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“À vos marques ! Oui ?” meme: meaning, origin and common card

In Le Flambeau, a parody of adventure reality television, the character Marc is called to the start of a challenge and mishears: to the call of “à vos marques” — on your marks — he simply answers “oui”, and nobody corrects him.

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À vos marques ! Oui ? meme
The “À vos marques ! Oui ?” meme, 2022

In MyMemeCards, the meme card game, “À vos marques ! Oui ?” is a common card of the Memes FR pack, number 1075 of the collection, and the 875th best-known meme of its 976 cards. Here is what the meme means, where it comes from, and how to get its card.

What does the “À vos marques ! Oui ?” meme mean?

The line fits whenever someone answers beside the point with total confidence, certain they have understood. People post it over a misread instruction, over an answer proving the speaker heard their own name and nothing else, or to mock themselves for having just done the same. It works because the confusion is phonetic: “marques” and “Marc” sound alike, and the character grabs the word that concerns him. Nobody corrects him, which finishes the scene off.

Where does the “À vos marques ! Oui ?” meme come from?

The scene comes from the series Le Flambeau, les aventuriers de Chupacabra, broadcast on Canal+, a parody of adventure reality television written and directed by Jonathan Cohen and Jérémie Galan. At the start of a challenge, the ritual call of “à vos marques” is taken for a roll call, and the character Marc simply answers “oui”. The extract circulates as a very short edit, often with the subtitle visible, and is reposted regularly on YouTube — the version kept here dates from 13 August 2025. Online the line is written in the singular, “à vos marque, oui”, because what matters is the misunderstanding and not the spelling of the sporting phrase. Posts almost never name the episode.

  1. 2025The extract is reposted on YouTube, on 13 August.

How to use the “À vos marques ! Oui ?” meme

  • Answer when you have plainly understood an instruction the wrong way round.
  • Comment on an answer given with total confidence and completely off target.
  • Signal that all you retained from an announcement was the part resembling your name.

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The “À vos marques ! Oui ?” card in MyMemeCards

À vos marques ! Oui ? card
NumberNo. 1075
RarityCommon
CollectionMemes FR pack
Fame35/100 · #875 of 976
Recycle value5 MemeCoins (15 in Shiny)
Suggested by@olivier794
Rarities of the Memes FR pack: 976 cards
  • Common40241%
  • Rare32033%
  • Epic16817%
  • Legendary454.6%
  • Mythic272.8%
  • Full Art141.4%

How to get the “À vos marques ! Oui ?” card

Every pack holds 5 meme cards, the first 3 of them Common; À vos marques ! Oui ? comes out of the Memes FR pack as a common card. The pack odds say what each rarity weighs.

Your first pack is free and needs no account. After that a new free pack lands every 10 minutes, up to 3 waiting for you. You can also buy the card with MemeCoins on the market, bid for it at auction, or trade it — and a double recycles into 5 MemeCoins.

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Odds per card, averaged over a pack: Common 72%, Rare 23.9%, Epic 3.2%, Legendary 0.56%, Mythic 0.3%, Full Art 0.8%, Shiny 0.2%. Cards 1 to 3 are always Common, cards 4 and 5 climb the rarities. Rates drop for cards that circulate a lot. Details

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Frequently asked questions

Where does à vos marque oui come from?

From the series Le Flambeau, les aventuriers de Chupacabra on Canal+: at the start of a challenge, the character Marc takes “à vos marques” for a roll call.

Who says the line?

Marc, one of the adventurers in the series, a parody of adventure reality television created by Jonathan Cohen and Jérémie Galan.

Why is it written in the singular?

Because the meme keeps the misunderstanding, “Marc” heard inside “marques”, rather than the spelling of the sporting phrase.

How do I get the À vos marques ! Oui ? meme card?

Open a pack of MyMemeCards: “À vos marques ! Oui ?” is a common card of the Memes FR pack. Your first pack is free, with no account, and you can also buy, trade or win the card at auction.

How rare is the À vos marques ! Oui ? card?

It is a Common card. Rarity decides which pack slot can deal it, and what it is worth on the market.

Sources: L’extrait republié (YouTube) · checked on October 6, 2026.

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