Description
Why is SpongeBob SquarePants the internet's most memeable Yellow Guy? Megan Bitchell guest-hosts a deep dive into more than two decades of SpongeBob memes. She starts with the first-ever SpongeBob meme format, Imagination SpongeBob, then covers the Squidward Fad, Spengbab, the Super Bowl "Sweet Victory" bait-and-switch, "No, This Is Patrick," Surprised Patrick, the 2025 "I Call Patrick Subaru" and Geeked Patrick trends, and the Mocking SpongeBob meme that changed how we type online. Along the way, she stacks SpongeBob up against the other iconic Yellow Guys (Woodstock, Pac-Man, Bart Simpson, and the Minions) to settle who's had the biggest impact on meme culture.
Know Your Meme has documented more than 200 SpongeBob-related meme entries, and new ones keep coming.
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SOURCES
SpongeBob SquarePants (KYM): https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/subcultures/spongebob-squarepants
Imagination SpongeBob: https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/imagination-spongebob
Squidward Fad: https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/squidward-fad
Spengbab: https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/spengbab
SpongeBob's "Sweet Victory" Concert: https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/spongebobs-sweet-victory-concert
Sweet Victory petition: https://www.change.org/p/nfl-have-sweet-victory-performed-at-the-super-bowl
No, This Is Patrick: https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/no-this-is-patrick
Squidward's Suicide: https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/squidwards-suicide
You Like Krabby Patties, Don't You Squidward?: https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/you-like-krabby-patties-dont-you-squidward
Surprised Patrick: https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/surprised-patrick
Push It Somewhere Else Patrick: https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/push-it-somewhere-else-patrick
Savage Patrick: https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/savage-patrick
I Call Patrick Subaru: https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/i-call-patrick-subaru
Geeked Patrick Star / Happy Patrick: https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/geeked-patrick-star-happy-patrick
Mocking SpongeBob: https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/mocking-spongebob
Yellow Guy meme (XenoIndustrial): https://x.com/xenoindustrial/status/1608169034775666691
Minions: https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/minions
Minion or Da Bob: https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/minion-or-da-bob
Bart Hits Homer With a Chair: https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/bart-hits-homer-with-a-chair
Pac-Man: https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/pac-man
0:00 The Ultimate Yellow Guy
1:30 The First SpongeBob Meme
2:15 Squidward Fad & YouTube Poop
2:46 Sweet Victory at the Super Bowl
3:33 No, This Is Patrick
4:34 Squidward's Suicide
5:32 SpongeBob Reaction Faces
6:21 A Shoutout to Patrick Star
7:13 I Call Patrick Subaru
7:48 Geeked Patrick
8:20 Mocking SpongeBob
9:14 SpongeBob vs. the Other Yellow Guys
10:36 Why SpongeBob Wins
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