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A collection of memes that have generated either from or around the show. Please remember, if you add a meme to the page, please include an explanation as to why it's a meme. Zero Context Examples are not allowed on TV Tropes. Neither are content leaks, accidental or not.^note Episodes that aired early in other countries, however, are an exception, as are promos that the show's staff have intended the audience to see.

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• The meme. [[labelnote:Explanation]]The explanation behind the meme.[[/labelnote]] ^Example Like this.

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General

• 2016 is regarded as the Year of the SpongeBob Memes. The Big Three that came to be during this year are of Mr. Krabs, "Dabward", and Spongegar, as well as several other smaller ones, though Mr. Krabs and Spongegar are easily two of that year's most popular memes.
  • The Mr. Krabs meme, originating in spring 2016, takes a shot of Mr. Krabs reacting in confusion when the customers demand a refund for the Pretty Patties and applies it to other situations. It led to a defining meme of "When Mr. Krabs finds out everybody using his picture but he ain't making one penny."◊
  • In early January 2016, a Vine where the Squidward mascot at Universal Studios decided to do a dab during the character parade became wildly popular. Dozens of remixes followed.
    • Even funnier, when someone called Squidward's name from then on during the parade, Squidward would just stare at them the same way he did before he dabbed. But he didn't dab.
  • In summer 2016, "SpongeGar" from the primitive past that Squidward visits in "SB-129" (the source image wasn't given a name, with "Spongegar" being taken from the later caveman-themed episode "Ugh") became a popular reaction meme in the same context as the above Mr. Krabs meme (click here◊ for one example).
    • Even the show's official Facebook page got in on the fun.◊
• Other smaller memes of 2016 include:
  • Another from the summer are SpongeBob Comparison Charts, which uses pictures from the show (and other shows) as a description of something.
    • 2017 gave us "X Portrayed By SpongeBob", which is the above in video form. Examples include:
    • The Internet, Part 1 and Part 2. Not the first, but easily the one that popularized it, as after Vailskibum94 uploaded the first on August 12, 2017, other videos began popping up everywhere.
    • Rokamo, who started the trend in January 2017 and inspired Vailskibum94 to do his own in the first place, has done Smash Bros characters, and has now shown that even restaurants portrayed by SpongeBob.
    • Stella Newman has done a ton of these, including Disney, DreamWorks. Pixar, Sony Pictures Animation, and Undertale.
    • Takashiari has done Studio Ghibli, Blue Sky and various cartoons.
    • SpaceOtaku gave us Nicktoons Portrayed By SpongeBob, except SpongeBob itself. Then after the inevitable comments ensued, a Volume 2 was made, which included SpongeBob itself as well as some forgotten ones. A third volume is set to follow. For example, characters from Overwatch.
    • Total War: Warhammer Factions Portrayed By Spongebob, all-too accurately illutrating the dynamics between various Warhammer factions (e.g. Sandy/Wood Elves angry at Mr. Krabs/Bretonnians for cutting down a tree). Including the Ordertide.
    • SpongeBob History Captions, another series of images that feature scenes from various SpongeBob episodes with captions that attempt to pass them off as images from a historical event. Some images are rendered in black and white as if the situation is set in the past.
  • On April 1, the subreddit r/blackpeopletwitter morphed into Bikini Bottom Twitter. It proved so popular with the subscribers that it became its own subreddit not even a day later.
• The character Bubble Bass is a minor Fountain of Memes himself. His obesity is often the butt of memes and jokes, with some comparing certain overweight people to him. This also sometimes gets twisted into memes about how "thicc" he is, implying that he's attractive. Hilarity Ensues.
  • Also, Bubble Bass' "twerking".
  • I'll take a double triple bossy deluxe on a raft, 4x4 animal style, extra shingles with the shimmy and a squeeze, light axle grease, make it cry, burn it, and let it swim.^Explanation  A gag where Bubble Bass makes his order in extended Hash House Lingo (all of these are actual real-life order slang). This is usually used with Squidward's flat response to all this.
    • We serve food here, sir. ^Explanation The aforementioned response from Squidward.
• A classic meme from the late 2000s involves applying different visual effects to screenshots of one of the show's Gross Up Close Ups or otherwise candid shots of certain characters to the song "Gentle Breeze" from Trauma Center: Under the Knife 2.
• "Let's Go!" ^Explanation A line from black YouTuber SkyViewRay's deleted reaction video to "Spinge Binge: Me Millionth Dollar". The contrast between Ray's joviality at the start and his shock towards the title card – simply the n-word with upbeat music in the background – quickly drew attention due to the huge amounts of Tempting Fate involved, and resulted in numerous parodies. Ray ultimately took the video in stride, briefly coming out of retirement to post an official compilation of the resulting memes in early 2021.
• It says a lot when every single episode from the first three seasons of the show is said to have at least one moment and/or line from it become a meme at some point, as proven in this video.

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Series / Episode specific examples

• Who lives in a pineapple under the sea?
  • Sponge! Bob! Square! Pants!^Explanation The theme song became quickly popular around the internet, with plenty of variations either messing with the lyrics or just using it as a cutaway gag.
• X Hours Later^Explanation Some episodes have time cards to show the characters exclaiming to do something, and a time card pops up to fill in the passage of time, often with a deadpan French-accented announcer saying the seconds/minutes/hours/days/inches/eternity/hiring a new narrator etc. on the card. Used as a reaction image online in response to a situation that takes ages (i.e. long conversations, global lockdowns, playing games instead of sleeping/ working).
• "But, sir, there's gotta be something I need to improve on! ANYTHING!"^Explanation Originates in "The Algae's Always Greener" in a scene where SpongeBob asks Plankton (who's taken the place of Mr. Krabs in a parallel universe to give him a performance review.
  • "Alright, the sauce."
    • "...What?"
    • "The sauce, I don't know, you're using too much sauce, okay? Review's over."
    • "EH. EH. EH. EH. EH. EH. EH..."
    • What do you want from me, a promotion?!
    • A promo-a promo-a promotion?!
• "Do you smell it? That smell. The kinda smelly smell. The smelly smell that smells... smelly. *eyes widen* Anchovies." "What?" "ANCHOVIES!!" ^Explanation Originates in "Help Wanted" when five buses of anchovies are about to swarm the Krusty Krab at once, and Mr. Krabs smells their approach and makes this comically unhelpful statement.
• Grab SpongeBob and infuse him with the most hideous form of cancer, expose him to Chernobyl's reactor core, and twist him into the most horrible Lovecraftian Body Horror you can imagine. The result: Spengbab.
  • Don't forget Skodwarde!
• I'M READY! I'M READY! ^Explanation SpongeBob's catchphrase.
  • NO YOU AIN'T! NO YOU AIN'T!
• BOO! YOU STINK!
• HOMINA HOMINA HOMINA HOMINA^Explanation  Squidward, Squilliam and his guests' reactions to the Krusty Krab's surprise redecoration.
• Did somebody say boom?! *cue explosion* ^Explanation In "Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy VI: The Motion Picture", Sandy is cast as boom operator for the movie. Needless to say, she takes the job title a bit too literally, instead of the boom mike she's supposed to be using. This also works as a Shout-Out to The Muppets' Crazy Harry, who spouts variations of this line frequently.
• Chocolate!? CHOCOLATE!? "CHOCOLATE!!! CHOCOLATE!!!"^Explanation A particularly memorable scene from "Chocolate with Nuts", in which SpongeBob and Patrick are selling chocolate door-to-door. One of their "customers" responds to their offer by repeatedly screaming "CHOCOLATE!!!" and chasing them. Heck, the whole episode is a Fountain of Memes.
  • "AHAHAHAHA!! FINALLY!! I've been trying to catch you boys ALL DAY! Now that I got you right where I want you... I'd like to buy all of your chocolate." ^Explanation What the aforementioned customer says when he finally corners SpongeBob and Patrick near the end of the episode, which causes the two to literally melt from shock..
• "What are they selling?!"
  • "THEY'RE SELLING CHOCOLATES!"
    • "Chocolate. I remember when they first invented chocolate. Sweet, sweet chocolate. ...I always HATED IT!"
• DEATH SPONGE NOTE PANTS.
  • Now add the two together.
• Plankton wants you know that you can't stop him because "I went to college!"^Explanation  One of Plankton's most common boasts is that he, well, went to college, which implies that his opponent is too dumb to stop him. It usually ends with him being literally thrown back into his restaurant.
