He's Pulling the Pregnancy Card This Early?

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Part of a series on absolutenutcase162's SpongeBob Comics. [View Related Entries]

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He's Pulling the Pregnancy Card This Early? is a redraw meme based on an absolutenutcase162 SpongeBob comic in which SpongeBob SquarePants screams, "I'm going into labor," to two people he has just met after being told by Squidward and Patrick to "keep it light" when meeting new people, resulting in Squidward exclaiming, "He's pulling the pregnancy card!" The comic was posted to Instagram in January 2024 and became the subject of memes, redraws and photoshops over the following months, which often replace the characters.

Origin

On January 21st, 2024, Instagram^[1] user absolutenutcase162 posted a three-panel SpongeBob comic about Patrick and Squidward teaching SpongeBob how to talk to new people.

In the comic, Patrick says, "When meeting new people remember to keep it light and casual. Use our conversation starters if you get in trouble," and SpongeBob replies, "Light and casual. Got it." In the second panel, SpongeBob screams at a couple in a car, "I'm going into labor!" In the third panel, Squidward yells, "He's pulling the pregnancy card this early?" Patrick, looking through binoculars, replies, "If he u-turns the topic back to cardboard manufacturing we might clutch this." The post gained over 40,600 likes in eight months.

On January 22nd, 2024, the comic was reposted by iFunny^[2] user Rubick, garnering over 14,000 smiles in eight months. On February 5th, X^[3] / Twitter user @spaghettioz3 posted the earliest known redraw of the comic, garnering around 55 likes in the same span of time.

Spread

The comic continued to spread throughout 2024, inspiring further redraws. On February 6th, 2024, X^[4] user @Charred_Ashes posted a redraw of the comic referencing Undertale Yellow, garnering over 2,000 likes in seven months.

On February 12th, X^[5] user @DailyNijika posted a Bocchi The Rock edit that gained over 1,100 likes in the same span of time.

On March 23rd, Tumblr^[6] user ye-olde-rd posted a Kirby redraw that gained over 700 notes in six months. On March 26th, a Dungeon Meshi redraw was posted to the subreddit /r/DungeonMeshi^[7] that gained over 360 upvotes in the same span of time.

On April 16th, 2024, X^[8] user @Georgelolwut posted an Undertale meme referencing the comic, garnering over12,000 likes in five months. On April 17th, X^[9] user @Artsyrean quote reposted the meme with a redraw of the original comic, garnering over 18,000 likes in the same span of time.

On May 16th, X^[10] user @Goop_Goblin posted a redraw of the comic referencing Smiling Friends season 2, episode 2, garnering over 25,000 likes in four months. On June 17th, Tumblr^[11] user hoodiemanic posted another Dungeon Meshi version that gained over 17,000 notes in three months.

On September 10th, X^[12] user @RealYouTubeKids posted an edit of the original meme in which the captions are altered to reference Donald Trump saying, "They're eating the dogs," during the September 2024 Presidential Debate, garnering over 152,000 likes in two days.

On September 11th, 2024, X^[13] user @MEdwardsVA posted a voiced-over version of the meme, garnering over 69,000 likes in a day.