The Spongehenge Theory

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[@KarstenRunquist]

BuT THat’S JuSt A TheoRry

[@zidan07168]

*A film theory!!!!!!* Now happy.

[@TheFlamingGamerYT]

*Thanks for watching*

[@fernandohgfg6847]

A SPONGEBOB THEORY!

[@linusmaximilian6568]

Karsten Runaquist moment

[@ArnoldiiSaurus]

*A Gayme theory*

[@spurdosparde8197]

“bikini bottom takes place on the planet neptune” dude Sandy is from TEXAS

[@dinoricky5188]

And the fricking bubble bowl

[@bonk895]

i guess it can still make sense as her suit is more like a space suit while a skin tight outfit and the helmet woyld make more sense for underwater. and she needs air, so yuh. the bubble bowl,,, idk my brain is fried

[@cpstyxx6621]

Bold of you to assume that Neptune doesn't have its own Texas Texas is more a concept than a place

[@robbybrueck3403]

I live in Texas

[@TheDrWolfram]

@@bonk895 then maybe she was a squirrel from Texas sent on a mission to Neptune instead of a human. She being from Texas is then a reference to Houston, TX, as in "Houston, we have a problem"

[@liamquinn6522]

"This is such a dark and unsettling episode" *smooth jazz intensifies*

[@zexalcommander7036]

“Who’s playing Squidward’s records again?”

[@lorddukfoxyzeppeli7921]

spongbob fr smash bros please

[@davidhong1934]

You like _jazz?_

[@ClownTown.mp4]

kelpy g vibes

[@tehpanasmanis5662]

*Ya like jazz?*

[@MrAdamo]

When you have to assume everyone is hallucinating and they are living a false reality, it’s pretty safe to say your theory broke

[@JoshuaRennig]

this theory was broken when he stole the idea from the writers of the show, and honestly believed it was a "theory" bruh everyone has an imagination, not everyone uses it to spew bullshit and convince 6 millions viewers that it's not bullshit for long enough that this person actually probably made money, from this bullshit, ifs fuckinf sickening c

[@mordecaidelcolo3097]

yeah

[@DrakoWulf]

The more dark and trippy episodes were actually always some of my favorites as a kid, like this one, SB-129, Squidward in Clarinetland, Sleepy Time, Frankendoodle, Rock Bottom, Squidville, etc.

[@jtteope1178]

(not trying to be rude) People like this treat nightmares as dreams

[@DrakoWulf]

@@jtteope1178 | Nightmares are dreams, just deeply unpleasant ones.

[@haunted-mound]

@@DrakoWulf Yes

[@thekingofhearts43]

_AHOY MINOY_

[@DrakoWulf]

@@thekingofhearts43 | Do you have a quarter?

[@Cpt.Croissant]

You're forgetting that David Hasselhoff is canon, so they ARE on Earth

[@manuam98]

Maybe David Hasselhoff coexists in multiple realities

[@Stonecargo21]

@@manuam98 David Hasselhoff OWNS multiple realities, thus why we must always state David Hasselhoff's name when referring to David Hasselhoff

[@davidhong1934]

@@Stonecargo21 David Hasselhoff isn't always the real David Hasselhoff. Sometimes, David Hasselhoff creates other versions of David Hasselhoff to act as emissaries and avatars for David Hasselhoff. That way, David Hasselhoff can oversee amd interact with multiple realities without requiring David Hasselhoff's physical presence. Not only that, some mortals create false idols of David Hasselhoff, not realizing that their false depictions of David Hasselhoff hold no power and are, in fact, insults to David Hasselhoff, leading to great calamaties brought upon them by David Hasselhoff.

[@lawnmower6591]

@@davidhong1934 the hasselhoff theory

[@Inkypencil22]

@@lawnmower6591 Hasselhenge

[@roanmartin1996]

"The religious lore of Bikini Bottom" That is a statement that will live in my head forever

[@lorddukfoxyzeppeli7921]

Aliens? I thought they wer ejust creatures fro the future?

