The Spongebob Jerktonium Theory

My buddy @mattneff hit me up and told me about this crazy theory he had that has to do with the spongebob christmas special. Plankton feeds everyone jerktonium but matts theory completely exposes the residents of bikini bottom for already being jerks and the jerktonium itself being a placebo!
Matts Channnel
• HOW DW RUINED CHRISTMAS

[@mustardpregnancy]

Huge thanks to Matt Neff! Make sure to watch his FU DW Christmas video! kzbin.info/www/bejne/fIrEYoCCfK51rrc

[@SquidBeatsSB]

Ok

[@reid3524]

Ketchup+ mustard mustardpregnancy 9 months(or 12 I forgot) =musketcnaise

[@mrchance105]

This only works if they're told it has some in it. Can't be a placebo if they don't know the ingredients

[@CameronE.128]

Exactly, placebo only works because people are led to believe that they are taking medicine. These people don't have any knowledge about the jerktonium, and therefore could never, under any circumstances, be under a placebo effect.

[@kaylaa2204]

I see what you were trying to say, but it can if they don’t know the ingredients, it can’t if they don’t know it was supposed to be anything other than ordinary fruitcake A placebo would be there is no jerktonium but plankton has told people it would make them jerks upon eating

[@JcmachineShorts]

Plankton never told any of the fish the fruitcake had jerktonium. SpongeBob was even the one who gave it to everyone. The only people who knew the ingredients were plankton, Karen, and the viewers

[@jedigovna295]

​@@JcmachineShortsSandy to SpongeBob "You took food from plankton?" SpongeBob:Yes Sandy:and feed it to the people? SpongeBob:Yeah Sandy:You're idiot My fav part 😂, my another fav was santa telling a kid to get a job and santas driver just got out of the vehicle while it was moving, the random fishes are arguing about some random xmas songs that are ridiucolulus 😂

[@JcmachineShorts]

@@jedigovna295 that's only sandy, the other fish never knew who made the food though

[@Skivv5]

Noone knew about jerktonium, this is based upon missing information. Cool theory, but objectively wrong.

[@barfyman-wn3id]

All of his theories are like this 😂

[@EIZENSTEIN.]

underrated special imo.

[@lisaswayne8241]

The best Christmas special ever

[@EIZENSTEIN.]

eh... its like an 8/10 for me. i think Santa Claus is coming to town from the ealry 70's was way better, despite this special being somewhat a parody of that classic with the patchy segments. @@lisaswayne8241

[@kev2tuff]

Sandys scientist self is just as high as spongebobs happiness, thats why she still helped because in the name of science regardless of how happy or mad she is, she’ll help people

[@kaylaa2204]

The problem with calling it a placebo is a placebo doesn’t work if you don’t know that it’s supposed to do anything It is literally reliant on you expecting it to do a particular thing, that’s how the placebo effect works No one was aware that this was supposed to make them jerks

[@J.T._Entertainment]

they didn't even know what was jerktonium in the first place if it was recently found or made up by plankton

[@kaylaa2204]

@@J.T._Entertainment exactly

[@Taurus_.]

Maybe it’s like that one feeling when it rarely happens when you wanna be just angry and I know one of you is gonna be bitching about it to me

[@jedigovna295]

​@@Taurus_.Or perhaps nervous from not sleeping too well?

[@caleb.9]

U all can still turn to Christ God bless

[@amarecudjoe9501]

How did you not know about this episode I literally look forward to watching this every year for probably a decade now😂

[@escuol7009]

Santa’s coming tonight tonight

[@beastaslayer1411]

Santa already done came

[@joni2638]

And after that he will arrive

[@Noobing764]

Santa's coming tonight.

[@alejandrogutierrez3789]

I understood that reference

[@Egg-ix2pn]

The only thing is, they didn’t know that there was jerktonium in it

[@ChiefMakes]

Ingredients don’t matter, only what the expected effect is

[@oshinmane]

@@ChiefMakesthe whole theory is supposed to be that its a placebo affect but it cant be if they dont know whats in it which they dont

[@ChiefMakes]

@@oshinmane I know, can you read? You can? Then READ

[@ChiefMakes]

@@oshinmane I think yt removed the comments. I said that the ingredients don’t matter only the expected effect, I’m not defending the video just saying the comment should have said they never knew about the effect.

