SpongeBob Time Cards

About

SpongeBob Time Cards refer to recurring time cards in the cartoon TV series SpongeBob SquarePants. They have since found a convenient use in memes through Rage Comics, image macros and reaction images, sometimes with their words swapped to add additional edginess or over-the-top humor.

Origin

The time cards originate from the Nickelodeon animated TV series SpongeBob SquarePants. The first episode of the series to feature a time card was "I Was a Teenage Gary," which originally aired on October 28th, 1999. This episode featured the card "Three Days Later" (shown below).^[1] Since the episode's airing, over 60 different cards have been used throughout the series by May 2012.^[2]

In memes, SpongeBob Time Cards began appearing in Rage Comics at least as early as 2009, though the exact first is unknown. One early example was posted to 9GAG^[3] on August 1st, 2009, depicting Rage Guy reacting to the song "Ai Se Eu Te Pego" by Michel Teló (seen below).

Spread

Over the next several years, SpongeBob Time Cards continued to be used as exploitables in various memes, video compilations, reaction images and more. On January 30th, 2012, YouTuber^[4] MickfromShik3 posted one such compilation of the time cards in order, receiving over 4 million views in roughly nine and a half years (shown below, left). On October 17th, 2013, YouTuber^[5] TheGalleTasHD uploaded another compilation, receiving more than 2.1 million views in roughly eight years (shown below, right).

On November 26th, 2019, Redditor detaileddwings posted an example of a time card being used as an exploitable to the /r/BikiniBottomTwitter^[6] subreddit, receiving over 300 upvotes in six months (seen below).

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