SpongeBob: How Children Changed

[@WisecrackEDU]

Don't forget to check out Movie Mavens' Spongebob video and enter their giveaway! ► kzbin.info/www/bejne/rmnWomqfidWLl8k! What SpongeBob moment went completely over your head as a kid?

[@merch5712]

First comment ...

[@xrentabrainx]

Don't drop the soap. That took me a few years to get

[@christophersantos7607]

@@xrentabrainx "Doubloons! Don't drop em ;)"

[@TH3F4LC0Nx]

"I've got it! Let's get naked!" "No, let's save that for when we're selling real estate." To this day I still have no idea what that means.

[@jyotektosgaimur]

I don't get the 24/25 joke. Can someone explain?

[@funkkymonkey6924]

Disney: Kids are innocent Anyone who’s attended school: kids are brutal

[@Jaspertine]

And my generation grew up on cartoons where everyone held hands and overcame obstacles with the power of friendship and believing in themselves... The generation after mine grew up with cartoons where neurotic outsiders learned to cope with a harsh and uncaring reality... And the generation before mine can't seem to understand why my generation continued to watch cartoons well past the point where we were supposed to have outgrown them.

[@kevinoconnor4582]

Dan Glover: Kids are a bunch of little hitlers

[@Ergoperidot]

I think Innocent means ignorant more than it means good.

[@clickhere2d1e]

Disney: Kids are innocent The Weird kid with family issues that all of us have gone to school with: 👁️👄👁️

[@ShinigamiInuyasha777]

Kids are brutal BECAUSE they re innocent

[@AKen_Films]

Let's not forget Squidward is the main character in a lot of these early episodes. As a kid you think Squidwards just a cranky and boring slouch but as an adult you see exactly why he is the way he is. He literally represents the adult audience who is both world weary yet deep down enjoy's the same kind of fun and spontaneity that is all SpongBob is. It is a lesson to even adults at you don't have to let the childhood side of yourself go once you grow up, you can enjoy the same things you enjoyed growing up and still thrive as a person. Just like how SpongBob thrives at his job, home life, and friends despite having a child like outlook on the world.

[@temin2776]

You know what, I was a kid, but I always felt for Squidward.

[@AKen_Films]

Te Min Hey me too, I didn’t say he wasn’t sympathetic but the show does punish him a lot for being the boring no fun guy. Which is all the more reason he makes the perfect foil to Spongbob and in the episodes where he’s the protagonist thats where the themes of the show really shine. For a squid that’s just as lovable as our sentient sponge and deserves the same regardless of how he appears to others on the outside. Spongbob is the only one in the show who recognizes this which is why he sticks by him and calls him friend no matter what. Or it can be just Spongbob’s child like naiveté being his guiding force. Take you pick. Lol

[@trollshamanpwnage]

No he isn't

[@thecianinator]

In other words, the crust is elusive when it casts forth to the childlike man.

[@CalWillify]

Great insights! So... SpongeBob is an appeal to our jaded Squidwards to rediscover our childlike joy and amazement at the world.

[@Applepoisoneer]

I think the reason Spongebob resonates with me personally is that it's a manifestation of a philosophy I've held for many years. Being an adult doesn't mean abandoning everything that gave you joy as a child. It just means coping with the things that don't bring you joy in a reasonable way. It's also just incredibly funny! At least, the first three seasons are.

[@TH3F4LC0Nx]

That philosophy is called the Way of the Goofy Goober. It takes years to master.

[@thespider8654]

@@TH3F4LC0Nx If you are brainwashed by the rules of how to be an adult in terms of society. Then it will be incredibly hard to master. Tbh, I was kinda brainwashed by those rules.

[@Applepoisoneer]

@@TH3F4LC0Nx Then I must begin my journey.

[@TH3F4LC0Nx]

@@Applepoisoneer Change da world. My final message. Goodbye.

[@mackielunkey2205]

Yeah and the later seasons show bits of that too.

[@poweroffriendship2.0]

_"What could be better than serving up smiles?"_ *~ Stephen Hillenburg (1961 - 2018)*

[@grayaj23]

What a legacy, though. Spongebob is in all ways and at all times the equal, if not superior of Warner Bros cartoons from the classic era of cartoonery.

[@Nikk-Astyr]

*"Being dead, or anything else"* Also Steven Hillenburg

[@mermaidmantentacles1285]

"We've been smeckledorfed!" - Also Stephen Hillenburg

[@WormholeUniverse]

Definitely changed my life for the better. Stephen Hillenburg really got me to embrace humor at a young age, which is pretty essential to grappling with the frustrations of life. It builds resiliency and changes how we look at and live life.

[@milkcatdog394]

😭😭😭😭😭

[@Kirsten_is_cursed10]

I always assumed he wasn’t really a sea sponge, but a discarded kitchen sponge that ended up in the ocean, and that was why he was such a oddball...and also square.

[@swordsman1137]

Don't know exactly when, but iirc back then cleaning sponge is made from actual sponge from the sea. So Spongebob as sea sponge and kitchen sponge at the same time can be true.

[@rimjhimdhusiya699]

I too think he is a kitchen sponge cuz in the episodes where the forth wall breaks , there was one particular episode in which sponge bob was on land and was totally out of water and the scene cuts to his realistic form in which he was actually a synthetic sponge!

