Once upon a time this morning

This is a 2-panel reaction meme featuring Squidward Tentacles from the animated series SpongeBob SquarePants. The first panel shows Squidward happily setting up a lounge chair, paired with text explaining that the opening bars of Queen and David Bowie's famous track 'Under Pressure' start playing on the radio. The second panel shows Squidward looking visibly angry and exasperated as he grabs the lounge chair to storm back inside his house, paired with text revealing that the track playing is actually Vanilla Ice's 'Ice Ice Baby', which famously sampled the 'Under Pressure' bassline without initial credit. The joke relies on the common experience of music listeners being excited to hear the beloved Queen track, only to be disappointed when they realize it is the Vanilla Ice song instead.

This meme was originally shared on Reddit's r/Meme sub with the title 'Once upon a time this morning'. It uses a widely popular existing meme template taken from SpongeBob SquarePants, where Squidward's failed attempts to relax are used to represent situations of anticipation followed by immediate disappointment. The meme references the well-documented 1990s music controversy where Vanilla Ice sampled the bassline from Queen and David Bowie's 'Under Pressure' for his hit 'Ice Ice Baby' without initially giving credit to the original artists, leading to a settled lawsuit.