On December 29th, 2022, X [4] user @Epsilon_____ quoted a post by KEEMSTAR with the Mr. Krabs meme, with the quote post gaining over 3,400 reposts and 45,000 likes in one year (shown below, left).

A blank template for the meme was posted to /r/MemeTemplatesOfficial on October 2nd, 2019, by u/lilsmore, gaining 133 upvotes in six months, allowing additional users to create memes with the format.