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Patrick Star's Wallet

Patrick Star's Wallet

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Updated Jan 21, 2021 at 02:12PM EST by TjsWorld2011.

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Patrick Star Wallet refers to a scene from Spongebob Squarepants in which the villain Man Ray attempts to teach a lesson about morality to Patrick Star. The scene has been parodied and turned into an exploitable in which the characters and dialogue are altered.

Origin

On September 14th, 2001, the Spongebob Squarepants episode "Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy III" premiered in the United States.[1] In the episode, Man Ray roleplays giving back Patrick's lost wallet. However, Patrick denies that the wallet is his despite Man Ray's logical reasoning, angering him (shown below).



An image macro of the scene appeared online in the mid-2010s. An example was posted on Imgur on July 21st, 2013,[2] though the image had been circulating online prior.


spongy-moments tom PATricK StaR Aren't you, Patrick Star? Yup. And this is yourlD. Yup Ifound this IDinthis wallet. And if that's the case this must be yourwallet. hatmakes sense to me Then take it. Itis not my wallet. Reinvented by cook2015 for iFunny:) 田ifunny.mobi

Spread

The image began to grow into an exploitable in the summer of 2016. On August 1st, one of the earliest examples was posted to Imgur, [3] in which Patrick is represented as an Xbox and Man Ray is represented as a gamer. The post has been viewed over 40,000 times (shown below).


YOU ARE AN XBOX ONE ARENT yOU? Ul Yup AND THIS IS AN EXTERNAL HARD DREVE? I HAVE ALL MY GAMES INSTALLED ON THIS AND WANT TO PLAY THEM That makes sense tome. THEN DETECT IT HARD DRIVE NOT DETECTED

The exploitables soon adopted a political tone, as people satirized their frustrations with opposing viewpoints by representing the opposing viewpoint as Patrick. For example, a popular edit satirizing Not My President Democrats has Patrick agreeing to all the conditions that would make Donald Trump one's president, then staunchly denying that Trump is his president[4] (shown below, top). From the other side, a GIF of the scene in which Patrick represents the Alt-Right gained over 139,000 views on Imgur (shown below, bottom).[5]
Political edits have made up the majority of the edits, though there have been examples featuring different topics, particularly video games.


sponsy-momenf tam PAtriK Aren't you a U.S. Citizen? LI aalb And Trump won The Election? Yup So, since he won the electoral college, he has been elected President. That makes sense to me. Then accept it. He's not ny president tho.


No this is Patrick

Various Examples


@chrislee 38 シ!ANTIC You ARE Niantic, correct? Yep. d... this is your trailer for Pokemon GO? Yep. I've noticed the game misses some feats... like, a lot of empty promises were made. I find this highly disappointing. That makes sense to me. Then do what you promised. r. fom 烈 PATricK STaR co It says here that you're a radical feminist Yes nd your feminism excludes trans people Yes So you're a trans exclusionary radical feminist That makes sense to me So you're a TERF hat's a slur spongy-momen is this a guy? Yup: Yup and hes dressed like a girl so that must mean he has a d---, right? That makes sense tome. then you are gay but im not gay ifunny.C AHCA This is your policy. LI AHC And this continuous coverage provision forces insurers to charge new customers without insurance 30% more if they don't have a plan. Efectively a coverage mandate. Yup lfound this inthis policy And if that s the case, That makes sense to me. this must be your position. Then you support an individual mandate. Individual mandate is theft. tom JMOD Tim Aren't you, a jmod? 20 0 OLD SCHOOL and these are the results in a poll 004 2 007 OLD SCHOOL These are the results in a poll which shows that players does not want this even in the game. And if that is the case, this must be what the players want That seems logical to me Then do what the players want It's not what the players want AMERICAN Aren't you, an American citizen? Yup And this is your(ountry? Yup found this presden th oucoun And if that's the case this must be your oresident That makes sense to me. Then take it. Itsnot my president

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External References

[1] Spongebob Wikia – Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy III

[2] Imgur – Comic Form

[3] Imgur – Xbox Post

[4] Imgur – Not My President

[5] Imgur – Alt-Right

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Walrus the Tree

It may be kind of a "Thing I don't like meme", but this deserves credit for being an OG "Thing I don't like meme". That, and it's like 50 times more relevant when the Patrick figure in the picture is denying everything IRL.

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