{"id":"they-played-us-like-a-damn-fiddle","name":"They Played Us Like A Damn Fiddle!","summary":"An overwrought line delivered by Kazuhira Miller in the March 2014 release of Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes drew immediate mockery from fans for its goofy fiddle metaphor dropped into a grim cutscene. Within weeks, 4chan threads, a viral SoundCloud remix, and Tumblr monologues turned the quote into one of the breakout Metal Gear memes of the year.","tags":["they played us like a damn fiddle","kaz miller","metal gear solid v","ground zeroes","f1ng3rs","robin atkin downes"],"howToUse":[],"imageCount":4,"nsfw":false,"images":[{"url":"https://fcdtoybbbn2ccxbp.public.blob.vercel-storage.com/images/they-played-us-like-a-damn-fiddle/they-played-us-like-a-damn-fiddle-metal-gear-solid-v-kaz-miller-fiddle-line.webp","caption":"The original scene from Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain in which Kazuhira Miller delivers the now-iconic line that spawned the meme.","width":1920,"height":1080,"nsfw":false},{"url":"https://fcdtoybbbn2ccxbp.public.blob.vercel-storage.com/images/they-played-us-like-a-damn-fiddle/they-played-us-like-a-damn-fiddle-kaz-miller-violinist-edit.webp","caption":"Fan edit casting Kazuhira Miller as a classical violinist, playing on the 'fiddle' wordplay from the meme.","width":680,"height":452,"nsfw":false},{"url":"https://fcdtoybbbn2ccxbp.public.blob.vercel-storage.com/images/they-played-us-like-a-damn-fiddle/they-played-us-like-a-damn-fiddle-kaz-miller-violin-head-photoshop.webp","caption":"A surreal photoshop of Kazuhira Miller whose head has been replaced with a violin, exaggerating the fiddle joke.","width":860,"height":912,"nsfw":false},{"url":"https://fcdtoybbbn2ccxbp.public.blob.vercel-storage.com/images/they-played-us-like-a-damn-fiddle/they-played-us-like-a-damn-fiddle-kept-you-fiddling-huh-macro.webp","caption":"An image macro combining Big Boss's famous 'Kept you waiting, huh?' line with the 'fiddle' meme for a crossover gag.","width":1278,"height":695,"nsfw":false}],"historyUrl":"https://fcdtoybbbn2ccxbp.public.blob.vercel-storage.com/images/they-played-us-like-a-damn-fiddle/history.md","related":["we-had-a-good-thing-you-stupid-son-of-a-bitch","rev-up-those-fryers","tell-me-do-you-bleed","arrow-to-the-knee","most-interesting-man","its-over-9000","a-hideo-kojima-game","a-weapon-to-surpass-metal-gear","metal-gear-codec-screen","metal-gear-solid-enemy-alert","punished-snake","hideo-kojima"],"popularityRank":1801,"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."}