[@twours]

that wouldn't make sense since we have seen Spongebob's Mom pregnant of him

[@AD-cy4vj]

Omg

[@AnimeProfilePicture]

Its designed to be easily recongnized and digestable. Its just good character design

[@rafaferreira6937]

Fun fact about SpongeBob here in Brazil: he and Goku have the same voice actor behind them. Same for Bear Grylls and the cake boss guy

[@mikejohnstonbob935]

"Are you feeling it now, Mr. Satan?" ~ Ultra Instinct Spongebob

[@ravi87910]

Brasil com z é de fude em meu compatriota

[@87244333328]

Neat

[@guilhermeferreira2753]

@@ravi87910 ele tá flnd com a glr de fora, é Brazil com Z mesmo

[@inominado1774]

Que cousa hein

[@Caneladorada]

When Stephen Hillenburg died recently, I remember I was in the last semester of college in a random biotech class, and suddenly my teacher (who was around 26 or so), stopped the class altogether and put us the episode of Band Geeks. We turned off the lights, raised our phones with the flashlights, watched the whole thing and at the end clapped, it was beautiful. RIP Stephen, you've literally raised a generation!!!!!

[@MissPurpur]

I got goosebumps reading that. What a good time it must've been.

[@Caneladorada]

MissPurpur it was indeed something special ❤️ watching a bunch of people united by a cartoon that were with us through childhood, oh man

[@leilanidru7506]

Luisa your biotech professor is cool as fuck.

[@MASTEROFEVIL]

He'll be missed

[@lucasoscar]

Not a single person recorded this? It would be cool to see (and fact check cause it sounds like "that happened" material)

[@TheRamblingBramble]

You guys should do a 2nd part to this episode about the side characters and their interactions with SpongeBob, namely Squidward as he is such a iconic part of the show

[@kimifw58]

Agreed. What I find interesting about the show is that as likable as SpongeBob is, he's also very annoying. The other characters acknowledging this keeps the show itself from being annoying.

[@jovenintensa]

I don't think so. There's that EmpLemon video about Spongebob that perfectly resumes it. There's not much to add that he didn't already say. In fact I was very surprised that this video was so good without even touching on the Spongebob/Squidward relationship.

[@TheEtherny]

And how your perception of him changes with age, 10 year old me thought squidward sucked but now that I'm an adult squidward is one of the most reasonably bitter characters lol

[@kimifw58]

@@TheEtherny I always related to Squidward. His surly attitude at work was like my attitude at school. What changed for me was realizing how valuable he was as a foil to SpongeBob.

[@demetriajones81]

Agreed 👍

[@gregjensen5826]

Is this an in-depth look into our changing concept of childhood? No, this is Patrick.

[@ExtremeWreck]

Is this an in-depth look into our changing concept of childhood?

[@NJGuy1973]

@@ExtremeWreck No, this is Patrick! I'm not an in-depth look at our changing childhood.

[@ExtremeWreck]

@@NJGuy1973 Uhmmm, sir, that's the idea of the video.

[@user111real]

Oh, fish paste!

[@nightowl9155]

Band Geeks is a *legendary* episode. I will never forget it...

[@Justin-Hill-1987]

Band Geeks

[@TH3F4LC0Nx]

Cue eager face.

[@ericpaul698]

Yeah I might of shed a tear when I first saw it. Might of

[@jah__g]

DON'T FORGET IT!

[@BGLEE001]

Sweet Victory! 😭

[@callofdutyblack1000]

I truthfully believe that the “Hooks” episode was also symbolism for being “Hooked” on drugs. And that you may be able to ride the Hooks and come down unharmed, there may be a time that you stay hooked, and eventually die

[@Antasma1]

Sure it wasn't hooker addiction?

[@nevergivethedmideas7252]

@@Antasma1 nice play on words there.

[@Bioniking]

You might be onto something. Being hooked and you get higher and higher...

[@callofdutyblack1000]

@@Antasma1 LOL I mean why not I guess

[@callofdutyblack1000]

@@Bioniking Exactly !!

[@gh0s1wav]

Man it's so crazy. When this show was at it's high point people were literally saying that it killed brain cells.

[@BabySonicGT]

So your saying it’s like Minecraft where everyone used to hate it and now it’s respected as a god game?

[@Skurtz901]

Baby Sonic GT people will just hate on everything

[@Pckdch]

I'm not entirely convinced that its fast pacing (along with many other shows) did not contribute to mark a whole generation (now living their early adulthood) with psychiatric disorders such as anxiety and depression.

[@Pckdch]

@@ProtectedSandwiches I read during my high school years (or so I recall) that cartoons such as Spongebob were contributing to the development of ADHD in the generation exposed to these programs. And I never forgot about that. Now as an adult I can see how terribly frantic most of the popular toons at that time used to be and I came to a point it's almost unpleasant to keep up with some of them. I wish I could tell you it's no big deal, but I know how debilitating these mind disorders can be in our lives.

