The Ryan Gosling "Beast Mode" edit meme draws from Gosling's well-known roles in films like "Drive," "Blade Runner 2049," and "Place Beyond the Pines," where he often portrays characters with a stoic, strong, and somewhat detached demeanor. This meme takes clips from these films and amplifies Gosling's hyper-masculine persona through a dramatic, over-the-top edit style. The soundtrack, "Every 1’s a Winner" by Hot Chocolate, adds an ironic, confident flair, highlighting the humor in taking such seriousness and applying it to mundane or ridiculous situations. The meme plays on the cultural perception of Gosling as the quintessential "sigma male," making it ripe for parody.