The 'Trapped Doge' meme is a staple of the surreal 'Dogelore' subculture, often featuring the Shiba Inu character pleading for freedom from a digital or physical enclosure. Usually accompanied by the catchphrase 'Karen, release me from this object,' the meme evolved from the original 2013 Doge craze into a more ironic and narrative-driven format. It gained significant popularity on platforms like Reddit's r/dogelore, where users place Doge in increasingly bizarre and meta-textual situations. This specific template is widely used to express feelings of being trapped by technology, awkward life situations, or simply to lean into the absurdist humor that has defined modern Doge content.