[@SerpMolot]

​@@Pckdch Are you sure Spongebob was one of those cartoons? To me, it was always a sort of exception to all those crap cartoons such as Ed, Edd and Eddy, Courage the Cowardly Dog, Grim Adventures, etc. (not trying to offend any fans of those cartoons but their animation, pace and plot were all terrible).

[@TH3F4LC0Nx]

"Hey, Patrick!" "Yeah, SpongeBob?" "I just thought of something funnier than 24." "Yeah? What?" "25!" Times may change, things may come and go, but that will never cease being hilarious.

[@jyotektosgaimur]

"Robots have taken over the world!" (Absolute silence) "OUR WORLD!"

[@GUMMRUCHK]

I put this on my cake when I turned 25. lmao

[@pepesilvia4463]

This joke is very funny but I never understood what the joke was trying to say. Please can you explain this joke?

[@TH3F4LC0Nx]

@@pepesilvia4463 It's funny because it's so stupid. In the previous scene, Patrick was asked to say his name and completely freaked out and randomly blurted out the number 24. Then, when SpongeBob and Patrick are seated beside each other, they start to bring out each other's worst tendencies, and SpongeBob tries to build on what the rest of the class found hilarious about Patrick's original response by asserting that 25 is funnier than 24. The humor comes from the fact that, in the scene, SpongeBob and Patrick are laughing like idiots at something so dumb. It's an example of lowbrow comedy being raised to high art. Because it's pants-pissingly funny, exactly because it's so incredibly stupid.

[@pepesilvia4463]

@@TH3F4LC0Nx I see now, thank you.

[@markperalta4831]

I always wondered why I like Nickelodeon cartoons much more than Disney's when I was a kid. So that's why... Man, Disney is turning out to be real scary.

[@TH3F4LC0Nx]

You mean the people that ruined Star Wars and are now so creatively bankrupt they can't think of anything to do except make crappy live action remakes of their own back catalog? Yeah, definitely so.

[@markperalta4831]

@@TH3F4LC0Nx yeah. That one. It's scary when one company can have so much influence. They can push any agenda they want...

[@TH3F4LC0Nx]

@@markperalta4831 To quote Tommy Lee Jones from The Fugitive: "That company is a monster."

[@dkecskes2199]

Not to mention the mouse's villianization of poverty and anything that isn't conventionally beautiful or cute, and over-promotion of all the Northern European and American Caucasian (-coded) characters and storylines over all others...

[@GBart]

Disney is evil

[@TarynAnnTibble]

Spongebob is also a really good representation of the average millennial - he’s technically an adult, but he doesn’t have a clue what he’s doing half the time. That’s how I relate to him, as a woman in my thirties with no cooking clue what I’m doing half the time.

[@MASTEROFEVIL]

I'm 21 and that relates to me too

[@Jarod-vg9wq]

Ya me to.

[@kyleluna3320]

xFrob marriage and children are a waste of time (and money 🦀).

[@ThrottleKitty]

This relates to every generation, the only difference is the older generations can't admit to themselves they act as much like children as the rest of us. We are all varying degrees of clueless, and the less clueless someone is convinced they are, the more clueless they actually are.

[@masterofdragons82]

Sponge bob is a adult?

[@Keezawea]

Wait, the word "Kids" is flipped on the thumbnail... ...Are we the thumbnail!? Is Spongebob watching a video about us!?

[@CHIIIEEEEEEEEFFFFSSS]

My best guess is that youtube's algorithm automatically demonitizes and disables comments on content aimed towards children. The algorithm is really shitty at identifying this kind of stuff, and a big "kids" in the thumbnail might be enough.

[@clickhere2d1e]

For once, we are the KZbin video. How does it feel?

[@theALTF4]

ooor is just an ironic postmodern take on the "kids" concept... and clickbaity.

[@mollyo2407]

CHIIIEEEEEEEEFFFFSSS it has children in the title tho?

[@yt_consistency]

sDick

"The freedom of being a kid without being children" pretty much sums up how I live

[@MASTEROFEVIL]

Same

[@Jarod-vg9wq]

Me to I want to start living like this again.

[@NoName-ms8jb]

Jarod 1999 you’re grounded. Lol

[@NauticalSoapGAME]

"Quick Patrick, without thinking. What would you want most in the world?" "Uhhhh uhh... more time for thinking!!"

[@Justlurkin_lol]

It was interesting how you brought up the different philosophies of childhood between Disney and Nickelodeon, I wonder how that compares to Cartoon Network. Also it seems like there was a shift in the ethos of cartoons on Cartoon Network between the early 2000s and now. Maybe the same could be said of Disney and Nickelodeon, but I really like how this was broken down and I’d love to see more like this!!

[@badluck5647]

Cartoon network discovered kids like violence, so they started bring fighting anime from Japan.

[@ddis29]

i think cartoon network was aiming at aging gen x'ers and picked up some kids on the side. since those people probably had a job and slept past noon

[@supermakermatic2111]

Cartoon Network to me always felt like a kid's first glimpse at the adult world - their characters tended to be anti-heroes almost, prone to self-induced failure but keeping their cartoonish spirits high (Ed, Edd n' Eddy and Johnny Bravo being the best examples) - not to mention CN had way more adult themes - and I don't just mean in jokes - they had a show about the Grim Reaper for crying out loud! they even had a legitimate horror show actually made with the intent of scaring.

