SpongeBob - American Pie (AMV)

About a month ago I discovered an AI cover of SpongeBob singing Don McLean's "American Pie", uploaded by TheYakkoManGuy (original video here: • SpongeBob sings Americ... )
Needless to say, this cover changed my life and so I embarked on the long and perilous journey to create a 9-minute AMV based on it. I had boatloads of fun making it and I hope you enjoy!

[@paradoxbees3280]

that opening conversation of Spongebob talking about how Buddy Holly died, and that he was his only idol... hit deeper than I think it should.

[@polygawn]

if one person replies “wee-ooo I look just like buddy holly” *I WILL FIND Y-* /j

[@pixelplayz3268]

​@@polygawnWhat's with these homies, dissing my girl? Why do they gotta front? What did we ever do to these guys That made them so violent? Woo-hoo But you know I'm yours Woo-hoo And I know you're mine Woo-hoo (And that's for all time) Ooh-wee-hoo, I look just like Buddy Holly Oh-oh, and you're Mary Tyler Moore I don't care what they say about us anyway I don't care about that Don't you ever fear, I'm always near I know that you need help Your tongue is twisted, your eyes are slit You need a guardian Woo-hoo And you know I'm yours Woo-hoo And I know you're mine Woo-hoo (And that's for all time) Ooh-wee-hoo, I look just like Buddy Holly Oh-oh, and you're Mary Tyler Moore I don't care what they say about us anyway I don't care about that I don't care about that Bang, bang, a knock on the door Another big bang and you're down on the floor Oh no! What do we do? Don't look now, but I lost my shoe I can't run, and I can't kick What's the matter babe, are you feeling sick? What's the matter, what's the matter, what's the matter you? What's the matter babe, are you feeling blue? Ooh-wee-hoo, I look just like Buddy Holly Oh-oh, and you're Mary Tyler Moore I don't care what they say about us anyway I don't care about that I don't care about that I don't care about that I don't care about that

[@RockySamson]

Of course it did, he lives in a pineapple under the sea.

[@superdoglogan]

Ooh wee ooh

[@Anti-HyperStreams]

GET MENTAL HELP.

[@HarryJSmith]

I just love the thought of someone sitting in front of an AI generator and thinking “American Pie by SpongeBob” (I love this song)

[@SchaffrillasProductions]

Nobody asked for this but I thought it would be fun to list every episode I used for this project (my hard drive is full to bursting): Season 1: Help Wanted Tea at the Treedome Ripped Pants Pizza Delivery Jellyfish Jam Sandy's Rocket The Chaperone Sleepy Time Rock Bottom Texas Neptune's Spatula Season 2: Something Smells Bubble Buddy Dying for Pie Wormy Patty Hype Squidville Prehibernation Week Christmas Who? Survival of the Idiots No Free Rides I'm Your Biggest Fanatic Pressure Shanghaied Gary Takes a Bath Welcome to the Chum Bucket Band Geeks Krusty Love Procrastination Season 3: SpongeGuard on Duty My Pretty Seahorse Just One Bite Doing Time As Seen on TV Can You Spare a Dime? Rock-a-Bye Bivalve Party Pooper Pants Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy V The Great Snail Race Born Again Krabs I Had An Accident Krabby Land The Camping Episode Missing Identity Plankton's Army The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie (2004) Season 4: Fear of a Krabby Patty Krabs vs. Plankton Have You Seen This Snail? Dunces and Dragons Best Day Ever Season 5: Atlantis Squarepantis What Ever Happened to SpongeBob? Season 6: Gone

[@theyakkomanguy7522]

The fact that you were able to find clips that matched McLean's lyrics is really cool. Also I thought your video was awesome.

[@bakedbeansfg9939]

How long did this take?!

[@n19ntendods]

Can you please tell me how you got SpongeBob’s voice to sing this so well?

[@HiHi-lt1cb]

@@n19ntendodssome one did it with ai

[@HiHi-lt1cb]

Love how it's mainly the first 3 seasons 🤧

[@CreatureCal]

The pie was made in a factory. A bomb factory. It’s a bomb.

