The 'We Did It, Patrick! We Saved the City!' meme originates from the Season 2 episode of SpongeBob SquarePants titled 'Wormy,' which first aired in 2001. In the scene, SpongeBob and Patrick stand amidst the literal ashes and fire of a destroyed Bikini Bottom, triumphantly claiming they saved everyone from a harmless butterfly they mistook for a monster. The meme serves as a perfect visual metaphor for situations where someone's attempt to help or fix a problem results in total chaos. It is frequently used in tech circles to describe buggy code deployments, in politics to mock ineffective legislation, or in personal life to highlight 'fixes' that made things significantly worse.