[@BierBart12]

@@lorddukfoxyzeppeli7921 That has nothing to do with that comment, but so did I. I thought they were just evolved future creatures

[@lorddukfoxyzeppeli7921]

@@BierBart12 Either it was a perfect episodes but those were so ugly they were even uglier than the atlanteans in the atlantis special who wrote them in? why? who would wanna see something nasty like this

[@laboon344]

will*

[@667nine]

Yes

[@spaghettibird5135]

I know it’s just a theory but holy shit the being on Neptune thing is an astronomic stretch

[@battycrease2005]

Even without sound, I can perfectly remember the music that the holes and the jellyfish made from when I watched this as a child.

[@TkrakenT]

The writers of the episode " wtf Is this guy talking about we made this in 10 minutes"

[@ttpbroadcastingcompany.4460]

Exactly. It's just a silly nod to Stonehenge. It's not even all that scary.

[@TheSpokenBanana]

@@ttpbroadcastingcompany.4460 I was okay with what he was saying up to the point where he says that the whole show takes place on neptune. I think that was really just stupid. I'm not one to knock fan theories, but seriously? "Oh yeah, there's tons of evidence that the show that spongebob takes place on Earth, but ackhually they could just be hallucinating, so the winds symbolize the planet neptune!!!" Does he not realize Neptune is a gas planet?

[@joldsaway3489]

@@TheSpokenBanana If we're being technical, Neptune is actually an Ice Giant. Its composition is much different than jupiter, as it's believed to contain more methane, and possibly even water in one form or another. That said, the show definitely does not take place there, as Stephen Hillenberg has stated it takes place below the real-world location of Bikini Atoll.

[@TheSpokenBanana]

@@joldsaway3489 Oh nice, I didn't know that, but yeah, the theory that the show takes place in Neptune all along just because there's wind just rubbed me the wrong way.

[@coolcatw9767]

@@ttpbroadcastingcompany.4460 i😀

[@zacherytaylor]

“It’s episode 99B, so this is the last episode.” No further backing

[@theghosttm8245]

@Mr.Springtrap Canon is weird. It might be since we see Mindy in SpongeBobs birthday bash. She is in line outside his house.

[@Enfix2509]

@@theghosttm8245 Its might be the birthday episode is after the first movie?

[@ross8665]

I think that evey episode that came after that was spongebob dreaming of his friend and bikini bottom when spending his time in that cave,or it could alternate universe where spmething different happend instead

[@R.U.E.Entertainment]

@@ross8665 I like where you're going, but in some spongebob episodes there's different "endings" to the series. so I think that this episode, is one of the many endings out there.

[@ross8665]

@@R.U.E.Entertainment it could be, I think that the endings are just endings to a day in a universe in a multiverse in a dimension

[@sinistrope6012]

I vividly remember seeing this episode as a child on german TV. For some reason, after SpongeBob yelled "Hey, you lost your goulash" out of the window, the episode would cut off and another episode would air. The rest of the episode would then air at another time. I don’t know why, but this really stuck with me and kind of adds to the eerie vibe the episode gives me personally.

[@TheRealCoffinDancer]

that is pretty eerie, when cartoons just randomly derail and function not-normally.

[@iamapokerface8992]

ngl i think i know that one too

[@mr.cheese8604]

Did you or someone you know write over a vhs tape and you were just watching that?

[@HandsomeGamerGuy]

Funny that you say that, i also watched in on german TV. And it just played like normal.

[@shqipe7760]

It’s the first time that I heard someone else had this happened to him. When I was a kid I got so scared. Finally there’s someone else who saw that happen.

[@racieraquon1782]

I'm surprised people don't like Spongehenge, I actually really liked it as a child purely for the abstract feeling of the episode. It truly did feel like we got a glimpse at what was to become of SpongeBob at his end

[@Kyonari]

Same

[@deepfriednips]

Fr it is one of my favorites

[@android16B]

"the religious lore of Bikini Bottom." Ahh. Spongebob theories and words you should never put together in a specific order go hand in hand.

[@oldmanlogan9616]

Ikr

[@ltb1345]

Why?

[@hexagonproductions2019]

@@ltb1345 because it’s a kids television show, not a complex drama with symbolism and metaphors.

