Tom Wambsgans' 'Ludicrously Capacious Bag' Rant From Succession Is Internet's Favorite Meme
Fans instantly linked Tom's rambling into a meme by linking his clever vocabulary to movie stills, including those from "The Devil Wears Prada."
Tom's satire of a Burberry handbag in the Season 4 premiere of "Succession" has become a fad online. Totes are no longer spacious, huge, or gigantic¡ªnow, they're ludicrously capacious.
One of the most popular memes on the internet is based on a line from the Season 4 premiere of Succession, in which Matthew Macfadyen's character, Tom, gives a scathing review of a handbag.
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When Greg (Nicholas Braun) brings a date to Logan Roy Sr's birthday celebration, his date stands out among the affluent crowd.
Kerry (Zoe Winters), Logan's secretary, comes up to Greg while the other people are calling her "Bridget random f***k" to remind him that they aren't in an "f¡ª¡ª¡ª Shake Shack."
¡°She¡¯s brought a ludicrously capacious bag, what¡¯s even in there, huh? Flat shoes for the subway or lunch pail? I mean, Greg, it's monstrous. It's gargantuan. You could take it camping. You could slide it across the floor after a bank job¡± pic.twitter.com/3mxM1MRwmn
¡ª hannah (@dumbandfunn) March 29, 2023
Greg doesn't understand why his date was treated so differently from everyone else so quickly.
Tom when he saw Greg¡¯s date¡¯s bag#Succesion pic.twitter.com/ffFrmx9bhg
¡ª Louis Staples (@LouisStaples) March 29, 2023
Later, Tom pulls him aside to talk about his "faux pas," which was a viral monologue about her style.
tom trying to explode greg¡¯s date¡¯s bag with his mind pic.twitter.com/BKQyZJvIGP
¡ª mia (@trobed_) March 29, 2023
when greg started nudging tom repeatedly ????????? pic.twitter.com/C4Joqw8ZEF
¡ª cousin tom | succession spoilers (@tomwambsgays) March 27, 2023
"Why? Because she¡¯s brought a ludicrously capacious bag," Tom starts.
"What¡¯s even in there, huh? Flat shoes for the subway? Her lunch pail? I mean, Greg, it¡¯s monstrous. It¡¯s gargantuan. You could take it camping. You could slide it across the floor after a bank job."
¡°She¡¯s brought a ludicrously capacious bag. What¡¯s even in there? Flat shoes for the subway? Her lunch pail? Greg, it¡¯s monstrous. It¡¯s gargantuan. You can take it camping. You can slide it across the floor after a bank job.¡± pic.twitter.com/25g6P7EcAE
¡ª Hazel (@hazelnutwi) March 28, 2023
Fans instantly linked Tom's rambling into a meme by linking his clever vocabulary to movie stills, including those from "The Devil Wears Prada."
I will never take a ludicrously capacious bag anywhere ever again. My bags will always be appropriately sized for the event, if not slightly smaller.
¡ª Mary Dacuma (@mabdacuma) March 28, 2023
The original ludicrously capacious bag pic.twitter.com/q2KYRl7YYs
¡ª fake rothko (@thefakerothko) March 29, 2023
why? because she¡¯s brought a ludicrously capacious bag. what¡¯s even in there, huh? flat shoes for the subway? her lunch pail? i mean, greg, it¡¯s monstrous. it¡¯s gargantuan. you could take it camping. you could slide it across the floor after a bank job pic.twitter.com/3k5255sk5p
¡ª kaiya (@kaiyashunyata) March 29, 2023
"Are you wearing the ludi¡ª The ludicrously capacious bag? Yeah, I am," one user wrote, captioning a meme of Anne Hathaway's character, Andy Sachs, holding a Burberry bag.
Are you wearing the ludi¡ª
¡ª limp brittzkit (@Brittymigs) March 28, 2023
The ludicrously capacious bag? Yeah I am. pic.twitter.com/HLJ48UbQi4
The official Twitter account of an online dictionary¡ªMerriam-Webster, played along and quickly jumped on the bandwagon.
Reposting Tom's monologue and a photo of its own "ludicrously capacious" tote bag included links to the definitions of the terms cited in the comments.
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Ludicrous, according to Merriam-Webster, means "amusing or laughable through obvious absurdity, incongruity, exaggeration, or eccentricity."
Capacious is "containing or capable of containing a great deal."
The Cut claims Bridget carried a classic Burberry pattern $2,890 vintage two-handle handbag.
Since then, fans have used Tom's line to define other celebrities' large bags, such as Gwyneth Paltrow's brown handbag from her ski crash trial.
Tom's dialogue has become such a rage that now fans can find Ludicrously capacious tote bags on Etsy.
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Tom's entire monologue is written on a few of them.
"I will never take a ludicrously capacious bag anywhere ever again. My bags will always be appropriately sized for the event, if not slightly smaller," one user wrote.
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