The Waterboy Kathy Bates Devil meme stems from the 1998 comedy film The Waterboy, starring Adam Sandler. Kathy Bates plays Mama Boucher, Bobby's eccentric and overprotective mother who famously claims that various everyday items and activities—from school and girls to 'foosball'—are 'the devil.' The meme features her intense, wide-eyed facial expression and is widely used to humorously categorize anything undesirable, controversial, or forbidden as pure evil. It remains a classic nostalgic format for expressing irrational disapproval or satirizing over-the-top protective parenting.