The Fox (What Does the Fox Say?) did not know about its existence when producing "The Fox". Like many viral music videos, "The Fox" has become an Internet meme and has been extensively covered and adapted by others, with some of the most prominent being a cover by The Ohio University Marching 110 who had previously covered "Gangnam Style" and LMFAO's "Party Rock Anthem"; a cover by Tay Zonday of "Chocolate Rain"; an acoustic guitar cover of the first verse by Tyler Ward; an adaptation based on the popular video game "League of Legends" entitled "What Does Teemo Say?"; and an adaptation by Annoying Orange entitled "The
What Kate Does do business." Jensen commended how Jack "confessed the limits of his knowledge and power" and his actions in all subsequent scenes from the episode. Poniewozik of "Time" was annoyed by the Others refusing to answer questions, but stated that "here I'm willing to forgive that for setting up the genius scene of Jack surprise-popping the poison pill." In contrast, Eric Deggans of the "St. Petersburg Times" said, "Another thing I find supremely annoying about "Lost": its insistence on returning again and again to the show's most uninteresting characters, including damaged, self-pitying control freak Jack." Deggans was negative toward "What Kate