Black Panther has broken box office records and gotten rave reviews, with fans praising it as one of the best Marvel superhero movies. Critics have pointed out its deep importance to black culture, telling an Afrocentric story about a futuristic nation free from colonial influence. It also features a lot of shirtless hot dudes that are making moviegoers real thirsty.
In fact, one teenage girl was so overwhelmed by a scene with Michael B. Jordan that she bit through her retainer, snapping it in half. Like all great stories, it started with a Tumblr post.
The user dailymarvelheroes shared a GIF of Michael B. Jordan as the supervillain Erik Killmonger. In one image, he's shirtless, looking totally ripped and ready to kick ass. In the other image, he's in casual clothes, looking a bit nerdy. The caption reads: "Get you a man who can do both."
In response, the user nitramaraho shared a story:
"One of my patients came in for an emergency visit, because she snapped the wire on her retainer watching the movie when MBJ took his shirt off she clenched her teeth so f— hard she snapped it. that is the f— funniest sh— ever to me this tiny 17 year old girl thirsting so goddamn hard she busted steel."
Of course, since this is 2018, everybody is on the Internet. The funny story was screenshotted and spread around online. Eventually, the 17-year-old girl herself saw it on Twitter. "Wait. That girl is me," tweeted Sophia Robb. "That is my orthodontist’s tumblr. This is a post about me? I’m going to kill myself."
One Twitter user created a hilarious parody of the Jaws movies poster, replacing the swimmer with a retainer, and stamping the mortified teen's face on the great white shark. "I hate y'all," tweeted Sophia.
With hundreds of people suddenly contacting her, Sophia basked in her newfound fame. "Here i was thinking i would become a major criminal justice lawyer," tweeted Sophia. "But in reality i am going to become Sophia (Retainer girl) Killmonger-Robb staying at home with my love children in our beautiful home and this is okay!"
But remember how this is 2018 and everybody is on the Internet? That includes Sophia's dad, Charles Robb. He read this story, about his teenage daughter, biting through her retainer after being driven crazy by the sight of a shirtless Michael B. Jordan. As you can imagine, he was not thrilled. But luckily, he has a great sense of humor.
Charles tweeted, "This is your father. I just clenched my jaw so hard my retainer snapped."
'Dad jokes' have a reputation for being painfully bad, but Charles's responses were pretty funny. When people asked for a follow-up on the broken mouth gear, he sent a reassuring message:
"Indeed, everyone, she is OK. Furthermore, I can assure you all that her family has already set aside funds sufficient to purchase yet another retainer, in anticipation of Mr. Jordan's next film. Rest easy."
However, Charles might want to save his money. Michael B. Jordan himself learned about the situation, and offered to pay for a new retainer. The actor tweeted, ".@pixyrue since I feel partly responsible for breaking your retainers ??♂️ let me know if I can replace them ?"
Although Michael still lives with his parents, he's definitely not hurting for money, as one of Hollywood's biggest rising stars. So, hopefully the family takes him up on his officer. Sophia might be embarrassed about being "The Retainer Girl," but it's pretty cool that she can talk to her celebrity crush on Twitter. (Just make sure you take out your new retainer when you read his Tweets. And when you see Creed 2. He'll probably be shirtless a lot in that.)