  • *smashes into Chum Bucket* Ouch.
• Look out! There's a fork in the road!
  • I don't see no fork.
• "Oh goody. Holographic meatloaf again!"
  • (at the end of the episode) "Holographic meatloaf... MY FAVORITE!"
  • It has become extremely popular to compare this to a similar scene in Blade Runner 2049.
• Did you ever notice how, uhh... [Notices a fork on a table] ...forks, uhh...
  • Forks?! Come on! [Crowd is booing]
• "GARY!!! YOU ARE GONNA FINISH YOUR DESSERT, AND YOU ARE GONNA LIKE IT!!!" ^Explanation Squidward tells SpongeBob that he was meant to explode when he ate an exploding pie. SpongeBob then attempts to verbally blow up.
  • "THAT'S NOT WHAT I MEANT, YOU BARNACLE HEAD!!!"^Explanation Squidward's response.
  • "Oooh, good one!"^Explanation SpongeBob's response to THAT.
• Tropers, you don't need television. Not as long as you have your...(cue rainbow) IIIMMMMAAAAAGGGIIINNAAAAAAATIIOON.
  • Nobody cares.◊
• IT TOOK SPONGEBOB YEARS TO MASTER THIS ^Explanation Derived from the scene in "Naughty Nautical Neighbors" where SpongeBob poorly plays a bassinet, the meme often involves SpongeBob's atrocious playing being remixed into a specific song.
• "Is this the Krusty Krab?" "No, this is Patrick." ^Explanation During his first day on the job at the Krusty Krab in "Big Pink Loser", Patrick answers a phone call asking him if it's the Krusty Krab. Patrick, being Patrick, he assumes that the caller is calling him a Krusty Krab and continues making that assumption when they try to call back. It gained memetic status partially due to being similar to the similarily memed "this is SPARTA" scene from 300 (despite the fact that the episode aired in 2001 and 300 wasn't released until six years later).
  • "Is this the Krusty Krab?"
    • *noticeably more aggravated* "No, this is Patrick!"
    • "Is this the Krusty Krab?"
    • NO! THIS IS PATRICK!
    • *hangs up phone* "I'm not a Krusty Krab..."
    • "Uh, Patrick, that's the name of the restaurant."
    • "FISHPASTE!"
    • Patrick can speak 24 languages. ^Explanation  A YouTuber uploaded a multi-language compilation video of Patrick saying the above line in 24 different dubs. However, the way it was cut between the languages made it look like it was several people in a row calling the Krusty Krab in their respective languages, which Patrick understood and responded to with no issue whatsoever. This led to many jokes saying that Patrick is the most valuable asset to the crew and should be named the employee of the month just for being comprehensive to people of different cultures, even if he blew them off.
• Tartar sauce!
• Is mayonnaise an instrument?^Explanation  From the episode "Band Geeks", where Patrick once again displays his intelligence by asking Squidward (the band instructor) if mayonnaise sauce is a musical instrument. It's pretty common to take the format of this joke and apply it to other subjects.
  • No, Patrick, mayonnaise is not an instrument.
  • *Patrick raises his hand again*
    • Horseradish is not an instrument either.
    • Another variation to this meme is "Is X an instrument?", or "No Patrick, X is not a Y. Z is not a Y either."
• "I SAW IT! IT WAS BIG! IT WAS ALLLLL WIGGLY! IT WAS AN ALASKAN BULL WORM!"
  • also "IT WAS BIG! SCARY! AND PINK!"
    • So is Patrick's belly button.
• F is for friends who do stuff together! U is for you and me, try it! N is for anywhere and anytime at all, down here in the deep blue sea!
  • F is for FIRE that BURNS DOWN THE WHOLE TOWN! U is for URANIUM...bombs! N is for NO SURVIVORS WHEN YOU-
    • Plankton! Those things aren't what fun is all about! Here. Let me show you. F is for friends who do stuff-
    • Never! That's completely idiotic!
  • "Curse you, N!"
• It's called The Ugly Barnacle.
  • Once there was an ugly barnacle. He was so ugly that everyone died. The end. :D
    • ...That didn't help at all.
• "How many times do we have to teach you this lesson, old man?!"^Explanation In the episode "The Bully", when SpongeBob runs through town screaming "Can't you see he's gonna kick my butt?" (referring to Flats Flounder, the eponymous bully), the townspeople think he's referring to a harmless old man and proceed to beat him up. Later, SpongeBob runs past the townspeople again, screaming "He's still gonna kick my butt!", prompting this line. Frequently used as a reaction meme when someone repeatedly does something stupid or foolish.
• MOAR KRABS! ^Explanation A rather strange closeup of Mr. Krabs that appears for a split second during a montage "Jellyfish Hunter" where Krabs has SpongeBob catch more jellyfish for the Krusty Krab, and is still unsatisfied with the amount he brings.
• A meme was referenced in the episode "Boating Buddies".
  Squidward is out sunbathing, when SpongeBob walks by and spills his drink.
  SpongeBob: Coffee rain!
  Squidward: It's hot chocolate!
  SpongeBob:... Chocolate rain!
• KEEP GOING! YOU'RE GOOD! YOU'RE GOOD! YOU'RE GOOD! ANNNNNNDDDD....STOP!^Explanation "Shanghaied": When the Flying Dutchman tells SpongeBob and Patrick to not cause any damage to his ship while they pass by rocks, SpongeBob says the above lines while wood is being torn off.
  • Don't worry Troper, we'll buff out those scratches!
• Wumbo.
  • Troper, I don't think wumbo's a real meme!
    • Come on! You know: I wumbo, you wumbo, he she me, wumbo? Wumbos, wumboing, We'll have thee wumbo, wumborama, wumbology- the study of wumbo!? It's first grade, troper!
    • I wonder if a fall from this height would be enough to kill me.
    • Troper, I'm sorry I doubted you.
    • Did you set it to Wumbo?
    • WHAT?!?!
    • iWumbo
• Who you callin' "pinhead"?
  • Don't forget "I'm Dirty Dan!" "I'm Dirty Dan!"
    • I'm Dirty Dan!
    • I'm Dirty Dan!
    • Which one’a you fellers is the REAL Dirty Dan?!
    • Uh...I am?
• "I'VE BEEN WAITING FOR YOU, PATRICK!"^Explanation "Bummer Vacation": SpongeBob says this while having a break-down due to Patrick working for him all-day.
• Patrick hates this channel. ^Explanation When Squidward first sees the television ad for Tentacle Acres in "Squidville", Patrick changes the channel while saying "I hate this channel", resulting in Squidward frantically grabbing the remote and flipping the channel back to see the rest of the ad. It's common for people to make videos that edit the scene by replacing the advertisement for Tentacle Acres with something else.
  • NO! NOOO!!!
• Patrick: Leedle Leedle Leedle LEE!!!!
  • Now in German.
• You are already fried.
• People keep dropping by Squidward's house. ^Explanation "Have You Seen This Snail?" has a scene where Squidward screams hysterically at the sight of SpongeBob and Patrick barging into his bathroom while he's taking a bath. There have been many videos that edit the scene so that Patrick and SpongeBob are replaced with someone or something else, frequently a Creepypasta character.
  • A playlist full of these videos applied some Fridge Logic by being titled "SQUIDWARD LOCK YOUR DOOR".
• Well, maybe there wouldn't be so many memes if some people didn't have a pair of big meaty claws!
  • What did you say, punk?!
  • BIG! MEATY! CLAWS!
  • WEEELLL, these claws ain't for just attractin' mates!
  • Bring it on, old man! Bring it on!
  • No, people. Let's be smart and bring it off.
  • Oh, so now the talking cheese is trying to preach to us!
• The Campfire Song Song.
  • Let's gather round the campfire and sing our campfire song! Our C-A-M-P-F-I-R-E-S-O-N-G song. If you don't think that we can sing it faster, then you're wrong, but it'll help if you just sing along!
    • Bum bum bum...
    • Now wasn't that relaxing?
    • No!
• This part from "Pre-Hibernation Week", giving rise to the infamous line of "xward" videos:
  Sandy: SpongeBob's gone missing!
  Squidward: (smiles at Mr. Krabs)
  • MAN THE LIFEBOATS!
  • ...GOLD TEAM RULES!!!
