The Spongebob Episode that Terrified a Generation...

[@michaelablair5659]

The most terrifying aspect of this episode to me is the fact that Squidward wasn't dreaming or anything like that. He didn't wake up and realize that he was having a dream like many cartoons might do for episode like this one. The ending of this episode implies that this truly happened 💀

[@j_the_kid]

To me the ending is a bit more ambiguous. SpongeBob and Patrick saying it was Squidward who invented jellyfishing is such an absurdity that it makes me think it's not a real event. I mean, how could they possibly ever know that it actually was Squidward who thought jellyfishing to their primitive ancestors millions of years ago? It's impossible that they would know that, hence why I think the ending implies it's not real.

[@michaelablair5659]

@@j_the_kid That's a really good point 👍

[@ErickSoares3]

@@j_the_kid Or the "time waves" created by the time machine may have given this info to Spongebob and Partick...

[@DogesMemeFactory]

Me seeing you have 666 likes but liking to make it 667 so ur not cursed for eternity :3

[@SOLIDSNAKE.]

It's a pshycdelic trip

[@noralegg4649]

The most terrifying episode for me was when SpongeBob goes to glove world with Patrick and then can’t catch the bus in a big ditch. Knowing he is trapped and the anxiety of him never being able to get out, but always coming so close stressed me out so much as a kid.

[@andrewcruz7595]

That fear has always been with me the rest of my life from here on out. I remember getting lost on the freeway trying to come back from college and ending up in a whole nother City while my phone died

[@Mechomittencaterpillar]

No he was frustrated because he kept missing the bus

[@mangleman25]

Wormy was the scariest episode for me because I'm pteranarcophobic and they flash an image of a horsefly onscreen instead of an actual butterfly

[@yourcutemc]

True, i forgot what episode that was

[@Bill-mq7wr]

@@yourcutemc Rock Bottom

[@mjolninja9358]

For me the doodlebob was the scariest episode I’ve watched as a kid. And now as an illustrator myself I’ve been feeling the echoes of that episode ever stronger

[@itzelyyy3891]

bye doodlebob was so scary to me bro. istg i would always turn the show off if it was that episode bc absolutely not 😭

[@ImaDragon2398]

@@itzelyyy3891No offense but you deadass were scared of a nga that goes “Hoymanominoi”💀

[@Slade_Wilson2001]

Me ahoy nohay

[@trissybear08]

Bro that’s my favourite episode 😂

[@HeavyWeaponsGuy636]

@@ImaDragon2398 fr

[@kungfuvoodoo9889]

It's one of those episodes where as a kid it didn't terrify me but stood out as a "well that was weird" moment. It wasn't until later when I grew up and thought more about life and the universe when I stumbled on that episode again and truly realized how creepy and terrifying it would be if I was in Squidward's shoes for that moment.

[@AllHallowsEve2012]

This is why it makes sense that it was supposed to be on adult swim at first. Once you realize what's really going on in these episodes it gives you goosebumps

[@SOLIDSNAKE.]

I took a heroic dose by accident my first time of shrooms almost 2 years ago and I am still processing it, this was a psychedelic trip!

[@dtxspeaks268]

The white void is what I feel like the inside of a black.hole would be like. Nothing, where the laws of physics are backwards, time is absent and you are all alone with exception of the echoes of your voice.

[@YardLongBeans]

I remember this episode scared me a bit as a child, I found the cavemen-like Spongebob and Patrick very fun to watch. Though seeing Squidward so upset and panicked, begging to go back to the present day is what got me. The sense of pleading and fear of being stuck away from you home, friends, and any familiarity. It was an episode that I could never forget, that's for sure.

[@bloodqueef4147]

I was the opposite, caveman SpongeBob and Patrick creeped me out like the closeup on their gums and aggressive behavior. Also the body horror of two-headed Patrick

[@SOLIDSNAKE.]

I took a heroic dose by accident my first time of shrooms almost 2 years ago and I am still processing it, this was a psychedelic trip 😊

[@dtxspeaks268]

Idk I found the Gorilla Patrick creepy as a child

[@Jolis_Parsec]

There was a relatively recent MrCreepypasta narration about the protagonist finding letters in the attic of his ancestral estate that encapsulates the fear of being forever trapped in a time and place not your own and ultimately learning to accept it that stuck with me after hearing it.

