Straight to Prison Meme, also known as the Right to Prison Meme

The Straight to prison memealso known as You go to prisonor the Right to Prison Memesis a moment from an episode of Parks and Recreation with guest character Raul (played by Fred Armisen) bragging about how great his country is becoming because of the prison. While the whole rant is pretty impressive, the simple line stuck in fans' minds as perfect meme fodder, alongside photos and videos of Armisen as Raul.

Which consequence of Parks and Recreation Where does the Straight To Jail meme come from?

The result of Parks and Recreation The episode titled “Sister City” that shows this moment aired in October 2009. In the episode, a delegation from Pawnee's sister city comes to visit.

Led by Raul, the group causes chaos with their varied behaviors during their visit. When they see what happens at a particularly chaotic town hall meeting, Raul is astonished by the public's behavior.

This prompted him to speak out about how prisons are used to control such behavior in his country. His sober portrayal of the situation made many laugh.

Where are the armed men who are taking the protesters away? Where are they? This kind of behavior will never be tolerated in Baraqua. If you shout like that, they'll put you in jail. Immediately. No trial, nothing.

Journalists, we have a special prison for journalists. You steal: right to prison. You play music too loudly: right to prison, immediately. You drive too fast: prison. You drive too slowly: prison. You charge too much for sweaters and glasses: right to prison. You don't cook fish properly? Believe it or not: prison.

If you overcook chicken, you'll go to jail. If you don't cook it right, you'll go to jail. You make an appointment at the dentist and, believe it or not, you don't show up in jail. We have the best patients in the world because we're in jail.

Rise of the Straight-to-Jail Meme

The moment later surfaced on YouTube, where it went viral. Over time, the moment became the subject of the Mandela Effect. While many people remember Armisen repeatedly saying “straight to jail,” his character Raul actually says “straight to prison.” For this reason, memes can be seen using both phrases interchangeably.

The slight change may be due to the popularity of Monopoly. The popular family board game has a space on the board that says “Go to Jail.” There is also a card that can send you to that space that says, “Go to Jail. Go straight to Jail. Don't go past Go. Don't collect $200.”

And here we have another Mandela effect! Instead of “directly”, many people remember the card that said “directly to prison”.

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