About
When You Wake Up From a Nap, also known as Confused Mr. Krabs refers to a reaction image of Mr. Krabs of Spongebob Squarepants looking confused and scared as the world around him spins. The image is popular as a companion to jokes that indicate the poster is confused.
Origin
While the exact origin of the image is unknown, it appears to be a manipulated screenshot from the Spongebob Squarepants episode “Patty Hype,” in which Mr. Krabs is surrounded by a mob of angry residents. As of March, 2016, there is no true clip of this episode available online; what is featured below is an amateur voiceover. (Caution: strong language.)
On January 31st, 2016, Twitter user isthatahmed tweeted the manipulated image accompanied by “When you just wake up from a nap and your parents already yelling at you”; as of March 9th, 2016, the tweet received 6,352 retweets and 7,370 likes.[2]
Spread
On February 2nd, the popular Twitter content aggregator WORlDSTARHIPHOP,[3] which imitates the web site WorldStarHipHop and collects tweets that it retweets as its own, recreated the isthatahmed tweet, and received over 1,600 retweets and 2,700 likes. Soon after, several other notable Twitter accounts posted the images with different jokes; for instance, on February 3rd, the account freddyamazin posted a version of the meme that received over 2,600 retweets and 6,200 likes (below left).[4] Screenshots of mutations on this theme remained popular well into March, when posts on the /r/blackpeopletwitter subreddit with the image became common; several popular examples earned well over 1000 points. The most popular, by user justgoblaze, earned 3,969 points (90% upvoted) in less than 24 hours after its initial posting (below right).
Various Examples
Search Interest
External References
[1]Spongebob Wikia – Patty Hype
[2]Twitter – isthatahmed’s tweet
[3]Twitter – WORlDSTARHIPHOP’S tweet
[4]Twitter – Freddymazin’s tweet
[5]/r/blackpeopletwitter – These hoes aint loyal