The Captain America Elevator meme originates from the 2014 film 'Captain America: The Winter Soldier' and its subsequent callback in 2019’s 'Avengers: Endgame.' While the original scene is a high-stakes action sequence where Steve Rogers fights off Hydra agents, the meme community transformed it into the ultimate 'Dad Joke' format in early 2020. In these edits, Captain America tells a pun or an incredibly corny joke while in the elevator, leading the frustrated agents to attack him not because they are villains, but because the joke was so bad. It perfectly captures the awkward tension of a forced pun followed by immediate consequences.