Tough Spongebob / I Only Cried For 20 Minutes

Tough Spongebob / I Only Cried For 20 Minutes

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Added Aug 15, 2012 at 09:11PM EDT by Mr Mackey.

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Tough Spongebob also known as “*I Only Cried For 20 Minutes*,” is an advice animal image macro series based on a still image from an episode of the children's animated TV series Spongebob Squarepants. The captions typically describe an unfortunate situation brought on by oneself, beginning with “I’ll have you know” and concluding with “and I only cried for 20 minutes.”

Origin

The still image used in the image macro was taken from Spongebob Squarepants' Season 3, Episode 8 titled “No Weenies Allowed,” which originally aired on March 15th, 2002. In the episode, Spongebob tries to get into a stereotypically tough club known as The Salty Spitoon with his friend, Sandy. After repeatedly being turned down by the bouncer, Spongebob tells him a story about a time he stubbed his toe while watering his spice garden and that he "only cried for twenty minutes."



On August 14th, 2012, an image macro titled “Tough Spongebob” was submitted to the /r/AdviceAnimals[1] subreddit with a caption asserting that the poster had deleted a saved Pokemon game file that had a completed Pokedex and only cried for 20 minutes (shown below). However, the post only received 8 upvotes and 7 points overall prior to being archived.


ILL HAVE YOUKNOW,IDELETED MY POKEMON SAVE FILE WITH A FULL POKEDEX ANDIONLY CRIEDIFOR TWENTYMINUTES quickmeme com

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On the following day, another instance about improperly removing a USB flash drive from a computer (shown below) was submitted to /r/AdviceAnimals[2] with the same title, gaining 6,608 upvotes, 1,010 points overall and 91 comments prior to being archived.


REMOVED MY FLASHDRIVE WITHOUTSAFELYEJECTINGIT quickmeme com

On August 17th, an instance of the image macro describing stepping on a LEGO brick was shared on We Know Memes[3] with the title "I'll Have You Know Spongebob." By November 2012, several compilations of Tough Spongebob instances had been shared on Smosh[4], Dump a Day[5], The FW[6] and Thumbpress.[7] Additional instances can be also found on Tumblr under both #Tough Spongebob[8] and #I Only Cried For 20 Minutes.[9]

Notable Examples

As of September 2013, there are more than 27,000 instances of Tough Spongebob hosted on MemeGenerator[10] and an additional 18,000 variations available on Quickmeme.[11]



Ill have you know,Istepped on a lego brick And Ionly cried for 20 minutes T'LL HAVE YOU KNOW,JACCIDENTLY DELETED ALL MY P--- AND I ONLYCRIEDEOR20 MINUTES I'LL HAVE YOU KNOW,MYSISTER OVERWROTE MY POKEMON SAVE FILE ANDIONLY CRIED FOR20 MINUTES
ISAW MY EK TODAY MY EX TOR ANDIONLY CRIED FOR20 MINUTES quickmeme com 'LL HAVE YOU KNOW,I HAVE TWO STATISTICS TESTS THIS WEEK ANDIONLY CRIEDFOR20 MINUTES MY BANK BALANCE YESTERDAY ANDIONLY CRIED FOR20 MINUTES quickmeme.com

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