You Win This Time! is a rage comic face used to grudgingly admit defeat, first drawn for a Spanish-language comic about a cruel math exam on Cuánto Cabrón in February 2011. It bounced from Spanish image boards to Facebook, deviantArt and English-speaking rage comic communities, becoming a go-to template for comics where the trollface wins and the protagonist caves.
Origin
The face first appeared in a rage comic posted to the Spanish humor site Cuánto Cabrón on February 11, 2011[1]. The comic shows a student thinking "Math exam, I haven't even studied, but they're just numbers," then flipping the page to find equations full of letters, with a trollface teacher gloating that the test is simple for anyone who studied. The final panel reveals the new face with the caption "You Win This Time!" The post pulled a positive score of 3,020 out of 5,112 votes[2].
The original artist is not credited on Cuánto Cabrón, where comics are published under community usernames, and no later source has confirmed a specific creator[1]. An exploitable template version was later uploaded to deviantArt by user rober-raik on October 26, 2011, with a note that it was not their original work[2].
- Platform: Cuánto Cabrón (Spanish-language) / deviantArt and rage face blogs (English spread)
- Creator: Unknown
- Date: 2011
Overview
The You Win This Time! face is a rage comic character drawn with a tense frown and clenched teeth, used by a comic's protagonist to concede that the trollface, a teacher, or life itself has outmaneuvered them[1]. The design sits in the same family as English-language rage faces like Sweet Jesus, which is why it slotted easily into existing rage comic grammar once it crossed over from Spanish forums[2].
In the standard four-panel format, the character sets up an overconfident plan, the plan collapses in the third panel, and the final panel is a close-up of the You Win This Time! face delivering the line, usually in English even on Spanish comics[1]. Commenters on Cuánto Cabrón nicknamed the new face a fusion of the Me Gusta face and the classic rageguy, and translated the English caption as roughly "tú ganas por esta vez" (translated from Spanish)[1].
Frequently Asked Questions
What is You Win This Time!?
You Win This Time! is a rage comic face used by a character to reluctantly or angrily concede defeat, especially after being outsmarted by a trollface[2].
Where did You Win This Time! come from?
It debuted in a rage comic about a brutal math exam posted to the Spanish humor site Cuánto Cabrón on February 11, 2011[1].
What does You Win This Time! mean?
The caption, roughly "tú ganas por esta vez" in Spanish, is a grudging admission that whoever trolled the character has won, with the implied threat of a rematch (translated from Spanish)[1].
How do you use You Win This Time!?
People typically use it as the punchline panel of a four-panel rage comic, where the protagonist's plan falls apart and they deliver the line to a gloating trollface[2].
Is You Win This Time! still popular?
It is a classic rage face from the 2011 to 2012 rage comic era, still catalogued on rage face blogs and still tagged on Cuánto Cabrón[2].
