“La famille Ackermann” meme: meaning, origin and common card

What does the “La famille Ackermann” meme mean?

Mentioning the Ackermann family means invoking a larger-than-life mother and son from French reality television whose exchanges and way of speaking stuck in viewers’ minds. The name works as a shared reference: people use it for a very close parent-child bond, a mother who handles everything, or a family dinner that turns into a comedy sketch. It belongs to the culture of cult reality TV clips circulating on social media, where a surname alone is enough to make fans of the show laugh.

Where does the “La famille Ackermann” meme come from?

The meme comes from “Qui veut épouser mon fils ?”, a show featuring single people who still live with their mothers while those mothers give opinions on the suitors. Season 2 aired on TF1 on Friday nights from 2 November to 14 December 2012, in late-evening slots. Morgan, then 31, took part alongside his mother Pascale. The family later extended its screen time with “Le Dîner Ackermann”, whose teasers and interviews were published online. Extracts of the programme kept circulating on YouTube and social networks, where users turned them into humorous references.

1. 2 November 2012Season 2 of “Qui veut épouser mon fils ?” begins airing on TF1.
2. 14 December 2012Last Friday of broadcast for season 2.

How to use the “La famille Ackermann” meme

• Say “it’s the Ackermann family” when a family meal turns into a sitcom.
• Tag a friend whose mother organises their entire life.
• Post a clip of the show in reaction to a family argument.
• Name Pascale and Morgan to describe a very tight parent-child duo.

The “La famille Ackermann” card in MyMemeCards

Number	No. 2823
Rarity	Common
Collection	Memes FR pack
Fame	50/100 · #753 of 3493
Recycle value	5 MemeCoins (15 in Shiny)
Suggested by	@tacctaccc

How to get the “La famille Ackermann” card

Every pack holds 5 meme cards, the first 3 of them Common; La famille Ackermann 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 “La famille Ackermann” card

The “La famille Ackermann” card was reprinted as Rare (No. 4,299). 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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