About
Smitty Werbenjagermanjensen is a background character from the animated comedy series Spongebob Squarepants, known for wearing a soda drinking cap with a “#1” written on it. During the years, the character gained some following, being related with the catchphrase “He was number one”
Origin
Smitty’s first appereance in the show was on the episode One Krabs Trash, the 5th of the third season and 46th overall, premiered on February 22nd, 2002.[2] In the episode, Mr.Krab sells Spongebob a soda drinking cap without knowing it’s extremelly valuable, so he decides to recover it by telling Spongebob the hat is cursed and it must be returned to it’s original owner, making up a name for him. But his plans backfires when turns out to be a dead person with that name, so he have to get back the cap from the grave Spongebob buried it.
Spread
On February 21st, 2010, a Yahoo Answers user asked who was Smitty Werbenjagermanjensen, getting two replies.[4] On April 7th, 2011, youtuber DorbyBorby uploaded a scene from the episode where Spongebob tells Mr.Krab he buried the cap, and cries “He was the number one!”. As March 18th, 2015 the video has arround 600,000 views.
On May 20th 2013, a Facebook page named “Smitty Werbenjagermanjensen – He was #1” was created, having 800,000 likes as March 18th, 2015.[5] On Tumblr, Smitty related material can be found by the tags “he was number one”[1] and “smitty werbenjagermanjensen”.[2]
Various Examples
Search Interest
External Links
[1]Tumblr – Tagged he was number one
[2]Spongebob Squarepants Wiki – One Krabs Trash
[3]Tumblr – Tagged smitty werbenjagermanjensen
[4]Yahoo Answers – Who is Smitty Werbenjagermanjensen?
[5]Facebook – Smitty Werbenjagermanjensen – He was #1