  • "This is a load of barnacles."
    • I HEARD THAT!
  • At least I still have my personality...
  • "I... am a man."
  • WHO ARE YOU PEOPLE?!?!?
• Rev up those fryers, because I am sure hungry for one—HELP! HELP!
  • MY LEG!!!!
    • CAN'T YOU SEE WE'RE CLOSED?!
    • "My leg!" in general, seeing as it's the Wilhelm Scream of SpongeBob.
• I am now going to assault your mind with subliminal messages.
  • ...Sorry you had to see that.
• We should take this meme, and push it someplace else!
  • That idea might just be crazy enough......to GET US ALL KILLED!!!
    • You can take your stupid flowers, and get thee to a nunnery!
• Excuse me sir... I hope my memetic status won't be a distraction for you.
  • Not at all, boy! (Sniff Sniff) DEUUEAUGH! ^Explanation  From the episode "Something Smells", where SpongeBob gets bad breath, making people run off repulsed. However, because no one actually tells him his breath stinks, he and Patrick come to the conclusion they think he's ugly. When they go to a theater, SpongeBob asks a nearby fish to not be offended by his looks. He cheerfully says he doesn't mind... Until he catches a whiff of that bad breath and makes a massive cringe face that looks similar to Edvard Munch's The Scream, coupled with a hilarious cry of disgust.
    • LOOK AT IT!
    • (runs out of the theater)
• Hi there SpongeBob! My name is Pat Back!
  • HA! That is really disturbing!
• MY NAME'S! NOT! RICK!!!!!!
• Patrick loves you.
  • (slams the door in his face)
  • STARFISH REALLY LOVES YOU!
• Does THIS look unsure to you?!
  • No.
• Patrick's Secret Box.
  • NO ONE MUST KNOW! Not even... Squidward's house!
• SpongeBob moon walking.
• Handsome Squidward/Squidward Falling.
• Patrick catches the ugly.
  • I'VE GOT THE UGLY!!!!
• I JUST GOTTA ACT NATURAL!!!
  • Oh, that's real nice.
• Then who was flickering the lights on and off...? NOSFERATU!
• OVERTIME???!!!
• Oh, brother, this guy stinks!
• I've SOILED the good Krusty Krab name! SOILED IT! SOILED IT! SOILED IT! SOILED IT! SOILED IT! SOILED IT... ^Explanation One of the iconic lines from "The Algae's Always Greener", courtesy of SpongeBob having a breakdown over accidentally giving a customer a large pop when they ordered a medium.
  • Where's the off button on this thing?
• If YOU think I'm gonna stand out there ALL DAY, listening to... ^Explanation A clip from "The Algae's Always Greener" where alternate universe Squidward complains to Plankton that he's not enjoying having to listen to SpongeBob's babbling out front. Just replace SpongeBob's babbling with something else that's annoying and you've got yourself a meme!
• It's a giraffe! * laughs*
• T-t-t-t-t-tonight?
  • In fact, we'll all come! My treat!
    • Humanuh humanuh humanuh humanuh...
    • Table for Humanuh?
• "Don't be intimidated, Squidward. Try to imagine him in his underwear.
  • OH NO, HE'S HOT!!
• "May I take your hat, sir?
  • Give me that hat! I SAID GIVE IT TO ME! Are you gonna hand it over or not, don't you backsass me!
• Aw, boo-hoo, let me play a sad song for you on the world's smallest violin.^Explanation A reaction to anyone trying to get sympathy points for a "sad story" that clearly isn't sad at all
  • This is serious!
    • I know, this really is the world's smallest violin. See?
• Run for your lives everyone! It's the appetizer!
• Zooming in on the patty in "Krusty Krab Training Video".
  • HOOPLA!!!
    • Sounds like a lot of hoopla over one little Krabby Patty, right? Ha, ha!
    • WRONG!
  • It's actually a carefully-organized code: People Order Our Patties.
    • Oh! Poop!
• SAY THE OATH!
• Welcome to the Salty Spitoon, how tough are ya?
  • How tough am I? How tough am I?! I ate a bowl of nails for breakfast this morning!
    • Yeah, so?
    • Without any milk.
    • Uh, right this way, sorry to keep ya waitin'!
• Steppin' on the beach! Doo-doo-doo-doo! Steppin' on the beach! Doo-doo-doo-doo! Steppin' on the beach! Doo-doo-doo-doo! Steppin' on the beach! Doo-doo-doo-doo!
  • Steppin' on the One Winged Beach (now in its complete form)^Explanation Exactly what it sounds like: Steppin' on the beach set to One Winged Angel.
• Oh yeah, Mr. Krabs! AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!
• From The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie, in regards to King Neptune's Bald of Awesome:
  The citizens of Bikini Bottom: "BALD! BALD! BALD! BALD! BALD! MY EYES!"
  • All right!
  • Oh, I'm a Goofy Goober, yeah! You're a Goofy Goober, yeah! We're all Goofy Goobers, yeah! Goofy, goofy, Goober, Goober, yeah!
    • The scene where this song is played during the Thug Tug baby hunt also has other catchy songs added to it. Here's a Jewelpet example.
  • I'M A GOOFY GOOBER!! ROCK!!
  • Oh, Waiter!
    • Why do I always get the nuts?
  • Surprised Patrick
  • "Who are you?" "I'm David Hasselhoff." "Hooray!"
• Combine "MY LEG!", "MY EYES!", and "DEUUEAUGH!". You might get this.
• It was his hat, Mr. Krabs! HE WAS NUMBER ONE!
  • GAH! Barnacles!
• Now it's time to bring it around town. BRING IT AROOUUUUND TOOOWWWWWN.
• "Hey Everybody! It's Leif Erikson Day! Hinga-Dinga-Durgin!"
  • "Dear SpongeBob, went to get more giant paper. Uhhhh... Patrick. P.S. Happy Leif Ericcson Day! Yingin-hinga- dinga!"
• Look what I got under me kilt!
  • And look at our tongues!
  • What's wrong with you?
  • We want our money back! All 46,853 of us!
• "THE HASH SLINGING SLASHER!"
• SEVERAL BAD PUNS LATER...
• VICTORY SCREECH!!!!!
  • OOOOOOOOAALOLOLOLOLO!!!!!
• FOREVER! FOREVER! FOREVER! FOREVER! FOREVER! FOREVER!
  • Nyeh Squidward? Nyeh Squidward? Nyeh Squidward?
• But Mermaid Man, there's evil afoot!
  • EVIL? EEEEEEVIIIILLLLLL! EEEEEEEVIIIIIIIIIIIIL! EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEVIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIILLLLLLLLLLL!
  • All I said is that there was evil afoot.
  • Every Villain Is Lemons.
    • Now in YouTube Poop form. All crazy old men freak out around evil.
• Have you finished those errands? Have you finished those errands? Have you finished those errands? Have you finished those errands?
  • NO, I AM NOT FINISHED WITH THOSE ERRANDS AND I NEVER WILL BE!!!!!!!!
• Liar, liar, plants for hire.
  • It's "pants on fire", Patrick.
    • Well, you would know...liar.
• Firmly grasp it in your hand. Fiiiiiiiiiiirmly grasp it. FIRMLY GRASP IT!
  • That oughta do it.
• DROWN IN IT!
  • Note to self: watch out for Squidward.
• Jellyfishing Jellyfishing Jellyfishing Jellyfishing Jellyfishing Jellyfishing Jellyfishing Jellyfishing.
• "And the next day... and the next day... and the next day... and the next day... and the next day... and the next day... and the next day... and the next day... and the next day... and the next day... and the next day..."^Explanation Originates in "The Algae's Always Greener" in a scene where Mr. Krabs warns Plankton that he'll always come back to steal the Krabby Patty formula.
  • AAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!! IT'S NOT WORTH IT!!!! IT'S JUST NOT WORTH IT!!!! Goodbye, everyone! I'll remember you all in therapy!
• I'm Squidward, I'm Squidward, Squidward, Squidward, Squidward...
  • He's Squidward, he's Squidward, you're Squidward, I'm Squidward! Are there any other "Squidwards" I should know about?^Explanation A line that's easy to snowclone. He's X, he's X, you're X, I'm X ect.
    • Gary meows with a large nose strapped to his face
    • "I'm out of here."
• I know of a place where you never get harmed...
