It’s been a while, but now that Game of Thrones has ended, SpongeBob SquarePants has returned to Twitter to reclaim his place as king of all memes.
The newest SpongeBob meme shows Mr. SquarePants traveling the globe and arriving at exotic destinations dressed in traditional (or more accurately cliche) versions the local garb. To add to the effect some people add stereotypical music from each culture, giving the whole thing a “clueless American tourist” vibe.
https://twitter.com/qhantomthread/status/1134863180130185216
The meme seems to have started on May 31 when Twitter user @DlXlENORMOUS posted an image of a French SpongeBob in front of the Eiffel Tower along with the caption “#NewProfilePic”
https://twitter.com/DlXlENORMOUS/status/1134649449769312257
Soon other people began creating their own versions.
https://twitter.com/afadisborn/status/1135076946432315392
https://twitter.com/deaddilf69/status/1135209287532331008
https://twitter.com/afadisborn/status/1135096937307185153
https://twitter.com/heyitzkennedi/status/1135232190722301958
https://twitter.com/_anna_ou/status/1135247064789504000
https://twitter.com/afadisborn/status/1135118503659286528
https://twitter.com/abhorrentansel/status/1135127290080321537
A lot of people used the opportunity to mock cultural appropriation.
https://twitter.com/hoegenic/status/1135209555594534915
https://twitter.com/CellyClarkson/status/1135193170923405312
how y’all act after taking one sociology class https://t.co/sDBcoouz9V
— ᶜᵒⁿˢᵗᵃⁿᵗⁱⁿᵉ (@greenIight) June 2, 2019
https://twitter.com/ohfIux/status/1135335616223305733
But don’t worry. Game of Thrones memes aren’t dead just yet. One of the funniest versions of the meme shows Ayra Stark discovering what’s “west of Westeros”.
https://twitter.com/valarsmorghuIis/status/1135240120532004864
And, of course, it wasn’t long before things started getting weird.
no one:
— ☻ (@chrsdle) June 3, 2019
spongebob meme:
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https://twitter.com/sistxr_/status/1135248630812696577
Turns out it’s a SpongeBob world after all.
https://twitter.com/afadisborn/status/1135259991135248386
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