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“Scotty Doesn’t Know” is a 2004 song performed by Lustra and made for the 2004 DreamWorks comedy film EuroTrip. It was first heard in the film’s opening scene with a band singer played by Matt Damon lip-synching the lyrics.

Origin

On February 20th, 2004, DreamWorks Pictures released the film EuroTrip in the United States. In the film’s opening scene, Matt Damon fronts a punk band and performs the song “Scotty Doesn’t Know.” The song references plot points of the film. When the protagonist Scotty’s girlfriend Fiona ends their relationship, the singer of the band admits that he has been engaging in a relationship with Fiona on stage and performs the song.

On March 28th, 2006, YouTuber RoseRanger published the clip from the film. The post received more than 21 million views in less than 15 years (shown below).

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The song was later included on the 2006 Lustra album “Left for Dead.”

The song also became the subject of numerous memes, particularly expressing specific jokes about cultural figures named Scott or subjects that ignorant of a fact. For example, April 29th, 2015, a 9GAG user posted a You Know Nothing, Jon Snow meme that references the song. The post received more than 18,000 points and 180 comments in less than six years (shown below).

On April 17th, 2018, Uproxx published an oral history of the song. In the interview, the film’s director Jeff Schaffer said that fans approach Damon about the song. He said:

Matt even said, “I don’t get it. I was Ripley in The Talented Mr. Ripley, I was Private Ryan in Saving Private Ryan, Jason Bourne in the Bourne Identity, and people walk up to me all the time and just go, ‘Scotty doesn’t know!

Prime Minister Scott Morrison’s Website

On October 18th, 2018, Facebook user Jack Genesin purchased the website of Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison after the site’s renewal lapsed. The website featured the song and the caption “Scotty Doesn’t Know (What a Muppet!).” That day, Genesin wrote on Facebook, “So, the PM forgot to renew his website and it expired today…
Most fun I’ve had with $50 in a long time.” The post received more than 2,700 reactions, 1,400 shares and 1,200 comments in less than two years (shown below, left). That day, YouTuber Loo Bloo Comedy shared a video of the website that received more than 2,200 views in less than two years (shown below, right).

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