Don't Look at Them Ricky!

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About

Don't Look at Them Ricky! is a webcomic featuring a son who undergoes a transformation after witnessing two men kissing while walking with his mother. The comic is often used as an exploitable template to depict other transformations in a similar vein to the "Sweet Jesus, Pooh!" comic series.

Origin

In April 2014, the webcomic Extra Fabulous Comics^[1] posted a comic titled "Probably Not How it Works," in which a mother warns her son to look away from two men kissing before he is magically transformed into a sweater vest, tie and pair of heart-shaped sunglasses (shown below).

Spread

On April 28th, 2014, Redditor FunkSiren submitted the comic to the /r/Unexpected^[3] subreddit, where it garnered more than 3,500 votes (90% upvoted) and 90 comments prior to being archived. On June 27th, NeoGAF member Peff submitted a Jojo's Bizarre Adventure-themed version of the comic (shown below, left). On May 3rd, 2015, the original comic was submitted to the /r/ireland^[2] subreddit, where it gathered upwards of 2,600 votes (91% upvoted) and 140 comments. On June 29th, Redditor friendzoned_niceguy submitted a version of the comic titled "The birth of a furry" to the /r/CringeAnarchy^[5] subreddit (shown below, right).

On November 4th, Twitter user @studiopixelbeam^[6] tweeted a version of the comic featuring the PC gaming masterrace character (shown below, left). On November 14th, Redditor demonboi uploaded an edited version of the comic mocking DJs who play trap music to /r/trap^[4] (shown below, right).