SpongeBob SquarePants, the Nickelodeon cartoon created by Stephen Hillenburg, has used its upbeat closing theme since the show began in 1999. Online, creators began remixing familiar cartoon sounds at extreme volume, a style known as earrape, to make endings feel absurd and intentionally annoying. This version applies that treatment to the outro, turning a nostalgic tune into a meme punchline. It spread through short videos, compilations and edits, where a sudden blast of distorted music signals that the joke is over.