The Origin of the "Entitled Karen" meme

# **Basic Information**

**The Origin of the "Entitled Karen" meme** is the sixty-first (61st) video on the Master Raney channel on YouTube. Master Raney explains where the whole "Entitled Karen" concept came from and where it all started.

# **Plot**

Master Raney questions if it could be possible to come across someone who wants to speak to the manager and sue you for an unreasonable price as an introduction. Master Raney states that the whole Karen concept went on for two and a half years. As Master Raney prepares the project, Guessman assumes that this is generally about people named "Karen", then Master Raney corrects that it's not just anyone named Karen, it's about people who have an abnormally demanding personality. Master Raney points out the definition of the Internet slang and states that it's most of the time against white, middle-aged women who act demanding, but people of other characteristics can be Karens too, including male Karens, which Master Raney says that some people call "Kens". Master Raney points out if you go around demanding things your way, you will be called a "Karen", regardless of your characteristics. Professor Demon states his opinion that Entitled Karens deserve torture, such as getting a ginormous punch in the gut, which he says that he'd laugh at. Master Raney couldn't agree more, but insists a penalty being them subjected to an online registry called the Entitled Karen Registry, mandating that anyone who acts abnormally demanding gets sentenced to being put on the Offender Registry of Entitled Karens, accessible to the public worldwide. Mr. Dirty Hands states his opinion that Entitled Karens should have his fingers put in their mouths, finding that funny if they got sick, then Master Raney sticks to the Entitled Karen Registry thing. Master Raney gets onto the objective, stating that it started since the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic in 2020 when people filmed other people refusing to wear face masks in stores and restaurants. Master Raney points out part of the origin coming from Dane Cook, who was famous for "That Friend Nobody Likes", which portrays someone named Karen as the punching bag. Master Raney brings up a BBQ Becky Tweet from 2018 and presents the image of a Karen calling the cops on a black person for minding his own business, which Master Raney states as both racist and absurd. Master Raney points out that the origin of the BBQ Becky Tweet was from a Karen calling the cops on two black guys for manning a charcoal grill in the park. Master Raney brings up the Central Park Karen incident that occurred in 2020 when Amy Cooper, a white woman, called the cops on a black birder, Christian Cooper, to make false accusations after asking her to put her dog back on the leash after unleashing the dog in a leash-only zone, then Master Raney brings up the death of George Floyd being on the same day, shot by the Minneapolis Police, which the incident happened hours afterwards. Master Raney brings up the December 2020 New York incident with Miya Ponsetto attacking the son of jazz trumpeter, Keyon Harrold Sr., Keyon Harrold Jr., and falsely accusing him of stealing her phone, which was actually left in the vehicle of the Uber driver and eventually returned. Master Raney brings up a clip from a 2004 film, Mean Girls, showing Karen asking Kadie about why she's white, then plays the clip of Gretchen telling Karen she shouldn't ask people why they're white. Master Raney points out that the Karen character from the film is portrayed as the imbecile. Master Raney brings up a 2016 meme about a woman on the Nintendo Switch commercial, pointing out a Tumblr user calling her an "Anti-Social Karen". Master Raney brings up a December 2017 subreddit of someone ranting about their ex-wife Karen and linking to another subreddit against Karen. Master Raney begins to question if the Karen meme is a sign of sexism or misogyny, then points out according to Hadley Freeman from The Guardian, it's a form of sexism, misogyny, ageism, and classism because of "telling women to shut up". Master Raney also brings up the question asked by British journalist and feminist, Julie Bindel, if anyone else thought that the whole Karen meme was misogynistic and classist due to the origins. Master Raney goes over the definition of the Internet slang once again, stating that anyone can be an entitled Karen, regardless of age, race, gender, and even class, which yet again, Master Raney points out that some people call the male Karens "Entitled Kens". Master Raney brings up a historical equivalence from 1815-1861, that being "Miss Ann", describing the exact same thing. Pessistick warns Master Raney of Karen Bratmore coming and tells him that she is suing them all, then Master Raney wouldn't believe him, questioning him what he's talking about, then Pessistick tells him that Karen Bratmore is suing them and that they're doomed, then Optimus Stick stays positive about this and tells him that Master Raney was just explaining the origin of the Entitled Karen meme, then Pessistick tells Optimus Stick that they're not going to make it through 2023 on YouTube, Master Raney is going to jail, and that they're all going to get broke shortly because Karen Bratmore is coming. Optimus Stick tells Pessistick to lighten up, tells him that Karen Bratmore is nothing but a condescending snoot, and tries to convince him that they're going to make it through 2023 in a magnificent condition. Master Raney agrees with Optimus Stick and takes her word for it, then tells Pessistick that Karen Bratmore was eavesdropping, then Karen Bratmore