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No Parappa!!! Holding It In Doesn't Do Anything!!!!! refers to a viral piece of fan art featuring Parappa from Parappa the Rapper red-faced trying to hold in smoke with text that reads, "No Parappa Holding It In Doesnt Do Anything!"t The piece, originally posted in 2021, inspired subsequent redraws in December 2023.

Origin

On November 22nd, 2021, X^[1] user @LOBOTOLOID posted fan art featuring characters from the Parappa The Rapper rhythm game, showing Parappa discouraging Lammy from smoking weed (seen below, left). The post gathered over 23,000 likes and inspired a subsequent post^[2] on November 21st, 2023 (seen below, right).

Also On November 21st, 2023, @LOBOTOLOID^[3] posted an additional piece of art showing Parappa smoking from a joint and going red in the face from holding in the smoke. The post gathered over 68,000 likes in a month (seen below).

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On December 3rd, 2023, Redditor^[4] /u/Xeno_Se7en posted a version of the image to /r/bindingofisaac, gathering over 1200 upvotes in 19 days (seen below, left). On December 16th, 2023, X^[5] user @eeriezoundzz posted a fanart using the "No Parappa!" template, showing Fluttershy from My Little Pony holding in smoke (seen below, right).

On December 17th, Instagram^[6] page @fruiteas posted a version of the image featuring Noelle from Deltarune, gathering over 30,000 likes in five days (seen below).

On December 22nd, 2023, X^[7] user @neo_suks posted a thread of Adventure Time characters redrawn in the "No Parappa!" template, gathering over 24,000 likes in a day (seen below).

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