2023
To those who celebrate? Girl, who doesn’t?
happy barbenheimer month to those who celebrate!! pic.twitter.com/S2eGNHEtAz
— julieta-134 (@soburningred) July 1, 2023
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