# Squidward Fad Squidward Fad, also known as Gentle Breeze, is a style of video edit that syncs distorted SpongeBob imagery to a soothing track from Trauma Center: Under the Knife 2. It kicked off in 2008 with a now-lost YouTube clip by ChristopherCooler and became one of the defining audio-driven visual gags of late-2000s YouTube. ## Origin Trauma Center: Under the Knife 2 shipped in the United States on July 1st, 2008, and its soundtrack included Gentle Breeze (やさしい風) by composers Manabu Namiki and Noriyuki Kamikura[1]. Somewhere between that release and September 22nd, 2008, YouTuber ChristopherCooler uploaded a ten-second edit of Squidward and Mr. Krabs distorting to the track. The original upload is gone, but reuploads by McNibbler[2] and OfficialOverwatch[3] preserved the clip that started the fad. - **Platform:** YouTube - **Creator:** ChristopherCooler - **Date:** 2008 ## Overview Squidward Fad, also called Gentle Breeze, is a video edit format where a still image, most often Squidward and Mr. Krabs from SpongeBob SquarePants, gets flipped, mirrored, color-inverted and warped in time with the calm Gentle Breeze track from Trauma Center: Under the Knife 2[1]. The joke works because the audio is genuinely serene, so the escalating visual chaos plays like a straight face cracking apart[3]. Most edits run about ten seconds and stick close to the same beat map, with the picture jerking on downbeats and morphing during sustained notes[2]. Popular subject swaps include Handsome Squidward, Moar Krabs and other SpongeBob reaction faces, which tied the fad tightly to the YouTube Poop scene of the era[4]. ## How It Spread On September 1st, 2008, YouTube user skwidward23 posted a Handsome Squidward version that pulled past 600,000 views[4]. Around the same time, YouTube Poop maker Kortez3000 (SantaWithTeeth) put out a Moar Krabs edit; the original is lost, but a February 19th, 2009 reupload by biccyboy crossed 292,600 views[5]. The format kept rolling through 2009 with edits like New023's November 16th, 2008 upload that reached 206,400 views[6] and PooPTuBeNooB's April 10th, 2009 version at over 385,900 views[7]. During the mid-2010s, YouTube user Link Boy built a running playlist that eventually collected more than 530 Squidward Fad videos[8]. The fad still popped up outside YouTube years later. On April 7th, 2020, Twitter user @conkface posted a YandereDev take that pulled 267,000 views, 9,000 retweets and 35,500 likes inside four months[9], with a follow-up on August 5th, 2020, adding another 147,000 views in a week[8]. ## How to Use A typical Squidward Fad edit takes one still SpongeBob frame and loops Gentle Breeze underneath, with cuts, mirrors, hue shifts and stretches landing on each note. Creators often pick a face already known from YouTube Poop, such as Handsome Squidward or Moar Krabs, and let the calm music do the comedic heavy lifting. ## Frequently Asked Questions ### What is Squidward Fad? It is a video edit style where a SpongeBob still image gets warped, mirrored and color-shifted to the Gentle Breeze song from Trauma Center: Under the Knife 2[2]. ### Where did Squidward Fad come from? YouTuber ChristopherCooler posted the first known edit before September 22nd, 2008, using an image of Squidward and Mr. Krabs[3]. ### What does Squidward Fad mean? The name refers to the late-2000s YouTube trend of syncing distorted SpongeBob edits to Gentle Breeze, sometimes just called the Gentle Breeze fad[1]. ### How do you use Squidward Fad? Pick a SpongeBob still, often Handsome Squidward or Moar Krabs, and cut the image's flips, warps and color inversions to the beat of Gentle Breeze[4]. ### Is Squidward Fad still popular? It became a YouTube classic rather than a current trend, though scattered edits still surfaced on Twitter as late as 2020[9]. ## References 1. [https://traumacentergame.fandom.com/wiki/Trauma_Center:_Under_the_Knife_2/Soundtrack]() 2. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xxJctlV7lI4]() 3. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5O9TIlK3QwA]() 4. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nLVRXy-vyYQ]() 5. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kg70JCmcqJQ]() 6. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g2v63ObGMTM]() 7. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YbRMfZm4oF4]() 8. [https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/squidward-fad]() 9. [https://x.com/i/status/1247655590618423296]() --- Source: https://meme.com/memes/squidward-fad Published by meme.com — The Internet Meme Library