When to Use
- Reacting to a sad or disappointing piece of news
- Expressing dramatic sorrow over a trivial inconvenience
- Mocking someone for being overly sensitive or emotional
Source: Family Guy
This clip features Peter Griffin from Family Guy uncontrollably sobbing in a theater. Because of his exaggerated facial expression and dramatic physical response, the scene is frequently used by internet users to convey an over-the-top emotional reaction or to mock something for being unnecessarily sad or pathetic.
Peter Griffin sits in a theater chair and begins crying loudly while holding his face, drawing the attention of people around him.
This meme is used to express extreme, dramatic, or pathetic sadness in response to a disappointing or emotional situation.