--- --- # People on Twitter Are Replacing Parts of Movie Titles With 'Ebola'  by [Charlie Campbell](https://time.com/author/charlie-campbell/)  ## Charlie Campbell Editor at Large Oct 1, 2014 6:41 AM UTC  by [Charlie Campbell](https://time.com/author/charlie-campbell/)  ## Charlie Campbell Editor at Large Oct 1, 2014 6:41 AM UTC Twitter users have reacted to the news of America’s first [confirmed case](http://time.com/3450540/ebola-outbreak-us-cdc/) of Ebola by inserting the virus’s name into their favorite films, with the hashtag #ReplaceMovieTitleWithEbola trending on the social network. Health officials confirmed Tuesday that a patient in Dallas has the disease, which has so far claimed more than 3,000 lives in West Africa and brought several nations to the brink of collapse. Alongside various expressions of concern and sympathy, a bizarre game emerged on social media. > [](https://twitter.com/brentalfloss/status/517153115582517248) > [](https://twitter.com/bigdalsky/status/517107148787318785) > [](https://twitter.com/Shan%5FYe/status/517134273703194624) Of course, not everyone saw the funny side. > [](https://twitter.com/Soffffffy/status/517137663577833472) > [](https://twitter.com/Bibliogato/status/517122396520996864) > [](https://twitter.com/Throwin%5FBombz/status/517154210627219456) Ebola: #ReplaceMovieTitleWithEbola Trends On Twitter ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3451522/movie-titles-ebola-twitter/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3451522/movie-titles-ebola-twitter/"},"headline":"People on Twitter Are Replacing Parts of Movie Titles With 'Ebola'","datePublished":"2014-10-01T06:41:31.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:13:30.398Z","description":"Not everyone sees the funny side","url":"https://time.com/3451522/movie-titles-ebola-twitter/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Social Media","viral","twitter","Virus","Dallas","ebola"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Charlie Campbell","jobTitle":"Editor at Large","url":"https://time.com/author/charlie-campbell/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3451522/movie-titles-ebola-twitter/","name":"People on Twitter Are Replacing Parts of Movie Titles With 'Ebola'"}}]}] ```