I don’t need it

I don’t need it (SpongeBob) is a quote from the scene, where SpongeBob Squarepants is drying out and could only obtain water from a vase of flowers.

Online, the scene became a meme to express desire towards something and it would appear on image macros, clips and GIFs.

I don’t need it…

The scene originates from Episode 1c of SpongeBob SquarePants, which was first aired on May 1^st, 1999, with the title Tea at the Treedome.

The titular hero is featured in the episode, trying to court Sandy, a squirrel.

While SpongeBob is visiting Sandy’s Treedome, he is slowly drying out, and trying to resist drinking the water from a wase of flowers.

As he is telling himself “I don’t need it” he suddenly exclaims “I need it”.

A clip of the scene was uploaded to YouTube by user Kurisu-pyon on October 23^rd, 2012.

A Facebook page, named “I don’t need it…I don’t need it…I NEED IT!” was launched on February 24^th, 2010.

By 2012, a dubstep remix featuring the quote was uploaded to SoundCloud by Toon$tep.

“I don’t need it” would first appear on Reddit in 2014 and it would rapidly gain great popularity online, with the meme appearing in YouTube parodies, as well as image macros on sites like Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, and Reddit.

• Encyclopedia SpongeBobia | Fandom – Tea at the Treedome
• Facebook – I dont need it I dont need it I need it