I Don't Even Know Who You Are

2019Reaction image / image macrosemi-active

Also known as: I Don't Even Know Who You Are Meme · I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHO YOU ARE · I Don'T Even Know Who You Are · IDEKWYA

I Don't Even Know Who You Are" is a 2019 reaction-image meme from *Avengers: Endgame*, featuring Thanos dismissing Scarlet Witch's emotions with his indifferent line, used to express apathy toward someone's feelings about you.

"I Don't Even Know Who You Are" is a reaction meme from the 2019 Marvel film *Avengers: Endgame*, where Thanos dismisses Scarlet Witch's grief with the line "I don't even know who you are." The still image and quote spread across Reddit within days of the film's premiere, becoming a go-to format for expressing indifference toward someone who holds a grudge or strong feelings about you.

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TL;DR

I Don't Even Know Who You Are is a popular internet meme format that emerged around 2019 and became recognized across internet circles.

Overview

The meme uses a screenshot of Thanos, played by Josh Brolin, during a confrontation with Scarlet Witch in *Avengers: Endgame*. In the scene, Scarlet Witch tells Thanos he "took everything from her," referring to the death of Vision in the previous film. Thanos, who has time-traveled from 2014 and has no memory of those events, replies that he doesn't even know who she is1. The format works because of the raw contrast between one character's intense emotional investment and the other's total lack of recognition. People use it to caption situations where someone cares deeply about a conflict that the other party is completely unaware of.

*Avengers: Endgame* premiered in the United States on April 26, 20193. The film was written by Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely and directed by Anthony and Joe Russo3. The specific scene involves a 2014 version of Thanos who has been transported to the present via time travel and therefore has no knowledge of the events of *Avengers: Infinity War*3. When Scarlet Witch confronts him with fury over what he did, his confused "I don't even know who you are" landed as both a dramatic beat and an instantly memeable moment1.

Origin & Background

Platform
Reddit (viral spread), *Avengers: Endgame* (source material)
Key People
Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely, Josh Brolin, Elizabeth Olsen
Date
2019
Year
2019

*Avengers: Endgame* premiered in the United States on April 26, 2019. The film was written by Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely and directed by Anthony and Joe Russo. The specific scene involves a 2014 version of Thanos who has been transported to the present via time travel and therefore has no knowledge of the events of *Avengers: Infinity War*. When Scarlet Witch confronts him with fury over what he did, his confused "I don't even know who you are" landed as both a dramatic beat and an instantly memeable moment.

How It Spread

The meme format picked up speed almost immediately after the film opened. On April 27, 2019, just one day after the US premiere, Reddit user godzillerie posted a version to /r/EndgameSpoilers that collected over 1,200 upvotes. That same day, user NotFGordan posted another variant that picked up 480 upvotes in the subreddit.

Over the following weeks, the format migrated to larger subreddits. /r/thanosdidnothingwrong, already a hub for Thanos memes since the Infinity War "snap" event of 2018, adopted the template quickly. /r/dankmemes also saw regular posts using the format. The meme's appeal was straightforward: the two-panel setup (Scarlet Witch's accusation paired with Thanos's dismissal) made it easy to relabel for any situation involving one-sided rivalry or unreciprocated grudges.

The format fits within a broader tradition of dismissal memes. Mariah Carey's "I don't know her" remark about Jennifer Lopez, originally from a circa 2003 German TV interview, followed a similar template of high-profile indifference and became one of the most widely shared reaction GIFs of the 2010s. Carey repeated variations of the phrase for nearly two decades across interviews with MTV, TMZ, and *Watch What Happens Live*. *Vanity Fair* even labeled mid-2016 "The Summer of Not Knowing" after multiple celebrities adopted similar dismissive responses. The Thanos version tapped into the same comedic nerve but wrapped it in MCU fandom, giving it a different audience and visual language.

*Endgame* itself provided fertile ground for memes. The film grossed nearly $2.8 billion worldwide, briefly becoming the highest-grossing film of all time. With that kind of cultural saturation, individual scenes spread rapidly through online communities. The "I don't even know who you are" exchange stood out because it worked as a standalone joke without requiring deep MCU knowledge.

Platforms

RedditTwitterTikTokDiscordInstagram

Timeline

2019-06

Meme format emerges

2020-01

Gains traction in internet circles

2021-01

Reaches peak popularity

2022-01-01

Brands and companies started using I Don't Even Know Who You Are in marketing

2024-01

Current status in meme culture

2025-01-01

I Don't Even Know Who You Are is still actively used and shared across platforms

View on Google Trends

How to Use This Meme

The standard format is a two-panel image macro:

1

Top panel: Scarlet Witch (or a labeled version of her) says "You took everything from me," representing someone with strong feelings about a situation.

