The 'SpongeBob Panty Raid' controversy stems from the Season 3 episode titled 'Mid-Life Crustacean,' which originally aired in 2003. In the episode, SpongeBob and Patrick take a mid-life crisis-stricken Mr. Krabs on a night out, culminating in a 'panty raid' at a house that turns out to be Mr. Krabs’ mother’s home. In 2021, Nickelodeon officially pulled the episode from streaming services like Paramount+ and removed it from television rotations, citing that some story elements were not 'age-appropriate.' The internet responded with a surge of memes, using the ban to highlight the absurdity of modern censorship and to preserve the memory of one of the show’s most chaotic and adult-skewing moments.