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October 1, 2009

Is Michael Cera The King Of The Photobomb?

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As many of you know, I love the website thisisphotobomb.com, which features user-submitted photobombed photos. Sometimes I wish that my job was just to sit around reading ThisIsPhotobomb all day. So, I guess what I'm saying is that sometimes I wish that my job was being a secretary. (I need those ZINGS on my desk by five.) (That joke goes out by special request to TechnoJeremy!) Anyway, what a great site. But could it be that what has for so long seemed like a random and hilarious prank* has a king? And that that king is Michael Cera? APPARENTLY! Look at this guy straight photobombing some clowns. BOOM! YOUR PHOTO IS RUINED! If by ruined you mean GREATLY IMPROVED. More classic Michael Cera photobombs after the jump.

These guys are like "WE'RE GONNA NEED A BIGGER POOKA SHELL NECKLACE!" They don't even realize that they have been graced by the king. BOOM! (Via BuzzFeed.)

*I say prank for lack of a better term, but as we all know, there is no such thing as a "good prank." Pranks are the worst. This is less of a prank and more of a hilarious time-release joke. Pranks are mean and intrusive and stupid and what Improv Everywhere does. Stop doing all those pranks, you guys.

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Nick and Norah's infinite photobomb... (I think that would be accomplished with mirrors)

Posted by: Macho Sasquatcho profile link at 10/01/09 10:59 AM  | Reply
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These had better be stills from the Arrested Development movie...

Posted by: Paperback Rioter profile link at 10/01/09 11:00 AM  | Reply
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Jake Gyllenhaal is a strong contender for his angrybomb.


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Posted by: jawbone profile link at 10/01/09 11:04 AM  | Reply
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holy crap. i'm going to be fired for laughing so hard at work. CERRRRRA!!! that happy, innocent smile- what a dick! He is starting to warm to me.

Posted by: lizzing profile link at 10/01/09 11:08 AM  | Reply
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From his chubbier days when he was actually cool. Now he'd scoff at the idea of photobombing.

Posted by: ber profile link at 10/01/09 11:09 AM  | Reply
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Gabe remembers when Buster Keaton was King of the Daguerreotype.

Posted by: jimjbollocks profile link at 10/01/09 11:10 AM  | Reply
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Dagerreotypebomb, that is.

Posted by: jimjbollocks profile link  in reply to  jimjbollocks's comment at 10/01/09 11:10 AM  | Reply
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Are you kidding me? Gabe is so old he's photobombing carvings of Anubis on the walls inside the Pyramids at Giza.

Posted by: sarcasticmeow profile link  in reply to  jimjbollocks's comment at 10/01/09 11:29 AM  | Reply
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Here you go:

Posted by: sen_tankerbell profile link  in reply to  jimjbollocks's comment at 10/01/09 11:39 AM  | Reply
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Your job ISN'T to sit around and read photobomb all day?

Posted by: Sharky profile link at 10/01/09 11:27 AM  | Reply
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The parrot bomb is amazing. Somehow the fact that he looks 12 years old makes it even better.

Posted by: adrienne profile link at 10/01/09 11:56 AM  | Reply
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I agree. The glee in his expression made me laugh. I think we can go ahead and CROWN HIS ASS.

Posted by: Syd profile link  in reply to  adrienne's comment at 10/01/09 12:20 PM  | Reply
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I think he very well may be 12 yrs old in that photo-bomb, which would explain why he's at what appears to be a Rainforest Cafe, presumably for his middle school buddy's (the guy w/ ALL the parrots) birthday.

Posted by: dumb profile link  in reply to  adrienne's comment at 10/01/09 1:21 PM  | Reply
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I waver between Michael Cera love and Michael Cera hate. On the one hand, he might be a photobomb genius, and "Youth in Revolt" actually looks pretty good. On the other hand, why did he take so long to sign onto the "Arrested Development" movie. I can forgive but I can never forget. Also, "Nick and Nora's Infinite Playlist" was a huge waste of money.

P.S. Anyone else having issues signing in? The site said I was signed in up at the top, but not at the bottom. Weird.

Posted by: Hil profile link at 10/01/09 12:07 PM  | Reply
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Posted by: Lystyr Frymyn profile link at 10/01/09 12:12 PM  | Reply
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Who's photobombing whom?