[@Trainboy452]

Oh, well, that's too bad. I thought they were pies and I wanted to buy one.

[@CreatureCal]

@@Trainboy452 Wait! I was just kidding about all that bomb stuff. That will be 25 bucks please.

[@djk1288]

​@@CreatureCalWell, as long as this video gets old man Krabs off my back... So what flavor is it?

[@CreatureCal]

@@djk1288 (Everyone starts mumbling different flavors)

[@Omnywrench]

@@djk1288 "Chocolate!" "Pie Flavor" "They're BOMBS"

[@mariachiskeletonman6529]

“There, now it’s art” - Squidward 2023

[@mothmanisthebest7404]

To Schaffrillas productions, You sir are the greatest artist who ever lived!

[@fairlyoddenginecreations]

"Is Spongebob an instrument?" Yes, Patrick. The best one at that.

[@multi777men]

This is what all AMVs should strive for.

[@ryanred1525]

SpongeBob is my favorite anime

[@lilpesto96]

I just wonder what Schaffrillas is up to.

[@bradleyhauertheedtruncanfa5020]

@@lilpesto96Your majesty. The Will Smith Fish from Shark Tale and the Minions have seized the Realm of Monsters!

[@Brione30]

This is actually incredible. Not only were all the “this’ll be the day that I die” parts wonderful, but “the three men I admired most” was GENIUS

[@MetFanMac]

Not only is finding all the clips to matych the lyrics a genuinely impressive effort, but the line about "the sacred store" actually got me genuinely melancholy because, being that it's from the pilot episode, it really is from "years before".

[@PKMNRangerDenton]

This is our peak as a civilization. It's all downhill from here

[@AlexG-jk8tc]

As a fan of Schaffrillas, SpongeBob, Buddy Holly and "American Pie", let me just say, this is amazing. Patrick on the drums at 2:35 was a legitimately powerful shot, and at 7:38, SpongeBob actually sounds like he's crying (on the word "they").

[@Meatfrequency]

Ok this is epic

[@Bill30006]

Now this is what AI voice was meant to do

[@laurenrogers]

I am literally so here for this era of James making whatever the heck he wants

[@Whomstami]

Now this is what all of humanity’s thousands years of art has been building up to. Truly masterful.

[@brenlc1412]

Dying for American Pie.

[@n19ntendods]

1:34

[@Sopp-ll5mv]

This is unironically beautiful. I mean it. I almost cried watching this. I know this is an elaborate sh*tpost, but the clips you used fit the lyrics so well and the fact that it's Spongebob, one of the most happiest characters in fiction, singing one of the most heart breaking songs in music history just speaks so much volume to me.

[@TheCrackerFactoryYtp]

Every now and then a video is posted that reminds you why this website exists in the first place. True art if there ever was such a thing.

[@ADuckWithAYoutubeAccount]

8:20 this is the absolute perfect clip to be used here at the end

[@celebisonm4271]

“But what does the YTPMV mean?” “It means I don't ever have to work again if I don't want to.”

[@Omnywrench]

I like how almost all the visuals for "the day the music died" involve characters exploding. Also I think my favorite bit was "the three men I admire most"

[@larsnyman2455]

🥔🪙🧻

[@miracoanimation]

Props for all the "the day that I die" bits. The cover goes already hard by itself, but all these scenes fitting the lyrics add so much hearing it for the first time.

[@lykanaslupus]

"In the future we will have flying cars" The actual future: *Is even better*

[@dragonash429]

This is arguably one of the greatest songs from It’s Time

[@typhoonthunder]

This show's first three seasons mean a lot to me. Genuinely some of the most well-written, hilarious, and even heartfelt episodes I've ever seen that still hold up as an adult. This AMV was a great blast from the past.

[@thegreatmordo]

This better be how the show ends when the time comes

[@Jhd306ck]

Lol it already ended

[@thegreatmordo]

@@Jhd306ck true

[@LFAFSTYLE]

@@Jhd306ck No

[@RedKnight26]

YES. DEFINITELY ABSOLUTELY

[@WillowWytch69]

Idk why but knowing what this song is about it somehow hits me harder hearing it from SpongeBob than the original ever did.

