The Mr. Bean Cheating on Exam meme is taken from the series premiere of the British sitcom Mr. Bean, which first aired in 1990. In this famous scene, Mr. Bean realizes he has studied the wrong mathematical topic and spends the entire duration of the test trying to peek at the paper of the student sitting next to him. His exaggerated movements, bulging eyes, and increasingly desperate attempts to see the answers have made this a staple of internet culture. It is widely used to represent situations involving procrastination, academic pressure, or any scenario where someone is trying to take a shortcut by looking at someone else's work.