About

Scared Squidward refers to a still image of the Spongebob Squarepants character Squidward Tentactles looking around with a scared look on his face. The image gained notice on Twitter due to its apparent forced nature and resemblance to SpongeGar.

Origin

On December 31st, 1999, the Spongebob Squarepants episode "SB-129" premiered in the United States. In the episode, Squidward uses a time machine that eventually malfunctions and sends him to a blank space. Squidward feels content with being alone at first, but soon begins to panic as he realizes he is unable to find a way out (shown below).

On June 18th, 2016, Twitter user @IceSeason101 posted the still with the title "Random Season 1 Spongebob screenshot. The internet is gonna make this into a terrible meme watch.", which gained over 300 retweets and 500 likes in one day. This post led to other Twitter users creating edits of the image.

Spread

On June 18th, 2016, Twitter user Squidward Talks posted an image of Scared Squidward along with a text bubble with the line "when you become a meme".^[1] The image has since gained over 30 retweets and 100 likes in one day. On June 18th, 2016, Twitter user Scared Shane posted an image of Scared Squidward ascending to heaven along with the text "When someone misspells Scared Squidward as "Sacred Squidward"". The image has since gained over 60 retweets and 150 likes in one day.^[2]

Various Examples

Search Interest

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External References

^[1] Twitter – when you become a meme

^[2] Twitter – When someone misspells Scared Squidward as Sacred Squidward