--- title: Best Spongebob Squarepants Meme Used in Physics Assignment description: A physics student with a sense of humor hilariously used the Spongebob Squarepants meme to great effect for an assignment. canonical: https://time.com/5747376/spongebob-meme-physics/ author: Cady Lang article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2019-12-10T17:19:51.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T08:01:07.382Z og:title: Is This the Best Use of a Spongebob Meme Ever? 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Every edition is assembled by TIME editors rather than generated automatically.  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Dec 10, 2019 5:19 PM UTC  NEW YORK - JULY 15: The cartoon character Spongebob Squarepants wax figure is displayed at the unveiling at Madame Tussauds on July 15, 2009 in New York city. (Photo by Charles Eshelman/FilmMagic) NEW YORK - JULY 15: The cartoon character Spongebob Squarepants wax figure is displayed at the unveiling at Madame Tussauds on July 15, 2009 in New York city. (Photo by Charles Eshelman/FilmMagic) FilmMagic—2009 Charles Eshelman  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Dec 10, 2019 5:19 PM UTC [Spongebob Squarepants memes](https://time.com/5647509/best-spongebob-memes/) are a tool, that, when used skillfully, can communicate [a full range of emotions](https://time.com/5516450/spongebob-super-bowl/), something that was clearly evident in the humorous stylings of a clever physics student. In what might be the most Internet sequence of events ever, a Twitter post featuring a screenshot of an Instagram post of another tweet featuring an image of a physics assignment with a [Spongebob meme](https://time.com/5516450/spongebob-super-bowl/) doodled on it, has gone viral. In the original tweet, which has been favorited over 76,000 times and retweeted 17,000 times, the student finishes a complex problem with a sketch of the Spongebob meme where an indifferent Spongebob is seen leaving, accompanied by the caption, “Aight, Imma head out.” The Twitter user who shared it, @brwnbabe\_, wrote that the assignment came from a “real-life college student” of her brother, who’s a physics professor. The tweet was then shared on Instagram where it went viral, garnering over 129,000 likes on the platform, according to the screenshot. One thing’s for certain — the answer to any challenge is probably a Spongebob meme. 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