2

Bottom panel: Thanos (labeled as the other party) responds "I don't even know who you are," representing complete indifference.

Create Your Own

Cultural Impact

The line benefits from being part of *Avengers: Endgame*, which was one of the most commercially successful films in cinema history with a budget estimated between $356 and $400 million. The film's cultural footprint meant that even casual moviegoers recognized the scene. The meme also sits within a larger category of MCU-derived formats, joining templates like "I am inevitable" and the time-travel "I see this as an absolute win" from the same film.

The dismissal meme archetype has a long pop culture lineage. Scholars Mireille Lalancette and Tamara A. Small analyzed Mariah Carey's "I don't know her" as a rhetorical move where "another person is so irrelevant you pretend to not know them when you clearly do". The Thanos version inverts this slightly: his ignorance is genuine, not performed, which gives the meme an extra layer of comedic cruelty.

Fun Facts

The 2014 version of Thanos who appears in the final battle genuinely has never met Scarlet Witch, since in the MCU timeline he was pulled forward in time before the events of *Infinity War*.

*Avengers: Endgame* held the record for highest-grossing film of all time from July 2019 to March 2021, when *Avatar* reclaimed the title through a re-release.

/r/thanosdidnothingwrong became a major meme hub after its "snap" event in July 2018 randomly banned half its subscribers to mirror Thanos's actions, priming the community for Endgame memes the following year.

Mariah Carey's structurally similar "I don't know her" dismissal predates the Thanos meme by about 16 years, originating around 2003.

Derivatives & Variations

Community variations and adaptations

A variation of I Don't Even Know Who You Are

(2019)

Platform-specific versions

A variation of I Don't Even Know Who You Are

(2019)

Subculture-specific remixes

A variation of I Don't Even Know Who You Are

(2019)

Frequently Asked Questions

References (3)

  1. 1
    I Don't Even Know Who You Are - Know Your Memeencyclopedia
  2. 2
    I don't know herencyclopedia
  3. 3
    Avengers: Endgameencyclopedia

I Don't Even Know Who You Are

2019Reaction image / image macrosemi-active

Also known as: I Don't Even Know Who You Are Meme · I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHO YOU ARE · I Don'T Even Know Who You Are · IDEKWYA

I Don't Even Know Who You Are" is a 2019 reaction-image meme from *Avengers: Endgame*, featuring Thanos dismissing Scarlet Witch's emotions with his indifferent line, used to express apathy toward someone's feelings about you.

"I Don't Even Know Who You Are" is a reaction meme from the 2019 Marvel film *Avengers: Endgame*, where Thanos dismisses Scarlet Witch's grief with the line "I don't even know who you are." The still image and quote spread across Reddit within days of the film's premiere, becoming a go-to format for expressing indifference toward someone who holds a grudge or strong feelings about you.

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TL;DR

I Don't Even Know Who You Are is a popular internet meme format that emerged around 2019 and became recognized across internet circles.

Overview

The meme uses a screenshot of Thanos, played by Josh Brolin, during a confrontation with Scarlet Witch in *Avengers: Endgame*. In the scene, Scarlet Witch tells Thanos he "took everything from her," referring to the death of Vision in the previous film. Thanos, who has time-traveled from 2014 and has no memory of those events, replies that he doesn't even know who she is. The format works because of the raw contrast between one character's intense emotional investment and the other's total lack of recognition. People use it to caption situations where someone cares deeply about a conflict that the other party is completely unaware of.

*Avengers: Endgame* premiered in the United States on April 26, 2019. The film was written by Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely and directed by Anthony and Joe Russo. The specific scene involves a 2014 version of Thanos who has been transported to the present via time travel and therefore has no knowledge of the events of *Avengers: Infinity War*. When Scarlet Witch confronts him with fury over what he did, his confused "I don't even know who you are" landed as both a dramatic beat and an instantly memeable moment.

Origin & Background

Platform
Reddit (viral spread), *Avengers: Endgame* (source material)
Key People
Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely, Josh Brolin, Elizabeth Olsen
Date
2019
Year
2019

*Avengers: Endgame* premiered in the United States on April 26, 2019. The film was written by Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely and directed by Anthony and Joe Russo. The specific scene involves a 2014 version of Thanos who has been transported to the present via time travel and therefore has no knowledge of the events of *Avengers: Infinity War*. When Scarlet Witch confronts him with fury over what he did, his confused "I don't even know who you are" landed as both a dramatic beat and an instantly memeable moment.

