The Jonah Hill Genuinely Have to Explain War Dog meme hails from a scene in the 2016 film War Dogs, where Jonah Hill plays Efraim Diveroli, a young arms dealer navigating the precarious world of international arms trading. In this particular moment, Hill's character is captured in the ultimate facepalm, a universal gesture of exasperation and mental exhaustion. This image, with Hill's hand covering his face and a look of pure stress, has been memeified to represent those moments in life where you find yourself in deep water, needing to explain a situation you'd rather avoid.