Squidward Spare Meme Generator
Drag text anywhere on the Squidward Spare template, style every box its own way, drop in your own images, then download, copy, or share it.
Click a text box to edit it. Drag to move, corners resize, top handle rotates.
What is the Squidward Spare meme?
Squidward Spare shows Squidward at rock bottom, sitting inside a cardboard box in a littered alley, arm wrapped in bandages, holding out a dented tin cup with a pitiful, wide-eyed stare. His shirt is ragged and his face is smudged, the full cartoon picture of a down-and-out panhandler. As a meme the cup turns into a plea for whatever is scarce in your life: time off, a reply to your message, one approving review, a single working save file. The humor comes from treating something small and everyday as if you were begging on the street for it.
Origin: The frame comes from the SpongeBob SquarePants episode "Can You Spare a Dime?", in which Squidward leaves his job at the Krusty Krab and quickly ends up broke.
Also known as: Squidward Spare Change, Squidward Begging, Homeless Squidward.
How to use the Squidward Spare meme
Top box: the word "spare" or a short lead-in. Bottom box: the thing you are begging for, phrased as a question. The format reads like a sign held by someone asking passersby for help, so "spare / some ___?" is the classic shape.
Pick requests that feel desperate but tiny: an extension, a kind word in the code review, a free sample, a teammate who revives you. Exaggerating your neediness over something trivial is the whole bit, so stay deadpan and keep the bottom line short.
Squidward Spare meme ideas
- spare / some code review?
- spare / an extension on the essay?
- spare / one teammate who revives me?
- spare / a single reply to my text?
- spare / five more minutes of sleep?
- spare / a charger? 2% left
About the Squidward Spare meme template
The Squidward Spare template (squidward-spare) supports 2 lines of text. A classic example reads “spare / some code review?”.
Use it from the API
This meme is also just a URL. Replace the text in the path to generate your own image:
https://memegenscript.com/images/squidward-spare/spare/some_code_review~q.png