[@anthonynorman7545]

I would enjoy their take on Cartoon Network. It's my favorite of the children's channels. I've always thought of Disney being for little kids, Nick for older ones and CN tween/teens in the way they handled content on shows.

[@alexniznik4450]

@@supermakermatic2111 I'd say that is still true for some of their modern cartoons. Gumball, is a perfect example of this. A selfish, borderline narcissistic character, that often fails miserably, but keeps an overconfident demeanor anyway. CN shows also seem to explore darker storylines and humor than Disney and Nick.

[@JaQuicker]

Spongebob follows a similar tradition of characters like Pee-Wee Herman or Forrest Gump, they never let the negativity of the world shape them and hold on to the inherent goodness in everything. Throw in some wordplay and visual gags and you have something universally enjoyable across generations, that at the same time doesn't feel bland or diluted. The Muppets come to mind as well.

[@Jjim345]

I remember seeing the first episode when it premiered. Remember seeing the movie in theaters in 4th grade. Spongebob was and still influences my generation. Hell for my 25th birthday I asked my wife to put on my birthday cake, “Wanna know what’s funnier than 24?” 😂😂😂

[@immydubby5789]

My birthday is on 24th so i would always use patrick saying that as my annual meme😂

[@Rebelgoose]

I'm 22 and I can't wait to turn 25 for this reason alone

[@leoandersson6461]

I'm 18 now, and Spongebob was my childhood. Every morning on Nickelodeon, good times. I just love the comedy. It's so absurd and sometimes so mature for child shows. Like is an episode about Spongebob burying a body to cover up for the cops, what he thinks is a murder, a good idea for a children's tv show? Well probably not but that's the charm.

[@michaelbolcato192]

Ren and Stimpy were much darker than Spongebob.

[@leoandersson6461]

@@michaelbolcato192 Never seen it. But the contrast of childishness and brutality is what makes it so interesting, creepy. Almost mystical,.

[@michaelbolcato192]

@Leo Andersson Oh ok.

[@Codenamelana]

@@michaelbolcato192 ren and stimpy was dark but the difference is one isnt a children show but aired on a child station and spongebob is a children show with some humor teens and adults understand, but at the same time what does ren and stimpy have anything to do with what the main commenter said?

[@AaronMichaelLong]

All the things Spongebob does to be subversive Ren and Stimpy or Invader Zim have done as well. It's just that those shows got a bit too spicy for sponsors, and didn't resonate as well with their intended young audiences. Spongebob managed to thread the needle between pleasing the core audience, being subversive enough to stand out from the typical children's TV pablum that Disney produces, and not alienate the corporations who actually pay for the whole thing.

[@quintessenceSL]

I think it's more Ren and Stimpy paved the way for shows like Spongebob and Invader Zim to exist. People forget how revolutionary Ren and Stimpy was for its time, along with anime, moving US adult animation beyond its underground comics roots. Spongebob was designed specifically for kids, while for something like Invader Zim, kids were just along for the ride.

[@zeeenno]

The inner machinations of my mind are an enigma.

[@dylangore6957]

machinations

[@zeeenno]

Dylan Gore You’re right! Haha

[@victoriaescobedo5458]

*spills milk

[@Jarod-te2bi]

I’m gonna use that in real life.

[@nagamata]

Dude Spongebob is such a cultural phenomenon. Most of my peers my own age (25) watched it as a kid, and like me, counts it among the greats of the great. A group of friends of mine did a childhood cartoon bracket just for fun and SBSP won out with basically no competition and we all saw it coming, basically from the beginning. In discussing our most influential cartoons, we had to qualify it with "Okay, other than Spongebob" and I'm ugly and I'm fucking proud.

[@Fluffkitscripts]

Disney has a death-grip on entertainment, and this can’t possibly be a good thing. This isn’t a question of if, but _when_ it’s going to go horribly wrong.

[@kevinoconnor4582]

sounds like a good video topic

[@kevinoconnor4582]

if you think about it, Disney has become the Swiss army knife of entertainment. good at multiple things, but not amazing at anything. This is fine when they create their own entertainment, but when they buy up ips that were amazing, it feels like a huge drop in quality.

[@Notfallkaramell]

The doomsday is coming. They easily get influenced by SJW's and than the concentration camp/Mulan 2020 thing...

[@Jarod-te2bi]

Definitely.

[@kingfierysaber3654]

Honestly, I think that Spongebob is 100% an adult, he's just optimistic and naive, and the show's main focus is the relationship between the cynical Squidward, and the optimistic Spongebob.

[@alexstorr3357]

I'm almost 40 and I watched Spongebob from the very beginning. The ridiculous humour and charming animation have always appealed. My favourite episodes have to be Spongebob B.C. and Frankendoodle.

[@foxeye2012]

Alex Storr ooooo yes ! One of my favorite episodes as well I still watch as well.

[@snowyyzoe]

Those are great! I'm really into the camping episode, band geeks, and brain coral.

[@haldworkin1027]

Fun fact, Steve Hillenburg was inspired to create a marine cartoon taking place on the ocean floor by the Ween album The Mollusk. Ween also wrote and performed Loop De Loop (the song about tying your shoes).

