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About
Spongebob History Memes is a series of images that feature scenes from various Spongebob episodes with captions added relating the information with actual historical or war related images. Some images would be given a caption colorized if the situation is set during the 1800’s or 1950’s.
Origin
In early August 2016, an image got submitted to the subreddit r/Bikinibottomtwitter by user JRA50 that shows Spongebob and Sandy with the image comparing it to an event during World War 1.
This image started gaining attention on the subreddit and it later inspired other users to take screenshots from various Spongebob episodes and adding a caption (sometimes in black and white) that is set in a historical event featuring Spongebob & Friends.
Spread
A few days later on the same subreddit, user Tr0nJ0n submitted another image that features Spongebob with text about Pearl harbor. This image got the most attention from users with a total of 12 comments. These images would also start spreading on Twitter the in early August 2016. Later images also featured Filthy Frank which had also become popular in social media.
Various Examples
External References
[1]r/BikiniBottomTwitter – The Horrors of War
[2]r/Idubbbz – U.S Soldier attempts to escape from a NVA torture camp through a underground tunnel in 1969.
[3]r/BikiniBottomTwitter – Our brave soldiers
[4]r/BikiniBottomTwitter – Flashbacks to Iwo Jima
[5]r/BikiniBottomTwitter – Mr. Gorbachev – tear down this wall!
[6]r/BikiniBottomTwitter – Thank you for your service