SpongeGar / Primitive Sponge / Caveman Spongebob

About

SpongeGar, Caveman Spongebob and Primitive Sponge are nicknames given to Spongebob Squarepants' prehistoric ancestors in the animated television series Spongebob Squarepants. A still image of the character Primate Sponge wearing an angry expression has been used as a reaction image on the /mu/ (music) board on 4chan and in a series of Black Twitter image macros.

Origin

On December 31st, 1999, a primitive version of Squarepants depicted with long canines and wearing a loincloth was introduced in the episode "SB-129,"^[6] in which the character Squidward Tentacles travels back in time to the pre-historic era (shown below).

Spread

On September 22nd, 2007, a page for SpongeGar was launched on the Spongepedia^[4] wiki. On February 28th, 2009, a page for SpongeGar was created on the Spongebob Wiki.^[1] On May 28th, a video of Primate Sponge titled "SpongeGar" in the style of the Squidward Fad was uploaded to YouTube (shown below, left). On July 9th, 2012, YouTuber Egypt84935582 uploaded a clip of the prehistoric character titled "Remembering SpongeGar," which gained over 110,000 views over the next four years.

On March 17th, 2015, the @SpongeBobGetsIt^[2] Twitter feed posted an image of SpongeGar juxtaposed with an image of an innocent-looking Spongebob Squarepants with the caption "When you're having sex vs. when you're meeting her parents" (shown below).

On May 16th, 2016, Redditor dickbandito submitted an image macro of SpongeGar in a grocery store accompanied by a caption describing rushing to Walgreens to buy condoms to /r/BlackPeopleTwitter,^[11] where it received upwards of 5,000 votes (89% upvoted) and 70 comments in the next two weeks (shown below, left). On May 23rd, Redditor Derpspecops uploaded a photoshopped image of SpongeGar in a bed with the caption "When you hear someone pull up while you're jerking off" (shown below, right). In 72 hours, the post gained over 3,600 votes (93% upvoted) and 50 comments on /r/BlackPeopleTwitter.^[3]

Various Examples

On 4chan

On 4chan's /mu/ board, an image of SpongeGar is often associated with the phrase "band has two drummers," with the earliest known use dating back to April 12, 2015.^[4] Additionally, the reaction image is often used on the board to express a general feeling of disgust toward a certain artist or genre of music.

Search Interest

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