To lots of people, Patrick Fabian is most well-known today for taking part in Howard Hamlin within the Breaking Dangerous spinoff Higher Name Saul, which concluded with its sixth and last season final 12 months. Nonetheless, 2022 additionally noticed Fabian receiving consideration for a a lot totally different purpose. The actor shot a Cameo video that referenced the anime One Piece, and now the actor has shared with CinemaBlend what he thought concerning the video going viral on-line.
For many who need the complete historical past of The One Piece is Actual meme, I’ll direct you to Know Your Meme for the total breakdown. Principally, what you want to know is that this was already a well-liked meme revolving round a personality from the One Piece anime named Edward Newgate, a.ok.a. Whitebeard. Earlier than dying, Whitebeard exclaimed to the world that the title location the place Gold Roger’s treasure resides alongside the Grand Line, which protagonist Monkey D. Luffy and so many pirates in that world have spent years trying to find, did, actually, exist. Minimize to final August, a Reddit consumer named DeanDealsMang shared a Cameo video he had made for somebody referred to as “Child named Finger” the place he received Patrick Fabian to say “The One Piece is actual!” in his personal distinctive manner. Test it out:
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Not solely did the unique Reddit submit get a number of upvotes, however it in flip led to folks taking Patrick Fabian’s audio and mashing it with the unique The One Piece is Actual meme, and there have been even some followers who even mixed the meme with Higher Name Saul materials. So whereas talking with Fabian about his efficiency as Harvey Dent within the animated DC film Batman: The Doom That Got here to Gotham, I requested the actor how he felt about his One Piece video going viral, and he responded:
It’s so humorous, discuss unintended penalties, proper? I clearly, clearly had no concept what that was, and I assumed it will simply be enjoyable. ‘Trigger someone thought it will be enjoyable, and I assumed I used to be doing an inside joke for someone. After which it turned what it turned, then I came upon what it was. It was extraordinary to observe it go. And it was additionally extraordinary to observe it go a technique, after which I assume someone referred to me as ‘this man,’ after which the Higher Name Saul fandom got here again and so they stated, ‘This man? That’s Howard Hamlin!’ After which folks began doing all these Howard Hamlin memes. I imply, actually, I’m a father of two, two canine, I’ve a Toyota Highlander, I reside within the Valley in Los Angeles, what I imply? And unexpectedly this factor is swirling round me. This jogged my memory of the ability of the web, and fortunately, it was simply type of a enjoyable, loopy automobile journey for a bit of bit. But it surely did remind once more of like, ‘Man oh man, issues can get out of hand fairly fast on the web, can’t they?’
Patrick Fabian gained a number of followers for his time as Howard Hamlin on Higher Name Saul, and he’s even been acknowledged for starring in Saved by the Bell: The School Years (albeit because the fallacious character), however now there’s a piece of the web that mainly is aware of him as The One Piece is Actual man. After I introduced up how I wasn’t conscious of the meme till I noticed the footage from his Cameo video, which exemplified how well-liked it was, Fabian stated:
I imply, simply nuts… Guess what? Once I die, hopefully they’ll point out Higher Name Saul, however I can assure you they’re gonna point out the One Piece.
Though Patrick Fabian does produce other tasks developing in addition to Batman: The Doom That Got here to Gotham, together with The Different Zoey, The Means We Communicate and The Hereafter, with Higher Name Saul over, The One Piece is Actual meme might certainly be the principle manner on-line chatter about him is generated for the foreseeable future. Seeking to the One Piece anime, for those who’re eager about streaming seasons of the long-running present, you are able to do so with a Hulu subscription or Netflix subscription, in addition to on the Crunchyroll and Funimation platforms. Netflix can also be house to the upcoming live-action One Piece collection adaptation, which boasts a sprawling solid.
As for Patrick Fabian, you’ll be able to hear him voicing a Twenties model of Harvey Dent when Batman: The Doom That Got here to Gotham is launched on Digital, 4K Extremely HD Blu-ray Combo Pack and Blu-ray on March 28. HBO Max subscribers can even view Fabian’s earlier animated DC outings as Hank Henshaw/Cyborg Superman within the films The Demise of Superman and Reign of the Supermen, which have been a part of the DC Animated Film Universe timeline.
