No, This Is Patrick — Screenshot of a 2006 4chan thread using the Patrick phone screencap in reply to 'Is this /b/?'.

No, This Is Patrick

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Published September 9, 2026

"No, This Is Patrick" is a catchphrase from a 2000 SpongeBob SquarePants episode where Patrick Star answers a Krusty Krab phone call with a spectacularly wrong reply. The line escaped the show in the mid-2000s through 4chan and YouTube mashups, and became one of the most reliable image macros for absurd non-sequitur replies online.

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Overview

"No, This Is Patrick" is a quote from Patrick Star answering the Krusty Krab phone with the wrong name, then repeatedly failing to grasp that a caller is asking for the restaurant2. The scene works as a reaction because Patrick's confidence never wavers, which is the exact energy people want when replying to a question with a completely unrelated answer1.

Online, the format usually shows up as a screencap of Patrick holding the receiver with the caption "No, this is Patrick" pasted underneath, used as a reply to any question of the form "is this X?"3. A common newer variant pairs it with the "is this loss?" meme, where "No, this is Patrick" functions as the standard shutdown reply4. Video remixes lean on the same joke, splicing the audio into unrelated scenes so Patrick answers questions he was never asked5.

Origin & Background

Platform
SpongeBob SquarePants (source) / 4chan (viral spread)
Creator
Stephen Hillenburg
Date
2000

The line comes from SpongeBob SquarePants Season 2, Episode 23 ("Big Pink Loser"), which first aired on November 16th, 20001. In the scene, Patrick has just been hired at the Krusty Krab and answers the phone with "No, this is Patrick" when the caller asks if they've reached the restaurant, then keeps repeating variations of the same wrong answer2.

The quote moved from show reference to internet meme on November 4th, 2006, when a poster on 4chan's /b/ (random) board asked "Is this /b/?" and another user replied with a screencap of Patrick captioned "No, this is Patrick"3. That reply pattern became the template every later version used.

How It Spread

YouTube mashups pushed the audio far beyond 4chan. On May 19th, 2007, uploader ItamiBukoto posted a remix cutting the Patrick phone gag into the "This is Sparta!" scene from the film 300, which pulled in over 3.67 million views over the following years5. On March 9th, 2008, YouTuber Born Reddi uploaded a similar 300 mashup that gathered more than 790,000 views6.

The format kept getting recycled through the 2010s as SpongeBob screencaps became one of the biggest reaction image libraries on the internet, and "No, this is Patrick" stayed the default reply to any "is this X?" bait question3. Urban Dictionary entries from later years list it specifically as the canonical comeback to the "is this loss?" comment bait that shows up under webcomics4.

How to Use This Meme

Typical use is as a reply image to a question phrased "is this [thing]?" The image of Patrick holding the Krusty Krab phone gets posted with no extra caption, or with the quote pasted on top. The joke lands hardest when the original question is earnest or when the reply is completely off-topic, since Patrick's version of confusion is confident rather than apologetic.

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