From Know Your Meme.

The “Blue Collar SpongeBob” meme is one of TikTok’s latest viral trends, combining AI-generated images of SpongeBob SquarePants as a gritty blue-collar worker with an outlaw-country style track called the “Blue Collar Anthem.” The song was first posted by TikToker @redriverredneck1993 in January 2025 with the line, “My collar’s blue but my neck is red, I been working like a dog just to keep my family fed.” By September 2025, TikTokers began pairing the anthem with SpongeBob edits, joking about people treating basic jobs like McDonald’s shifts or lawn mowing as grueling blue-collar labor. The trend has exploded across TikTok, blending SpongeBob’s existing fry-cook identity with the AI-core art movement.

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