Stop It Patrick You're Scaring Him Meme Generator
Drag text anywhere on the Stop It Patrick You're Scaring Him 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 Stop It Patrick You're Scaring Him meme?
Stop It Patrick, You're Scaring Him is a six-panel strip from SpongeBob SquarePants. Squidward speaks to Patrick, Patrick answers with a blank face, Squidward then explains something to a nervous SpongeBob, SpongeBob worries, Patrick waves and makes a goofy noise, and in the final panel SpongeBob throws his arms up and panics. The original setup uses SpongeBob's claustrophobia and Patrick's nonsense definition of it. As a meme, the panels act out a fake explanation: someone admits a fear or a belief, a confident idiot defines it wrong, the explanation spreads, and a silly gesture is enough to send the most anxious person into a full-blown panic.
Origin: The scene is from the SpongeBob SquarePants episode in which the characters discuss SpongeBob being claustrophobic, and Patrick decides it means a fear of Santa Claus before shouting "ho ho ho" at him.
Also known as: Stop Patrick, SpongeBob Claustrophobic, Squidward Explains.
How to use the Stop It Patrick You're Scaring Him meme
There are six boxes, one per panel, read left to right in rows. Box 1: Squidward states the fact or confession. Box 2: Patrick asks what it means. Box 3: Squidward gives the wrong or exaggerated meaning. Box 4: someone corrects it ("no it doesn't"). Box 5: Patrick does the trigger, usually a word or sound in caps. Box 6: "Stop it, Patrick, you're scaring him!"
The classic version is a pun on a phobia or a word that sounds like something else. It also works for fandom takes, job jargon or school subjects, as long as panel 5 is a tiny thing that sets off the panic in panel 6.
Stop It Patrick You're Scaring Him meme ideas
- I have a fear of spreadsheets. / What are spreadsheets? / Lots of little boxes that judge you. / No, they just hold numbers. / =VLOOKUP( / Stop it, Patrick, you're scaring him!
- He's afraid of commitment. / What's commitment? / It's when you push to main. / That's not what it means. / git push --force / Stop it, Patrick, you're scaring him!
- I failed algebra. / What's algebra? / Math with letters. / That's not scary. / SOLVE FOR X / Stop it, Patrick, you're scaring him!
- He has a fear of long words. / What's it called? / Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia. / That's just cruel. / ANTIDISESTABLISHMENTARIANISM / Stop it, Patrick, you're scaring him!
- She plays ranked. / What's ranked? / Where you lose points. / You can also gain them. / LOSING STREAK / Stop it, Patrick, you're scaring her!
About the Stop It Patrick You're Scaring Him meme template
The Stop It Patrick You're Scaring Him template (stop) supports 6 lines of text. A classic example reads “I'm claustrophobic. / What does "claustrophobic" mean? / It means he's afraid of Santa Claus. / No, it doesn't. / HO-HO-HO / Stop it, Patrick, you're scaring him!”. Read about its origin on knowyourmeme.com.
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/stop/I'm_claustrophobic./What_does_''claustrophobic''_mean~q/It_means_he's_afraid_of_Santa_Claus./No,_it_doesn't./HO--HO--HO/Stop_it,_Patrick,_you're_scaring_him!.png
