Burst Into Treats
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About
Burst Into Treats is a bait-and-switch copypasta commonly used on 4chan imageboards to conclude a seemingly believable greentext story about a personal experience involving embarrassing or emotionally moving moments. Similar to Spaghetti Stories and Fucking Gamestop, the readers only become aware of the anticlimactic joke toward the end of each story.
Origin
On June 22nd, 2010, a greentext story thread titled "Greentext When You Felt Like a Dick"[1] was posted on 4chan's /r9k/ board, a miscellaneous board based on a bot made for the webcomic xkcd's IRC channel. One user replied to the thread with a story about a fight with his or her mother on the graduation day.
It is likely that the original poster meant to type “burst into tears,” but seemed to never reappear in the thread. Within five minutes of that post, other users in the thread called attention to the typo and incorporated the line into their own stories.
Spread
Three days later, an AskReddit[2] thread appeared asking for stories about causing someone to burst into treats. It has also been used in Yahoo! Answers[8] questions, paired with references to other greentext tropes, like spaghetti stories and penis inspection day.
The phrase has since spread to other 4chan boards, including /v/ (video games)[4], /b/ (random)[5] and /tv/ (television)[6], where the joke is typically played out in the form of green text stories[7], as well as on Tumblr[9], where there are cartoons and illustrations based on the original story.
Notable Examples
![Name History] Posted 25 November 2011 - 10:23 PM #153377 >At bar with a couple bros >We've had a few drinks beforehand, alcohol's expensive, poorfag etc. >We're talking at one of the tables, bar's fairly empty, it's a Monday night. >My bros get up to check out the dance floor downstairs >I decide to stay at the table, I'm feeling slightly buzzed and am not feeling it. >Out of nowhere this cute girl sits next to me >I'm totally surprised, girls don't usually talk to me >We get to talking, she's a Chemistry major, likes vidya, has the same awkward sense of humor as me >I'm [bleepling sold, maybe I'll get to seal the deal >She gets up to get a drink, asks if I want anything >I shake my head no, saying I sneaked in enough drinks for my buddies and I >She smiles and sits back down, says she's okay with that. >Oh [bleep] yeah >I reach into my fanny pack and pull out two capri suns >She asks if I'm serious, obviously she's [bleepling impressed >Being the gentleman I am, I take the straw off of her pouch and gingerly stick it into the slot before I set up my command center >I pull out my totino's pizza rolls and a bunch of napkins >Dream girls gets my attention, something's wrong with her capri sun >I remember the capri suns are all full of spaghetti >I take off my fedora and pull out another capri sun >I offer it to her, she's admiring my bald spot. >I tell her this one's full of ice cream >I mash it up so she can drink it. >She reaches across the table and claws me in the face >I freak out (this grl just [bleep]ing mauled me in the face) >She grabs my fanny pack and leaves >I burst into treats >My dream girl was a bear the whole time](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/000/493/903/d81.png "d81.png")
Search Interest
Search for "burst in treats" began in July 2010 with search peaks in November 2010 and April 2011 before reaching an all time high in October 2011.
External References
[1] Chanarchive – Greentext When You Felt Like A Dick
[2] Reddit – Reddit: Tell us a story about a time when you made someone burst into treats.
[4] chanarchive – Sleepover Stories January 3rd, 2011
[5] chanarchive – tell me something embarassing from your life /b/ January 18th, 2011
[6] chanarchive – Knock Knock / "Trick or Treat!" – October 30th, 2011
[7] chanarchive – ITT: Post your favorite recipes for anything: I'm trying to compile a /ck/ cookbook! August 22nd, 2010
[8] Yahoo! Answers – Girlfriend embarrassed me in front of freinds?
[9] Tumblr – Burst Into Treats
![■ Anonymous 02/21/13(Thu)12:54 No. 177445349 [r] 01541541341ipg (24 KB, 440x448) igdb google using new ps4 >watching p--- take off my clothes and lay back in my chair suse d-pad to navigate to top of page >woops, I slipped >oh sh- 3*SONY PLAYSTATION SHARE MODE ACTIVATED* >PS Kinect immediately turns on >Face recognition immediately starts streaming HD footage to my facebook page >Front page of youtube >In social chat everyone is laughing at my penor >People take screenshots and repost them instantly with the share button >My sister downstairs turns on her vita s*recommended for you* >Screams of terror heard from downstairs I'm fumbling with the controller but it's slipping through my spaghetti >No Un-share button >Try navigating through UI >Only options are to like' or 'share' again >Sweating profusely I leap forward, doing my best to cover now flaccid penis >Press power button >Turns off Finally, it's ove >Realise I still hear laughing tw it's only in sleep mode >Can't be turned of >Desperately look around for escape >Look out window, run to it >Thousands of people standing outside laughing tw PS kinect posted my location to google maps >Father breaks into room with a look of total disgust on his face, >He takes one look at me then begins vomiting everywhere >Burst into treats](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/list/000/503/145/279.png "279.png")
![Col.NOTHING SPECIAD] ㄒㄧ THERE WERE ONLY A FEW CoOKIES LEFT, WOAH, STOP WHAT HAVE YOU DONE HERE SO I POURED MY MIL IN THE EMPTY CHAMBER. SAVES ON DISHES YOU KNOW? HUH? OH, MY GOD IT HAS THE ADDED BENEFIT OF SOAKING UP LEFT-OVER CRUMBS FROM- HEY, ARE YOU OKAY? ©2012 Ronnie Fayaw WHOMPCOMIC.COM](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/list/000/272/476/eee.jpg "eee.jpg")
Top Comments
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