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Huh Huh Huh, also known as the Huh Huh Huh Sound Effect or Huh Confused Audio, is a sound effect of a confused, deep and male-voiced "huh?" repeating over the song "Me for You" from SpongeBob SquarePants. The original "Huh?" sound used in the meme is from the video game Roblox. The "Huh Huh Huh" sound effect trended in moldy, low-quality and pixelated videos using clips showing SpongeBob and Squidward at the Krusty Krab, among other viral videos using dogs and fish, on YouTube and TikTok. Many likened it to the Goofy Ahh sound bank.

Origin

On August 22nd, 2020, YouTuber^[1] OrangeSodaNoIce posted a video titled, "Spongebob 21," in which SpongeBob is annoying Squidward by saying "21" repeatedly, taken from the 9 + 10 = 21 video, while the SpongeBob soundtrack song "Me for You" by George Callert^[2] plays in the background. The video used a moldy version of the SpongeBob scene, which was taken from Season 1, Episode 12b of the show titled "Employee of the Month"^[3] in which Squidward is reading a book called Frown Digest at the Krusty Krab cash register while SpongeBob is annoying him. Over the course of two years, the video received roughly 2,500 views (shown below).

Multiple versions of the meme surfaced on Instagram ^[12] and elsewhere in 2020 and 2021. For instance, on September 23rd, 2021, Redditor when_the_fucking posted a version to /r/TypicalColors2^[4] of a voice saying Deez Nuts repeatedly.

On March 29th, 2021, TikToker^[5] walnutware posted a version of the meme that used the song "Me for You"^[2] but instead replaced SpongeBob's imagined audio with a man saying "Huh?" repeatedly. The "Huh?" sound effect was taken from the game Roblox.^[6] It is currently unknown if TikToker walnutware is the original creator of the video, however, it is the first known posting. Over the course of nine months, the TikTok received roughly 794,500 plays and 101,000 likes (shown below).

Spread

Following TikToker^[5] walnutware's video, multiple TikTokers used their sound, adding text overlay related to confusion. The first known was TikToker^[7] fathoodbitchh on March 30th, 2022, gaining roughly 373,500 plays and 106,800 likes in nine months (shown below, left). On April 17th, 2022, TikToker^[8] baddie._.emobarbssss stripped walnutware's sound, made the "Huh?" sound deeper and added it to a moldy video of an animatronic fish turning towards the camera. Over the course of eight months, the TikTok received roughly 1.7 million plays and 267,000 likes (shown below, right).

Other animal videos were used with both aforementioned TikTok sounds. For instance, on May 9th, 2022, TikToker^[9] tristanheden posted an iteration with a capybara falling into an above-ground pool, earning roughly 75,800 plays and 8,100 likes in seven months (shown below, left). TikTokers continued to make videos with text overlay related to confusion going into late 2022. For instance, on September 9th, 2022, TikToker^[10] biscuitmyhamster used a video of their hamster whose skull was showing, earning roughly 4.9 million plays and 1.1 million likes in three months (shown below, right).

On July 17th, 2022, YouTuber^[11] MemeGodLord posted an iteration that had a pitbull with a question mark next to it. gaining roughly 168,400 views and 7,500 likes in five months (shown below).

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