[@lasercraft32]

In an alternate universe, Squidward died in that freezer, and he never appears in the show ever again.

[@evanoglesby4061]

That’s dark

[@BoogieMan16]

w-what?

[@bakidrip]

@@BoogieMan16 Bro stuttered in text💀💀💀

[@braydenclassic9195]

@@bakidrip…

[@Derly24]

The Universe is so vast and the fact a multiverse may exist, indeed, in one of those, Squidward dies in that freezer.

[@bryony1235]

No one came to look for squidward, because he never disappears. At the end of the episode, he goes back to his present day. So one squidward is trapped in the freezer, and another is living his normal life. Squidward could also create a paradox by going to the freezer in the Krusty Krab and freeing himself, thus eliminating the whole timeline and making most of this episode something that never happened.

[@jimmypappas9780]

If he wants to end jellyfishing he just needs to find himself in the freezer

[@squareballoons289]

🤯 Mind blown... wow I never thought of this.

[@sushimghatak1996]

This concept has been beautifully shown in a Spanish movie named ‘Mirage’

[@eriqvaldivia3496]

The episode feels very analogous to a bad psychedelic trip. Afterwards, when it's over, you are much more grateful for the regular stuff in your life that you took for granted. During the trip, if things have gone that bad, I've definitely found myself just begging for the mundane and monotonous and even annoying parts of life to be given back to me. It's so damn good.

[@mrdoor12323]

The second i heard those voices saying alone i knew what episode this was

[@Knirrax]

"The second the episode in question was revealed, i knew which episode it was."

[@23_lolface]

Thumbnail gave it away

[@borntoclimb7116]

In my opinion it is a great scene

[@Apathetic_ghost98]

@@Knirraxdeadass 😂😂

[@skzworlddomination1112]

@@Knirraxi genuinely love ur reply

[@LittleRedSM]

No joke, this has always been my favorite episode of Spongebob growing up. I was around 2 years old when it first came out and while I don't remember whether I saw it when it first aired, I'm still 100% sure it's the reason the first dream I remember is a dream of my parents apt in WV and there were these really uncanny looking people in the living room. It's probably the reason I'm so into psychological horror and why I ended up getting a degree in psychology, also probably why I try to make myself dream of liminal spaces. Great video Broogli!

[@meanmeangf6415]

How HAS the attempt to dream of liminal spaces gone? I've never thought of that before, but it sounds interesting

[@LittleRedSM]

@@meanmeangf6415 for me its always been something i tend to dream about! but i just had one last night, funny enough. What seems to work for me is listening to vaporwave/liminal space compilation music and either thinking of liminal spaces, watching stuff like The Backrooms series or any of the Found Footage, even Broogli's vids works. I also find that if i play a game dealing with exploring liminal spaces before i go to sleep and i hit my vape a few times I'll 100% dream of weird uncanny liminal spaces

[@breakingbruh4930]

samee it was definitely one of my favorites

[@CrimsonUnicorn25]

Do you guys remember that one episode where Spongebob got hurt, and he got depressed and went crazy and talked to a coin, a napkin, and a chip? That one was terrifying and so weird.

[@solomoneckley640]

That was pretty mild compared to other episodes but definitely up there

[@boyonline1]

does anyone know the name of that episode?

[@Knownsky]

@@boyonline1 i forget but search up "spongebob gorilla episode"

[@raining_trees]

I sing that song once a month. "I knooooow of a plaaace where you never get haaaarmed"

[@raining_trees]

@@boyonline1it's called I Had an Accident

[@galaxystarrs5432]

Tbh this episode did spook me as a child, but I was more scared of the episodes that included dark themes such as graveyards. And I was scared of "The Hash Slinging Slasher."

[@catbatrat1760]

I think I was the most terrified of the episode where Spongebob got trapped in a dark town full of monstrous-looking inhabitants that blew a bunch of raspberries.

[@cemeterylights]

​@@catbatrat1760 I was too LMFAO, this episode scared me so hard

[@BLZPHR]

​@catbatrat1760 the rock bottom episode? Him and patrick get stuck in rock bottom while on their way to glove world

[@catbatrat1760]

@@BLZPHR Yeah, that one!

[@RedArrow808]

He was #1 could be unsettling

[@reyskywalker8746]

I never was freaked out by this episode when I was younger but now I can see why this freaked you and other people out.