[@yourfatboy5359]

@@hexagonproductions2019 most of these theories are such a stretch to the point where they are funny

[@missmimosa7420]

@@yourfatboy5359 you should watch skin theory.

[@Neutz60]

Here’s the issue. The show was literally created by a marine biologist to educate people about earths oceans. Spongebob takes place on earth.

[@Koale-Moesite]

wow i never knew spongebob takes place on planet earth

[@road5973]

@j what planet do you think it took place on?

[@Koale-Moesite]

@@road5973 IDK mars???

[@sudzy7691]

Bruh... y’all never see the movie or what?

[@OkitaSoujiFGO]

What do you mean? Spongebob clearly takes place on Pluto lol

[@zule10000]

This episode's tone reminds me of the Simpsons scene where the characters abstract into nothingness that ends with Homer telling marge "I'll never forget you". I dont know if this sudden finality episode trope has a name, but they've always done well to stick with me long after viewing.

[@BRUCEYBOY]

Second time watching this video and it occurred to me that SpongeBob could've just plugged his holes like he did in an earlier episode when he was sick.

[@bunny1nn4rds]

this episode, rock bottom, and that future episode were quite traumatizing as a kid.

[@lundomphod9484]

SB-129?

[@DoritosAndMountainDew]

Same here

[@bunny1nn4rds]

@@lundomphod9484 yeah! i forgot what it was called

[@katsukibakugo7101]

Mine was Clarinet World or Land or something like that

[@toribland6810]

@@katsukibakugo7101 That one was tripy

[@natw4162]

at first i was thinking this episode was sort of an analogy of how addiction can take over people lives. the addiction symbol in this episode being the jellyfish; they literally get into his brain, they follow him to work, rejected from his friends as a negative influence, & drive him out of town.

[@pysq8]

Yes, the jellyfish represented demons entering one's body, in my perception, especially with all the pagan references in this episode.

[@GB2G]

that’s really what y’all thought when u first saw this? where y’all having an existential crisis at 5?

[@cringer8107]

hooked clearly is such a reference ... its even in the title ^^

[@jaimev.1387]

That makes more sense than this whole video

[@amandax1561]

This makes a lot of sense

[@quandale_]

bro is not cooking anything, they are on earth lol

[@henrysage1838]

His house is literally a sunken pineapple, they’re on earth.

[@thepokeybird]

I think what’s more terrifying is the final scene where the camera zooms into one of the statues mouth and you can hear spongebobs laughter. This means that spongebob’s soul still lingers around spongehenge

[@carlosthunder8262]

...Couldn't it just the sound of the holes in the Spongehenges? Or some sponge coral.

[@Hamsterlover161]

Yeah they've shown that coral can sound like SpongeBob's laugh, in Squids Day Off

[@MidnightElfYT]

That’s dark….

[@2n974]

@@carlosthunder8262 and sponges have a very long lifespan

[@borntoclimb7116]

True

[@RolandBizjets]

But Sandy is literally from Texas. She even travelled there on bus. It is indeed earth.

[@thaneindranaidu8688]

But its crazy for how Sandy was never in this episode

[@hmmmmmm6567]

In one of the episodes sandy and Spongebob travel into space and all the planets of the solar system that means that sandy knows about space travel and came from earth's Texas on a ship called space bus. (I am just assuming this don't take my word for it)

[@lofichild.]

I always thought it was weird how sandy wears something more similar to an astronaut suit rather than a diver suit 🤔

[@guokfdukknbgjk9416]

@Personal Jesus huh?

[@Gman_2009_]

@Personal Jesus This heavy-caliber tripod-mounted little old number designed by me and built by me is pointed at you for saying that.

[@havocisme]

No, because in season 3 episode 19, the sponge who could fly, he literally says, "Do not worry earthbound people"

[@jacksonwesel4670]

i’m not a fan of most spongebob after season 4, but i liked this episode. very thought provoking

[@EvilOverlord1662]

Saying "The characters were hallucinating the entire time!" is kind of a terrible way to try to prove anything. By that logic anything could be said about the show, since it's all in the characters heads.