[@SergeantF]

This is my favorite Spongebob special episode! Brings back many memories

[@gaigeattack9691]

Nice theory but that’s not how placebo’s work they didn’t know that the fruitcake had jerktonium in it couldn’t be a placebo

[@Sweetie_skullZ]

My theory is that jerktonium isn't a placebo, but it brings out the worst of peoples personalities. Say if someone that isn't from bikini bottom consumes it, the result wouldn't be as extreme as if someone from bikini bottom consumes it. This is because the bikini bottom resident was already a jerk, and the jerktonium just amped it up. So, the result of consuming jertonium really depends on how much of a jerk the consumer was originally.

[@Tac0B0y]

this is a MUCH better theory considering the fact his explanation of placebo is just plain wrong and doesnt work that way.

[@spyrois2cool]

Aren't there episodes where Spongebob himself is a complete jerk to some people? Stuck in the Wringer is one of those episodes where where he ends up being rather mean to Patrick. Naughty Nautical Neighbors is another one, where Spongebob and Patrick are tricked into legitimately hating each other. It has been shown that even Spongebob can be at his worst sometimes.

[@A-wasp]

A placido only works if you think it will work the people had no idea about the jerktonium so that’s a hole

[@Skivv5]

grammar? spelling? NAHHH, we don't need those. But also, how are there so few comments point out this hole?

[@mrchance105]

@@Skivv5 how would they

[@imfsresidentotaku9699]

@@mrchance105From watching the special, for instance.

[@Fatih_M177]

​@@Skivv5 Geez, what is it with you and the obsession with grammar XD.

[@Skivv5]

have you been stalking my comments or what @@Fatih_M177

[@mattneff]

Merry Christmas, Dude! This was so much fun!

[@spiderfrider64]

the fu dw man!

[@your_local_questerian]

The king of FU DW! :)

[@TheChunkyPanda420]

How is it considered a placebo if the residents were never told it had jerktonium in it

[@raminoodles2]

There was also that one episode with the no spongebob day where everyone left bikini bottom to spend an entire day without spongebob around.

[@mihaleben6051]

So, jerktonium is like radon and radium So, its almost like lead, but only affects the brain, and sound waves can disrupt it? Thats specific enough to be likely.

[@synovelle]

So this just proves to me that if Spongebob were ever in Kingdom Hearts, he'd be a Princess of Heart, got it.

[@hamzahnurreez8420]

You mean prince right mate.

[@okjeffy6581]

I was just rewatching this today

[@mihaleben6051]

Oh, jerktnium is just lead

[@NOMEDOXXEARASHDTPM]

The jerktonium doesn't make you a jerk, it just takes your forces to keep your inner jerk 0 and you can't stop it from exiting you, this meaning it isn't a placebo, it just takes your worst intentions out, also this would explain why spongebob was immune, he didn't have any bad intention ever in his life

[@karenfan010]

I think the reason almost all of bikini bottom is evil is because despite the human like forms they take they’ll still wild life deep down it’s all shown in feral friends where the sea creatures especially squidwrad and pearl all become wild and dangerous.

[@username5155]

I can’t believe you forgot to mention how Squidward is also immune to Jerktonium because he’s “already a jerk” (AKA he has depression and everyone in Bikini Bottom hates him for it)

[@username5155]

Seriously though, if youcdon’t think Squidward is actually depressed, go watch _Are you happy now?_

[@J.T._Entertainment]

also not to mention he didn't even eat the fruit cake because he was home all day and ingored spongebob (also krabs was a jerk despite not given the cake so there's another plot hole, unless the infection is airborne or "current-borne")

[@amarecudjoe9501]

Why do I love when ytbrs make a big conspiracy of simple cartoons and movie scenarios😊

[@megamushroom]

It seems like squidward also wasnt effected by the jerktonium 6:10 squidward is also just being himself

[@kingjb554]

Ive been watching this special for years and its one of my favorite pieces of Spongebob media. This was such a fun video to watch...even if its completely wrong because no one knew about JT beforehand

[@stfuyoutube423]

My question is how the hell did santa not see plankton baking the fruitcake and lacing it with jerktonium and making toybob

[@jedigovna295]

Well sometimes people want to blame innocent folks which happened to me, my dogs blame me for something i didnt do and only after i say sorry they come back otherwise they wanna bite that or people like being jerks in general 😅

[@imfsresidentotaku9699]

@@jedigovna295 Anecdotal evidence is not evidence at all.

[@jedigovna295]

@@imfsresidentotaku9699 what does that mean?

[@fnafonfire3704]

Might sound random, but I just enjoy it everytime you’ve talked about a season 8 episode.