[@yaboidre5672]

Same here. Maybe im just messed up in the head; I’m noticing I wasn’t bothered by the same shows and episodes that apparently bothered LOTS of people. As an adult, I understand why this would bother people, but even now I’m unfazed. In all honesty, Rock Bottom was far more terrifying for me. It was an accurate depiction of… well… hitting Rock Bottom.

[@Charlie-pu9bx]

​@@yaboidre5672 I'm exactly the same. It's not that we're "messed up", it's just that people are scared by different things.

[@fandomfanatic2001]

Same, and for some reason it used to make my little brother laugh hysterically

[@MyRandVids]

It never freaked me out either. 😸

[@AxalottleAndTurbo]

It still doesn't freak me out

[@turdgaineronroblox6228]

Squidward in clarinetland will forever be the most unsettling SpongeBob episode to me…

[@izzafizza339]

Yeaa omg that's crazy I wish that was a location I could go to because I wanna explore that area and if I could I would bring a shovel and start digging there and imagine if I find thousands of mini clarinets

[@yawninglion1677]

That episode is a pure fever dream

[@JohnnyJohnny_WhosUrPapa]

Oh yeah he went crazy damn

[@HarrySpencerMusic]

Glad I'm not alone, I always thought that was the eeriest episode...

[@solomoneckley640]

I forgot about that one but now I’m thinking about it again

[@JustaRandomDunce]

"FUUUUTURRRRREE" -Sun Tzu, The Art of War

[@gottemfries]

''stop quoting me i didnt say all this'' -sun tzu

[@NateS917]

​@@gottemfries"lmaoooo just playing fam i did say that shit" -sun tzu

[@gottemfries]

@@NateS917 "Nahh bro i did not say this random stuff💀💀"-Sun Tzu, The Art of War

[@andrewcruz7595]

"Pee is stored in the balls - Sun Tzu

[@fioregiallo]

"y'all better chill" -confucious, 450 B.C.E.

[@MushroomEater64]

And this also a life lesson of "Enjoy the love ones you have now cause someday you might lose them".

[@edvinholmstrom5895]

might?

[@BagzAndPresident]

You WILL lose them

[@Thebackdreamer]

one day you will bury your mother (song reference)

[@kuro.editzzz]

That nowhere place is the typical place you go on a heavy psychedelic trip. You literally going up against yourself. You facing your own ego and fears. The place itself kind of replicates ego death but different in squidwards context

[@jaxrenea]

yes! was thinking this... its definitely a mirror of that.

[@_vanessajane]

It's interesting that you mentioned ego death. Squidward, when trapped in that nowhere place, shifts only the turquoise square (which could resemble himself), and thus making it disappear. Maybe that's the very moment he loses the internal connection to everything that he once thought made up his personality. Idk, to think about it that way somehow gives me chills

[@rensadu8200]

I’m glad I’m not the only one who was terrified by this episode. This gave me such a dreadful feeling of nihilism, hopelessness, and existentialism after watching it every time it came up.

[@redwings0142]

There were two episodes that creeped me out me as a kid. The first was the episode where SpongeBob accidentally injects himself with Gary’s shot and watching him transform into a snail. His eyes growing out his head, losing his ability to walk and talk. It was pretty messed up to me. The other was the procrastination episode, specifically the point where SpongeBob starts hallucinating and the clock becomes alive and says “times up SpongeBob”.

[@JakvsMetalheads999]

Both those episodes freaked me out as a kid. I had dreams about the procrastination one. As for the snail one, the first time I ever saw it was in first grade, probably 2004. They played it for us on a DVD or VHS or something in the cafeteria on some kind of event day, I’d never seen it before. I remember just being really creeped out and thrown off by it.

[@solomoneckley640]

Finally someone is talking about the procrastination episode

[@shopnil4]

This episode was a favorite of mine as a kid, while also being one of the scariest (might be tied with the ending of where SpongeBob made the SpongeBob music statues for the Jellyfish)

[@_vanessajane]

That one gives me chills even to this day

[@dtxspeaks268]

Let's be real: the best Spongebob episodes are usually the ones that involve horror ie SB-129, I Was A Teenage Gary, Rock Bottom, Graveyard Shift and Spongehenge

[@_vanessajane]

@@dtxspeaks268 definitely

[@Prod_JS]

Kinda reminds me of that weird simpsons episode where homer goes into the other dimensions and can still hear his family. That episode really messed me up when I was younger because it never resolves and homer technically never got home

[@hale.yscomet]

I think that one was a parody of The Poltergeist

[@Lupo32]

Erotic cakes 🎂

[@NateS917]

​@@hale.yscometyeah, one of the treehouse of horror segments

[@Dailysaber]

before as a kid the episode to me was all about what it is like to be alone and to time travel, but the fact is that you should never wish to be alone if you miss your loved ones or certain people even when their annoying.

