Would this push even have worked had it not been for the ever-loving support that fans put into the show’s memes? After all, why would a multibillion-dollar organization care about a kids cartoon? Yet somehow, the Goofy Goobers pulled it off, and our favorite sponge made an appearance at Super Bowl LIII. Many were doubtful that the campaign would even work. The support grew so strong that when creator Stephen Hillenburg tragically passed away in 2018, fans campaigned to have one of the show’s most famous moments - the performance of “Sweet Victory” - to be played at the Super Bowl in Hillenburg’s memory.
So many different meme templates have emerged from just this one show, such as the “ight imma head out,” “imagination” and the surprised Patrick meme. Like all viral content, however, memes come and go and are always evolving.Ĭuriously, “SpongeBob SquarePants” seems to break the trend of only being popular for a certain amount of time, as the show’s memes have been consistently accepted for years. Some popular memes that have appeared in the past year include Baby Yoda, Bernie Sanders and - most recently - jokes about Among Us reflecting the sudden popularity of the mobile game. With the passing of time, however, new memes emerged and replaced older ones.
The memorable Rickrolling meme also went viral for the pleasure it brought from pranking others. These memes became well-known for their simple-to-use and understand templates. It started with simple, original memes such as the Troll face, the Success Kid and Bad Luck Brian. Meme culture has evolved in many ways since the rise of social media platforms.