# No, This Is Patrick "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. ## Origin The line comes from SpongeBob SquarePants Season 2, Episode 23 ("Big Pink Loser"), which first aired on November 16th, 2000[1]. 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 answer[2]. 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. - **Platform:** SpongeBob SquarePants (source) / 4chan (viral spread) - **Creator:** Stephen Hillenburg (SpongeBob SquarePants) - **Date:** 2000 ## 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 restaurant[2]. 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 answer[1]. 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 reply[4]. Video remixes lean on the same joke, splicing the audio into unrelated scenes so Patrick answers questions he was never asked[5]. ## 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 years[5]. On March 9th, 2008, YouTuber Born Reddi uploaded a similar 300 mashup that gathered more than 790,000 views[6]. 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 question[3]. Urban Dictionary entries from later years list it specifically as the canonical comeback to the "is this loss?" comment bait that shows up under webcomics[4]. ## How to Use 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. ## Frequently Asked Questions ### What is No, This Is Patrick? It's a catchphrase and reaction image from SpongeBob SquarePants where Patrick Star answers the Krusty Krab phone by mistakenly identifying himself instead of the restaurant[2]. ### Where did No, This Is Patrick come from? The line is from SpongeBob SquarePants Season 2 Episode 23, "Big Pink Loser," which aired on November 16th, 2000[1]. ### What does No, This Is Patrick mean? Online it's used as a deliberately wrong reply to any "is this X?" question, riffing on Patrick's confident misunderstanding in the original scene[3]. ### How do you use No, This Is Patrick? People typically post the screencap of Patrick on the Krusty Krab phone as a reply whenever someone asks "is this [thing]?", including as the standard shutdown to "is this loss?" comments[4]. ### Is No, This Is Patrick still popular? It's a classic SpongeBob reaction that still circulates as a stock reply image, kept alive by the wider SpongeBob screencap meme library[3]. ## References 1. [https://spongebob.fandom.com/wiki/Big_Pink_Loser]() 2. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YSzOXtXm8p0]() 3. [https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/no-this-is-patrick]() 4. [https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=No%20This%20Is%20Patrick]() 5. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uny_cIRMVyA]() 6. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lPoVuyWaKhg]() --- Source: https://meme.com/memes/no-this-is-patrick Published by meme.com — The Internet Meme Library