[@_vanessajane]

Yeah, you are so right. I find it kinda annoying when ppl say there's no positive moral for children in SpongeBob. It's there, just not as "in your face" as in other, more typical kids shows. And personally, I find that very appealing

[@Rtx9070ti]

​​@@_vanessajane people who say that spongebob hasno moral are 40 year old karens with 3 braincells

[@Dailysaber]

@@_vanessajane it's cause the parents wouldn't like watching the whole eps for intertainment or curiosity purposes but only adult fans and kids that had a bond with the show.

[@fre3shi583]

mark my words this is gonna blow up❤

[@Toiletbomber9000]

No shi they have 88k subscribers

[@RayAkuma]

No

[@fastfacts727]

It'll go straight to your thighs... and then it'll blow up

[@HandleOnYoutube]

only 3k views in 23h ur wrong

[@Toiletbomber9000]

@@fastfacts727 erm what the sigma

[@freddiefreakedit]

this was always one of my favorite episodes. i found it so crazy how you bring up the squares in nowhere representing his thoughts are spongebob and patrick. i distinctly remember my brother and I saying that when we were kids and i've thought about it every single time ive rewatched it since!

[@drguineapig8755]

What really freaked me out about this episode when I was a kid was how out of left field the alone scene was. Just seeing Squidward in the void kinda freaked me out.

[@AwesomeHyperSonic547]

Same, it was pretty creepy and kind of panic inducing to see that. Then it seemed like there was no escape either until Squidward fell through the roof of the Time Machine.

[@austinweishaar2710]

The episode with the blue jelly fish really made me scared when I was little lol

[@robotomo4249]

Great video! You explained this philosophical ideas very clearly, something that many others are unable to do! The "Nowhere" scene in particular put on edge me as a kid. The fact that Squidward was in limbo, a place where you literally cannot go anywhere else, that truly frightened me. The "Alone" texts seemed so palpable to me as well, like they were communicating with me directly through the TV. The one in the yellow speech bubble was particularly "real" to me. I can't at all find the words to describe this feeling.

[@mordecaimonarch8209]

Question: If Squidward hid in the freezer at a restaurant, where stuff like the patties might be stored, and no one looked for him in 2000 years, then that must mean that no one uses the freezer, so why does no one use the freezer? Answer: There are now two Squidwards in one timeline, one is trapped in the future. Our Squidward, the one we’ve been following for this episode, knows that there is another Squidward in the freezer and no one else can know. Any time anyone needs to use the freezer, he makes sure it is him.

[@usuario15965]

Canon

[@RavenStarMedia]

This was actually the first Spongebob episode I remember watching and it probably kickstarted my love of psychological/surreal horror.

[@mathieuleader8601]

Squidward when he was in the void was positively kafkaesque

[@supercraig89day]

You know what can make this episode even more scarier? The fact that even though the Krusty Krab is open almost every single day, no one needed to open the freezer to help Squidward. It’s as if the freezer wasn’t meant to hold food, but something else…

[@AntiSewingCircleChristianity]

Interesting

[@aHedgerowFrog]

@supercraig89day yep, thats for the "shovel".

[@skyryerson77]

*More scary*

[@A.C.E.]

I always found "the past" very disturbing. As a kid, when I would turn off lights and quickly run up the stairs, I always imagined the prehistoric versions of our friends chasing me. I also wish there was a more consistent timeline/continuity in this show. At the end we can hear Squidward say "I'm going back." It would've been cool if the writers took that line literally. Either making a follow up episode, or making it a 30 minute special. It would also give us a chance to explore the past more. The designs of vegetation and creatures is beautiful in my opinion. Since this was season 1 it wasn't too late to keep the continuity going, oh well. There was an episode a few years back now what Spongebob found a caveman light sponge. It would've been neat if it was THIS caveman sponge, and have a little call back with him meeting Squidward again.