[@mellowmelee5024]

10:20 literally earned a "what's so funny, Dad?" from my preschoolers.

[@keithjones7037]

This is why Nickelodeon has and will always be my favorite kid's network over Disney. I'm a grown adult now, but I noticed that when I was kid, I was always drawn more to the shows on Nickelodeon than I was to the ones on Disney.

[@Kriistiee]

Spongebob was my life as a teen. My entire room was Spongebob and I owned Spongebob EVERYTHING. I did several school projects too that got me higher grades than any other projects.

[@wheresmyeyebrow1608]

"Don't forget, he called ye yellow" *bites chain*

[@estellaruiz3125]

Puts it on as braces.

[@samanthabest8926]

“Don’t forget he called you pink!” *angrily shoves lemon into eyes*

[@dinosaysrawr]

Don't sell creators at Disney too short, though---Atlantis: The Lost Empire, Lilo and Stitch, The Emperor's New Groove, The Proud Family, The Owl House, DuckTales, Brandy and Mr. Whiskers, and Gravity Falls aren't/weren't totally sunshine and rainbows! You just have to be sneakier and/or more assertive if you want to be edgy or snarky at Disney, but it's not outside of the realm of possibility.

[@lalakuma9]

I didn't even get into SpongeBob until I was in high school 😂

[@robhousehold]

Better late than never. Welcome, you to the Goofy Goober Club

[@snsrml]

lol same. They showed SpongeBob after The Wild Thornberrys and before Invader Zim.

[@TallCrow1726]

Same

[@rose-yd9mn]

really? i feel like once i got into high school i stopped watching haha

[@snowyyzoe]

Honestly very valid. I head into college next year and I still watch the show whenever I need a smile.

[@scarletspidernz]

I feel Sponge Bob is a natural progression of those like Ren and Stimpy, Rocko's modern life, Ahh real monsters, Doug, Hey Arnold, Johnny Bravo, Wild thornberrys and all those shows a like that came before, the difference being that we're in a digital age with global access now. With that come global chatter, bigger fandom and memes. And with merch, movie and game tie ins too it just adds to it. That being said Spongebob with its bright colours and ability to be a kid and adult hitting us all through our growing up years is a perfect amalgamation of it

[@kenangedik3678]

I always thought he was just a childlike adult

[@TheScrowlingFender7]

Same. But it depends on what the episode needs him to be.

[@NaphtaliFox]

The clip about the hooks played and when he said "cook ya, and eat ya" youtube cut to a seafood ad Perfection

[@camiloderya]

Let's save this episode for when we're selling real estate

[@ericpaul698]

You used me ... for Land Development?!? That wasn't nice. :(

[@dallanledford6364]

I thought it was free...

[@tc2241]

Spongebob watching a burlesque show (a nature documentary) then switching to sports (humans playing football) when Gary walks in the room (whom he is a guardian of) with zero context is the best example of why this show cast such a wide net

[@AveryTalksAboutStuff]

When I was a kid I wanted to be spongebob but now I realize that I grew up to be squidward...

[@josephherrera6647]

Underrated comment.

[@jyotektosgaimur]

You either die a SpongeBob or live long enough to see yourself become a Squidward.

[@mermaidmantentacles1285]

SpongeBob - bloomer Squidward - doomer Krabs - boomer

[@elton0139]

This comment has been copied over and over on social media so much it's gross at this point

[@aegeanorange]

You are a failure then

[@gradlegradel6649]

I love the ads on KZbin sometimes. "Most of the children's media landscape is dominated by one company.." "Kettle brand!"

[@Biouke]

"You thought it was Disney but it was me: Kettle Brand!" D:

[@franzraphaelvelasco1301]

Thank you! I really enjoyed this episode. Growing up with Nickelodeon and Spongebob. Things kinda made sense as to the style of animation, the stark difference between Disney and Nickelodeon. Shows like Hey Arnold, Rocko’s Modern Life, Rugrats, etc. from time to time, when I was a kid, presents me with topics that I left me in awe and curious, without alienating from the show itself. They mades sense as I grew up.

[@LetsSewIt]

Spongebob made everybody feel included effortlessly (at least in the first seasons) while Disney tries so hard to scram every single human personality to be their audience and buy their merchandise.

[@atlas_uraeus]

Wisecrack: *makes a video called: “how spongebob raised a generation” Butch Hartman: 😡

[@jeddafakee91]

Fairly Odd parents are good but, it just lacked something that crosses over the way spongebob did and Danny Phantom did not last long

[@atlas_uraeus]

Jedidiah oyeyemi not objecting to that chief but I’m referring to Butch Hartman saying “I singly handly made your childhood” or smn along those lines

[@Ivorytrigger]

Him too

[@felipedaiber2991]

Well he is a fundamentalist cristian no so he doesnt deserve it

[@benl.4577]

Hartman is an asshole

[@hangukhiphop]

"Spongebob endures for us precisely because of the _fluidity_ of its characters" I see what you did there, Wisecrack!

