Savage Patrick

About

Savage Patrick (sometimes referred to as Evil Patrick or Angry Patrick) refers to a still image of Patrick Star from Spongebob Squarepants looking as though he's in the midst of a maniacally evil chuckle.

Origin

The still comes from the Season 1 episode of Spongebob Squarepants, "Nature Pants" (shown below at around 7:10), which aired September 11th, 1999.^[1]

The still began becoming a meme in late February of 2018. One of the earliest known posts to use the image was posted February 26th, 2018 by Twitter user @bvercetti__^[2] in a tweet that gained over 4,600 retweets and 18,000 likes.

Spread

Over the following several days, the image became popular on Twitter and Reddit, often paired with edgy captions. The same day of @bvercetti_'s tweet, Twitter user @2xfly^[3] tweeted the opposite variation, gaining over 2,700 retweets and 4,800 likes (shown below, left). Another popular Twitter post with the image was tweeted by @LIBGYal^[4] on the 28th, gaining over 58,000 retweets and 162,000 likes (shown below, right). On March 1st, the Twitter spread of the meme was covered by Dorkly.^[5]

After spreading on Twitter, the image began spreading through Reddit. A popular post on /r/dankmemes^[6] posted on March 1st gained over 21,000 upvotes (shown below, left). On March 2nd, a post to /r/blackpeopletwitter^[7] gained over 9,900 upvotes in 14 hours.

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