finally shows up in the studio, telling Master Raney that making a video about "Karens" is strictly against the YouTube Community Guidelines and strictly against the law, under penalty of the electric chair. Master Raney questions to Karen Bratmore when discussing the origin of the Karen meme become unacceptable and more serious than a first degree felony and tells her that's not true, calling her condescending. Karen acts offended when called "condescending", claiming that making the video is extremely sexist and misogynistic and threatens to call the cops on him and sue him for the whole world's GDP. Masternaught, siding with Master Raney, tells Karen that he'd like to see her try, but will fail epically, then tells her that he will film her crying in her jail cell and will post it on Fox News, then laughs. Karen reprimands Masternaught and claims that recording her without her consent is more illegal than a first-degree felony and will lead to the death sentence. Masternaught, in a massive disbelief, asks Karen she thinks she can rule any empire, then tells her that people like her existing is a waste of time and that the world will be relieved if people like her would jump off a cliff. Karen then threatens to sue Masternaught for all the money in the entire world, then Madmam goes snarky on Karen, then Karen claims that Madmam's words are strictly illegal and will lead to her being executed, then Madmam throws Karen's comebacks at her for barging into the studio. Karen egotistically claims herself as the supreme ruler of the multiverse and claims that she can decide everyone's fate, then Masternaught laughs, which Karen takes offense to and angrily questions him for it, which Masternaught answers it as yes for the egotistical claim and states her to be beyond pathetic for the egotism. Karen claims to Masternaught that laughing at her is strictly illegal and leads to execution, then orders him to come with her to the execution chamber to die, then Masternaught refuses to, then Karen tries to make Masternaught and tells him that he deserves to die. Madmam tells off Karen, then Karen tells Madmam she's getting executed too and demands her to get to the execution chamber to die, then Madmam refuses to comply with the demand and insists that Karen is the one to go to the execution chamber to die, then Karen claims that smack talking her leads to the death penalty also, then Master Raney tells Karen "nice try" and that she won't get her way, then proceeds to reprimand her for barging into the studio and eavesdropping on his discussion. Master Raney tells Karen that she's not a ruler, she's just a pathetic loser who claims the whole multiverse to be her empire, then Karen demands to speak to the manager, who happens to be Raney Kleiner, which Madmam tells Karen that Raney Kleiner won't give her her way, but instead will side with the members of the studio instead of her, then Karen demands Madmam to be quiet and wait in the electric chair, then Madmam refuses and talks snarky at her. Masternaught wishes Karen good luck with getting dethroned and lynched. Karen makes her way into the real world, breaking the fourth wall, standing on the desk of Raney Kleiner's computer, much to Raney's shock, he says that she came into his dimension and broke the fourth wall, asks how he can help her, then Karen asks Raney if he's the manager of the Master Raney channel, then Raney confirms it. Karen tells Raney that Master Raney, Masternaught, and Madmam were threatening her with shotguns, leading to Raney telling her in disbelief. Karen tells him that they do have shotguns and demands him to do something about those three "perpetrators". Raney tells Karen that they don't have guns and that she's breaking the fourth wall. Karen demands Raney to stop with the "fourth wall BS" and demands him to do something about the three, under threat of suing him for every cent in the entire world, which Raney tells Karen that she's invading his world. Karen tells Raney that it's not his world, it's her world, and that she's the supreme ruler of the multiverse. Raney doubtedly says it as such and tells her that he created him in the Master Raney world and that she's breaking the fourth wall in the video. Karen questions Raney if he's going to give her compensation or if she's going to call the police, then Raney sarcastically agrees with giving her compensation, then reveals the mechanism of compensation to be elimination from the series, then Karen tries to discourage him doing that because it's murder and that he'll be executed for killing the "supreme ruler of the multiverse". Raney argues that he can and shows it off, as Karen asks Raney what he's doing, the question wasn't finished as Raney got Karen deleted completely and taken out of existence. Raney says that it's been taken care of and takes the audience back to the show. Master Raney does a recap on the origin of the Entitled Karen meme and near the end, he states that it took a lot of research and even cited sources and provided links in the description. Master Raney says it's no wonder why Karen Bratmore came barging into the studio. After the end of the video, Raney explains why the Karen slang is pejorative mostly towards white, middle-aged women, focusing on the name popularity in history, looking at the line graph and seeing a noticeable decline in the name's popularity

# **Trivia**

* This video was originally proposed in the Master Raney Special of the battle of Master Raney vs. Master Vengeance

# **References**

1. The Video on YouTube
2. Dane Cook's Origin
3. BBQ Becky Tweet
4. HoSo Karen Incident Tweet
5. Antisocial Karen
6. Anti-Karen on Reddit