The 'Kick door then leave' meme comes from a simple yet expressive comic strip featuring a stick figure character. This character makes a dramatic entrance by kicking a door open, observed by another stick figure in the middle panel, only to nonchalantly walk away in the final panel, leaving the chaos behind. The concept captures the humorous absurdity of exerting a lot of energy for a dramatic gesture only to abandon the situation entirely. This visual gag entered the meme world as a way to illustrate impulsive actions followed by immediate disinterest or regret, a theme that's universally relatable.