  • A magical place full of magical charms! Indoors! Indoors! Indoooooors! Take it away, Penny!
    • *sniff* That penny has the most beautiful voice...
• The face SpongeBob makes when he finds out that Squidward actually likes Krabby Patties.
  • You like Krabby Patties, don't you, Squidward?
  • Yes! Yes! I admit it, SpongeBob! I LOVE Krabby Patties!
• "Santa's coming tonight, tonight, Santa's coming tonight..."
  • This Christmas feels like the VERY FIRST CHRISTMAS TO MEEEEEE!!!"
• "Well, once I knew this guy, who knew this guy, who knew this guy, who knew this guy who knew this guy, who knew this guy, who knew this guy, who knew this guy, who knew this guy, who knew this guy, who knew this guy, who knew this guy, who knew this guy who knew this guy, who knew this guy's cousin..."
  • YOU'RE RIGHT!
• "Don't touch me, I'm sterile!"
• It's The Final Countdown!
  • On that note, syncing SpongeBob clips to popular songs so that it looks like he's singing them is popular in general.
    • Down With The Sickness By Disturbed
    • Knee Deep by Job for a Cowboy. Based on upload date, may be the Ur-Example, and certainly the one that made it popular.
• SpongeBob: Squidward, I used your clarinet to unclog my toilet!
• Squidward: AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHH!AAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHH! Huh huh AAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHH
• I DEFY YOU HEART MAN!
  • Heart on stick must die!
• I will post all necessary TV Trope Memes, IN THE HALL!
  • THE HALL MONITOR!
• "Calm down, son! It’s just a drawing." ^Explanation Often used in debates on Twitter in the art community when someone takes offense to the content of another person's art.
  • Patrick's "Take it easy, it's just a drawing." is another popularly used quote.
• Screaming Will Get You Nowhe- *Rip*
  • Which one of you fellers is the REAL Dirty Dan?!
    • ... I am?
• FINLAND!
  • Where's the leak, ma'am?
  • MEHOY NEMOY! ^Explanation DoodleBob's gibberish voice.
• FUUUUUUTURE! FUUUUUTURE!
  • (drops a brick on Squidward)
  • From the same episode: EVERYTHING IS CHROME IN THE FUTURE!
• Squidward had a Krabby Patty, Krabby Patty, Krabby Patty!
• AAAHHHHHHH!! HORRIBLE!!!
• The inner machinations of my mind are an enigma.
• I'm editing this page...AT NIGHT!
  • Night night night night night night night night night night night night n-ni-ni-ni-niii NIIIIGHT!!!!!
    • Will you please-?
• WHAT I LEARNED IN BOATING SCHOOL IS... WHAT I LEARNED IN BOATING SCHOOL IS...
  • COME ON, SPONGEBOB! YOU ONLY NEED THREE MORE WORDS! BLANKITY. BLANKITY. BLANK!
    • IS IT HOT IN HERE MRS. PUFF? WHY IS IT SO HOT IN HERE!!! AAH!! MY HAND!!! IT'S CRAMPING, MRS. PUFF!!! PLEASE MAKE IT STOP!!!
    • YOU ONLY NEED THREE! MORE! WOORDS!!!!
• I don't need it...I don't need it...I DEFINITELY don't need it...I don't need it...I don't need it...I NEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEED IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIITTTTTTT!!!!!!!
  • (bangs on Treedome) PINKY! PIIINKYYY!
• And now...Poetry by Gary.
  • He has such a way with words...
• It's sweeeeeet, sweeeeet, sweet victory, yeah!
• AND HERE COMES THE GIANT FIST!
• It's not just a boulder...it's a rock! A rahahahahak! A rohahahohak! It's a big beautiful old rock! Oh, the pioneers used to drive these babies for miles! And it's in great shape!
  • SpongeBOB! Will you forget the stupid pioneers! Haven't you ever noticed that there are none of them left? That's because they were lousy hitchhikers, ate coral, and took directions from algae. And now you're telling me they thought they could drive...*rock drives over him* Rocks? Hold on there Jethro!
  • KRUSTY KRRRAAAAA-A-A-YAA-YA-YAA-YAB PIZZA! It's the pizza, yeah, for you and...MEEEEEEEEEE-HEE-HEE-HEEEEEE!
  • For unknown reasons, fans have taken to mixing the above into music from Sonic the Hedgehog, most notably the infamous Krusty Spring Pizza Zone.
• FANCY LIVING, HERE WE COME, LA LA LA LA, LAAAAAAA!
• "Hey, Patrick! I've thought of something funnier than 24."
  • "Lemme hear it!"
  • "25."
• Now, you must acquire a taste for... free form jazz! *puts on serious face*
• "WE STOLE A BALLOON!"
  • "Yeah. On Free Balloon Day."
• Win this one for the Krusty Krab!
  SpongeBob: FOR THE KRUSTY KRAAAAAAABBBBBBB!
  • Win this one because I told you to!
  Patrick: BECAUSE YOU TOLD ME TOOOOOOO!
  • YELLOW! PINK!
• "Is this the part where we start kicking?"
  • "No, SpongeBob, that's a chorus line."
  • "Kicking? I wanna do some kicking!" *kicks*
  • "Why, you...!"
    • "AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHAHAHAHAHAAAAAAAAH!"
    • "Whoever's the owner of the white Sedan, you left your lights on."
    • *trumpet noises*
• ''Who put you on the planet? Ugh...''
  • Now do it exactly as I did and don't stop till you get it right! And I don't care how long it takes!
• What? It's just an ordinary Krabby- OH MY GOODNESS! SQUIDWARD!^Explanation Originates in "The Algae's Always Greener" , where a customer complains to Plankton about Squidward's cooking, first showing a regular Krabby Patty before a Gross-Up Close-Up ensues. Edits tend to have the regular Krabby Patty be a preferable option with the gross version being what everyone actually got, or when something beloved has a drastic change for the worse.
  • The customer ordered a medium soda and I gave him a large! I GAVE HIM A LARGE!
• So long, shrimp!
• HOLY SHRIMP!
• How about 'mouth full of clams' day! Everyone who shows up with a mouthful of clams... [talks with mouth full of clams] ...gets a free drink! Huh? Huh?
  • Hoppin' Clams! A talent show! I'm talented! I'd better call my folks!
• I've got a better idea! Why don't I call someone whose JOB it is to fix it?! You know why? Because when I need a JOB done, I get someone with a JOB to do that JOB!!!
  • (squints) What are you saying?
  • AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!!
  • LISTEN, YOU CRUSTACEOUS CHEAPSKATE! Squidward's been living at MY HOUSE driving me CRAZY! AND YOU'RE NOT GONNA HIRE HIM BACK ALL BECAUSE OF A STUPID DIME?!
    • Cue this line being set to the tune of various UNDERTALE tracks
  • Donate it to the children's fund? Why? What have children ever done for me?
• If we were meant to fly, we'd have propellers on our heads or jet engines on our backs.
  • If we were meant to fly... Hey, I'm not your grandfather.
• Hey, Plankton, can our first song go like this? *insert song here* And then turn into one of those songs that goes *insert song here*.
• LIFE! DEATH! LIFE! DEATH! LIFE! DEATH!
  • Hey, what'd I miss?
• Wah wah waaaah.
  • WILL YOU CUT THAT OUT?!
• Unbaked Cookie Dough! ^Explanation Patchy the Pirate offers the audience raw cookie dough during the Christmas Episode "Christmas Who?"
• YOU WHAT?!
• Your reward will be great! Behold!
• Are you feeling it now, Mr. Krabs?
  • Can you feel it Mr Krabs? Can you feel it Mr. Krabs?
  • I'm really feeling it!
    • So, ye wanna know if I can feel it?
    • YEAH!
    • Because I can feel it. Ya wanna know what I'm feelin'?
    • YEAH YEAH!
    • (eyes twitching) I'm feeling like a '''total BARNACLE HEAD!'''
  • Patrick, that's not a ride!
    • Get off of me!
  • Art thou feeling it now, Mr. Krabs?
  • I'm feeling a warm spot.
    • Sorry.
