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On July 1st, 2010, the episode "Attack of the Killer App" aired during season six of the American animated sitcom Futurama the episode, the company Mom Industries releases the eyePhone, a of the Apple iPhone. When the protagonist Fry attempts to purchase one at a store, he is warned by the cashier about reception and battery life issuling "Shut up and take my money!" while wng several dollar bills.
The following day, the German tech blog Crackajack published a post about the episode and included an image macro of Fry with the caption "Shut up and tak
The phrase isten used on web forums and image boards to express a desire to obtain a certain product or invention, or to show approval for a proposed idea. On Reddit, it is used as the title for posts with pictures and videos On March 7th, 2011, Redditor calivessel submitted a photo of a credit card with the Fry image printed on top to the /r/pics subreddit. The post managed to reach the front page and accumulated over 4,000 up votes prior to being archived.
was created for "the best, most creative, and classiest gadgets and nerdware on the interwebz" on April 26th, 2011. The domain for the gadget and novelty items retail website .com was registered on May 3rd, 2011. The meme has since spread to sites like FunnyJunk, Tumblr and deviantArt. A Facebook page for "Shut Up and Take My Money" has received 1,895 likes as of March, 7th, 2012.
Exploitables[]
The original Fry image has been used as a template for a number of exploitable derivatives, using the phrasal template "Shut up and take my (X)