History

Rape Rodent is simply the result of somebody trying to draw Mighty Mouse and ending with a rodent who looks like he is in for a good time regardless of person's objections. Before Trollface (which later succeeded after Rape Rodent), in a DeviantArt post, Ramirez attempted to post an artwork which is known to be Rape Rodent. Months later, after he posted Rape Rodent on DeviantArt, he finally gained popularity on his character on some rage comic character later known as the Trollface. Rape Rodent has never gained any popularity due to the fact that there was a complaint with Ramirez's copyright with the Trollface and the Rape Rodent. On July 16, 2011, Ramirez had owned a copyright issue about the Trollface from the Digital Millenium Copyright Act (DMCA), saying that they thought that he stole the idea from the Trollface, but really, he drew the Rape Rodent before the Trollface meme before it was ever popular, Therefore, the creator of the meme was discovered to be the same person under the name of Whynne. The first post of the copyright complaint was seen on Reddit and since then, he never succeeded to do the meme of the Rape Rodent.

Current status

Rape Rodent is very rarely seen. He has become an internet culture footnote, more tied with his ripoff than being famous in his own right. After the meme was made, it never gained popularity due to the fact that it was known to be a sketch of a drawing and also the fact that it was not made to be a meme yet. It is unknown if the meme is still popular or not, but yet, the meme of the Rape Rodent is still on some images on the computer.