About

Ralph Wiggum is the name of a character from the animated TV show The Simpsons. Ralph first came into the series with the first episode, titled "Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire," which came out on December 17th, 1989. Ralph has always been portrayed as a character with different types of disorders, leading him to be used comically as someone who doesn't understand the reality around them or even simple things. Because of this, several of his one-liners, plot points and still images have been used in different types of memes.

Origin

Ralph's character has a far-reaching history in pop culture since The Simpsons has been the longest-running animated sitcom in history. As with many characters from the show, Ralph had representation early on in meme culture as early as the late 2000s. One of the first meme images to include ralph was him being used in an iPod Ad Spoof on September 17th, 2009. This meme was uploaded to KnowYourMeme^[1] by user Jostin Asuncion, with the original source unknown (shown below).

Spread

Ralph would appear as a subject in other memes over the following years, such as an Eating Money reaction GIF from 2011. In one scene of the show, Ralph is shown being handed a $5 bill that he proceeds to swallow whole. This example was uploaded to KnowYourMeme^[2] by Jill on November 8th, 2012 (shown below).

Related Memes

Ralph Douthat Twitter

The first meme to feature Ralph himself was through the gimmick account Ralph Douthat. This novelty Twitter account^[4] used different screenshots and GIFs of Ralph, combined with photoshopped text, to poke fun at serious things such as political figures and pop culture.

Ralph In Danger

Ralph's biggest meme came in the form of Ralph In Danger from 2018. In the meme, Ralph is seen sitting in a bus when he chuckles to himself and realizes that he is in danger. This meme became a prominent reaction image in the following years as people would apply it to a myriad of situations. This is shown through the meme that Redditor^[3] FlimFlambadam posted to /r/me_irl/ on March 29th, 2018, which gained 4,800 upvotes in three years (shown below).

Ralph Through Window

Ralph Through Window:https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/ralph-wiggum-diving-through-window refers to a scene from an episode of the simpsons where Ralph Wiggum is diving through a window. The meme itself was used in multiple different image macro formats.

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