[@pinkgoergefloyd8340]

Exactly. This video should have 45k dislikes for this horrible logic

[@MrStarman926]

@@pinkgoergefloyd8340 Im surprised its not more disliked

[@ASMRAxolotl]

Seriously, this whole vid is fake smart nonsense.

[@vato4917]

It’s one of the laziest theories out there for any show

[@catninja909]

Not really in this case, because this show is beyond its own internal consitency and only exists within your suspension of its own reality, that is why that episode with the real/fake gorilla Patrick dilemma can exist together with the future and BC episode, because its a cartoon that follow reality based on whatever is happening within its own context. Its only easiest to explain that they're not on drugs and on Earth but in reality I could buy its a massive hallucination in some shape or form if it all exists as one continuity, which can vary from person-to-person because of your subjective viewpoint of the show.

[@stevengoomba6490]

Man this episode used to freak me out. It’s sorta like the episode “Gone” where everyone left the city to celebrate No Spongebob Day, but that one had a funny happy ending. This one is darker and more of a genre shift by the end of it. The whistling of Spongehenge is very uncanny, almost felt like a different kind of show. Anyway, I have yet to see anyone make a theory on this, so nice job!

[@dinoricky5188]

Well I liked the gone episode so funny

[@kittykittybangbang9367]

What's even worse is that we never knew what happened to Gary or any of other SpongeBob's friends

[@Zeqweery]

@@kittykittybangbang9367 they all die after ww3

[@extraordiberry]

This episode was my first experience of existential dread

[@KelpyG.]

Yes both that episode and this one both gave me a weird feeling as a kid

[@TheMainEngy]

This episode always gave me a weird feeling whenever I watched it. Never thought about it or even questioned it. I just sat there, emotionless... Ion know thats just me though 😂

[@itzcyclo2224]

I like the idea that some of the episodes happen in alternate timelines, this being one of them

[@Snaps12345]

Not a fan of theories that say "Ignore everything that doesnt support my claim because its just imagination"

[@Earfmover]

Yeah, you can make the “its just a dream” with literally any kind of show, it’s one of the worst kinds of theories because at that point you could make anything you say true about the show

[@blueyandicy]

@@Earfmover plus he takes evidence from the show saying "oh it's windy it must be neptune" mf if it was a hallucination you don't think wind could happen on earth???

[@EvilOverlord1662]

This

[@iamgoingtoscream]

True, really hated the part where he thought they were on neptune because they were hallucinating

[@WuntyWho]

“Its not cannon”

[@graphitetailgrace3870]

There is something I think you're neglecting: The Clash of Triton. In that episode, the whole tension between Neptune/Poseidon and his son is that Neptune wants to teach his son to *terrorize the mortals below*, while his son wants to be kind and help the mortals cure their diseases and such. The "this episode is Neptune/Poseidon's revenge" theory is still plausible when we take _that_ episode's Neptune/Poseidon into account, since he absolutely seems like the type who'd wipe out Bikini Bottom for an unknown reason.

[@its-amemegatron.9521]

Forgot about that episode. Good point right there!

[@soseikiharagatatsu7859]

Neptune and Poseidon

[@nevergivingup3434]

I think that the Neptune in the show and the Neptune in the movie are two different Neptunes. One is the god and one is the mortal king.

[@Takato-ym2dk]

@@nevergivingup3434 its confirmed from what i remember that these two neptunes are two different beings

[@beatfromjetsetradio8239]

Y’know, that episode does bring Godly powers into the question, as well.

[@Darth_shrek]

I remember seeing this as a kid at night and the episode didn't creep me out until the end where you heard sponge's laugh and it was suddenly cut off by that outro music. That was what got me.

[@WrestonPollner]

This episode- and your analysis- remind my of a cosmic horror story that arguably invented the genre called The Willows. In that there is a special piece of coastline where the wind itself is under the influence of extra-dimensional beings. It’s interesting to think that the wind itself was essentially the undoing of SpongeBob and his world. Cool video.

