
On March 1st, 2021, YouTuber alsoandanswer posted a Guts' Theme edit based on the scene, which gained over 926,000 views in 11 months. The edit was followed by a viral GIF caption "Wake up, day ruined" referencing an earlier 4chan post, created by an unknown author in January 2021 (shown below, right).

On December 30th, 2020, iFunny user SlayerofBitches posted an edit that received over 44,500 smiles in two years (shown below, left). While the author of the meme is unknown, the earliest post was made by iFunny user lil_staircase on November 25th, 2020, gaining over 300 smiles, with multiple viral reposts being made in the following days. The scene first went viral in late November 2020, after a GIF caption meme about atheists went viral on social media (show below).

Another ear rape edit was posted by YouTuber GreentopPeter on April 4th, 2020. On December 1st, 2019, Twitter user used the GIF as a reaction. On September 5th, 2019, Tenor user cowboygameboy uploaded a GIF of Ralph Bakshi waking up to the site (shown above, right). For example, on October 15th, 2018, YouTuber The New DEW posted an ear rape YouTube poop that gained over 5,400 views in three years. Prior to 2020, the video saw separate instances of use online as a reaction and as source material for edits.

The shot of Bakshi staring is a freeze-frame with a more realistic art style (scene shown below, left). In one of the last scenes of the episode, Ren and Stimpy are sleeping in bed together with Fire Chief Ralph Bakshi (a revamp version of Fire Chief based on adult animation director Ralph Bakshi and voiced by him), who suddenly wakes up and sits up, staring into nothingness, before shouting, "Circus midgets," grabbing a fire axe and attacking the duo. On July 24th, 2003, part two of episode three "Fire Dogs 2" of Ren & Stimpy "Adult Party Cartoon," an "extreme" mature revamp of The Ren & Stimpy Show, premiered.
