King Neptune vs. SpongeBob SquarePants

About

King Neptune vs. SpongeBob SquarePants is an image macro series featuring two screenshots from an episode of the American animated television series SpongeBob SquarePants. The images inspired a series of object labeling memes expressing the opinion that quality is more important than quantity.

Origin

On April 1st, 2000, Nickelodeon aired the episode "Neptune's Spatula" in the United States. In the episode, the characters SpongeBob and King Neptune participate in a cooking competition. Neptune cooks dozens of poor-quality burgers, while SpongeBob makes one perfect Krabby Patty.^[1]

On February 4th, 2019, Redditor ^[2] Galaxithea posted an object-labeling meme about the NFL halftime show. The post received more than 87,000 points (92% upvoted) and 650 comments in a little over one year (shown below).

On April 1st, 2019, the SpongeBob SquarePants Facebook published a clip from the episode. The post received more than 446,000 reactions, 40,000 shares and 10,000 comments in a little over one year (shown below).

Spread

Later that year, variations of the meme continued to spread on Reddit. On August 1st, Redditor^[3] AdamyBoy shared a variation about sibling rivalry. The post recieved more than 63,000 points (96% upvoted) and 495 comments in less than one year (shown below, left).

On August 22nd, Redditor^[4] MadocAbOwain published a version about the Austro-Prussian War. Within one year, the post received more than 42,000 points (97% upvoted) and 165 comments (shown below, center).

The following year, the meme continued to spread. On April 12th, 2020, Redditor^[5] Gage62 shared a variation that received more than 14,000 points (96% upvoted) and 120 comments in less than one week (shown below, right).

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