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SpongeBob In Silent Hill, also known as Hell Naw Spunch Bob or X's Subplot, is an image macro meme that is typically edited and used as an exploitable template alongside the phrasal template "X's subplot." The image features a worried-looking SpongeBob gazing into a decaying and decrepit hallway from the 2001 video game Silent Hill 2. The caption on the earliest known version of the format reads, "aw hell naw spunch bob took 40 benadryls," referencing the Spunch Bob meme. The image of SpongeBob in the hallway from Silent Hill has since made several viral appearances on the internet as part of different meme trends.

Origin

The Sponge Bob SquarePants episode "Home Sweet Pineapple" aired on 14th August 1999, featuring a still of SpongeBob seated on the ground looking worried (seen below).

On December 19th, 2020, X^[1] user @anglwntr posted an image of SpongeBob edited to look like he is on the second floor of the Otherworld Hotel from the 2001 video game Silent Hill 2.

Spread

On December 26th, 2020, iFunny^[7] user @BobertTheTomato_2018 posted the aforementioned with the caption, "aw hell nae spunch bob took 40 benadryls."^[2] The iFunny post gathered over 30,000 smiles and 900 comments in over two years (seen below).

On December 29th, 2023, the image made an appearance in a viral YouTube video containing several memes about Spunch Bob. The video was posted by YouTuber Mega and gathered over 4 million views in two years (seen below).^[3]

On December 14th, 2022, Tumblr^[4] user @bloodboyx posted a meme using the image of SpongeBob in Silent Hill 2, gathering over 13,000 notes in eight months (seen below).

On July 9th, 2023, Twitter^[5] user @neinmuse posted the image with the caption, "carly: we have to get ready for our webshow later but we got detention!! / spencer's subplot:" in reference to the show iCarly. The post gathered over 70,000 likes in two days (seen below, left). On July 10th, Twitter^[6] user @joonpoop posted a similar tweet that read, "the gang: omg noo we need to get more money for the bar / charlie's subplot:" referencing the show Always Sunny. The tweet gathered over 30,000 likes in a day (seen below, right).

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