This meme originates from the 2012 film 'The Dark Knight Rises,' featuring the primary antagonist Bane, played by Tom Hardy. During a pivotal scene in a subterranean prison known as 'The Pit,' Bane defeats Bruce Wayne and delivers this chilling line, asserting total control over Batman's fate. The template gained massive popularity online as a way to express extreme authority, dramatic finality, or mock-seriousness in everyday situations. Users often swap 'Gotham' for other subjects—like a diet, a video game match, or a long work week—to signal that a task is finally complete or a person is finally released from their 'suffering.'