{"id":"man-behind-slaughter","name":"Man Behind Slaughter","summary":"\"The Man Behind the Slaughter\" is a meme based on a lyric from The Living Tombstone's 2014 Five Nights at Freddy's fan song \"It's Been So Long.\" The phrase refers to the game's antagonist William Afton (Purple Guy), and the meme took off in late 2019 through ironic edits and captioned images that reference the character in absurd or out-of-context ways. It became a viral format across , Instagram, and Twitter in early 2020.","tags":["man behind slaughter meme","man behind slaughter meaning","man behind slaughter origin","what is man behind slaughter"],"howToUse":["**Purple filter edit:** Take an image or video of any person or character, apply a purple color filter, and caption it with \"the man behind the slaughter\" or play the song over it.","**Webcomic recaption:** Replace dialogue in an existing webcomic with lyrics from \"It's Been So Long,\" building toward the chorus line.","**Reaction/reveal format:** Set up a mundane or absurd scenario, then reveal someone as \"the man behind the slaughter\" as the punchline.","**GIF captions:** Overlay the phrase on unrelated GIFs for ironic effect."],"imageCount":7,"nsfw":false,"images":[{"url":"https://fcdtoybbbn2ccxbp.public.blob.vercel-storage.com/images/man-behind-slaughter/man-behind-slaughter-button.webp","caption":"FNAF meme with red button choice labeled lost to monster and man, character below says behind the slaughter","width":500,"height":756,"nsfw":false},{"url":"https://fcdtoybbbn2ccxbp.public.blob.vercel-storage.com/images/man-behind-slaughter/man-behind-slaughter-cartoon.webp","caption":"Man Behind Slaughter","width":680,"height":676,"nsfw":false},{"url":"https://fcdtoybbbn2ccxbp.public.blob.vercel-storage.com/images/man-behind-slaughter/man-behind-slaughter-reaction.webp","caption":"Man Behind Slaughter","width":540,"height":520,"nsfw":false},{"url":"https://fcdtoybbbn2ccxbp.public.blob.vercel-storage.com/images/man-behind-slaughter/man-behind-slaughter-familyguy.webp","caption":"Man Behind Slaughter","width":622,"height":466,"nsfw":false},{"url":"https://fcdtoybbbn2ccxbp.public.blob.vercel-storage.com/images/man-behind-slaughter/man-behind-slaughter-purple-figure.webp","caption":"Man Behind Slaughter","width":500,"height":911,"nsfw":false},{"url":"https://fcdtoybbbn2ccxbp.public.blob.vercel-storage.com/images/man-behind-slaughter/man-behind-slaughter-boyfriend.webp","caption":"Man Behind Slaughter","width":750,"height":500,"nsfw":false},{"url":"https://fcdtoybbbn2ccxbp.public.blob.vercel-storage.com/images/man-behind-slaughter/man-behind-slaughter-purple.webp","caption":"Man Behind Slaughter","width":500,"height":751,"nsfw":false}],"historyUrl":"https://fcdtoybbbn2ccxbp.public.blob.vercel-storage.com/images/man-behind-slaughter/history.md","related":["amber-heard-trial","karen","overly-manly-man","bernie-sanders-mittens","amogus-drip","quandale-dingle","l-plus-ratio","among-us","dababy","coffin-dance","wojak-coomer","always-has-been"],"popularityRank":2403,"license":"Meme images and history: templates, screenshots, photos and fan edits, many of copyrighted material or real people. Explicit and offensive memes and images are included and flagged nsfw. Check you have the right to use an image before publishing."}