SpongeBob Comparison Charts

About

Spongebob Comparison Charts are a series of visual catalogs featuring stillshots of scenes from Nickelodeon's animated TV series Spongebob Squarepants that are presented as exemplification of various media franchises or characters within a fictional universe.

Origin

On June 24th, 2016, Twitter user @FuckCrunchyroll^[1] shared a SpongeBob Squarepants-themed chart drawing comparisons between a selection of eight manga and anime series, including Neon Genesis Evangelion, Jojo's Bizarre Adventure and Boku No Pico, and various scenes from the Nickelodeon series (shown below). Within the first week, the image had been retweeted more than 2,300 times and liked over 2,600 times.

Spread

On June 25th, the image was reposted on FunnyJunk by user santyalc,^[2] which prompted additional iterations of SpongeBob comparison charts based on a variety of anime series from the users, including Attack on Titan, Kill La Kill and Berserk. Within a week, the image received over 1,100 upvotes, 39,000 views, and 175 comments, while the suggestions from the comments section were compiled into a new collage and submitted on next day by FunnyJunk user Tafixados, garnering over 425 upvotes and 26,000 views in less than a week, and once again, triggering an influx of additional versions from other users in the comments section.

On June 26th, Tumblr^[5] user eternal-faktorie shared an Overwatch-themed comparison chart, accruing more than 40,000 notes in the following week.

On June 28th, Imgur^[4] user goldpikmin shared another compilation of anime-themed comparison charts featuring scenes from SpongeBob Squarepants, drawing more than 1,750 points and 27,500 views within a week. On July 1st, a single topic Twitter account^[6] dedicated to highlighting notable instances of the meme was launched.

Various Examples

During the last week of June, more than 100 unique variations of SpongeBob comparison charts centered around popular media franchises entered circulation across Imgur, Twitter and Tumblr, as well as a number of derivatives drawing similar comparisons using scenes from other cartoons and fictional universes.

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