The "Detroit Survival Training Goes to Heaven" meme features a character from the Detroit Urban Survival Training videos, known for their entertaining yet questionable self-defense tactics. These videos, often led by an instructor demonstrating how to disarm threats in overly confident and stylized ways, have become a source of comedic material. The meme captures the moment where someone unsuccessfully tries these techniques, only to find themselves ascending to a heavenly scene, highlighting the impracticality of such methods when applied in real life.