Life Has Many Doors, Ed-Boy!

About

Life Has Many Doors, Ed-Boy! is a photoshop meme using an exploitable image of the character Rolf from Ed, Edd n Eddy. The series typically features Rolf redrawn in the guise of different character or superimposed into other base images of various contexts.

Origin

In the episode "One + One = Ed" (Season 2 Episode 4) of Ed, Edd n Eddy, originally airing on September 20th, 1999^[1], the character Rolf says the phrase "Life has many doors, Ed-boys!" after the character Eddy injures himself with a two-dimensional tree. However, The actual scene of interest occurs later in the episode, with Rolf ripping a hole in the background. He then says "Hello, Ed-boys. Many doors, yes?" while sprouting two more heads.

On May 19th, 2014, Tumblr User pyris-thaumaturge^[2] uploaded a stand alone vector of Rolf's scene, which gained over 60,000 notes in the first five months.

Spread

On May 23rd, 2014, Tumblr user Bastardlybrendan^[3] posted a photoshopped picture in which Rolf is superimposed in front of a woman's crotch with the caption "You can thank me later: LIFE HAS MANY DOORS ED-BOY". In four months, the post gathered more than 20,000 notes. On October 8th, Tumblr user Kaodylee ^[4] posted a Super Smash Bros. 4 screen shot from the Earthbound arena Magicant, featuring Rolf edited into the background. The post accumulated upwards of 3,000 notes in two weeks. On October 13th, Tumblr user cryoganix^[5] highlighted an animated GIF version of the Super Smash Bros. image (shown below), gaining over 6,000 notes in less than a week.

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