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Tumbleweed Keanu Reeves refers to American actor Keanu Reeve's character, Sage, in The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge on the Run. The character, which comprises of Keanu Reeve's head in a tumbleweed, was introduced in the movies trailer in November 2019 and became a topic of commentary on Twitter and Reddit.

Origin

On November 14th, 2019, THE SPONGEBOB MOVIE: Sponge on the Run official trailer was released and gained over 703,700 views on YouTube in a day.

On November 14th, Redditor MerleAmbrose posted the news that "it's official Keanu exists in the spongebob universe" with an image of Keanu Reeve's head in a tumbleweed to r/BikiniBottomTwitter^[1] (shown below). The post accumulated over 1,100 points (95% upvoted) in a day.

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On November 14th, 2019, Twitter user @TheGamesCage garnered over 41,700 likes and 10,800 retweets for tweeting a clip of the movie featuring Reeves (show below). Twitter users continued to tweet their reactions to the trailer that day.

That day, Redditor yashsanil08 posted a everyone liked that image to r/pewdiepiesubmissions^[2] and received over 6,000 points (96% upvoted) in a day (shown below, left). Redditor Umber0010 used a screenshot of the trailer in an object-labeling meme about the new kid in school and posted it to r/memeeconomy^[3] (shown below, right). The post garnered over 20,300 points (93% upvoted) in a day.

On November 14th, Redditors began using Reeve's line "pretty sure it doesn't" in image posts. Redditor DemonicLemon02 uploaded an example of this to r/dankmemes^[4] and received over 31,200 points (95% upvoted) in a day. 31.2k The next day, Reddiotr Beng0226 posted a image using the trailer to compare it to the Bible's story of Moses and the burning bush (show below, right). The post to r/dankmemes^[5] garnered over 9,500 points (97% upvoted) in a day.

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