Posted by: Sebastian Paper  in reply to  Lystyr Frymyn's comment at 10/01/09 2:54 PM  | Reply
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Posted by: lisa at 10/01/09 12:47 PM  | Reply
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SPAMSPAMSPAM

Posted by: Napoleon Complex profile link  in reply to  lisa's comment at 10/01/09 12:54 PM  | Reply
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Who would go on a website to seek interracial friendships?

Posted by: Cap'n Jack profile link  in reply to  lisa's comment at 10/01/09 9:31 PM  | Reply
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HAHA I never liked Michael Cera but now I think I do. The parrot picture is GOLDEN

Posted by: Napoleon Complex profile link at 10/01/09 12:49 PM  | Reply
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HOLD UP. Didn't you use SO many of the same words about secretaries and zings and jobs and specific websites and stuff like a couple months ago! WELL?

Posted by: b at 10/01/09 12:49 PM  | Reply
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Relax, b (doesn't have that same je-ne-sais-qoui as technojerr. Unless you're the same person, which I dunno.) TechnoJeremy had an insistence that wouldn't stop get it get it.

Posted by: Angelaaaa profile link  in reply to  b's comment at 10/01/09 11:54 PM  | Reply
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What? I was so excited to scroll through the comments after I LOLd my pants from reading your technojeremy shout out, and what's this? Nothing? Monsters, you are off your game today.

Posted by: Madame Psychosis profile link at 10/01/09 12:56 PM  | Reply
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Relax?

Posted by: Gobblegirl profile link  in reply to  Madame Psychosis's comment at 10/01/09 1:08 PM  | Reply
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that joke belongs to the ages now. layers upon layers. but yeah...i was hoping for some riffing as well... (not that i have anything funny to say. i actually have to get five ZINGS done by 6 myself)

Posted by: practicallyinformation profile link  in reply to  Madame Psychosis's comment at 10/01/09 2:05 PM  | Reply
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that joke belongs to the ages now. layers upon layers. but year...i was hoping for some riffing as well... (not that i have anything funny to say. i actually have to get five ZINGS done by 6 myself)

Posted by: practicallyinformation profile link  in reply to  Madame Psychosis's comment at 10/01/09 2:07 PM  | Reply
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Yeah, they might be photobombs but they're not photobomb-photobombs and that's what we're all really concerned about.

Posted by: annoyingmouse profile link at 10/01/09 1:16 PM  | Reply
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Personally, I'm a fan of the Hasselbomb:

Posted by: That One profile link at 10/01/09 1:36 PM  | Reply
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Anyone can photobomb a couple of dorks with a camerphone, but it takes a true master to photobomb the visual acuity of the scarlet macaw. That's all I'm saying.

Posted by: Brr profile link at 10/01/09 1:39 PM  | Reply
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I was about to post these. Cera may win for quantity, but nothing beats Gyllenhaal's retarded-drunk Oscarbombs.

Posted by: Adequate Pipe profile link at 10/01/09 2:37 PM  | Reply
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That is pretty damn excellent.

Posted by: rk profile link  in reply to  Adequate Pipe's comment at 10/01/09 2:55 PM  | Reply
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http://img4.imageshack.us/img4/6002/tysonphotobomb1.jpg
"I'll photobomb you til you love me, f*****"

Posted by: Brr profile link at 10/01/09 2:41 PM  | Reply
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I clearly don't know what I'm doing.

Posted by: Brr profile link  in reply to  Brr's comment at 10/01/09 2:42 PM  | Reply
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I hate pranks too, and it's something I've kept to myself for a long time because you don't want to be the wet blanket, you know, the person who *doesn't* think it's funny to draw on people's faces after they go to sleep. But I feel like I can come out now.

Posted by: langford at 10/01/09 5:03 PM  | Reply
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That last photo epitomizes Michael Cera. That is the Michael Cera of photographs. Okay.

Posted by: Do you have bikes? profile link at 10/01/09 6:20 PM  | Reply
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That's the scariest photobomb I've ever seen. Also, don't fret, it took me like 4 tries of hitting preview, lots of crying, two smashed keyboards, and one google search before I figured out a picture post.

Posted by: DJQuallsDoppelganger profile link at 10/01/09 8:24 PM  | Reply
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This website is making me very special.

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