[@alexanderthegreat3444]

This theory has more holes than spongebob himself "maybe its not our moon" **shows clip of spongebob looking at earth**

[@WingMaster562]

He already broke the theory by saying that the reality they perceive is false, therefore anything we see in the show or deduce is already invalid. Neptune's mostly made of water as easter sunday is about zombies. And it just became windy on that episode then, not since the dawn of time.

[@blueyandicy]

@@WingMaster562 On top of that, Neptune is a fucking block of ice. This..."water" isn't water, and isn't sustainable for marine life in any fashion. This theory kinda sucked.

[@pedroks7756]

@@blueyandicy there arent talking sponges in the sea on earth either,its a cartoon,do you think it should be realistic?

[@chuckaofficial8101]

@@pedroks7756 you just busted him

[@WingMaster562]

@@pedroks7756 it's not about being realistic, it's about making sense. Granted this cartoon is not intended to make sense, but people still like making "theories" on it. . That said, im starting to think this video is a half baked attempt for a shitpost. It's not over the top that its obviously satire, and it is not sensical enough for a theory either.

[@CerberusKnox]

I feel like the whole "show actually takes place on Neptune" angle of this theory is totally unnecessary and just makes the entire thing way less believable. If you take that aspect out you have a pretty plausible theory about the theology of Bikini Bottom. And why ignore the obvious climate change aspect? They're underwater so what you see as wind are really ocean currents. Bikini Bottom is destroyed by shifting ocean currents, which could also explain the characters' erratic behavior towards Spongebob, as well as the change in behavior in the jellyfish and maybe even a physiological change in Spongebob, causing him to produce vibrations as water flows through his body. Polar melt absolutely has an effect on ocean currents, so this adds up pretty neatly to me. Why bring a different planet into the mix? Just to explain where a single nameless side character came up with the name Neptune?

[@0Flingyding0]

Because "its climate change bro" is not interesting even a little bit

[@CerberusKnox]

@@0Flingyding0 Why not? It gives you an opportunity to apply actual science to the situation, something Stephen Hillenburg would have appreciated as a marine biology instructor. Moving the entire show to a different planet for the sake of explaining one tiny part of the overarching theory isn't interesting, it just doesn't make sense and undermines the more credible and actually interesting parts of the theory.

[@terror7858]

GOOD BOY

[@henrypaleveda7760]

thank you for helping me salvage my time, the Neptune part kinda made me regret watching.

[@dermadus8552]

@@0Flingyding0 theories aren't supposed to be as entertaining as possible, they're supposed to be as comprehensible and logical as possible.

[@Anti-Latinx]

But wasn't there a human on a boat that dropped a pencil, leading to the creation of Doodlebob?

[@estrellacasias]

This episode gave me such a fear that shook the foundation of me and my hand in nature and my position in the concept of time up until the ending where I felt physically sick to my stomache

[@cyborgpunk6668]

My theory is that this episode is just spongebob’s nightmare. After all it starts off in the middle of the night when he was sleeping

[@theultimatememelord5494]

Oh yeah, that could explain why there are episodes are this. That makes sense!

[@nathanlubets3385]

I actually really like this theory. I think it makes more sense canonically. Although, I’m not sure how much canon there really is in spongebob

[@bradywosick397]

This one leaves me a lot less creeped out than his

[@raymondpalfy2075]

This is good

[@sonicman9910]

That is just lazy and a copout

[@t.s.7166]

The show definitely doesn't take place on Neptune... you can't just use "it's all a hallucination" to debunk a boat load of evidence

[@IsuiGtz]

Also, Sandy is from Texas. This guy is pure clickbait.

[@KermitTheGamer21]

Stephen Hillenbrand literally says the entire premise of the show is based on the nuclear tests on Bikini Atoll in the 50s, the radiation made the characters come to life.

[@ddl3718]

@@KermitTheGamer21 and I don’t think we even have evidence that marine life can live on Neptune.