[@gamerstheater1187]

Cause Spongebob is as old as the actual song

[@hypergenick464]

A flood of childhood memories summarized in one of my favorite songs.

[@TheAdvertisement]

Why did AI Spongebob speaking at the start and singing American Pie make me cry...

[@hans_the_great]

Plankton being the one singing for Satan in the second to final chorus is amazing. You can’t get better than this

[@hans_the_great]

Also the window bride with Mr. Puff is amazing

[@tianshihengxing362]

my father introduced me to this song and I remember loving this song he passed 8 years ago and this is one of the memories we shared so thanks for making a spongebob cover of american pie

[@NuberCuber]

This is ethereal

[@RainyDaeKingpin]

Never really occurred to me how many people died on this show

[@edgarbanuelos6472]

I'd love to see a reaction from a classic rock enthusaist who's never actually seen spongebob.

[@bboythekidstudios]

AI or not, this music video is fucking superb.

[@realqg23]

it actually sounds so good wtf 😂

[@MJ-qs4km]

Just think that THIS could be what our future earth inhabitants find from us. And im proud of it

[@funnyhappystudios]

All the visuals synced so well with the lyrics that’s it’s almost unbelievable 😮

[@ErinEpica]

It's just so easy to tell how lovingly this AMV was made 🥹

[@n19ntendods]

Wow! SpongeBob’s singing sounds so natural! Compared to most other videos I’ve watched of SpongeBob doing a song cover, this doesn’t sound robotic, at all. Major props! 🤩🤩🤩👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏

[@giffyproductions69]

He likes American pie?

[@GalvyTheTom]

This is... Genuinely beautiful? Every clip with each lyric legitimately makes me tear up for some reason? This feels so perfectly climactic, like this is the end of the show, SpongeBob reminisces on everyone and everything that's happened, and he accepts his own death happily as his life is fulfilled, even when nothing will be the same again and the world he knows is gone. Schaff, you magnificent bastard, this is pure art.

[@incognitodon5779]

Schaffrillas doing a Mr.Krabs Shiny cover is now not a matter of if but a matter of when

[@lukaslukas8083]

I have nothing to say. My favorite song of all time, my favorite cartoon and my favorite KZbinr. It’s a mashup for the ages

[@tldog20024]

American pie is goated

[@zidan07168]

Such a Beautiful song.

[@benhmedia]

No better video than this to make you realize how many characters in SpongeBob just fuckin’ die 🤷🏻‍♂️

[@weirdoburritopros7505]

As a kid I’d never imagine A.I being this advanced to the point where now we’re hearing our favorite cartoon characters sing famous music we loved. (I also think I’d be more fitting to keep SpongeBob mainly on Shaff classic, I’d never want a SpongeBob vid on the main channel mainly in fear of Viacom’s totalitarian regime overseeing all SpongeBob content and striking any fan who makes a harmless video of there cash cow, so I don’t think it’s a good idea to make a SpongeBob vid or review anytime soon.)

[@doublejynx]

Why did this make me tear up?

[@GusGorilla69]

This video is gorilla approved 👍

[@bengilhooly3616]

If Tom Kenny ever saw this, I’m sure he would be crying throughout the whole thing

[@BabysBreath634]

Ok but why is this actually making me emotional though 😅😂 lmao.. Something about having Spongebob, the most nostalgic childhood character singing this song hits REAL different. Also side note, I saw this video a week ago, got this song stuck in my head for an entire week, and completely forgot until it popped up again. The universe works in mysterious ways lol, thank you Schaff

[@Kpopk1ng]

This is one of my favorite songs so hearing SpongeBob sing it makes me happy

[@brownblaze2844]

Mr. Schaffrillas has all the talent!

[@HiHi-lt1cb]

Why does this fit so well??? 😭

[@PeterJoll]

Now that I think of it this might be the first time I've actually read the the lyrics of this song, in an AI cover of all things.

[@misterjakester]

This will be THE DAY THAT KRAB FRIES!

