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Giant Corpse Beneath Apple's Headquarters refers to an unfounded claim and conspiracy theory that there's a 20-foot-tall, still twitching corpse of an unknown humanoid species restrained half a kilometer deep beneath Apple's headquarters in Cupertino, California performing the calculation work of 150 supercomputers. The claim spread because of an Oh That's Real Nice meme from late 2022 showing a fish from SpongeBob SquarePants looking into a toilet, which read, "Oh that's a giant corpse." The meme is similar to the Murder Coordinates, Dead God at the Bottom of the Mariana Trench and Life on Europa Leaked Documents memes that all spread eery misinformation using the same "Oh That's X" meme format from SpongeBob.

Origin

On November 10th, 2022, Redditor^[1] -KAON- shared a meme using the Oh That's Real Nice format of a fish from SpongeBob SquarePants looking into a toilet. The meme talked about a giant corpse beneath Apple's headquarters performing the calculation work of 150 supercomputers. The meme received over 5,600 upvotes in three years (shown below).

Redditor^[6] -KAON- also posted the image to the subreddit /r/distressingmemes on November 10th, receiving over 7,100 upvotes in three years.

Oh that's a giant corpse. There is a 20 foot tall, still twitching corpse of an unknown humanoid species restrained half a kilometer deep beneath Apple’s headquarters in Cupertino, California performing the calculation work of 150 supercomputers.

In the comment section, Redditor^[2] -KAON- noted that the artwork depicted the Emperor from Warhammer 40,000. Another Redditor^[3] noted that the piece's title was "Golden Throne" by artist Will Rees (shown below).^[4]

Spread

Later on November 10th, 2022, Tumblr^[5] user badratz reposted the meme, gaining over 8,000 notes in a few weeks (the post has since been deleted).

Around the same time, Twitter / X ^[9] user @hallofbee tweeted the image and received numerous replies. For instance, on November 11th, X^[10] user @reachartwork quote tweeted the post, attaching new artwork for the prompt, gaining over 530 likes in three years (shown below).

TikTokers^[7][8] reposted the original meme in the following months as well, continuing into early 2023.

The meme resurfaced en masse when X^[11] user @lucisev reposted it on January 6th, 2025, writing, "Crazy how everyone forgot this after like a week." The tweet amassed over 73,000 likes in a day (shown below).

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