[@_vanessajane]

Yeah, this would have been neat. But you know there's an entire special episode named "ugh" from season 3, focusing entirely on the prehistoric Bikini Bottom, even reusing some scenes from SB-129, right?

[@A.C.E.]

@@_vanessajane right, I found that one enjoyable too. A depiction slightly further down the evolution timeline. Still an interesting concept

[@dtxspeaks268]

​​@@_vanessajaneI'm pretty sure "Ugh" and the past part of this episode. "Ugh" is clearly Pliocene and Pleistocene era, whereas the "past" in this episode takes place in the Cambrian or Silurian period.

[@dtxspeaks268]

​@@A.C.E.I found the past versions of Spongebob and Patrick disturbing because they reminded me of vicious Chimpanzees or gorillas about to murder Squidward. Keep.in mind, this episode came out a decade before the Travis the Chimp incident and it managed to trigger my fear of Great Apes the moment I saw it.

[@dtxspeaks268]

​@@A.C.E.i found the prehistoric Spongebob and Patrick in this episode creepy as a kid mostly because they reminded me of gorillas and chimpanzees. This episode came out a decade before the Travis the Chimp incident and it managed to trigger my fear of Great Apes back then.

[@FrankDrankA_Skank]

This episode was all I had on dvd one night when I was 8, the phrase, “all alone” was embedded in my head from then on, I forgot where I heard it from but I just kept repeating to myself, “All alone”. Clicking on this video reminded me of replaying that same dvd over and over again on a summer night, all alone.

[@tidalrose26]

Didn’t know it was possible to be traumatized by an *analysis* of an episode I never even watched. Great vid!

[@Hoppaz]

Here bfore 1k. I can tell this is gonna blow up, the quality is amazing

[@Broogli]

Thanks so much

[@TrippinAlpaca]

The colors match the main cast! I noticed when you pointed it out, there was a brown, blue ,pink, yellow, and red. Sandy, Plankton, Patrick, SpongeBob, and krabs!

[@dtxspeaks268]

Um, Squidward is blue. Plankton is green

[@davvy_504]

I remember this episode having such an impact on me as a kid. I saw it as a 4 year old in 2007 and after watching it, it made me think so hard about time. I thought what happens after the 2000s end? Which is after 3 years. I envisioned the time after the 2000s a void like this which i named P, where nothing would exist.

[@caribreeze]

1:39 that gorilla costume scared me the most as a kid. It actually gave me nightmares, I thought a gorilla would rip me in half at night for awhile lol

[@JadenSalads]

Fantastic video. Loved it, very deep.

[@SunEater0]

It's really interesting seeing a deep dive of this episode; I remember seeing it when I was a kid and just being so freaked out... But revisiting it now as is just... Wow. The whole show is wild

[@nyekundaikonradish]

This one was a little freaky as a kid but the ep that got me worse was the one where spongebob took a bus into the abyss and all the fish were like deep sea creatures LOL

[@omegaflowey9932]

That episode's name was "Rock Bottom".

[@acrab6527]

Now watch Harold and the Purple Crayon. Stuck completely alone in an infinite white void with no escape. The only things that exist are your drawings, but they are just drawings, and the crayon won't last forever.

[@Byt3W4ve]

Draw more crayon

[@mikehoncho2798]

The scariest episode for me was when Gary got sick and SpongeBob, Patrick , and squidward somehow got injected with Gary’s medicine turning them all into snails. Them singing on the wall at the end of the episode was frightening

[@Boey03]

How 💀

[@jackm3720]

This was always my favourite episode as a kid. I had a video tape with a few eps and this was one of them. I loved it and probably watched it a million times😂

[@offthegrident]

I thought this would be the Hash Slinging Slasher episode, now THAT was childhood fear

[@skzworlddomination1112]

I find it kinda unbelievable that the freezer wasn’t opened for over 2000 years 😭

[@fwir711u2]

This episode wants us believe that absolutely no one in the moost popular restaurant in the city decided to open the walk in freezer for 2000 years....... thats the most unbelievable thing about it

[@usuario15965]

There are now two Squidwards in one timeline, one is trapped in the future(in the freezer currently). Our Squidward, the one we’ve been following for this episode, knows that there is another Squidward in the freezer and no one else can know. Any time anyone needs to use the freezer, he makes sure it is him,so no obe ever finds that squidward,any other time in the series characters are shown to enter the fridge after this episode happens before this episode.

