The 'Donald Duck Boner' meme features a screen capture from the 1950 Disney short film 'Tea for Two Hundred,' showing Donald Duck lying in bed with a noticeable protrusion under his blankets. While the original animation intended to show Donald's knees or feet while he was throwing a tantrum, the internet repurposed the freeze-frame to look suggestive. It first gained traction on image boards like 4chan and Reddit as a 'reaction image' to represent arousal, intense excitement, or finding something unexpectedly appealing. Today, it is widely used in a satirical or hyper-exaggerated way to mock people's over-the-top reactions to mundane news or niche interests.