Rene van der Gijp is a former Dutch footballer who became a familiar television analyst on the Dutch football talk show Voetbal Inside, where his distinctive, hearty laugh became one of his trademarks. Fans began clipping that laugh for memes and soundboards, and the earrape version pushes the joke further by making it deliberately loud and distorted. It remains popular in Dutch football and meme communities because it instantly reads as amused disbelief, even for viewers who do not follow the show closely.