• SpongeBob has the worst timing. Or is possibly just a Jerkass. ^Explanation A banner of SpongeBob laughing once showed up during the airing of an episode of The Legend of Korra. The fact that the banner turned up while Korra was in danger of falling to her death has caused a trend of people posting images of Nickelodeon shows being interrupted during serious or tragic scenes by banners for SpongeBob SquarePants where SpongeBob appears to be laughing at the misfortunes of the characters from the presently playing Nickelodeon show. Some versions of the meme take the joke further by having an inappropriately-timed SpongeBob ad pop up during a scene from a work of fiction that doesn't belong to Viacom, let alone Nickelodeon.
• All they do is blow, blow, blow their stupid whistle! Rub, rub, rub that white stuff on their noses! And show off their gross, misshapen bodies! *pop*
  • Dude, put that thing away! There are, like, children here!
• It took us three days to make that potato salad. THREE DAYS!!!!!
• Smitty Werbenjagermanjensen. HE WAS NUMBER ONE!
  • Oh my gosh! A FLOATING SHOPPING LIST!
    • I'm not a shopping list! I'm a ghooooost!
  • Am I a pretty girl?
  • Remember, licking doorknobs is illegal on other planets.
  • "Foxy Grandpa".
  • You'll never guess what I found in my sock last night! Go ahead, guess!
• What a fox. ^Explanation "The Algae's Always Greener" has a gag where Old Man Jenkins bumps into a pole and apparently mistakes it for a woman.
• He poisoned our water supply, burned our crops, and delivered a plague unto our houses!
  • He did?!
    • No...but are we just gonna wait around until he does?!
• "Well, I would, but sadly I am only an eel."
• "We don't need television as long as we have our... IMAGINATION." (makes rainbow with his hands)
  • "Wow, I never thought of it that way. That's really something. Can I have your TV?"
  • "With IMAGINATION [makes rainbow again], I can be anything I want! A pirate! Argh! A football player. Hutt!"
  • "A starfish!"
  • "Patrick, you're already a starfish."
  • "See, Squidward? It works!"
• EDUCATIONAL TELEVISION??? OH NO!!!! AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!! ^Explanation In "No Free Rides", SpongeBob attempts to reclaim his stolen boat from Mrs. Puff. He manages to go through giant clams, cheese graters, and the most horrific of them all, EDUCATIONAL TELEVISION!
  • I'll let go just for a little… [inserts something horrific]?! Oh, no!^Explanation If you go on YouTube, you can see people replacing the words "educational television" with something of their own.
• Krabs is a...*dolphin chirp*
• WHO ARE YOU PEOPLE???
• "Uh... I can explain."
• "Hey man that's not cool..."
• "Here lies Squidward's hopes and dreams."
  • "What a baby."
  • Made Hilarious in Hindsight with Undertale.
• "PINHEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAAD!!" [1]
• Gary. Wilson. JR.
• This isn't your average, everyday darkness. This is... ADVANCED DARKNESS.
• Too bad that didn't kill me...
• The Krusty Krab Pizza, is the Pizza, for you and me!
• "I LOVE PAIN!"^Explanation When SpongeBob does his exercises in the first episode, a poster with this phrase can be seen.
• "Boo!"
• Ghost! Ghost! Ghost! Ghost! Ghost! Toast. Ghost! Ghost! Ghost!
• "AND STOP STARING AT ME WITH THOSE BIG OLE EYES!" *Eyes shrink*
• You won't be able to stop me, Not when I shift into MAXIMUM OVERDRIVE!
  • I knew I should have gotten the turbo.
• EVIL PATRIXXX^Explanation A hyperrealistic version of Patrick, was used as a running gag at the now defunct Trollpasta Wiki.
• DEAUUAUGH! ^Explanation  A fish's reaction to SpongeBob's bad breath in the episode "Something Smells"
• "There is no ice! There's never been any ice! ICE IS JUST A MYTH!"
• "That's Mister Doctor Professor Patrick to you."
• I call this one Bold and Brash.
  • More like "Belongs in the Trash"! ^Explanation  "Belongs in the trash" can be substituted for pretty much anything that rhymes.
  • Sorry, I must have missed that one.
• "NOBODY CALLS ME TUBBY!"
• "I was a wimp before Anchor Arms! Now I'm a jerk, and everybody loves me!"
• "Ugly? (licks thumb and drags across forehead) You gotta be kidding me."
• The
  • Break time!
  • Only seven hundred and ninety nine words to go!
• Ravioli ravioli, give me the formuoli.
• Livin' like Larry!
• THREE DAYS
• "It's so close I can almost taste it." ^Explanation  In "The Smoking Peanut", Patrick licks what we thought was SpongeBob's ear but turns out to be a sponge-shaped popsicle
  • "LET'S THROW PEANUTS AT HIM AND SEE HOW HE LIKES IT!"
  • "I get what I deserve." (swallows a bunch of thrown peanuts whole) "Ouch."
  • "But it's...free day."
    • "BOOOOOOOOOOO!!!"
  • BUM. BUM. BUM BUM BUM. BUM. BUM. BUUUUUUUM. ^Explanation  Patrick starts humming as SpongeBob gives his triumphant apology to the crying clam and for getting Patrick arrested.
    • "HEY! LET'S THROW PEANUTS AT BOTH OF THEM AND SEE HOW THEY LIKE IT!!!"
  • "SpongeBob doesn't have any hair. (gets wide eyed) Or does he!?"
• (sees a pile of cans on the ground) "Oh, Sandy, this is your worst disguise yet."
  • "No, SpongeBob!" (holds up squirrel mask) "THIS IS!"
  • Photosynthesis! Photosynthesis!
  • HEHEHEHEHEH! By the powers of naughtiness, I command this particular drop of hot sauce to be really, REALLY HOT!
    • EW! I DON'T LIKE IT! I DON'T LIKE HOT SAUCE! BWAAAH!
• (gasp) "Squidward returned fire!"
  • "Then it's warrrr!"
• "WAIT, SpongeBob! We are NOT cavemen!" (walks towards random computer) "We have technology..." (grabs computer and starts smashing Mr. Krabs' first dollar with it)
  • "It didn't work."
• "I'm thinking about the one that goes X." "No, man. You're thinking of Y." ^Explanation  The first quote is Mr. Krabs asking the radio company man to reply the robot song he was just listening to by repeating the lyrics of the song, but the man tries to correct him in how the lyrics are actually sung.
• A football playing king in space.
  • With a mustache.
• "I hope I get hit by... an X! ...AND LIVE!"^Explanation  The slightly paraphrased exchange from Sponge-Guard on Duty, usually modified to something else ridiculous or fandom related.
  • "Please do not land flying Ice Cream trucks on the bathers."
• "WATCH THE POINT! AAAAAAAAAAAAH!" ^Explanation SpongeBob popping the Dirty Bubble with a pencil, and the latter's panicked reaction.
• "I didn't need to see that." ^Explanation Often used as a reaction image on sites like Twitter. Originates from "Jellyfish Jam", where Squidward says this in response to seeing SpongeBob's new pet jellyfish read a newspaper while using the toilet in response to refusing to allow it in his house even if it was potty-trained.
• "SpongeBob Sings..." videos are exceedingly common on YouTube. ^Explanation Videos where SpongeBob characters are lipsynced to popular songs
• (spoons rattling)◊ ^Explanation This shot from "Pizza Delivery", coupled with the subtitle, has risen to fame as prime shitpost material on several websites.
• Squidward...Tortellini!? ^Explanation In "The Great Snail Race", Patrick has the trophy for the snail race he won engraved to Squidward because he knew how much he wanted to win. However, Squidward is incensed to find that the engraving got his last name wrong.
• "Look, doubloons! Don't drop 'em!"
• "That's it? That's the lost episode? THAT WAS JUST A BUNCH OF CHEAP WALK CYCLES!^Explanation Patchy was disappointed with the opening in the so-called "Lost Episode", which is actually just a Fake-Out Opening before the real said episode.
  • "What a rip."^Explanation Potty's response to it.
  • "SPONGEBOB BETRAYED US!"^Explanation Patchy's subsequent breakdown which became Harsher in Hindsight when the series suffered Seasonal Rot.
    • "That's it? That's Patchy's upset breakdown? THAT WAS JUST A BUNCH OF STUFF GETTING KNOCKED DOWN!" "What a rip." "PATCHY BETRAYED US!"^Explanation Some fans parodied it by creating similar meme from said meme itself.
• This isn't me millionth dollar. This is an ordinary dollar that's been crumpled up, torn slightly, soaked in the lagoon, and kissed with Coral Blue #2 Semi-Gloss lipstick.