[@brutalthebigone]

@@KermitTheGamer21 watch The Evolution Theory by Alex Bale, it proposes a different theory

[@aliengamer3034]

@@ddl3718 I can tell you that science is as sure as you and I are that we die when we jump off a high enough building we’ll die, that there is no marine life (possibility) on Neptune. Neptune doesn’t really have any oceans. Neptune is a gas giant, there is no real surface at all

[@miah2400]

I actually really liked this episode when I was younger, I'm surprised to see so many people dislike it! I do still get an eerie feeling from it, after watching such a colorful and fun show "end" in such a dark way. I like to imagine this is the true ending to the show despite it still continuing on after season 5, and that the rest of the stories are just being told out of order.

[@animerules]

7:10 isn't sandy from texas though. And goes back there regularly

[@glidershower]

Forrealz. She enjoys barbed q's, as any good Texan would.

[@daltonlovescake2227]

Sandy: "hi i'm a squirrel from Texas" this man: "HaLlUcInAtIoNs"

[@gavinolechowski7419]

lol. he didnt think that simple

[@JETS5]

Keep in mind Sandy has a jetpack so she can be from planet earth but jetpacketted her way to neptune

[@flameyboi35]

@@JETS5 Ah yes a jet pack that can go to Neptune

[@jonsena6yearsagoand949]

@@JETS5 idk man we can't even reach Jupiter Wait, am I a dumbass for not realizing that was satire?

[@astarioncel]

@@flameyboi35 She also had a rocket ship i think

[@IneptOrange]

People didn't like this episode, but for some reason this one is the one I remember the most. It's like the writers wanted to make a serious episode for once, and I kinda liked it.

[@the_seer_0421]

I was really surprised when he said it's one of the least liked episodes as it was always one of my favorites. This might have been the first piece of media ever to give me an existential crises alongside the episode "sb-129", no joke. And I was like 6 or 7. Good times...

[@I-am-duck]

agreed

[@heckinebin8198]

for once? *once*?

[@pandaland1]

Who is people?

[@vxgnrly2298]

faxx

[@pikablu9375]

I remember vividly being uncomfortable when I first saw this episode as a child. I remember thinking there were funny moments, however I remember being really uncomfortable when Sponge found the Krusty Krab in ruins and hearing him yell. But now that I’m older, I really like the episode now

[@avatar5023]

This episode made me feel like I was on drugs. Very few episodes gave me this feeling but NEVER have I had it worse then when I watched this episode.

[@itscc2004]

This and the Essay episode scared me so much as a kid

[@imthatjay]

There was so much that freaked me out about that episode, the characteres all felt kinda off and especially that frame where the sun was a head...

[@seronymus]

It all felt like a nightmare

[@mrpig404]

“Time for work spongebob” 🌞

[@theboy1625]

@@mrpig404 yo I remember that part. I always thought it was funny as shit like so random

[@HogChampCR]

Evidence that they are on Earth: In the episode ‘Mooncation’, Spongebob and Sandy are rapidly propelled into the Earth’s climate

[@catie7466]

also sandy is from texas lmao

[@zousui7238]

@@catie7466 My thoughts exactly

[@anthonymacconnell8817]

The SpongeBob movie with the Hoff

[@suzyeide2320]

You mean atmosphere?

[@Bendytheboi]

Also the spongebob movie

[@plusc764]

From the episode "Dying for Pie" around 4:30 Mr.Krabs told Squidward "Why ruin his last day on earth" which implies they are on planet earth the whole time.

[@sonicme2O2O]

For me. This is actually a lesson and a metaphor that every actor and famous people gains unintentional fame and the jellyfish represents the fans not caring about someone's personal life and just being obsessed to them while spongebob represents the famous people, they couldn't even do things right and normal activities due to their fans always disrupting him and not respecting his boundaries. People always forget that famous people and actors are still humans. They're getting the hate and fame they don't deserve because of their talent

[@dbchoobie1924]

The format the show creators took to tell the stories they told is honestly fascinating to me, it’s like they made these stories for us for when we grew older. They entertained us as kids but saved us one more piece of entertainment, only one we can unlock with age.

[@fatcountry5606]

Courage the cowardly dog is another show on the level of deep as spongebob

[@user-fe8gx3ie5v]

@@fatcountry5606 Courage is overrated, but it does have its moments.