[@greciabarraza4986]

I work as a substitute teacher, a few months ago we had a snow day and there was this boy wearing a giant yellow hoodie that got his tennis shoes wet in the snow. He came back making annoying sounds with his shoes on purpose. I told him “ok spongebob go sit down” as a reference to the boots episode. He laughed and so did the kids thinking I was calling him that because of the hoodie and not because of the boots as none of them have seen the episode. I was in pure shock and thought “I’m exaggerating.” I told my friends about it, my adult friends, and their reaction was basically “wtf, they have never seen the boot episode? It’s iconic!!! They need culture.” The impact that spongebob left in our lives is insane, to the long we act in shock when some don’t get spongebob, it’s insane.

[@EternalYorkieMom]

Spongebob: **Isn’t a kid, isn’t quite yet an adult. Goes to driving school. Has a job.** Me: He’s a young adult!

[@basilg695]

Don't forget it was also played constantly. Nickelodeon constantly played SpongeBob to the point that I have dialogue memorized in so many episodes word for word. I remember more of SpongeBob than I do real childhood events.

[@sullywully95]

Pause at 5:17, can't tell if this is in bad taste, spongebob and patrick digging a grave next to there image of there dead creator XD

[@kimifw58]

So instead of Hey Arnold under the sea, it was Rocko's Modern Life under the sea. Initially.

[@TH3F4LC0Nx]

Hey Arnold is the only cartoon that edges out SpongeBob, for me.

[@Arob4343]

So, way back when Spongebob got started, my mom protested that ‘this show is so dumb, it’ll never last’. 😂

[@right_hand_power7960]

A lot of people claim the recent seasons are lower quality. I can't say that from my own experience. I haven't watched SB in a long time. Many shows throughout the decades have worn out their welcome, staying on tv until finally ratings dropped through the floor, and/or the people making it lost interest, or felt there were no more stories to tell.

[@warlockgod66]

SpongeBob is basically so America he should be a part of the Constitution

[@Betterhose]

Don't be a nationalist. Spongebob is enjoyed internationally. He brings people all over the globe closer together.

[@warlockgod66]

@@Betterhose it's called a joke I was not being serious

[@Betterhose]

@@warlockgod66 Well, the constitution part was obviously a joke, but to view Spongebob as a purely american thing doesn't seem to be part in any joke to me. Rather than being just a part in the constitution, free access to Spongebob should be a human right. 🤔 I didn't intent to spark a debate. If my initial comment makes you uncomfortable just tell me and I will delete it. 🙂

[@KarlSnarks]

Spongebob should be in all the constitutions imo :P

[@warlockgod66]

@@Betterhose it's cool

[@CinnamonGrrlErin1]

I was 16 when SB premiered, and I remember falling in love with it from the second I heard Tiny Tim sing "Livin in the Sunlight." I loved that they kept some of the surrealism and gross out humor from shows like Ren and Stimpy or Rocko's Modern Life, but cut out the cynicism. Also, Tom Kenny is just a phenomenal voice actor; it's really impressive how he can bring SB to life.

[@fey0217]

spongebob is a show that i can safely say is my favorite tv show of all time. there are other shows that i enjoy a lot but spongebob's presence throughout my life starting at age 4 and the fact that i literally watched an episode about an hour ago while in college really cements how much this show means to me. i don't know what i would do without this show.

[@cyancyborg1477]

Whenever bringing up the appeal Spongebob can have to adults, I always mention that episode where they think they killed the health inspector, and look for a place to bury him.

[@frozeneevee]

SpongeBob is honestly impressive both in how popular it became and how often it's used in memes

[@ciarandolan7695]

If we're going to talk about shows that bridge adult and kid like states, let us not forget such masterpieces as Ed Edd n Eddy like, the magazines episode or, Johnny bravo etc, etc, etc.

[@NahNo-xy2kq]

Ah the good days....

[@ThrottleKitty]

To this day, i still see Ed, Edd, and Eddy as the CEOs of any greedy buffoonish company

[@ciarandolan7695]

Yeah I'd say most cartoons of the latter 90s right up until 2011 could be talked about in broadly similar ways as this.

[@hussainvirk8598]

Avatar the last air bender Too

[@ciarandolan7695]

Hah yeah even my parents got to really liking that one.

[@katlyndobransky2419]

This is what I find so beautiful about early Nick cartoons. The hidden messages. I’ve been watching SpongeBob since I was really young, and I never fully appreciated the earlier seasons. The comedy, the character relationships, the plots. So much heart. And it made me realize that a lot of my personality is based on this show. I recently watched Hey Arnold over quarantine, since I figured that I’d watch another Nick show that people consider to be good. And it reminded me a lot of the older SpongeBob seasons. It had heart and hidden messages. TV isn’t like that anymore. The Loud House tries, but it just isn’t as good. People don’t realize that what you watch can build on how a person acts. My life would’ve been a whole lot darker if SpongeBob wasn’t in it

[@michaelbolcato192]

Spongebob is definitely not early Nick. Early Nick is 1991-1996.

[@katlyndobransky2419]

@@michaelbolcato192 I mean good point, but it definitely made that golden age

[@michaelbolcato192]

@@katlyndobransky2419 True. 1991-1996 is Nickelodeon’s early age 1997-2005 is Nickelodeon’s golden age 2006-present is Nickelodeon’s dark age

[@katlyndobransky2419]

@@michaelbolcato192 true, but I mean we got iCarly and Victorious after 2006

[@thelightningwave]

The one thing I know is that SpongeBob will be immortal through memes.