  • Actually it's Coral Blue number-GEH!
• This dialogue is popular in Sweden because of the way the actors in the dub deliver the lines, prompting many comments like "X number of people couldn't see their foreheads":
  SpongeBob: Patrick, are you angry too?
  Patrick: Yeah.
  SpongeBob: Then what?
  Patrick: I can't see my forehead!
• I'LL HAVE YER REAR ENDS CUT OFF, AND MOUNTED OVER ME FIREPLACE!!!!!!!!!!
  • So have fun with the job! (door slam)
• My PRIZE!
• "PERFECT CENSORSHIP!!!"^Explanation Monty P. Moneybags exclaims this to give his approval of the Statue of David SpongeBob made having a clam shell over the groin in the episode "Artist Unknown".
• Have a bowl, Mr. Squidward!^Explanation Originates from a bizarre fan-made commercial for SpongeBob cereal, the first in a series of fake commercials for SpongeBob products. The link takes you to the moment in question.
• "Patrick, can you see anything?" "Only the dismal abyss of black nothingness."
• Looping certain moments from the show for an inordinate amount of time is quite popular on YouTube. Some include SpongeBob using too much sauce, Larry giving CPR, and Squidward using his "imagination".
• The scene in "Little Yellow Book" where SpongeBob clucks like a chicken when he sees Mr. Krabs' plaid kilt has became a popular meme (mostly among Twitter) called "Mocking SpongeBob."
• VORE◊. ^Explanation  "Snooze You Lose" has gained this status due to the plot's similarities to a certain internet fetish.
• Stop hating on Pearl! ^Explanation  Usually used when Pearl does something wrong, setting up a Bait-and-Switch.
• That blue fish, always starting shit.^Explanation A blue fish named Harold rallies people to beat up an old man on two separate occasions in the episode "The Bully", also arguing and getting into a fight with Mr. Krabs in "Band Geeks".
• I put SpongeBob music over X. ^Explanation SpongeBob music (usually Tomfoolery) plays in a video to either further emphasize the awkwardness, hilarity or silliness of the situation in the video, or to create humor from the contrast between the serious subject matter and the inappropriately goofy-sounding music.
• "A one-way ticket to PAIN!" ^Explanation Patrick and SpongeBob are getting hurt to attract customers in "Wet Painters". Patrick says this line. It's been remixed in a hilarious YouTube Poop by Trudermark called "Crazy Painters".
• "Are you ready to go emo?" ^Explanation From The Gaming Cat's Training Video YTP, with a scene of SpongeBob cutting onions edited to look like he's cutting his wrist.

• Tired SpongeBob ^Explanation In "Nature Pants", after SpongeBob runs off to live among the jellyfish in the wild, Patrick decides that if he can't be friends with him anymore, he'll hunt him for sport. When SpongeBob thinks he's escaped, he's shown standing under a coral arch, exhausted and Savage Patrick ^Explanation In that same scene, SpongeBob looks up to find Patrick clinging to the arch above him before declaring "I got you now, SpongeBob!" with a sinister expression◊
• I’M A BUNNY NOW! ^Explanation In "Bunny Hunt", Squidward suffers a mental breakdown after his house is destroyed by sea bunnies and thinks he's a bunny himself. It's used on SpongeBuddy Mania to express confusion or hatred for the rest of the episode.
• THINGS ARE GONNA GET CRAZY!^Explanation The manner in which this phrase is said has gotten some buzz on YouTube. Comes from "Moving Bubble Bass", when an angry Patrick confronts Bubble Bass after the latter reveals he ate the free lunches he promised to give out, with the above line presented on an unsettling close-up of Patrick's face in Synchro-Vox style.
• Squidward's Top Moans/Squidward Loves To Moan!^Explanation  A SpongeBob-themed bumper uploaded by Nickelodeon's UK feed's YouTube channel showcasing moments of Squidward being annoyed/letting out annoyed moans went viral due to the unfortunately-worded video title and equally unfortunately-worded description.
• "It means get lost, Squidward!" ^Explanation  In Avengers: Infinity War, Tony Stark says this to Ebony Maw while the latter is giving a Utopia Justifies the Means speech.
• "Happy Birthday to Cancer." ^note  A line from an Astrology with Squidward short about the zodiac sign. Used to declare the anniversary of the creation of something the poster considers cringeworthy
• EIGHTEEN HOURS!!^Explanation From a scene in "Jellyfish Jam" where Squidward complains about SpongeBob and the jellyfish's nonstop partying preventing him from sleeping, leading him to fix the problem by force by playing on a clarinet into a microphone hooked up to enough amplifiers to drown out the 18-hour jellyfish party. SpongeBob's jellyfish rave and Squidward's ultra-loud rendition of "Row Row Row Your Boat" have been edited to instead use other tracks (loudness warning for both links).
• "Insulting a man's ship... be worse than insulting his mother."
• "And the first person to get two in a row says Tic-Tac!" "Tic-Tac."
• SpongeBob's Hype Stand ^Explanation A comic made out of screenshots from "Bubblestand" and "Patty Hype". The first panel depicts SpongeBob with his bubblestand, with the text "BUBBLES 25^¢" replaced with new text describing a concept. The next panel is a show of a small crowd surrounding SpongeBob when his Pretty Patties started to attract attention. The following third panel is SpongeBob setting up his "LESSONS 25^¢" sign back in "Bubblestand", but again the text is replaced, this time with an addendum for the concept referred to in the edited first panel. The final panel shows the much larger crowd as seen in "Patty Hype" when SpongeBob was serving his 46,853rd customer.
• Oh my god Squidward, the truck's coming.◊^Explanation  A bizarre copypasta, originally depicting Squidward photoshopped onto a road, with an oncoming semitruck that he can't hear. It quickly spread around to other fandoms like Super Smash Bros. Ultimate and Deltarune replacing Squidward and the truck with other characters and threats.
• "Then why did you ask for it?!"^Explanation From a scene in "Hocus Pocus" where Tom is driving and his son complains that he doesn't like pistachio ice cream, prompting Tom to question why he asked for it. Often used to criticize fanbases heavily requesting something and then finding fault with the end product.
• "I saw you on TV last night!" ^Explanation  From a scene in "As Seen On TV" where Old Man Jenkins sees SpongeBob and tells him that he saw him on TV last night, which was actually a commercial for bran flakes. Often used to replace SpongeBob and the cereal with various objects for humorous effect.
• The fan-made SpongeBob anime opening by Narmak, which led thousands of comments usually said about other anime, such us the manga being better, the over-abundance of SpongeBob/Squidward fanservice and how certain arcs were filler. It was so popular that there was a sequel, an ending version and a Darling in the Franxx version.
• "You used me, FOR SICKO MODE!" ^Explanation  In the wake of Stephen Hillenburg's passing, over one million SpongeBob fans signed a petition for Maroon 5 to perform Sweet Victory at the 53rd Super Bowl. Major news outlets took note and hints were dropped towards the song being played. Finally, several minutes into the halftime show, Squidward appeared in marching band attire to introduce "a true musical genius who needs no introduction", and the opening trumpets of Send them Victorious played just like in the episode "Band Geeks", only for it to be a bait-and-switch with Sicko Mode playing instead of Sweet Victory. To say fans were angry would be an understatement of oceanic proportions. Especially since Nickelodeon created the animation clip in the first place expecting it to go into the entertainment performing Sweet Victory.
  • "That's it? That was Sweet Victory? THAT WAS JUST A 17 SECOND LONG INTRO!" "What a rip." "THE NFL BETRAYED US!"
  • "Well, you did it. You took my one chance at happiness... and crushed it! Crushed it into little, tiny, bite-sized pieces! I really had expected better of you people. I guess I'm a loser for that, too."
  • "How could you, NFL? You promised us Sweet Victory, but all we saw there was... SICKO MODE!"
    • "Hey, I ain't sick!"
  • "Where's your Sweet Victory band?" "They, uh... died in a marching accident."
  • Friendship ended with football, now hockey is my best friend.^Explanation  In response to the halftime backlash, the Dallas Stars, an NHL team, played a modified version of the Sweet Victory clip at the end of the second intermission, billing it as the halftime show fans deserved. This was the typical response.
• Pictures of SpongeBob being buff in "The Fry Cook Games" and "normal" in "Not Normal" have became popular in February 2019.
