# Patrick Chained Patrick Chained is an image macro that pairs a shot of a chained-up Patrick Star from SpongeBob SquarePants with the question 'What's An X Opinion That'll Get You Like This?' The format first picked up steam on an Elden Ring subreddit in May 2022 before blowing up on X in September 2023, when a single tweet by @ncunderscore2 kicked off a weekend of controversial-take dunks that spawned trans, wizarding, and gaming spin-offs. ## Origin The chained Patrick screencap had been floating around in meme form for years before the opinion-prompt caption locked in. A November 2019 /r/MemeEconomy post paired it with Mr. Krabs as the real culprit from the episode[9], and in June 2021 X user @s4m31p4n posted the same image with a looser suggestive caption[10]. A Tumblr post from 2022 recycled the image for a complaint about online morality[11]. The opinion-asking version was first documented on May 4, 2022 in a post by u/Elibenz936 on the Elden Ring subreddit asking what Elden Ring opinion would get the poster chained up like Patrick[1]. That thread pulled in close to 22,000 upvotes over the following year and a half[1]. A repost to /r/shitposting on November 2, 2022, which screenshotted a since-deleted /r/memes thread, pulled 9,500 upvotes and seeded fandom-specific spinoffs on other subreddits[3]. - **Platform:** Reddit (origin), X (viral spread) - **Creator:** Unknown (earliest opinion-prompt post by u/Elibenz936 on r/Eldenring) - **Date:** 2022 ## Overview The image at the center of Patrick Chained comes from a 2001 SpongeBob SquarePants episode where Patrick Star gets wrongfully blamed for upsetting a giant oyster and ends up tied in chains inside Oyster Stadium while a crowd pelts him with peanuts[6]. The screengrab turns that moment into a visual threat for the caption 'What's An X Opinion That'll Get You Like This?' Posters swap in a fandom, hobby, political topic, or community name and then volunteer a take spicy enough to earn Patrick's fate. The format rewards hot takes by baking the backlash into the setup. Admitting the opinion will piss people off reframes the replies as a kind of performance, which is why the template got picked up so hard by fandoms where arguing is already the main sport[1]. Early viral posts ranged from policy swings like calling for a Universal Basic Income[4] to lower-stakes brand jokes dunking on Apple[5], with fandom cuts covering wizarding fiction[7] and the trans community[8]. The one constant is the chained Patrick image doing all the emotional labor of saying 'yes, I know this is going to start a fight.' ## How to Use The template typically pairs the Patrick in chains screencap with the caption 'What's An [X] Opinion That'll Get You Like This?' where X is swapped for a fandom, political affiliation, hobby, or demographic. Common convention is to not share the actual controversial opinion in the image itself, instead inviting replies and quote-tweets to volunteer their takes under the implied threat of a peanut-throwing mob[2]. The format often reads best when the X is a tight-knit community already known for infighting. ## Frequently Asked Questions ### What is Patrick Chained? Patrick Chained is an image macro of Patrick Star tied up in SpongeBob's 'The Smoking Peanut' episode, usually captioned 'What's An X Opinion That'll Get You Like This?' as a prompt for controversial takes[12][6]. ### Where did Patrick Chained come from? The screencap is from a 2001 SpongeBob episode[6], but the opinion-prompt version first appeared in a May 4, 2022 /r/Eldenring post by u/Elibenz936[1]. ### What does Patrick Chained mean? The format signals that the poster knows their take will anger a specific community, with the chained Patrick image standing in for the backlash that would follow[2]. ### How do you use Patrick Chained? Swap in a fandom or topic for X in 'What's An X Opinion That'll Get You Like This?' and let replies supply the hot takes under the chained Patrick image[7][8]. ### Is Patrick Chained still popular? The format peaked in a viral weekend on X in mid-September 2023 and settled into a classic hot-take template used across fandom subreddits and X circles[2][12]. ## References 1. [https://www.reddit.com/r/Eldenring/comments/uif8a7/what_elden_ring_opinion_will_get_you_put_here/]() 2. [https://twitter.com/ncunderscore2/status/1702480309474980304]() 3. [https://www.reddit.com/r/shitposting/comments/ykfy3q/_/]() 4. [https://twitter.com/ImTheReasonWhy/status/1703232398979162463]() 5. [https://twitter.com/damnitoni/status/1703282116014825539]() 6. [https://spongebob.fandom.com/wiki/The_Smoking_Peanut]() 7. [https://twitter.com/itskindred/status/1703548648594817491]() 8. [https://twitter.com/GABAGOOLMODER/status/1703313557805298089]() 9. [https://www.reddit.com/r/MemeEconomy/comments/djzmls/you_can_blame_me_for_these_profits/]() 10. [https://twitter.com/s4m31p4n/status/1405265183929356288]() 11. [https://www.tumblr.com/irishironclad/695114933057323009/when-you-have-any-morals-whatsoever-online?source=share]() 12. [https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/patrick-chained-whats-an-x-opinion-thatll-get-you-like-this]() --- Source: https://meme.com/memes/patrick-chained-whats-an-x-opinion-thatll-get-you-like-this Published by meme.com — The Internet Meme Library