Squidward's Clock Closet
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Squidward's Clock Closet refers to a memorable scene from the episode "Employee of the Month" of season one of SpongeBob SquarePants animated series in which the character Squidward shows SpongeBob his closet full of alarm clocks. Online, the image has been used in various time-related memes and gained popularity as an object labeling format in July 2019.
Origin
On October 2nd, 1999, episode one "Employee of the Month" of season one of the SpongeBob SquarePants animated TV series premiered.[1] In one scene of the episode, the main character SpongeBob sneaks in the house of his coworker Squidward in order to destroy his alarm clock and prevent him from turning up for work in time. After SpongeBob destroys two clocks, Squidward reveals a closet filled entirely with alarm clocks.
Spread
On February 3rd, 2013, Facepunch user Daniel Smith posted the earliest known meme based on the image, referencing "Late" post rating feature of the forum.[2][3]
Until July 2019, the image saw a moderate use in memes, appearing in humorous posts on DeviantArt,[4] Funnyjunk,[5] Tumblr[6] and Reddit [7] (examples shown below).
On May 27, 2019, the Facebook page Liberty Memes 10x posted a two-panel object labeling meme based on the scene, which gained 74 likes (shown below, left).[8] On July 15th, 2019, Twitter user @bonfireten tweeted a meme using a different two-panel format of the scene which gained over 2,200 retweets and 10,100 likes in four days (shown below, center).[9] On July 18th, 2019, Redditor laurent987 posted another meme based on the scene, using the former template, which gained over 42,600 upvotes in two days (shown below, right).[10]
In the following days, memes based on the two-panel format gained a significant presence on Reddit.
Various Examples
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Search Interest
External References
[1] Encyclopedia SpongeBobia – Employee of the Month
[2] Wikipunch – Post ratings
[3] Facepunch – Clocks is 'greatest hit' of the past ten years
[4] DeviantArt – Squidward Motivational Poster
[5] Funnyjunk – nikolaier's Comment
[6] Tumblr – atomic-wizard's Post
[7] Reddit – just five more minutes
[8] Facebook – #libertymemes #libertymemes10x
[9] Twitter – @bonfireten's Tweet
[10] Reddit – Laugh in starvation
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