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Patrick's 'Wee Woo' refers to a scenefrom SpongeBob SquarePants in which Patrick Star, imitating the sound of a siren, urgently shouts "WEE WOO" to SpongeBob over a walkie talkie. The scene went on to become a popular reaction image in memes, used to describe the poster's reaction to seeing something shocking or dangerous.

Origin

On August 28th, 1999, season one, episode 7a of SpongeBob SquarePants, titled "Hall Monitor," premiered in the US.^[1] In the episode, Patrick and SpongeBob begin looking for a "maniac" (who is actually SpongeBob). The pair split up and Patrick, playing like a police officer, imitates the sound of a siren, repeating "wee woo" in a nervous time. When he comes upon the "maniac," his "Wee Woos" get more urgent and frightened. On April 2nd, 2012, YouTube^[2] user Angela Moon uploaded the scene and received more than 1.2 million views in eleven years (shown below).

In the early 2010s, the scene gained popularity as a reaction image, with edits adding Patrick below a "shocking" image. For example on October 7th, 2012, Colors Live^[3] user AnonArtist uploaded a meme about Patrick seeing the Slender Man (shown below, left). On December 24th, 2013, DeviantArt^[4] user Kellarn uploaded a similar meme and received more than 1,600 views in ten years (shown below, right).

On September 6th, 2012, YouTube^[5] user JaredAcquaviva uploaded a video version of Patrick meeting Slender Man. The video received more than 144,000 views in ten years (shown below, left). On June 26th, 2020, YouTube^[6] user
Primal Xenolith uploaded a remix of Patrick's "wee woo" and Mick Gordon's titled "Cultist Base". The video received more than 1.7 million views in two years (shown below, right).

On September 20th, 2020, Indonesian content creator Kucing Menangis uploaded an edit of Patrick meeting the Among Us impostor, mixing it with the Patrick Gets Beaten Up meme. The video received more than 58,000 reactions and 90,000 shares, and more than 600,000 views in two years, respectively (shown below).

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