About

Brainwashed Jotchua refers to a Photoshop variant that inserted the dog character Jotchua into a conspiracy theory art piece by artist David Dees, which originally showed a crying Brainwashed Kid or Brainwashed Boy, whose brain is exposed and being injected with mercury while also being exposed to fluoride, 5G radiation, aluminum chemtrails, Wi-Fi and the ADHD medication Ritalin, all set over a purple background. As stated, the original piece was made by artist David Dees (who also made the Cellphone Tower Radiation Effects image) and trended in memes throughout the late 2010s and 2020s. The Jotchua Photoshop surfaced in 2023, additionally gaining usage in memes on Twitter / X, Instagram, Tumblr and elsewhere online.

Origin

On May 23rd, 2017, late artist David Dees shared a new piece to Facebook,^[8] showing a boy with an exposed brain being injected with mercury while also being exposed to fluoride, 5G radiation, aluminum chemtrails, Wi-Fi and the ADHD medication Ritalin, all set over a purple background. The image was a parody of a People magazine cover, instead reading, "Sheeple." The boy is also seen wearing a chained General Electric (GE) SmartMeter electric meter device. The post received 107 reactions in seven years (shown below).

On March 19th, 2023, X^[9] user @JohnnyZipbomb tweeted an edited version of the David Dees work, which added in the dog character Jotchua, replacing the child.

@JohnnyZipbomb captioned the image, "Made in like 15 seconds but peak," and the post received over 510 likes in two years.

Spread

In the following months, the image spread online. For instance, on April 21st, 2023, a Tumblr^[1] post by user cowpokeslastride was logged in the Wayback Machine. ^[2][3] The post has since been deleted.

On May 30th, 2023, Instagram^[7] user @garfigment reposted the image in a carousel post, receiving over 2,300 likes in a year.

On June 28th, X^[4] user @GalaxyPeaBrain made a joke about Robert F. Kennedy Jr. by captioning the image, "Every clip of RFK Jr. that I see just feels like this image on loop," gaining over 12,000 likes in a year (shown below).

On July 9th, 2023, X^[5] user @_matthewlawson posted the image, captioning it, "This is what day drinking feels like," amassing over 60,000 likes in a year (shown below).

The meme continued to gain viral usage in 2024. For instance, on November 14th, 2024, X^[6] user @888Sonya shared a photoshop of RFK Jr. in the image, captioning it akin to the You Gotta Hit Them With the Stare phrasal template, writing, "When a vaxxed says something so fluoridated, you just hit them with that decalcified stare," receiving over 15,000 likes in six days (shown below).

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