[@JovialEclipse]

THIS WORKS TOO WELL

[@S1rD4niel]

I was expecting to be entertained for 2 minutes tops but the clips you picked were so appropriate I ended up watching the entire thing, hats off to you Schaff!

[@ecstasy.dreamer]

I truly cannot fathom how long this must have taken 😭 there’s so many niche clips that are so perfect for the lyrics like wtf

[@TinySpiny]

Honestly, way better than I ever expected.

[@andreagrubaugh9301]

Absolutely BRILLIANT! So many parts of this I loved, excellent clip choices! (Also I had no idea this song was nearly 9 minutes long wtf). Anyway, awesome work!

[@Adam-xf6sq]

5:03 Accurate representation of the day the music died

[@n19ntendods]

LOLOLOLOLOL!! 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂💀

[@UnculturedSwineStudios]

Oh god the mad man really went the full 8 and a half minutes

[@redmii69]

This video made me way happier than I thought it would

[@Blackmongoose]

Ok this was amazing, let's be honest.

[@RavenStarMedia]

I was hoping someone would do am AMV with this and you made a fantastic one! All the clips went with it very well and really shows the care you put into your clip choices. Wonderful vid, James!

[@SunDownBrown]

We have...technology!

[@joeywaters5559]

This choice of clips is utter perfection. Thank you for making this.

[@quegglebyiii]

I want you to know I shed several genuine tears watching this

[@theyakkomanguy7522]

I really enjoyed this AMV Schaff! I loved the clips you placed in here that really matched well with the lyrics and the beat to give them that deep meaning.

[@ToaAxiomMan]

This does puts a smile on my face

[@salty8702]

This is the greatest AMV I have ever seen

[@32RH]

This is art.

[@drowlstine3496]

i dont even really like spongebob but this is perfectly cut its amazing

[@TTALeapMonster]

Your AMVs are super underrated. They are always so well timed! Thanks for this!!!

[@KirbyTheEpic]

I know why you picked the spongebob AI cover of this song (since it’s his show lol), but the plankton cover is even better; all the screaming plankton has done over the years really shines through on that one. Still loved this though

[@RossPitSharkHunter]

The Plankton version is a literal masterpiece.

[@roxygaming5968]

it's so funny to me how in the opening shot the crackling syncs up to the jellyfish swarming on Kevin's face

[@charles-pn5uf]

masterpiece

[@natboi223]

why is this so good.

[@Dylan9]

Peak Cinema

[@tomlion0116]

Props for using most of the clips from the first 3 Seasons!

[@lennahcmarblesmonstersandm6070]

This is one of my favorite classics of all time and you were able to pick such fitting visuals

[@TheWereW01f16]

This, oooohhhhhh this is perfect

[@tarponpet]

Wonderful, I adore your AMVs and am inspired by them!

[@RockySamson]

Well done, Schaff. A little rough, but full of heart, and the ending was beautiful. Well done.

[@djk1288]

Welp, guess it makes sense that this video was the bomb.

[@MosezMSC]

This. Is. Beautiful. Just beautiful ❤

[@1Anonymous_girl]

This is amazing. This the most beautiful thing I’ve seen in the world. I can die happy now knowing this existed in the world. Thank you for your service.

[@snuggery6486]

Why does this fit so well??

[@calamitystrikes]

Bruh that was so freaking good!! I may be odd to admire the timing and clip choices but dang good job

[@Finamajig]

Finally a good use of AI

[@giorgimamalashvili4220]

Another Schaff's AMV Magnum Opus

[@JikoMusic]

Why’s SpongeBob looking at that pie all funny?

[@tylerfoster2814]

Well concepted and masterfully executed.

[@Largeamountsofbeans]

This is the greatest thing I’ve ever seen.

[@alexanderguerrero347]

This is just crazy

[@Redzpuppetz2.0]

Thank you for this delicious meal

[@riverbay6482]

I didn’t know I needed this in my life thank you

[@quaintninja6057]

Plain and simple, I love this

[@Seekmire]

Pack it up, everyone. No need for any more KZbin videos, we found the best one.

[@ST4_BBY]

Schaff’s magnum opus