When to Use
- Replying to a post about expensive product prices.
- Posting as a relatable joke about being broke before payday.
- Commenting on a friend's luxury purchase with ironic poverty.
Source: SpongeBob SquarePants
Dialogue: spare change
This iconic moment from SpongeBob SquarePants features Squidward sitting in a cardboard box, dressed in rags, while asking for 'spare change'. It has become a popular reaction image and video clip for users to jokingly highlight their own financial struggles or to mock the high cost of goods and services.
Squidward Tentacles, dressed in rags, sits inside a cardboard box holding out a mug to beg for money.
This meme is used to ironically or humorously express a need for money or as a reaction to something being expensive.