About
DoodleBob is a character from the television show Spongebob Squarepants. He appeared and was the main antagonist in the 2002 episode, “Frankendoodle.”[2] He is characterized by his crude 2D animation and his inability to use language, instead expressing everything as something that sounds like “mihoymenoy.”
Origin
In “Frankendoodle,” Spongebob finds a magic pencil. Everything the pencil draws comes to life. He attempts to prank his neighbor, Squidward, by drawing a picture of himself. However, his doodle comes to life and begins to wreak havoc. Spongebob dubs this character “Doodlebob.”
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Meme Beginnings
Doodlebob remained an iconic Spongebob character, but didn’t begin to achieve meme status until February 8th, 2013, when an image macro of Doodlebob appeared on memegenerator. [1] People also began using his signature “mihoyminoy” cry as a way to punctuate their jokes, inserting it into videos.[3][4][5]
DoodleBob and the Magic Pencil
On April 3rd 2013, Youtube user Zetto Keero[6] uploaded a playthrough of him playing “DoodleBob and the Magic Pencil,” a video game made by TechnoSuperguy. The video has over 9,000,000 views as of July 28th, 2016. While the original release date of the game is unknown, it is still downloadable and playable via Gamejolt.[7]
Twitter Resurgence
On October 29th, 2014, Twitter user @kylethecindric[8] tweeted a play on the “When [rapper] said” tweet format by tweeting "When DoodleBob said, “ME HOYMINOYNOYMEMY OY!” with several reaction images (shown below). The tweet was later copied by joke aggregators like @FillWerrell,[9] @Rappersaid,[10] and others, where it spread widely.
A similar phenomenon happened when, on March 9th, 2016, @GRIFFERS[11] tweeted “he was a skater boy/he said me hoy minoy” and was copied by @chanelpuke,[12] @FillWerrell again,[13] and others.
On June 13th, 2016, many content aggregators on Twitter[15][16][17] began posting an image of two streets named “Hoyne” and “LeMoyne” with the caption “When Doodlebob starts naming streets.”
Vine and Instagram
On February 7th, 2016, Vine user Alexei Avila uploaded the below Vine, which has over 4,000 likes and 2700 Revines.
On Instagram, variations on the breath in Boi meme featuring Doodlebob began appearing under the #doodlebob hashtag.[14]
Notable Examples
Search Interest
External References
[1]memegenerator – doodle bob
[2]Spongebob Wikia – Frankendoodle
[3]Youtube – Youngthug doodle bob vine
[4]Youtube – Thrift Shop Featuring: Doodlebob
[5]Youtube – Here’s Doodlebob
[6]Youtube – DoodleBob and the Magic Pencil playthrough
[7]Gamejolt – DoodleBob and the Magic Pencil
[8]Twitter – @Kylethecindric
[9]Twitter – @FillWerrell
[10]Twitter – @rappersaid
[12]Twitter – @chanelpuke
[13]Twitter – @FillWerrell
[14]Instagram – #doodlebob
[16]Twitter – @CommonWhiteGirl