The 'Spoons Rattling' meme features a motion-blurred image of SpongeBob SquarePants from the Season 1 episode 'Squidward the Unfriendly Ghost,' where he is aggressively playing a pair of spoons to annoy Squidward. First gaining traction on platforms like Tumblr and Reddit around 2014, the image is almost always paired with the iconic bracketed subtitle '[SPOONS RATTLING]' to emphasize loud, disruptive, or hyperactive behavior. It is frequently used to represent late-night kitchen raids, bursts of sudden energy, or any situation where someone is being intentionally loud. Its low-quality, high-motion aesthetic has made it a permanent staple of 'chaos' meme culture and reaction images.