[@usuario15965]

There are now two Squidwards in one timeline, one is trapped in the future(in the freezer currently). Our Squidward, the one we’ve been following for this episode, knows that there is another Squidward in the freezer and no one else can know. Any time anyone needs to use the freezer, he makes sure it is him,so no obe ever finds that squidward,any other time in the series characters are shown to enter the fridge after this episode happens before this episode.

[@Eml_18-t7x]

I'm a huge SpongeBob fan and the one episode that absolutely terrified me was the doodlebob episode. It gave me chills every single time I watched it. Even giving me nightmares. His gibberish words would ring in my head. "Me hoy minoy" he would say. Doodlebob was unstoppable and vicious.

[@collegemaster5683]

...I'm so, so sorry...but I can't tell if you're being serious or not... Also he wasn't unstoppable...paper beats pencil, after all :)

[@AwesomeHyperSonic547]

This unnerved me as a kid, and I could never get to the point of why it made me feel that way. Although, the echoing *alone* in nowhere, and there seemed to be no way to escape it (until Squidward fell through into the time machine) was kinda creepy and somewhat panic inducing for me. It’s like something out of a nightmare.

[@oldhollywoodcryptid]

ROLIE POLIE OLIE!!!! spoogli reaching in my vault today

[@Broogli]

My fav show of all time lowkey

[@RaifuEnthusiast]

Old kids shows were great, the shit they have now is so bad lol

[@michaelc908]

The first time I ever saw SpongeBob was when I was flicking through the channels as a kid and saw that one scene in the episode where the Flying Dutchman stays in spongebobs home and he gets octopus tentacles. It terrified me for years lol.

[@Slaquery27]

This was one of my favorite episodes as a kid.

[@afonsoserra8017]

loved your aproach to both the episode and topic congrats

[@Godisthebestbro]

Funny squid wars is the creator of the jellyfish net

[@Edsgames666]

I didn't know that you were doing SCPs now I'm really really hopked i love your videos brother thank you so much for your time and hard work in your videos brother 😜❤️

[@kgeeplays]

I really enjoyed this video! As soon as I saw your face pop up on the screen, I recognized you from your backrooms compilation videos where your character had a Santa suit on. Whenever your Santa suit character popped up on the screen, my baby would laugh and it was so adorable ❤ That makes me realize how awesome KZbin is. it’s such a fun space where anyone can get online and just share their passions with the world pretty much for free. I don’t watch anything else anymore, just KZbin. For me, KZbin content made by passionate creators is so much cooler than expensive TV shows made by studios.

[@deathclawslayer4609]

This episode never scared me at all but the one that I found the scariest as a kid was easily the episode with “wormy” who later becames a butterfly that everyone thinks is a monster. For anyone who has seen it, you know exactly what parts of that episode freaked me out.

[@johnmathis7287]

This episode literally unlocked a new level in my brain when I first watched this at 6 years old. It was my first true existential crisis. When he was “nowhere,” man that sent my brain into a spiral.

[@jaxrenea]

yoo ur so talented ty for this love the editing

[@Spoogli]

Aw thank you so much!!

[@jaxrenea]

@@Spoogli of coursee!! ❤ keep it up

[@Overlord367]

remember at a certain point we will all be ALONE.sorry couldn’t help myself. 0:12

[@sonohead1737]

This actually did something to me cuz everytime I close my eyes and breath I instantly feel the room I’m in has stretched to infinity

[@GDRhythmic]

Is there an episode where there's a new character that Squidward genuinely finds someone he can be chill with? Especially after this video, I've wanted to see Squidward bond with someone whos on the same wave length with him

[@Orng9987]

How do I keep randomly finding you ._.

[@GDRhythmic]

@@Orng9987 good question. I dont go outside much...

[@Orng9987]

​@@GDRhythmicoh, same. 🥲

[@CameramanYTChaosAndAnimation]

0:50 I didn't realize it was bro, I'm playing Minecraft while listening to the video and I hear bro's voice, then just go "Oh it's this guy" in one of the most casually happy tones I've ever spoke in

[@Devaavanbeneden]

You now when the video is scary when you dont understand the warning at the start of the video

[@OfficialDonnieHaight]

I think this one definitely stood out to a lot of people and this is just a perfect example of art in its prime, there’s no way any SpongeBob episodes in the last 10 to 15 years could grab a kid’s attention the way this episode did. Other honorable mentions with that unsettling factor would be the Glove World episode, the magic conch episode, and even the one where plankton forces SpongeBob to conform to working at the chum bucket was kind of weird in that sense of servitude and struggle with conformity. Show was one of a kind in it’s heyday

[@SteveYoutubeFanBackrooms777]

Thought it was a different channel. BUT YEAH! BROOGLI!

