SpongeBob SquarePants is a long-running Nickelodeon animated series built around its cheerful yellow sea sponge and his exaggerated reactions to everyday disasters. Short scream clips from the show have circulated for years on soundboards, meme pages and short-form video, where the voice alone is enough to signal panic without any context. The clip sits alongside other SpongeBob meme sounds such as the SpongeBob sad song and the fish shouting My leg, which editors reuse for the same kind of comic overreaction.