Men in Black began as a comic series before becoming the 1997 science fiction film starring Tommy Lee Jones and Will Smith as agents policing alien life on Earth. Will Smith also performed the film's title song, which sampled Patrice Rushen's Forget Me Nots and helped turn the black suit, sunglasses and neuralyzer into pop culture shorthand. Clips from the franchise still circulate online because that image reads instantly, letting creators borrow its deadpan authority and cool for entrances, transformations and mock-serious investigations in short videos.