You can’t seem to log onto social media without coming across some Spongebob memes. Stephen Hillenburg, the cartoon’s creator who died last November, first premiered his legendary series on ...

“I saw Spongebob Squarepants trending and thought oh no who did he sexually assault,” said another. These were joined by plenty of eye-rolling memes, and one user who thought the cartoon “died.

In the midst of a huge TikTok meme in which users call the character Patrick Star "Subaru," they've now decided to give SpongeBob himself a new nickname. That nickname is "Pagani," and while some ...