“Samuel le ventilateur” meme: meaning, origin and rare card

What does the “Samuel le ventilateur” meme mean?

Mentioning Samuel le ventilateur is a wink at French YouTube culture of the early 2010s and the absurd humor of What the Cut. The name pairs an ordinary first name with a household appliance, the kind of mismatch the show loved. People bring him up to share a nostalgic reference with fellow longtime viewers, to answer a throwback post, or to joke that an everyday object can become an internet star. The tone is fond: whoever says his name treats him like a member of the family.

Where does the “Samuel le ventilateur” meme come from?

What the Cut is a comedy series by Antoine Daniel. Its first episode went up on his YouTube channel on 1 March 2012, and he hosted and directed it until 30 December 2015. Each weekly episode looks at three funny, odd or strange videos and turns them into sketches and jokes, with fast cutting and an over-the-top on-screen persona. Samuel is one of the characters in that world: episode titles such as “Richard & Samuel: Pole Dance” (no. 31) and “Il faut sauver Samuel” (no. 34) give him a spot of his own, and fans have made interviews and re-uploads about him. The fan nickname follows him everywhere.

1. 1 March 2012First episode of What the Cut goes online on Antoine Daniel’s channel.
2. 30 December 2015End of the stretch in which Antoine Daniel hosts and directs the show.

How to use the “Samuel le ventilateur” meme

• Reply that he is a What the Cut icon when someone mentions Antoine Daniel’s show.
• Post his name under an absurd edit to salute 2012-era YouTube nostalgia.
• Use Samuel to describe an ordinary object promoted to internet legend.
• Cheer “Samuel is back” when a fan spins in the background of a video.

The “Samuel le ventilateur” card in MyMemeCards

Number	No. 1316
Rarity	Rare
Collection	Memes FR pack
Fame	50/100 · #753 of 3515
Recycle value	10 MemeCoins (30 in Shiny)
Suggested by	@pixel60185

How to get the “Samuel le ventilateur” card

Every pack holds 5 meme cards, the first 3 of them Common; Samuel le ventilateur 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 “Samuel le ventilateur” card

The “Samuel le ventilateur” card was reprinted as Epic (No. 5,297). 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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