The 'What I Watched / What I Expected / What I Got' meme template is a popular visual review format used to contrast the marketing or tropes of a piece of media with its actual content. Typically organized in three vertical panels, the first panel identifies the title, the second shows what the viewer anticipated (often a high-budget or serious scene), and the final panel reveals the often absurd, low-quality, or surprisingly different reality. It gained massive traction in anime and gaming communities to highlight how certain series mask their true nature behind misleading covers or trailers, becoming a go-to format for expressing comedic disillusionment.