[@brave-antics7467]

This is how I feel, I feel like I’m constantly in darkness, I feel scared and alone but I constantly feel like I’m being watched. I am scared because I can’t see, and I don’t know where I’m going or what I should be feeling or doing, or even how I could even escape. I feel angry because I feel scared because I don’t want to be alone, I don’t want to constantly fear about what would happen next, I don’t want to run away from everything, I want something to be able to see, and I want to know the things that are watching me that I cannot see, I want something to know who I am, I don’t want to constantly fear being watched but to know I am truly not alone. I am scared of losing everyone but I am angry at everyone because they are in the darkness but I cannot see or feel them in any way but I want to.

[@CharaDreemurr-UT]

I forgot how this episode made me feel, I kinda got over it and forgot what I felt, but this reminded me and oh lord, I revived a memory, awesome!

[@mellohighh]

this episode didnt traumatise me, but ever since, i cant imagine just a white blank photo in my head, because no matter how hard i try, squidward walks in?? its weird

[@bella9282]

This was always my favorite episode as a kid! I loved the abstracted dimension squidward was in the most. It always reminded me of my local McDonald’s play place, because the walls were white with rainbow splatter paint and the table tops had a picture of like a million jelly beans. I remember just sitting at the top of the play place and staring at the walls for minutes at a time. Very weird and specific memory, I know, but it was the most liminal, out of body experience I’ve ever had.

[@-eternal]

That is an episode I've never forgotten. To this day several years later there was this horror like undertone. It was extremely unsettling.

[@ToothPaste-000]

Squidward: Ummm what the sigma? SpongeBob: ummm what the sigm- Squidward AHghHHhhH

[@zaviyargul]

In a dumb way that makes sense

[@ryankrappweis5290]

"GET OUT" squidward

[@DecimatedSoul]

Love these types of videos man

[@joshuamueller3206]

The Alonescape scared me as a child. I interpreted that realm as being post time and realized how much of a curse immortality would be. It easily exceeds the clean dystopia of the future, and the uncanny dark forest of the past.

[@liseverschuere7610]

I did not expect this video to take the turn it did. And I’m greatly impressed. And a bit jealous i couldn’t come up with it myself. But i did want to say that I think in the end you just summed up the key to happiness, although you may not have realized it. “Tomorrow doesn’t exist, and it never has.” I believe that once you accept he uncertainty of tomorrow and mix that with that the past can always be interpreted in every possible way based on your mood in that moment the only thing you can be 100% procent certain of is yourself in the present, the right now, you are only sure of yourself and the thoughts you are currently having. And i think that once you accept that maybe it doesn’t become so scary anymore. Tomorrow doesn’t exist, and maybe tomorrow may never come, but today is right here, today exists. Maybe yesterday existed but yesterday is as much up for debate as is almost any “certainty” philosophy has, but today, right now, does exist. And i think the key to happiness is to sometimes step out of our ever so fastly phased time concept, of deadlines and having a plan for the near and not so near future, and to just take a moment to be only in the now, the right right now, and to just enjoy the moment. That’s what i believe ‘you need to touch some grass” means. Get out of tomorrow, you don’t even need to know who you’ll be tomorrow or what you’ll do tomorrow. All you need to know is that you are here right now, as is the grass, so get in touch with only right now. Sorry for this long text and if you read this fully i hope you too can find your happiness. I genuinely hope for everyone to every once in a while step out of our fast phased society and into the right now and be more happy and maybe more loving towards others.

[@lilhailey1253]

Is it weird that I loved everything about this episode as a kid? I loved all the colors and art

[@CallofFreaky]

“Nowhere” is such a terrifying concept to me. Just nowhere and nothingness being a physical plain you can be trapped in. Alone

[@eltiolavara9]

the pickles one with the reversed music scared the shit out of me as a kid I was like "omg what if my parents turned into speakers that play that music" wtf was I on

[@tailsfan10]

The idea of living in a prison of your own design... It's something I usually think about and it has never been properly explained until I saw this video and the episode once more. You could want to escape something so much that once you do, you want to go back. Only to realize that what you want to get away from...is exactly what you made for yourself. It's always been a great fear to be interested in. I don't remember exactly being scared of this episode. Maybe a little creeped out, but it always had my deepest interest (probably my favorite episode). Now I know why.