How It Spread

The meme format picked up speed almost immediately after the film opened. On April 27, 2019, just one day after the US premiere, Reddit user godzillerie posted a version to /r/EndgameSpoilers that collected over 1,200 upvotes. That same day, user NotFGordan posted another variant that picked up 480 upvotes in the subreddit.

Over the following weeks, the format migrated to larger subreddits. /r/thanosdidnothingwrong, already a hub for Thanos memes since the Infinity War "snap" event of 2018, adopted the template quickly. /r/dankmemes also saw regular posts using the format. The meme's appeal was straightforward: the two-panel setup (Scarlet Witch's accusation paired with Thanos's dismissal) made it easy to relabel for any situation involving one-sided rivalry or unreciprocated grudges.

The format fits within a broader tradition of dismissal memes. Mariah Carey's "I don't know her" remark about Jennifer Lopez, originally from a circa 2003 German TV interview, followed a similar template of high-profile indifference and became one of the most widely shared reaction GIFs of the 2010s. Carey repeated variations of the phrase for nearly two decades across interviews with MTV, TMZ, and *Watch What Happens Live*. *Vanity Fair* even labeled mid-2016 "The Summer of Not Knowing" after multiple celebrities adopted similar dismissive responses. The Thanos version tapped into the same comedic nerve but wrapped it in MCU fandom, giving it a different audience and visual language.

*Endgame* itself provided fertile ground for memes. The film grossed nearly $2.8 billion worldwide, briefly becoming the highest-grossing film of all time. With that kind of cultural saturation, individual scenes spread rapidly through online communities. The "I don't even know who you are" exchange stood out because it worked as a standalone joke without requiring deep MCU knowledge.

Platforms

RedditTwitterTikTokDiscordInstagram

Timeline

2019-06

Meme format emerges

2020-01

Gains traction in internet circles

2021-01

Reaches peak popularity

2022-01-01

Brands and companies started using I Don't Even Know Who You Are in marketing

2024-01

Current status in meme culture

2025-01-01

I Don't Even Know Who You Are is still actively used and shared across platforms

View on Google Trends

How to Use This Meme

The standard format is a two-panel image macro:

1

Top panel: Scarlet Witch (or a labeled version of her) says "You took everything from me," representing someone with strong feelings about a situation.

2

Bottom panel: Thanos (labeled as the other party) responds "I don't even know who you are," representing complete indifference.

Create Your Own

Cultural Impact

The line benefits from being part of *Avengers: Endgame*, which was one of the most commercially successful films in cinema history with a budget estimated between $356 and $400 million. The film's cultural footprint meant that even casual moviegoers recognized the scene. The meme also sits within a larger category of MCU-derived formats, joining templates like "I am inevitable" and the time-travel "I see this as an absolute win" from the same film.

The dismissal meme archetype has a long pop culture lineage. Scholars Mireille Lalancette and Tamara A. Small analyzed Mariah Carey's "I don't know her" as a rhetorical move where "another person is so irrelevant you pretend to not know them when you clearly do". The Thanos version inverts this slightly: his ignorance is genuine, not performed, which gives the meme an extra layer of comedic cruelty.

Fun Facts

The 2014 version of Thanos who appears in the final battle genuinely has never met Scarlet Witch, since in the MCU timeline he was pulled forward in time before the events of *Infinity War*.

*Avengers: Endgame* held the record for highest-grossing film of all time from July 2019 to March 2021, when *Avatar* reclaimed the title through a re-release.

/r/thanosdidnothingwrong became a major meme hub after its "snap" event in July 2018 randomly banned half its subscribers to mirror Thanos's actions, priming the community for Endgame memes the following year.

Mariah Carey's structurally similar "I don't know her" dismissal predates the Thanos meme by about 16 years, originating around 2003.

Derivatives & Variations

Community variations and adaptations

A variation of I Don't Even Know Who You Are

(2019)

Platform-specific versions

A variation of I Don't Even Know Who You Are

(2019)

Subculture-specific remixes

A variation of I Don't Even Know Who You Are

(2019)

Frequently Asked Questions

References (3)

  1. 1
    I Don't Even Know Who You Are - Know Your Memeencyclopedia
  2. 2
    I don't know herencyclopedia
  3. 3
    Avengers: Endgameencyclopedia