About
Ralph In Danger or I’m In Danger refers to an image of the character Ralph Wiggum from The Simpsons[1] sitting on a bus with the caption “(chuckles) I’m in danger.” The screenshot developed into a reaction image[2] meme often paired with captions describing situations in which one might see themselves in danger.
Origin
The scene from which the screenshot comes is “The Simpsons Guy,” a Family Guy[3] episode in which the cast visits Springfield[4] and enters The Simpsons universe[5]. The episode aired on September 28th, 2014 (scene shown below).
Spread
The image began becoming a reaction image in March of 2018. On March 29th, Redditor[6] FlimFlambadam uploaded an image to /r/me_irl[7] which gained over 4,800 upvotes (shown below).
Several hours later, HeDuXe uploaded a post to /r/memes[8] which slightly altered the text of the me_irl post, gaining over 290 upvotes (shown below, left). The same day, a template for the format was posted to /r/MemeEconomy[9] (shown below, right).
Over the following day, the template spread to /r/dankmemes[10], where several posts appeared. For example, a post referencing Normies[11] gained over 3,300 upvotes (shown below, left). Another popular post about being high[12] gained over 470 upvotes (shown below, right).
Various Examples
Search Interest
External References
References
- ^ The Simpsons (knowyourmeme.com)
- ^ reaction image (knowyourmeme.com)
- ^ Family Guy (knowyourmeme.com)
- ^ cast visits Springfield (knowyourmeme.com)
- ^ universe (knowyourmeme.com)
- ^ Redditor (knowyourmeme.com)
- ^ /r/me_irl (knowyourmeme.com)
- ^ memes (knowyourmeme.com)
- ^ MemeEconomy (knowyourmeme.com)
- ^ dankmemes (knowyourmeme.com)
- ^ Normies (knowyourmeme.com)
- ^ high (knowyourmeme.com)