“Fais moi l’amour crotal” meme: meaning, origin and common card

What does the “Fais moi l’amour crotal” meme mean?

The humour comes from a demand delivered with authority meeting a reaction of disarming composure. People cite the scene when someone’s insistence falls flat, when an order is met with a relaxed refusal, or to highlight a character who simply will not back down. In comment sections the line works as a wink between fans of the film: it evokes the whole sequence without describing it. It is always used playfully and with distance, mostly as a shared reference.

Where does the “Fais moi l’amour crotal” meme come from?

The scene comes from OSS 117: Cairo, Nest of Spies, a spy comedy released in France on 19 April 2006 and directed by Michel Hazanavicius. Jean Dujardin plays Hubert Bonisseur de La Bath, a SDECE agent portrayed as proud, pretentious and full of prejudices. Aure Atika plays Princess Al Tarouk, who in the story is a relative of the former King Farouk and has a stormy relationship with the agent. The exchange in which she makes her demand, and his weary answer, was cut into a clip on YouTube, where some channels list it among the film’s cult scenes. Like many lines from the series, it then spread through quotes, images and edits shared by viewers who know the film by heart.

1. 19 April 2006OSS 117: Cairo, Nest of Spies, featuring the Princess Al Tarouk scene, is released in France.

How to use the “Fais moi l’amour crotal” meme

• Quote the line under a post where someone demands something in a bossy tone.
• Send the clip to an OSS 117 fan to kick off a night of quotes.
• Comment on a comic argument where one person insists and the other stays unmoved.
• Answer with the agent’s reply when a demand leaves you cold.

The “Fais moi l’amour crotal” card in MyMemeCards

Number	No. 1711
Rarity	Common
Collection	Memes FR pack
Fame	50/100 · #753 of 3496
Recycle value	5 MemeCoins (15 in Shiny)
Suggested by	@drvaloche

How to get the “Fais moi l’amour crotal” card

Every pack holds 5 meme cards, the first 3 of them Common; Fais moi l’amour crotal 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.

The reprint of the “Fais moi l’amour crotal” card

The “Fais moi l’amour crotal” card was reprinted as Rare (No. 5,136). A reprint is the same meme printed again, with a number of its own and a higher rarity than its first printing, which was common. 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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