The 'Tom Cruise's Fake Butt' meme originated from a viral 2017 tweet that pointed out a specific frame from the 2008 film Valkyrie. In the scene, Cruise's character, Colonel Claus von Stauffenberg, appears to have an unusually large and smooth backside while standing up, leading to widespread internet speculation that the actor wore a prosthetic 'fake butt' for the stunt. Despite Tom Cruise later denying the claims in a Screen Rant interview, the image achieved legendary status as a meme. It is most commonly used to represent something that feels 'exaggerated,' 'enhanced,' or to humorously highlight a distraction that takes away from the main focus of a situation.