“C’est pas Versailles ici” meme: meaning, origin and rare card

What does the “C’est pas Versailles ici” meme mean?

The phrase accuses someone of waste, usually of light or power, by comparing the house to the Palace of Versailles, a symbol of luxury and countless lit chandeliers. It is delivered with mock-stern authority, like a weary parent walking from room to room. People quote it at home, at the office or in shared flats when someone leaves everything on, and also to mock any kind of excess. The tone is teasing, familial and slightly exasperated.

Where does the “C’est pas Versailles ici” meme come from?

The line comes from a Total Direct Energie advertisement aired on French television in December 2019, in which a father walks through his home switching off the lights his family left on. He then delivers the line “C’est pas Versailles ici!”. A thirty-second cut features a character named Arthur. The spot was followed by new versions once the advertiser became TotalEnergies, including “C’est (toujours) pas Versailles ici!”. Viewers turned the sentence into a reusable meme for calling out the absent-minded.

1. December 2019The Total Direct Energie ad “C’est pas Versailles ici!” airs on French television.

How to use the “C’est pas Versailles ici” meme

• Say it while switching off the lights in an empty room.
• Reply to a flatmate who leaves everything on.
• Caption a photo of a house lit up by mistake.
• Quote it to mock over-the-top decoration.

The “C’est pas Versailles ici” card in MyMemeCards

Number	No. 1783
Rarity	Rare
Collection	Memes FR pack
Fame	50/100 · #753 of 3496
Recycle value	10 MemeCoins (30 in Shiny)
Suggested by	@sisistone

How to get the “C’est pas Versailles ici” card

Every pack holds 5 meme cards, the first 3 of them Common; C’est pas Versailles ici comes out of the Memes FR pack as a rare 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 10 MemeCoins.

The reprint of the “C’est pas Versailles ici” card

The “C’est pas Versailles ici” card was reprinted as Epic (No. 3,256). A reprint is the same meme printed again, with a number of its own and a higher rarity than its first printing, which was rare. Its face reads “Reprinted card · Higher rarity”.

Every printing is dealt in the packs of the Memes FR pack, each at its own rarity: the higher it is, the rarer the card is to pull. Copies of the first printing already pulled stay as they are, and any printing counts toward completing a set.

MyMemeCards reprints a meme when it deserves more than the rarity of its first printing, such as a classic that became iconic after it came out: the reprint gives it a place among the most sought-after cards without taking anything from the players who already had it.

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