A September 3rd, 2016 edit added the bear saying 'yas I will' to the shirt reading 'dick the birthday boy' (shown below, left). The photo also was used in some edits which gave the photo a paedophilic connotation. On Tumblr, it spread in numerous posts calling it a cursed images. Additionally, the photo spread as a 'cursed image.' On February 25th, 2018, it appeared on /r/cursedimages, gaining over 195 points. On February 18th, 2016, the image appeared in an /r/nostalgia thread, identifying the location of the photo as Showbiz Pizza, a children's restaurant chain similar to Chuck E. Notably, it appeared on The Ellen Degeneres Show in 2018, where the guest Julia Roberts revealed that she worked for ShowBiz Pizza, joking that she was the one in the bear costume. As a result the image spread online as a particularly memorable Cursed Image and Awkward Family Photo. On November 14th, the image was posted to /r/WTF where it gained over 7,300 points (shown below). The image was posted to Funnyjunk without context on September 20th, 2014.
