What a week huh Meme Template
About this meme
Template Name
What a Week, Huh? / Captain Haddock Wednesday / Tintin and Haddock Bar / Lemon, It's Wednesday / What a Week Haddock Meme
Origin
This single comic panel originates from The Crab with the Golden Claws (Le Crabe aux pinces d'or), the ninth volume of the classic Belgian comic series The Adventures of Tintin by Hergé, published between 1940 and 1941. The album is historically significant as the first appearance of Tintin’s beloved, foul-tempered companion, Captain Archibald Haddock.
In early 2018, internet users combined Hergé’s illustration with iconic dialogue from the NBC sitcom 30 Rock (Season 4, Episode 9, "Klaus and Greta", originally aired January 14, 2010):
Captain Haddock: "What a week, huh?"
Tintin: "Captain, it's Wednesday."
(Originally spoken by Liz Lemon and Jack Donaghy: "What a week, huh?" / "Lemon, it's Wednesday.")
The mashup was first popularized on Twitter/X and Tumblr, rapidly spreading to Reddit (notably r/danktintinmemes, r/me_irl, and r/memes). It became an internet tradition for people to post the panel every Wednesday to express collective exhaustion, burnout, and the soul-crushing realization that the workweek is only half over.
Key Vibes
Midweek exhaustion, burnout, heavy sighs, calendar fatigue, and "how is it only Wednesday?"
Visual Breakdown
- Captain Haddock (Center): Slumped heavily over a wooden bar table in his iconic blue turtleneck sweater, messy unkempt black hair, dark beard, and a downcast, hollow gaze reflecting complete physical and mental depletion.
- Tintin (Foreground Left): Leaning in wearing his tan trench coat with his signature ginger quiff, delivering the reality check with wide, concerned, yet deadpan eyes.
- Snowy (Right): Tintin's white wire fox terrier eagerly lapping up drops from a glass of beer on the table edge, sweat drops flying off his head in comedic panic or exertion.
- Dialogue Balloons (Top): Two blank, rounded rectangular speech bubbles connected to Haddock and Tintin, allowing creators to rewrite the classic exchange or adapt it into custom exhaustion macros.
- Color Palette: Warm, muted yellow walls and earthy comic tones characteristic of the mid-20th-century ligne claire Belgian comic style.
Description Paragraph
The brilliance of this template lies in the universal horror of the midweek illusion. When you’ve endured days of non-stop deadlines, chaotic meetings, or emotional battery, your internal clock convinces you that it must be late Friday afternoon. Having someone calmly inform you that it is barely Wednesday morning feels like a personal betrayal by the concept of time itself. The crumpled, disheveled posture of Captain Haddock alongside Tintin's polite correction visualizes this shared human experience with unmatched simplicity and deadpan charm.
Popular Caption Ideas
- "Haddock: 'What a week, huh?' // Tintin: 'Captain, it's 10:00 AM on Monday.'"
- "Haddock: 'What a week, huh?' // Tintin: 'Captain, it's Wednesday.'"
- "Haddock: 'I think I've earned a weekend off.' // Tintin: 'Captain, you clocked in 20 minutes ago.'"
- "Haddock: 'This year has been completely exhausting.' // Tintin: 'Captain, it's January 8th.'"
- "Haddock: 'I cannot survive another shift.' // Tintin: 'Captain, lunch break just ended.'"