[@IncredibleMD]

The most unrealistic part of Spongebob is that he can afford is own detached house on a fry cook's salary.

[@IsomerMashups]

But it's a pineapple.

[@DoctorFatman]

_Wisecrack:_ Okay, we need to make sure people click on the thumbnail. What do we do? _Designer:_ Maybe… Turn the words upside down? _Wisecrack:_ … _Wisecrack:_ *This is so PERFECT we'll do that ALL THE TIME!* (Just a joke, love your videos!)

[@personperson2319]

As a kid I always wanted a Puffy Fluffy thing from the one episode.

[@Keyboard_Monkey]

The impact that spongepop has had on medium of comedy is absolutely astounding.

[@FairyPhantasia]

Been blasting Spongebob season one for my daughter 👍🏻 Once had a family member say he wasn't going to let his children watch it because it was just stupid and mindless. I'm sitting back and enjoying it in a new way watching it with my daughter. I may not be excited for a new episode like when The Lost Episode aired (I had to make sure I stayed with my grandparents who had cable) because that feeling from childhood wonderment changed (pretty early) But it does remind me I've created a safe space and a more comfortable living FOR my daughter. I'm hoping her magic can last just a little bit longer. Also reminds me I can still be a kid sometimes.

[@MelodicQuest]

Anyone else have "Philosophy Of SpongeBob" for their 2020 bingo card?

[@street-zombie]

My dad used to watch Spongebob with us and he said it was sick and twisted and I genuinely had no idea what he meant but as an adult watching it I’m like “this show is so fucked up and I love it.”

[@Jack-gj3gf]

like the character itself, Spongebob (the show) never grows up, it never changes. it's like the simpsons for kids. it's perfect to escape reality

[@mrnobody2018]

I want spongeboy cancelled

[@manooxi327]

points at elephant soap bubble "HAHAHA, It's a Giraffe" my favorite spongebob line Ever

[@anthonyfuscellaro233]

“I demand entrance to your club on the grounds that I am not a weenie!” Even out of context is funny

[@CJusticeHappen21]

"Someone should put you in a box floating down the river grandma!" - A childrens show for childrens.

[@Klikoderat]

As a kid I never realised how right Squidward was when he wanted to seize the means of production.

[@sophdog2564]

My dad said that SpongeBob teaches you to fight with your friends so I wasn't allowed to watch it. Knowing him he probably saw one episode he didn't like and decided that we couldn't watch it

[@maxmeza4471]

I got so mad and identified by this comment, you should tell him that kind of behavior is in the style of a narcissistic parent

[@tophatcat9996]

That makes no sense

[@kingderp1186]

@@tophatcat9996 no plenty of people say that kind of garbage. My parents told me that everyone questioned them on what I watched when I was growing up.

[@sophdog2564]

@@maxmeza4471 Idk I don't think it's worth bringing up. I don't know if he's a narcissist (although some of my relatives certainly are), but I do know that he was raised in Mormonism, which is kind of a cult that prohibits, among other things: R rated movies, coffee, alcohol, immodest clothing, sex before marriage, homosexuality, trans people, etc. for movies and other content, members are encouraged to judge based on whether it makes you feel spiritual or if it makes you feel bad inside. My guess is that he saw an episode that made him feel bad/not spiritual or whatever and therefore we couldn't watch spongebob (I know that was the case with Halo). Thing is, we didn't even pay for cable, so I could only watch spongebob at other people's houses anyways, which I did on occasion. I'm an adult now and have resources to leave home (I was moved out for a year before the virus, now I'm just saving money by living at home

[@cyberz55]

@@sophdog2564 You should've told your dad to go for the 3 episode rule. 3 episode rule is when you watch 3 episodes of a show, if you don't enjoy it after the 3rd episode then don't bother watching the rest. You could've asked your dad to watch the 3 best episodes of Spongebob, Band Geekz, Chocolate With Nuts and The Camping Episode and see what he thinks about the show afterwards.

[@sirflimflam]

I was born in 1986, apparently a few days after Spongebob was, and somehow I missed the call to arms for this show... I mean I obviously know what Spongebob was and I did watch the show, but I never ended up holding that fervent reverence that seems to permeate through society to this day. I can't even say I started to move past Nickelodeon by that point because I was totally into Fairly Oddparents which came out like two years later than Spongebob did. The weird thing is Spongebob seemed like the kind of show I would totally be down for, so I have no idea how that happened.

[@kimifw58]

I liked that "hooky" joke as a kid. Puns aren't an adult-only thing by a long shot.

[@kyleeconrad]

My boys loved this show for a time. My intro to it too was then. My absolute favorite episode is when Squidward accidentally becomes devastatingly handsome. It never disappoints! I still constantly quote Plankton regularly.

[@rubyallen7063]

Spongebob was special to me because the humor was different from the rest. It displayed so much' randomness' from the animation style change, from breaking the fourth wall with live action sequences. It was DIFFERENT. Like he said, something that Disney didn't dare to do. I feel as if Steven Hillenburg was a child at heart too, as well as a lot of the animators, and thats what made it what it was...an amazing show.