[@camerontower710]

This theory, while being not far from the truth, was wrong. It cannot be a placebo effect due to SpongeBob gives out jerktonium fruitcakes without knowing of jerktonium. The people who eat them also don’t know about jerktonium because SpongeBob did not know and could not tell them. This whole scene is like 2 sentences at time stamp (1:46). It is way more likely that jerktonium reacts will people in a poor way, bringing out inner jerk and magnifying it. This would explain why SpongeBob was not affected, having no inner jerk and being a flower of goodness. Sandy was affected but as she is never really a jerk would still help SpongeBob. Her inner jerk was not that strong. Other people, being cured by a finger snap would have very weak inner jerks and have it fail easily. In summary, people are jerks to diffrent levels with SpongeBob not being a jerk at all. The jerktonium brings out inner jerks of people due to some biological connection. This is no placebo, proably just a result of a radioactive material plankton found (it literally glows - 4:01) in bikini bottom or bakini atoll, a nuke testing site.

[@yxng_itxchi0717]

HOW HAVE YOU NEVER SEEN THIS

[@xavierwashington5408]

I was waiting for you to point out that it can’t be a placebo, bc that’s not how placebo effects work

[@mihaleben6051]

1:13 yep Definetely highly radioactive I would say ~43 beta particles pwr second, or cobalt ~34

[@LumaSloth]

Just because he put it in the bottom of the periodic table?

[@mihaleben6051]

@@LumaSloth yes, also because it looks like that, ends with -tonium And like, just look at it and its effects, dont tell me thats not radioactive.

[@mihaleben6051]

@@LumaSloth but also, absolutely because of that

[@zombiesmurf83]

Bro is turning into the next Alex Bale. I really like your Spongebob theories!

[@Rainok]

I know many people pointed it out already, but it can't be a placebo if they think it's just a normal fruitcake, they have to know what it's supposed to do for it to work like that

[@loganalvarez2985]

if this were the case you could argue it would technically be a nocebo effect, since being a jerk is a negative outcome, but it is not as the fish are not told before eating the fruitcake of its effects, so no placebo or nocebo here

[@yosoyringodesanantonio8405]

Still better than Santa Inc. (plus a ton of recent lineup of Garbage Christmas Specials made by real Jerks)!

[@brianpguil]

Merry Christmas Dude🎄

[@TobyOliverHenryFan]

Not only is there a stop motion Christmas SpongeBob episode, but there's also a stop motion Halloween episode.

[@sumper_man]

This one big back memories😭

[@bubbledaryl1115]

there is so many plot holes in this theory

[@Soppity]

theory: the jerktonium didn’t actually affect anyone, they’re all just upset because they ate fruitcake

[@jedigovna295]

I dont know what's so bad about fruit cakes i like them 😂

[@imfsresidentotaku9699]

That doesn’t make any sense. They ate the fruitcake willingly.

[@Soppity]

@@imfsresidentotaku9699 they probably thought it wouldnt be that bad

[@mihaleben6051]

THE WHAT How radioactive is it?

[@GodzillamanGaming]

Fun fact this episode aired on CBS. At the time (back on 2012) my parents didn't have cable so I had to watch SpongeBob at my grandma, aunts, or on DVD. Also I didn't use streaming services at the time so I didn't look for SpongeBob online. At the time I thought it was so cool that one of the local antenna channels was showing a SpongeBob christmas episode and I think since then it's the only SpongeBob episode that aired outside of nick (not including streaming).

[@CRG4242]

Hold up how is spongebob still alive without the bowl of water in sandy’s treedome? 🧐

[@somethingfunny5571]

If plankton’s fruitcakes are so great why doesn’t he just sell them?

[@Tsukarae]

A good real-time example is crocs. I had a pair in 2005 and got bullied for it. Now they’re everywhere. I keep to myself now.

[@SquidBeatsSB]

Merry Christmas

[@NOMEDOXXEARASHDTPM]

I have just realized that mr. crabs sounds like demoman if he wasn't drunk all the time

[@goplayoutside3599]

Mr krabs: don’t call me eugene anymore, call me *HEISENKRAB”

[@imfreefallinq]

merry christmas!!

[@jisuskitty]

how did you not know about it?! it’s good!