• "Hi how are ya." ^Explanation A popular catchphrase that SpongeBob said when he became "Normal."
• If "barnacles" in SpongeBob means "fuck", wouldn't that make Barnacle Boy "Fuck Boy" and the Ugly Barnacle "the Ugly Fuck"? ^Explanation Several people online have pointed out the implications of Mermaid Man's sidekick being named Barnacle Boy and Patrick Star's story he told to cheer up SpongeBob in "Something Smells" being titled The Ugly Barnacle when the same show has used the term "barnacles" in contexts implying the word to be a profanity.
• Girls traveling the world be like^Explanation SpongeBob hideously dressed in drag while superimposed against stereotypical images of popular international locations such as London, Italy, and the Moon or any popular place/event in general. Usually to insult shallow women or deprecate the memer themselves about how foolish they look while going somewhere.
• "We did it Patrick! We saved the city."^Explanation SpongeBob says this in "Wormy" as Bikini Bottom burns in the background. Often used as an image macro to mock an effort Gone Horribly Right.
• "SPONGEBOB ME BOI!"/"SPONGE BOI ME BOB!" ^Explanation  A running joke whereas people take a deep fried image of Mr. Krabs making an amusing face, then perform an impression of Mr. Krabs, with him often shouting "SPONGEBOB, ME BOY!", followed by him casually mentioning a serious crime (e.g I JUST KILLED X AND NOW I NEED A RIDE) or spewing out a Non Sequitur (e.g "I JUST DRANK MELTED CRAYONS") and then possibly suffering the consequences for it (e.g "AND NOW I AM IN EXTREME PAIN DUE TO THE WAX BLOCKING UP ME INTESTINES!") then performing an impression of his Signature Laugh.
• Squidward and his chair ^Explanation Similar to the Drake meme, where two images of Squidward (one where he goes to set up a chair, and one where he picks it up and walks back into his house) are used to react to a pair of different images of the creator's choosing. The general vibe of the image is that of "well, that'll be/that was a waste of time". Such as◊ these examples.◊
• "Money"/"Hello, I like money". ^Explanation An image (with caption) from the interview with Mr. Krabs at the beginning of The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie, which is typically used in response to any form of a slipshod cash grab.
• It's not my wallet! ^Explanation The scene from "Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy III" of Man Ray trying to convince Patrick to take back the wallet he dropped despite Patrick's denial that it's his is often used to satirize people or characters who are firmly in belief or denial of something in spite of overwhelming evidence that what they're denying is true. Other times, it's used for when something seems like an easy and incredibly obvious choice, and yet it's not being done◊.
• Patrick is Sans ^Explanation In 2019, the Soundcloud account "UNDERTALE OST: Recreated" did some detective work and found out that the Voice Grunting clips for Sans were trimmed from Patrick's line "maybe it's the way you're dressed" in the episode "Something Smells" (specifically, the "ay" in "maybe"). Undertale being as ripe for memes as it is, the jokes practically wrote themselves.
  • Maybe it's the way you're dressed. ^Explanation The aforementioned line that Sans' "voice" was trimmed from became highly associated with him, and any references to Sans made after the discovery of this will inevitably include someone referencing the line.
• aight imma head out ^Explanation This still from "The Smoking Peanut" of SpongeBob sitting down in his chair, but also looks like he's getting up with an annoyed expression. Can be used to portray something as a waste of time or stupid, like the "Squidward and his Chair" example above, but can also be used to express the memer's desire to leave a bad or awkward situation.
  • o yeah i can't ^Explanation A variation of the meme that was made during the COVID-19 outbreak since people have to stay home during the pandemic.
• "Okay, get in!" ^Explanation This still from "Squidward the Unfriendly Ghost" featuring SpongeBob and Patrick trying to put Squidward (who they think is a ghost) to rest and invite him to get inside a coffin. Can be used to portray an unpopular idea that is doomed to fail, a figure whose reputation is in tatters, circumstances that will likely lead to one's death, or more figurative deaths such as a Curb-Stomp Battle in a fighting game or a case of Dueling Games.
• "He's only this big! How many diapers could he possibly use?" ^Explanation From "Rock-A-Bye Bivalve". At one point, SpongeBob shows Patrick all of Junior's diapers that haven't been put in the garbage as proof that he's overworked alone at home. Image and video edits of this scene are popular, where Patrick says something (typically derisive), and SpongeBob shows him several things that go directly against his statement◊, each increasingly more damning than the last.
• "DAY 15! GIVE IT UP FOR DAY 15!" ^Explanation From "Fear of a Krabby Patty". Mr. Krabs rings a cowbell and excitedly shouts this in the Time Passes Montage. One person decided to make a joke Twitter account based on this, which tweets a picture of the moment when Mr. Krabs said the line on the 15th of every month.
  • "DAY X! GIVE IT UP FOR DAY X!" ^Explanation This line is occasionally snowcloned by fans of a work that has entered Development Hell, counting up the number of days it's been in limbo.
• For the Japanese dub, thanks to Plankton's high-pitched Cute Is Evil voice as the result of him being voiced by a female voice actor^note Except in the movie where he's voiced by a male voice actor., it seems rather popular to associate him with things commonly associated with cute female characters in Japanese media, such as Idol Singer, moe, tsundere, etc.
• "Wait, don't tell me. You want me to run down to the store and buy Mrs. Puff something she doesn't need. Then you want me to run back here so you can say 'Arrgh, SpongeBob! You're spending all me money.' And then I'll say 'But Mr. Krabs, I'm only doing what you SAID!' Then you'll say 'We're not talking about this, or this, we're talking about THIS!'"
• THE X. ^Explanation An image from "Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy II," involving Barnacle Boy attempting to destroy SpongeBob's conch with his sulfur vision. The shot of his eye beams traveling towards the conch has become a snowclone where the conch is replaced with anything, accompanied by the phrase "The [item]".
  • The Yankee with [something] ^Explanation For some reason, one version of this that particularly took off was one where Barnacle Boy was given a New York Yankees baseball cap. People made several variations of this, such as the Yankee with no brim, the Yankee with extra brim◊, the Yankee with no akee◊, and the Yankee with no yee◊.
• "I don't know. I never thought I'd get this far."^Explanation A line from Plankton when he (almost) successfully tricks Mr. Krabs into giving up the formula by disguising himself as a dollar. Used to lampshade a highly unlikely outcome occurring or a Didn't Think This Through moment on the memer's part.
• "Oh man, I hated the real version of this song."^Explanation From "Spy Buddies", the music that Plankton plays to drive customers away from the Krusty Krab.
• "Does this look dangerous?" ^Explanation A shot of Patrick with a bunch of fishing hooks in his mouth from "Hooky" used as an object labeling meme; the hooks are used to represent a person or party's numerous actions that will lead to their downfall and the line represents how the offending person or party is unaware that they're traveling down a path of ruin.
• You used my creator's death, FOR AGED-DOWN SPIN-OFF DEVELOPMENT!! That wasn't nice...^Explanation  Not too long after the passing of series creator Stephen Hillenberg, Nickelodeon announced Kamp Koral, a CGI spin-off of SpongeBob where the characters are all kids going to camp together. The fact that this happened in such a short time after Stephen's death angered a lot of fans because they believed Stephen had previously said that SpongeBob was never to have an spin-off that involved having him aged down. Much later, Vincent Waller confirmed in a tweet that what Stephen Hillenburg actually said was that he wasn't expecting spin-offs to ever be made, stressing that not wanting something to happen and not expecting it to happen are two different things.
  • Nickelodeon: "Am I really gonna defile this grave for money? Of course I am!"^Explanation The scene from "One Krabs Trash" where Mr. Krabs digs into Smitty Werbenjagermanjensen's grave to get a soda hat which he thought was worth $1,000,000. Likewise, this was also used in light of the announcement of Kamp Koral and by fans to express their outrage at Nickelodeon seemingly disrespecting Stephen Hillenburg's wishes. Can be used to portray something milking off a dead artist or property.
    • "GRRRRRR.... NICKELODEON BETRAYED STEPHEN!!"
• "Dear Jesus, please smite my enemies."^Explanation A drawing made by CH Greenblatt during his time on the show of SpongeBob praying for Jesus to "smite [his] enemies".
• "Welcome to the Krusty Towers, where our motto is..."
