The 'The Cheapest Thing Around Here' meme is taken from a scene in the 2004 'The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie.' In the scene, King Neptune arrives at the Krusty Krab 2 opening ceremony and, while inspecting the menu and atmosphere, points out the lack of quality by exclaiming the titular line. On the internet, this template is widely used to mock things that are low-effort, low-quality, or literally inexpensive. It gained significant traction on platforms like Reddit and Twitter, where users swap out the objects Neptune is pointing at to roast everything from video game microtransactions to their own financial status.