![You Better Watch Your Mouth You Better Watch Your Mouth](https://i.kym-cdn.com/entries/icons/mobile/000/028/641/sonebob.jpg)
You Better Watch Your Mouth
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About
You Better Watch Your Mouth refers to a series of reaction image macros using a screenshot from the American animated televisions series SpongeBob SquarePants. The image has been used to express intense disagreement.
Origin
On August 21st, 1999, the episode "Mermaidman and Barnacleboy" of SpongeBob SquarePants aired in the United States.[1] In the episode, SpongeBob meets two television superheroes in the Shady Shoals Rest Home, a retirement community (clip below). After events intensify, the Shady Shoals caretaker enters the scene and yells "What is going on here?"[2]
Spread
On February 11th, 2017, Twitter[3] user @narbiesworld tweeted a distorted image of the scene with the caption "Me: white ppl r annoying *white person barges into the room*: BUT IF I CALLED U A FILTHY OSAMA LOVING TERRORIST TOWEL HEAD RAT I'D BE RACIST." The tweet received more than 2,500 retweets and 5,000 likes in two years (shown below, left).
Several months later, Twitter[4] user @cavemanreacts tweeted the image with the caption "When you've gathered all ya facts and now ya ready to argue." Within two years, the tweet received more than 1,600 retweets and 3,800 likes (shown below, center).
On August 25th, 2018, Redditor [5] Fantamuse96 posted a two-panel version of the image referencing Stefan Karl. The post received more than 56,000 (92% upvoted) in less than one year (shown below, right).
![Me: white ppl r annoying *white person barges into the room*: BUT IF I CALLED U A FILTHY OSAMA LOVING TERRORIST TOWEL HEAD RA](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/462/647/86d.png)
![When you've gathered all ya facts and now ya ready to argue When you've gathered all ya facts and now ya ready to argue 2:19 PM- 6 Jun 2017](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/462/649/390.png)
![People still making stefan karl memes People still making Stefan Karl memes and not moving on The creator of Spongebob Squarepants is dying of ALS and no one is giving support](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/462/651/5c4.jpg)
On February 13th, 2019, Redditor[6] Mustard-on-the-road posted a three-panel version, adding the caption "You Better Watch Your Mouth" to the image of the caretaker. The post received more than 26,000 points (96% upvoted) and 85 comments in six days (shown below).
![The meme you sent was beach "You're ugly" "You don't have any friends" "The meme you sent was s---" YOU BETTER WATCH YOUR MOUTH](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/462/656/79a.jpg)
Various Examples
![ALS With the recent passing of Stefan Karl, it's gotten some attention here that Stephen Hillenberg, creator of Spongebob Squarepants, has ALS. Let us know if you'd support the idea of a general fundraiser in the comments, but in the meantime here is the donate link to the ALS Association. ALS 889 Ñ„ T Share r/BikiniBottomTwitter 979,326 subscribers 3](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/462/654/4d4.jpg)
![Big Chungus Sucked Big Chungus sucked Shaggy sucked Stefan Karl Stefansson sucke- YOU BETTER WATCH YOUR MOUTH](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/462/658/380.jpg)
![I'm glad Constantinople fell "You're ugly" "You don't have any friends" "lI'm glad Constantinople fell" YOU BETTER WATCH YOUR MOUTH](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/462/659/841.jpg)
![Ewan McGreggor was a s--- obi wan "You're ugly" "You don't have any friends" EWAN MCGREGORS WAS A S--- OBI WAN YOU BETTER WATCH YOUR MOUTH imgflip.com](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/462/660/de0.jpg)
![Jar Jar Isn't a Sith Lord "You're ugly "You don't have any friends" "Jar Jar isn't a Sith Lord" YOU BETTER WATCH YOUR MOUTH](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/462/661/c40.jpg)
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Search Interest
External References
[1] Fandom – Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy
[2] Fandom – Shady Shoals Caretaker
[3] Twitter – @narbiesworld's Tweet
[4] Twitter – @CavemanReacts's Tweet
[5] Reddit – What is going on in here!?
[6] Reddit – No one can insult me like that
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Top Comments
Chankmaster
Feb 19, 2019 at 05:28PM EST
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