[@allypoum]

Kept waiting for a reference to Ren & Stimpy - seems weird to me there wasn't one, after all, Spongebob was influenced by it hugely.

[@kastiak06]

Seeing how every single episode of the first season is a masterpiece (I haven't rewatched the rest yet), it wouldn't be surprising to me that the creators thought of that subject the same way as it is depicted in this video. SpongeBob was clearly meant to be a kid in an adult life, as much as Squidward was meant to be an adult that from time to time would act like a child to the point of euphoria. That's what mad the show so good, and gave it balance.

[@ethanmcfarland8240]

“Cartoons are so childish and immature” *Bojack horseman has joined the chat* *Avatar has joined the chat* *Iron Giant has joined the chat*

[@Pauli-dg2yv]

Regular show has joined the chat Hey Arnold has joined the chat Kim Possible has joined the chat Invader Zim has joined the chat

[@vinayseth1114]

You forgot about Batman the Animated Series.

[@ThrottleKitty]

A lot of people consider shows like Bojack to be "animated comedies", since they are made explicitly for adults. Though, this is more to convince adults to watch cartoons then it is them actually being different in any way other than their usage of less subtle curse words and bodily fluids.

[@HowDoYouPronounceGIF]

South Park has joined the chat

[@Nik930714]

As someone who lives in eastern Europe, and thus have never watched SpongeBob when i was a kid, from what i've seen, the animation style is just memeable as hell. The fact that there are jokes that are funny to adults helps a lot.

[@matheusalves9421]

I was really enjoying the video until I got to the Disney part. Disney sells itself as something 100% cute and family friendly, but like Nickelodeon, Disney has always had a more edgy side. Several theatrical shorts by Donald and Goofy have adult humor, double-edged jokes and content that appeals to both adults and children, in fact you can actually say that Mickey goes to the same "fluid age" thing that Spongebob. The Mickey Mouse series by Paul Rudish is a great example of this, embracing adult, acid and gross-out humor even more than the modern seasons of SpongeBob. The same applies to the movies. Lets not put Disney on the same level as Nursery Rhimes, okay?

[@TS-eo9uf]

This morning in the shower, I dropped my bar of soap. In my head, in spongebob's voice, I heard "don't drop the soap!" I was really hoping you'd mention that one.

[@IsomerMashups]

"Look! Dubloons! Don't drop 'em." _wink._

[@chasencage4092]

The Amazing World of Gumball also does this really well

[@chasencage4092]

@person person you probably haven’t seen much of it

[@mcar4able]

I was 9 years old when Spongebob first came out. I loved it and I wouldn't give up the feeling for the world, even though it spawned 20+ more seasons that never came close to the quality in the beginning.

[@aaronwebb1548]

Trey Parker and Matt Stone made my favorite cartoon as a kid. It reflected reality far more accurately than most television, especially at the time.

[@CoachJohnMcGuirk]

Rip steven. You shaped my childhood and thus my adult life in so many ways.

[@arandomnamegoeshere]

I was going to call out Looney Tunes. But it dawns on me that Looney Tunes was actually adult animation. It wasn't until years later that the material was edited for presentation to kids. Granted - even the heavily chopped product still shows a mixture of gags that kids love along with jokes that are missed until a more mature re-view (helloooooo Animaniacs).

[@michaelbolcato192]

What about Ren and Stimpy? Without Ren and Stimpy, Spongebob and Animaniacs wouldn’t existed. Spongebob is basically the family version of Ren and Stimpy.

[@sendittobrandon2012]

Me and my friends are 23 we literally grew up watching SpongeBob I honestly think it changed the chemistry in our head.

[@alexthealchemist92]

"Runing for 21 years STRAIGHT" while SpongeBob makes a gay hand gesture. Not saying he's gay or anything but just something I saw and thought it was funny.

[@christinadavies1925]

Let's not forget Nickelodeon also gave us Avatar: the Last Airbender, which balanced humor with really heavy topics like war, genocide, and familial abuse.

[@TheMarovan]

As a sociology student, I love how a distinctly sociological episode has to deal with purtian conceptions of things. It goes to show how tied up with puritan thought sociology is.

[@DistractANoodle]

"They cook you up, and then they eat you! Or worst." ***Cue doordash commercial, camera centered on a lobster. Priceless.

[@viktormutua8534]

Ravioli ravioli, give me the formuoli

[@pengoobanana5848]

I really like spongebob while I agree the peak was season 2-4, modern episodes (season 9-onwards) have also been really good. I feel like they tap into what made the original 4 season so special

[@foxsmith770]

I'm exactly like SpongeBob that's why I love the show so much, that line about being between "hypercompetence an hyperincompetence" really hit home with me. Especially the fact that I'm very artistic like SpongeBob and yet I've already failed my drivers test twice now. I have an immature sense of humor like him but can deeply relate to Squidward now that I've entered adulthood. It's just an amazing and versatile cartoon

[@partygamerX]

"Cheat that way" i still live that line

[@jgreenbelt]

3:32 Stewie Griffin is literally crying in the corner right now

[@GreenEnvy.]

"How do you feel when you can't see your friends?" Relieved.