# You Like Krabby Patties, Don't You Squidward? A smug grin from SpongeBob SquarePants in the October 2001 episode "Just One Bite" turned into one of the show's most reused reaction images, aimed at anyone caught enjoying a secret pleasure[1]. By the early 2010s, the catchphrase was slapped on photos of Barack Obama, Miley Cyrus and Mitt Romney, with the Krabby Patty swapped for whatever the subject was supposedly hiding[2]. ## Origin The scene comes from SpongeBob SquarePants Season 3, Episode 3, "Just One Bite," which first aired on Nickelodeon in October 2001[3]. SpongeBob pressures Squidward into trying a Krabby Patty, Squidward publicly rejects it, then returns at night and breaks into a storage vault full of them, where SpongeBob finds him mid-binge and delivers the knowing line[1]. The clip of the vault discovery, hosted on YouTube, is the segment the still frame is lifted from[2]. The meme creator is not documented; early image macros in the 2010s circulated without clear attribution, and the frame itself is studio-animated by Nickelodeon rather than fan-made[1]. - **Platform:** Nickelodeon (source episode) / early 2010s image boards (viral spread) - **Creator:** Unknown - **Date:** 2001 ## Overview The reaction image shows SpongeBob with a wide, closed-mouth smile and lidded eyes, the exact face he makes after catching Squidward sneaking burgers from the Krusty Krab vault[1]. Posters crop the frame or pair it with the full line of dialogue, aiming it at anyone whose denial of liking something has started to crack[2]. As a snowclone, the sentence works as "You Like X, Don't You, Y?" with the Krabby Patty replaced by whatever secret the target is accused of enjoying, like an unpopular band or a political opponent[1]. The deeper exploitable version edits both SpongeBob and Squidward themselves, pasting other characters' faces over them so the smug grin belongs to a different accuser[1]. ## How It Spread Through the early 2010s, image boards and Tumblr users attached the catchphrase to smug-looking photos of public figures, with examples swapping Krabby Patties for whatever the subject was accused of secretly enjoying, including Barack Obama, Miley Cyrus and Mitt Romney[1]. Later reuse shifted toward the two-character exploitable, where editors replaced SpongeBob and Squidward with other cartoon or anime pairings so the vault reveal could be restaged for any fandom[2]. The Know Your Meme entry documents both the celebrity-face era and the character-swap edits as the two dominant formats the frame settled into[1]. ## How to Use A typical post pairs the SpongeBob grin frame with a caption that follows the "You Like X, Don't You, Y?" structure, aimed at a person whose protests about a show, food, politician or hobby no longer convince anyone[1]. Edited versions redraw or paste new characters over both SpongeBob and Squidward so the accusation comes from a different fandom entirely[1]. ## Frequently Asked Questions ### What is You Like Krabby Patties, Don't You Squidward? A reaction image and catchphrase from a 2001 SpongeBob SquarePants episode, in which SpongeBob catches Squidward secretly loving the burgers he claimed to hate[1]. ### Where did You Like Krabby Patties, Don't You Squidward? come from? The line is from Season 3, Episode 3 of SpongeBob SquarePants, "Just One Bite," which first aired on Nickelodeon in October 2001[3]. ### What does You Like Krabby Patties, Don't You Squidward? mean? It is used to accuse someone of secretly enjoying something they publicly deny liking, matching SpongeBob's smug grin when he catches Squidward in the vault[1]. ### How do you use You Like Krabby Patties, Don't You Squidward? People use the "You Like X, Don't You, Y?" snowclone, or edit SpongeBob and Squidward's faces to turn the vault reveal into a different fandom scene[2]. ### Is You Like Krabby Patties, Don't You Squidward? still popular? It is a classic SpongeBob reaction image that saw heavy use in the early 2010s on celebrity photos and later as a two-character exploitable[1]. ## References 1. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QsAqrU8reUQ]() 2. [https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/you-like-krabby-patties-dont-you-squidward]() 3. [https://spongebob.fandom.com/wiki/Just_One_Bite]() --- Source: https://meme.com/memes/you-like-krabby-patties-dont-you-squidward Published by meme.com — The Internet Meme Library