[@CallofFreaky]

I think the fact that we only see Squidward with SpongeBob and Patrick, in the present, past and future is indicative of the Time Machine just being Squidward’s mind. They’re the only ones around, and in nowhere he misses them. I think everything after he gets locked in the freezer up until he leaves the Time Machine is squidward’s thoughts, as he’s finally alone in the freezer he realises he likes SpongeBob and Patrick

[@itsmejack9]

As I kid, I never thought this was scary, I just thought it was always another classic crazy SpongeBob episode

[@a.j.outlaster1222]

1:13 ...All these years.. THAT. Was its name?... How'd I forget? 😓

[@AFarNebula]

Squidward even being in the Krusty Krab gives me strong sense of liminality, because the restaurant was not well lit and most importantly, it was empty which we weren't supposed to ever see. Gives me goosebumps to this day.

[@CallofFreaky]

4:50 I honestly never expected mr krabs to allow the krusty krab to be closed for a day

[@SuspiciousCat13]

My parents never let me watch this show when I was younger, but I’m honestly glad now since this probably would have freaked me out.

[@SybilNix]

This has always been one of my favorite episodes. Maybe it didn’t unsettle me a whole lot bc I watched so much Courage lmao, but I’ve always been drawn to the bizarre, existential, and absurd. There is another excellent (and long) video about SpongeBob and how it explores those themes throughout the show. It’s from The Local Mangaka and it’s titled “Analyzing Every Squidward Episode (Absurdism, Cynicism, “Obsession and Futility”)

[@tannermclaughlin5001]

Yeah this episode legitimately gave me anxiety as a kid

[@Lol_XD5.mp3]

The fact that I loved the episode just makes it better

[@vincentscats9314]

"now im gonna get into my personal break down of the episode..." **Breakdances**

[@cakecrumb095]

What’s funny is that SB-129 was my first SpongeBob episode, so my introduction to the show freaked me out so much I had to come back and keep watching. Karate Choppers right after this actually also freaked me out with that hot sauce that grew a face. Good times.

[@xvingar6318]

The episode where Squidward is dealing with his loneliness is life rn for me and alot of people in my generation. I love over analyzing spongebob episodes, they always have some life lesson that you catch when you grow up, that's probably why I love it and think it's the best cartoon ever created😭

[@HereticalPreist]

Nah I think Wormy was honestly the scariest like just the close up of the bug with that buzzing sound was definitely unsettling and younger me did get scared by it

[@RandomDude1487]

How to survive: 1. Don’t be a dumbass, a freezer is the last place you wanna hide in 2. See a therapist so you don’t have any more dreams if it is a dream (and shoot man it took me a while to realize it was this channel)

[@zcythegeist]

My most fav ep. Idk why. Remembering this as a kid then watching that part of Inside Out about our brain disasembling thoughts really got me thinking that Squidward really just visualize that after going in future and past. Also your channel is so good, I start to binge now. I can't believe you have small subs. Keep it up dude, I know you're gonna blow up.

[@nyanchat2657]

this was one of my favorite episodes as a kid tbh, I found the whole end of time shtick to be really interesting

[@PaulieLauraXombie1331]

Actually my favorite episode. Squidward just in an upward fetal position clenching in with his existential crisis yelling FUTURE!! I feel that sometimes

[@razzyp]

Nah man “Rock Bottom” was THE most crazed eppie ever!!! I was 11/12 when that aired and still have nightmares 😮‍💨 Perhaps because it was the foreshadowing of my adult life. 🤔

[@hejnope1]

i love this type of content

[@daveninava]

21:49 That Happens To Gaming And The Aesthetic Frutiger Aero, Y2k Of That Time And We Thinking This Is Future We Gotta See In The 2020s And Can't Wait For It So Excited But It Was There That Time With Us But We Never Khew It About That That Facts Right There

[@Fabboi_unl]

I really like the interpretation of the colored squares as representing his thoughts in a super simplified form. It's an interesting idea.

[@sweetsisfat]

I remember waking up to this episode at my Tias early in the morning and was pretty intrigued yet disturbed. Poor Squidward