![Tired SpongeBob Tired SpongeBob whew meme.](https://i.kym-cdn.com/entries/icons/mobile/000/025/794/Screen_Shot_2018-03-28_at_11.32.59_AM.jpg)
Tired SpongeBob
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About
Tired SpongeBob, also known as SpongeBob Whew refers to a still image from Spongebob Squarepants of the title character naked and looking out of breath. The image is popular on Twitter where it is paired with captions in which one expresses moments where they'd be exhausted.
Origin
The still comes from the Season 1 episode of Spongebob Squarepants, "Nature Pants" (shown below at around 7:00), which aired September 11th, 1999.[1] Notably, the frame comes only a few seconds before the image that was used in the Savage Patrick meme.
Spread
On March 22nd, 2018, Twitter user @DJJVMZ[2] uploaded the still with the caption, "Me after I take my strap off 😂," gaining over 530 retweets and 1,400 likes (shown below).
![Strap Off DJ JAMZ @DJJVMZ Follow Me after I take my strap off 11:47 AM-22 Mar 2018](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/355/880/804.png)
The tweet spread as people added captions describing tasks that require minimal effort. Some popular examples include a tweet by @mckenziedenisee which gained over 32,000 retweets and 81,000 likes (shown below, left). User @fatimaiqbal13 posted a very popular example that gained over 108,000 retweets and 271,000 likes (shown below, right).
![Fitted Sheet mama @mckenziedenisee Follow me after I put the fitted sheet on my bed by myself](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/355/882/a2b.png)
![Replying to One Person Fatima Follow V @fatimaiqbal13 Me after replying to one person](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/355/883/660.png)
A thread about the trending meme was posted to /r/MemeEconomy,[3] gaining 25 upvotes. A tweet by user @Trashvis commented on the influx of Spongebob memes in March 2018 (Savage Patrick and Krusty Krab vs. Chum Bucket also were popular during that month) with an example of Tired Spongebob, gaining over 220 retweets and 1,400 likes (shown below). The meme received media coverage from Daily Dot[4] and Insider.[5]
![ANOTHER spongebob meme Trashvi @Trashvis Follow me after seeing ANOTHER spongebob meme on the tl](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/355/884/ff4.png)
Money Problems SpongeBob
On March 30th, 2018, Twitter user @_randall tweeted a picture of SpongeBob holding a stack of dollars bills next to the Tired SpongeBob image, along with the joke "me spending $40 on food vs / me spending $40 on gas," gathering upwards of 67,700 likes and 28,700 retweets in one week (shown below, left). On April 1st, Twitter user @daddyblanco_[6] submitted the same images along with the caption "me spending money on my boo vs me spending money on me" (shown below, right). Within four days, the tweet gained over 211,400 likes and 85,200 retweets. The
![Food vs gas me spending $40 on food vs. me spending $40 on gas](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/359/075/b0a.jpg)
![Me spending money on my boo vs me spending money on me jonny blanco @daddyblanco me spending money on my boo vs mee spending money on me](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/359/034/005.jpg)
In the coming days, other Twitter users began posting the images along with jokes about money spending problems (shown below). On April 4th, The Daily Dot[7] published an article titled "SpongeBob has money problems in his latest popular meme."
![Gents at the club vs. paying child support Gents at the club vs paying child support.](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/359/079/309.jpg)
![$0 for a sweatshirt $40 for a sweatshirt at the mall vs. $40 for a sweatshirt at the merch table](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/359/080/a8c.jpg)
![If You Don't Love Me at My 卡 yalçis @alperenyalc if you don't love me at my then you don't deserve me at my](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/359/082/316.jpg)
Various Examples
![That's a Big To-Do List #InTune @Fourens Follow Me after doing 1 of the 1293982728293758 things on my to do list ネ](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/355/886/702.png)
![Socializing Demi-god @nabeeldenero Follow Me after socializing for more than 10mins](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/355/887/1a6.png)
![Warm Up IslandGyalTrish @Trish_bago Follow Me after just the warm up before practice](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/355/888/8d5.png)
![Prayer Is Hard God's Warrior @EarlBlackman Follow Me after praying for five minutes without looking at my phone...](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/355/889/c02.png)
![Eyelash drew @_mcdrevw Follow me after applying one eyelash:](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/355/890/6ff.png)
![Big Shave jardyn @sixelanydraj Followv me after shaving my legs, under arms, and kitty all in one shower.](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/355/891/936.png)
Search Interest
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External References
[1] Spongebob Wikia – Nature Pants
[3] Reddit – /r/MemeEconomy
[4] Daily Dot – Tired SpongeBob is the best way to complain about wearing yourself out
[5] Insider – There's a new Spongebob meme for everyone who's tired with the world
[6] Twitter – @daddyblanco_
[7] The Daily Dot – SpongeBob has money problems in his latest popular meme
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