About

Ralph In Danger or I'm In Danger refers to an image of the character Ralph Wiggum from The Simpsons sitting on a bus with the caption "(chuckles) I'm in danger." The screenshot developed into a reaction image 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 episode in which the cast visits Springfield and enters The Simpsons universe. The episode aired on September 28th, 2014^[1] (scene shown below).

Spread

The image began becoming a reaction image in March of 2018. On March 29th, Redditor FlimFlambadam^[2] uploaded an image to /r/me_irl which gained over 4,800 upvotes (shown below).

Several hours later, HeDuXe uploaded a post to /r/memes 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 (shown below, right).

Over the following day, the template spread to /r/dankmemes, where several posts appeared. For example, a post referencing Normies gained over 3,300 upvotes (shown below, left). Another popular post about being high gained over 470 upvotes (shown below, right).

Various Examples

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