• SpongeBob Reading Two Pages at Once^Explanation A scene from the beginning of "Night Light" of SpongeBob reading a horror novel, edited so one side of the book is red and the other is blue and both sides have different writing, meant to represent a person being indecisive about something.
• Laughing SpongeBob◊^Explanation A collage of SpongeBob laughing, including a fanmade one where Enel's Oh, Crap! face is Photoshoped onto SpongeBob's face from "Dying for Pie". This is often used to make fun of people who laugh at unfunny jokes or serious situations, sometimes poking fun at the latter's hypocrisy.
• Wait, you guys actually *insert action/belief here*? I thought it was a joke. ^Explaination A screencap of Harold the blue fish from "The Bully" making a concerned expression, captioned with the above in response to something they didn’t think someone was serious about.
• SpongeBob screaming internally.
• "The security system TAKES CONTROL of Squidward’s house and begins ATTACKING THE CITY." ^Explanation Part of Andrew The Uncommon‘s rant about SpongeBob and Patrick’s actions towards Squidward in the episode "Good Neighbors", from his video "Top 10 Worst SpongeBob SquarePants Episodes", the rant itself starting around 24:04. Beginning in 2019, the rant became subject to a variety of edits.
• Baby Patrick ^Explanation  A screenshot◊ of Patrick turned into a baby in "Goo Goo Gas" became popular in 2019, with a popular edit having Soulja Boy's "Kiss Me Thru The Phone" played over it.
• Daring today, aren't we? ^Explanation A multi-panel meme template originating from the first scene of the episode "Pickles", in which Squidward — taking an order from an indecisive Clay — mocks Clay's uncreative choice of meal with sarcastic quips, ending in the above line. The template and quote are used to mock jokes, memes, and opinions perceived as overused, unoriginal or clichéd.
• Don't say anything, Squidward. Remember your karma.^Explanation A line from "My Pretty Seahorse", where Squidward refrains from snarking at SpongeBob with this quote. Often used on Reddit, since karma is their form of points (i.e. refraining to state an unpopular opinion because you might get downvoted and lose karma.)
• Don't let this distract you from the fact that Mr. Krabs sold SpongeBob's soul for 62 cents. ^Explanation A recurring comment regarding the time Mr. Krabs sold SpongeBob's soul to the Flying Dutchman for 62 cents in "Born Again Krabs", which fans won't let him live down.
• Patrick Floating ^Explanation  In May 2020, a user made a clip of a small 3D Patrick Star floating off into the sky set to Gangster's Paradise. The clip itself spawned a collection of related video memes showing Patrick floating to different music. One video showed Patrick flying off to heaven featuring Sonic's old movie design complete with pizza.
• "I was born with glass bones and paper skin. Every morning I break my legs and every afternoon, I break my arms. At night, I lie awake in agony until my heart attacks put me to sleep."^Explanation This quote became a popular copypasta used to mock overly sensitive and easily offended people on the Internet.
• 6. the dollar◊ ^Explanation An ironic and surreal meme that consists of the face SpongeBob makes after accidentally smudging paint all over Mr. Krabs' first dollar in "Wet Painters" with the text "6. the dollar" placed over it. It originated from this video from 2011, but took off in early 2020, with a popular version of the meme having the nonsensical upper caption "sigbeqboibe😭💀 wy hw nugq loko liwk rhhsi 😭😭”.
• Patrick Crank That Soulja Boy ^Explanation A video of Patrick's "I'm Squidward" dance in "Opposite Day", but with Soulja Boy's "Crank That (Soulja Boy)" played over it. The most popular version of the video is this version, which completely destroys the visual and audio quality, to the point of it becoming Sensory Abuse.
• Gangster SpongeBob ^Explanation Originating from a fan art◊ of SpongeBob dressed in stereotypical gangster and holding a wad of cash in his left hand coming all the way back in 2008, the images in question (alongside several others) resurged back into popularity as an image source for ironic memes in 2019-2020 period, thanks to the sheer absurdity of the image and the premise of SpongeBob being a gangsta, which added another layer of irony.
• Oh hell nah they all up on spunch bob shit ^Explanation A meme that originated from a tweet saying "Oh hell nah they all up on spunch bob shit", with an image of the nematodes sucking the juice out of SpongeBob's pineapple from "Home Sweet Pineapple". Screenshots and Image Macro versions of the tweet soon began spreading, and many people made their own◊ variations◊ of the meme. The key components are to have (usually) low res images and deliberate misspellings of SpongeBob's name.
• "Patrick, that's a [X]."^Explanation A clip from "Big Pink Loser" in which SpongeBob tries to teach Patrick how to open a jar; the clip is edited so that Patrick picks up something else (usually a deadly weapon) in lieu of a pickle.
  • "Yes."^Explanation Patrick's response to the above line, typically used to demonstrate that Patrick knows exactly what he is holding.
• How do we tell him? ^Explanation A scene from "Dying for Pie" where Squidward (who originally said the line) and Mr. Krabs are standing by the door inside the latter's office, gesturing at the window towards an oblivious SpongeBob washing a table, who they believe ate the bomb-pie. This is generally used as a reaction image when someone in a conversation lacks context or information that they need to understand the discussion, typically as a joking form of Who Will Bell the Cat?.
• SpongeBob chokes Mr. Krabs^Explanation A Twitter meme using frames from "Can You Spare a Dime?" showing SpongeBob strangling Mr. Krabs for expressing an unpopular opinion.

• "He's just standing there... MENACINGLY!"^Explanation Patrick in "Hall Monitor" describing "the maniac" to SpongeBob. Commonly quoted to describe idle poses for characters.
• “This isn’t the Chum Bucket!” ^explanation From “Plankton’s Regular”: Nat the fish is fooled by a fake tunnel that actually leads to the Krusty Krab; meme videos will have the tunnel exit pop up virtually anywhere, from other Spongebob episodes to other cartoons or even live action.
• Patrick Will Cut Off Your Nutsack ^Explanation When fans noticed Bill Fagerbakke, who voices Patrick, did this scene in Jennifer's Body where he swears to cut off someone's testicles to use as a door knocker, videos began to circulate of Patrick saying that exact line.
• Sandy Cheeks Cock Vore ^Explanation  A very NSFW Rule 34 image of Sandy Cheeks, which will not be shown on this site for obvious reasons, started to spread around due to the sheer absurdity of the contents within the image and the disturbing nature of it, often being used as a shock image or making memes referencing/mocking the art piece.
• SpongeBob Doxes Your IP Address ^Explanation  A surreal meme starting around 2021 where it would show a image of SpongeBob with music from the show, only to show a IP address, implied to be the viewer’s. Blew up when a very severe bug in Marvel's Avengers where the game would dox the player via their IP address, with this meme blowing up to mock the sheer incompetence in the developer’s part for letting this happen.
• "Mr. Squidward, I should KICK YOUR FUCKING ASS!" ^Explanation Originally spawned from an edited image◊ of a DM between SpongeBob, Squidward, and Mr. Krabs, this line became popular fodder to insert into other situations with Mr. Krabs.
  • "GET THE FUCK OUT!" ^Explanation Originating from a YTP from popular pooper jallerbo, said video features Mr Krabs yelling this at Plankton after catching him doing... suggestive things in his office. This eventually took the same path as the "Mr. Squidward" meme.
• "OH BOY, 3 AM!" ^Explanation After Squidward inquires who could possibly want a Krabby Patty at three in the morning in "Graveyard Shift", we get a Cutaway Gag of Patrick waking up and excitedly shouting this as he takes out a Krabby Patty from beneath his bed and eats it. Fans often use this for jokes about insomnia, such as when a YouTuber inexplicably decides to upload a new video in the dead of night.
• "Sad SpongeBob" ^Explanation A picture◊ Squidward took of SpongeBob in "Christmas Who?" where he has a sad expression with big eyes and a Single Tear on his left eye became popular in early 2021, often used in ironic memes.
• "Money money money! AAAAH!" ^Explanation A meme that consists of a crab with Mr. Krabs' voice saying "money" repeatedly, only to scream as the crab dies a rather brutal death such as getting eaten by a bigger fish or falling into a boiling pot.
• Goku vs 30 Billion Spongebobs

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Patchy: That's it? That's the meme page? THAT WAS JUST A BUNCH OF CHEAP FORCED MEMES!
Potty: What a rip.
Patchy: DRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR!! TV TROPES BETRAYED US!!

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