Hey!!! This MF Got Them Fake J's

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

About

Hey!!! This MF Got Them Fake J's refers to a series of voiceovers and redraws of a SpongeBob SquarePants image macro captioned "HEY!!! THIS MF GOT THEM FAKE J'S" (in reference to the slang term for Jordan brand shoes) and Squidward running away, saying "I gotta get outta here." The original meme was created by Instagram user @absolutenutcase162 in May 2022. From mid-2022 to mid-2023, redraws, voiceovers and animations, spread across social media platforms like X and YouTube, among others. The meme is ultimately similar to the Your Jordans Are Fake As Fuck meme.

Origin

On May 24th, 2022, Instagram^[1] user @absolutenutcase162 posted a two-panel comic showing SpongeBob running, saying in Impact font "HEY!!! THIS MF GOT THEM FAKE J'S." Squidward is shown wearing Jordans and running away. The post gained roughly 1,500 likes in one year (shown below).

Spread

On June 26th, 2022, X^[8] user @jellyaibo exploited the original comic, redrawing it by inserting the characters Backpack and Airy from ONE into it, gaining roughly 1,100 likes in one year (shown below, left). On July 13th, 2022, X^[9] user @vgccorner posted a Pokémon redraw, gaining over 250 likes in one year (shown below, right).

Also on July 13th, 2022, X^[2] user @cooldisks101 posted a video in which he voiced various SpongeBob memes such as Sandwiches at a Cheap Price!? Satisfactory and We Have Come For Your Nectar, additionally including a voiceover of Hey!!! This MF Got Them Fake J's. The post gained roughly 2,900 likes in one year. Then, on July 28th, YouTuber^[3] ZestyZeek reuploaded @cooldisks101's voiceover, gaining roughly 1.1 million views and 71,000 likes in a year (shown below).

On August 2nd, 2022, YouTuber^[4] Lil' Cheeze Studio uploaded a 3D-animated version of the scene, receiving over 457,000 views and 28,000 likes in one year (shown below, left). Soon after, on September 30th, 2022, YouTuber^[5] Slick Goku posted a newly voiced 3D-animated Dragon Ball version where Goku, in his Mastered Ultra Instinct form, chases Moro. The video received over 361,000 views and 15,700 likes in 11 months (shown below, right).

On January 15th, 2023, X^[2] user @cooldisks101 uploaded his full-length video to YouTube^[6] on his channel MarcusShawVA, receiving over 33,000 views and 3,000 likes in seven months. On August 12th, 2023, YouTuber^[7] AnonymousMike uploaded an animated version of the scene with exaggerated expressions. The video received over 4.8 million views and 271,000 likes in two weeks. By November 11th, it had received over 7.1 million views and 320,000 likes, but was deleted by AnonymousMike due to the cursing causing monetization issues. A censored version was uploaded that same day (shown below).

During the same timeframe, from early to mid-2023, redraws of the original meme continued to surface on Reddit^[10] and X.^[11] Original iterations and reposts of the videos also surfaced on TikTok^[12] in 2023.