[@Carrot.Canvas]

I think I STILL have this on DVD

[@ergonomic_9]

I thought this episode was a fever dream of mine

[@moonlightdiamond1590]

About squidward he didn’t have a jucky beard like the others. And I don’t why did Mr Krabs have a beard as well

[@TMNTfan20035]

Probably cause squidward is a grouch and krabs is already a jerk because of his greed

[@moonlightdiamond1590]

@@TMNTfan20035 your right about Mr Krabs but squadward is different reason maybe they sponge bob friendship love will that he being kind to them is also not affected. Will Patrick hate him from the beginning even Mr Krabs as well from help wanted. Squadward is just joking about hating SpongeBob and i think maybe plankton eating some of it off screen and it doesn’t work on him either

[@Cmcg2186]

It still doesn’t make sense since it doesn’t effect spongebob

[@7monolith]

so basically plankton's motive is the same as joker's motivation in the dark knight

[@tyronebrooks-pd1vj]

i love that special

[@erniesummerfield6472]

2:26 never noticed before, but that sheet music has an extra space in it, and a lot of it doesn't fit within 4/4 time, either too many, or too few beats. As a musician, this hurts badly... Edit: And, even though it's implied to be the beginning, it doesn't have a spot that says where to repeat to

[@godschannel4899]

Not to be rude but this makes no sense

[@agnesg]

Maybe it does not affect land animals

[@Chrisdoesntlikenoisecore]

I love that episode so much💘

[@What_The_Fuck_Did_I_Just_Watch]

How old is this Christmas Special now?

[@Jay-oe7fw]

I believe this special came out around 2012 so about 11-12 years old.

[@nxgry6208]

real?

[@Merc4lif3]

Artificial hood classic

[@Liam-wh8vc]

Matt Neff? The creator of FU DW?

[@panika4108]

But how should they use this chemical as an excuse if they don’t know that there is this chemical in it?

[@ratherande]

Thank you MustardPregnancy

[@MouthJaw]

SpongeBob is the anti jerk

[@yutheamzingzz2039]

You know what’s also weird talking fish with homes

[@ye87]

I was just listening to the song from the ep

[@DuderMcdonald7777]

What about the eyebrows and beards? 🤨📸

[@Greenbean1yt]

For the people who say it can’t be a real placebo maybe it just shows that version of them😊

[@pixelfuzztv1371]

what is the theory? this is just a general summary of the episode. a 12 year old episode you just found out about.

[@TheChunkyPanda420]

But they didn't know

[@user-fu6ti4mu3k]

cool

[@kuzeyzengin2878]

MERYY CHRIMA

[@roberttrudeau]

it seems like theres a great deal of adults who behave like this in society. its kind of sad tbh.

[@erick7d123]

this is some shi I would watch when I was 9

[@_Grean_]

plot

[@TobyOliverHenryFan]

I don't agree with this theory. It's a bit wild. Like SpongeBob as a whole.

[@DigitalcircusSlander]

Everybody in bikini bottom are jerks though

[@Chineseisntalanguageapparently]

Hey man I just finished the Mandela video and I wanted to say here in case you didn’t see it, yes the KK opened for 25hrs in one episode, no it wasn’t that one it was season 4 I think, ok bye

[@user-zo4kd2si7o]

Maybe there wasn't anything in it and everyone just hates fruit cake and SpongeBob does. Fruit cake is just bad

[@gothgirllicker]

honestly i dont see it at all. your video was good though, love your other spongebib theories as well.

[@Adamrohaidzan_2024]

I like it🎉❤🎉

[@ryanmapping7944]

Patrick Xbox meme

[@jayadarshankamalanathan5688]

Being delulu is not the solulu

[@Lilskixxx]

Ok but that’s not how a placebo works literally no one was told about the jerktonium

[@ChiefMakes]

No one needed to know, just the effect

[@Lilskixxx]

@@ChiefMakes it only works if the people taking it know smh

[@ChiefMakes]

@@Lilskixxx I know, I already said this 3 times. THEY DONT NEED TO KNOW THE INGREDIENTS, THEY NEED TO KNOW THE EXPECTED EFFECT, IM NOT SAYING THEY KNEW THE EFFECT, JUST THAT YOUR COMMENT SHUOD BE ABOUT THE EFFECT NOT INGredient

[@Lilskixxx]

@@ChiefMakes it is, no one knew the ingredients except for plankton meaning it couldn’t be a placebo unless he told them it would make them mean but he didn’t so no it’s not a placebo

[@ChiefMakes]

@@Lilskixxx you don’t need to know ingredients for it to be a placebo *facepalm*

[@caleb.9]

You all can still turn to Christ God bless u all

[@Jakepearl13]

Daddy…daddy! I’m coming! [gets shot in the leg] OHHHHHHH FUCK!!!

[@DillionToad-ue1ro]

the ONLY WAY this works is if the jerktonium and its effects was known to the entire town but it was not, as for something to be a placebo it needs to be known in the first place but it was only plankton that knew what the Jerktonium was