About
SpongeBob’s Hype Stand is a series 4-panel comics based off of edited screenshots from the children’s animated television show SpongeBob SquarePants. The screenshots are usually used to show some kind of hype for something, usually a video game.
Origin
The screenshots used in the comic are taken from two different episodes of SpongeBob; the leftmost two are taken from the episode Bubblestand, whereas the remaining two are taken from the episode Patty Hype.[1][2] The first known use of the comic was by Spanish-language Facebook humor page Jose-JP on July 26, 2014.[5]
Spread
The most popular edit of the comic, based on Nintendo’s Super Smash Bros. series, was posted to /r/funny on September 12, 2014, where it gained over 3,000 upvotes; this version of the comic is usually used to make further variants.[3] An edit of the comic was posted to the subreddit /r/spongebros on January 20, 2015, where it became the second most upvoted image on the subreddit.[4] The meme is also popular on the Spanish-speaking web.
Example Images
Search Interest
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References
[1]SpongeBob SquarePants Wikia – Bubblestand
[2]SpongeBob SquarePants Wikia – Patty Hype
[3]/r/funny – The new smash bros