--- title: See the Best 'Ight Imma Head Out' Spongebob Memes description: Explaining the Ight Imma Head Out Spongebob memes that have become the internet's favorite new exit strategy. canonical: https://time.com/5668447/spongebob-ight-imma-head-out-memes/ author: Ashley Hoffman article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2019-09-04T14:56:24.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T08:00:08.852Z og:title: SpongeBob Shows How to Nail an Exit Strategy With These Mega-Viral 'Ight Imma Head Out' Memes og:description: Sometimes you just gotta go immediately og:url: https://time.com/5668447/spongebob-ight-imma-head-out-memes/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: SpongeBob Shows How to Nail an Exit Strategy With These Mega-Viral 'Ight Imma Head Out' Memes twitter:description: Sometimes you just gotta go immediately twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # SpongeBob Shows How to Nail an Exit Strategy With These Mega-Viral 'Ight Imma Head Out' Memes by [Ashley Hoffman](https://time.com/author/ashley-hoffman/) ## Ashley Hoffman Sep 4, 2019 2:56 PM UTC by [Ashley Hoffman](https://time.com/author/ashley-hoffman/) ## Ashley Hoffman Sep 4, 2019 2:56 PM UTC [SpongeBob memes](https://time.com/5661634/memes-summer-2019/) rarely disappoint, and a new one that captures a very specific mood has currently ensnared the internet’s attention. You’d be hard-pressed to scroll through [social media](https://time.com/5635365/peppa-pig-meme/) right now without coming across a highly spreadable [meme](https://time.com/5628391/area-51-meme-explained/) of the pineapple-dwelling creature dejectedly plopping down in his underwater easy chair. Taking a screenshot from a 2001 episode “The Smoking Peanut,” the “Ight Imma Head Out” memes use a weary-looking SpongeBob looking so drained he’s, well, all dried out. The “Imma Head Out” text serves as the punchline for any number of humorous situations that the internet at large would like to be excluded from. See below for the unifying experience of the “Ight Imma Head Out” memes you’ll actually want to stick around for: > [](https://twitter.com/o%5F0linda3/status/1167657036336762880) > [](https://twitter.com/OhRichChan/status/1167219266766233602) > [](https://twitter.com/Richfrevr/status/1166713866165850113) Even Cardi B has embraced it. Of course, someone invoked the [Area 51 meme](https://i.redd.it/pjzpczg58eb31.jpg). And, also of course, things have already got meta: > [](https://twitter.com/tha%5Fwavee/status/1167083183617130496) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5668447/spongebob-ight-imma-head-out-memes/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5668447/spongebob-ight-imma-head-out-memes/"},"headline":"SpongeBob Shows How to Nail an Exit Strategy With These Mega-Viral 'Ight Imma Head Out' Memes","datePublished":"2019-09-04T14:56:24.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T08:00:08.852Z","description":"Explaining the Ight Imma Head Out Spongebob memes that have become the internet's favorite new exit strategy.","url":"https://time.com/5668447/spongebob-ight-imma-head-out-memes/","keywords":["Newsfeed","viral","memes","onetime"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Ashley Hoffman","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/ashley-hoffman/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/5668447/spongebob-ight-imma-head-out-memes/","name":"SpongeBob Shows How to Nail an Exit Strategy With These Mega-Viral 'Ight Imma Head Out' Memes"}}]}] ```