The original comes from the Nickelodeon TV series "Spongebob Squarepants" in the 44b episode called "The Idiot Box" aired on March 1st, 2002.2 In the episode Spongebob utters the word "Imagination" while spreading his hands to create a rainbow (shown below).1
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