[@turbostrawberry]

@@user-fe8gx3ie5v spongebob is also pretty damn overrated too

[@iamalwaysrightistrue7286]

@@turbostrawberry ikr, this guy really calling courage overrated when spongebob is the overrated of the overrated.

[@user-fe8gx3ie5v]

@@turbostrawberry Nope. It deserves all the acclaim it gets.

[@KevinBouchh]

I remember seeing this episode when I was a kid and being really sad by the end. The admission and realization that Spongebob was dead by the end of the episode was something that kid-me never had considered, and to this day I can recall the uneasy feeling of, "Well that wasn't a very good episode at all. I didn't like any of that."

[@nardo259]

Yeah, I had a Spongebob DVD and remember this episode being included on it. That ending and the music that played in the background when the aliens showed up really frightened me. Very offbeat for your average spongebob episode.

[@icyX134]

Yeah I remember this to, I never really got what it was about but it kinda freaked me out

[@womy533]

@@nardo259 it was actually from this episode where i found out about death as a kid lol and i couldn't swallow the pill that people can die

[@meteorman6167]

it’s the winds of change. The winds of change came, the series needed to end, but “spongehenge” or SpongeBob and it’s legacy will last forever. At the end, SpongeBob is alone, his friends aren’t really his friends and his boss ultimately used him. He realized he was the only one that meant anything to his own life, hence the show. And even after bikini bottom is gone (and the show) SpongeBob will always be a monumental staple.

[@squid3065]

bro i loved it. i had the same reaction but also at the same time it opened my eyes to art that wasn't necessarily happy and positive but still beautiful and meaningful

[@austinpetemo]

A video about SpongeBob being sponsored by Square space gave me a good chuckle.

[@addymant]

Coming to the conclusion they live on Nepture and not coming to any conclusion about the statues is certainly a take...

[@LOEKASH]

Am I the only one who thinks that this story would have been great for a movie, but is hated so much because it's a SpongeBob episode?

[@eatatjoes6751]

Yes.

[@poperaisin]

Well, you are right. I think it’s a story that’s been done a few times before and quite well at that, but it does go against the point of the show. The show is a comedy, but there’s hardly anything comedic in this episode.

[@jadentejada5202]

*No you ain't* - Sandy

[@umairashraf5167]

@@poperaisin spongeBob isnt just a comedy man,their have been some dramatic oriented d episodes,like sweet victory,much more of a drama focused episode ,a better example is dying for pie,pretty dark for a kids episode if you think about it,also rock bottom

[@michaelzhang9806]

The reason this is hated is, at least I think, just because it’s not that funny. There aren’t really any good jokes in it

[@abraham3673]

this feels like an elaborate shitpost instead of a genuine analysis and i can’t tell

[@blueyandicy]

same tbh

[@cpstyxx6621]

Feel like it began as a genuine theory and he realized how dogshit it was halfway through and gave up

[@Mystic-Midnight]

felt like an excuse to have a sponsored video

[@ASMRAxolotl]

After seeing how many likes and how little dislikes this video has, finding comments like this are making me feel sane. Thank you.

[@tenibrosity3425]

I’ll never forget this episode. It made me feel so weird when I was a kid. Chills tbh

[@ItlsWhatltls]

Someone found goulash did have some symbolism, and it’s that goulash is loads of leftovers put in one dish, so the idea that this ep was just the writers leftover ideas in one episode makes sense, like they prolly had an idea of how Stonehenge was created, as that’s a real world mystery, and what would happen if spongebob went crazy, or if it was extremely windy, or an idea for aliens 3000 years later, and they probably even wanted to add into an episode about how they know Poseidon is really the god of the sea and not neptune, but couldn’t fit it in anywhere else so just put it in this one. Plus it makes sense they used all the leftovers as it was ep99

[@wills_corner]

This honestly sounds like a drunk Mat-Pat conspiracy

[@davidhong1934]

Does he still do those, or is he still doing psuedo-advertisements for new games?

[@WingMaster562]

Yeah, this is indeed a far stretch of a theory. I dont intend to sound mean, at least he has pleasang voice than matpat, but he lost me around the planet neptune.

[@emjay604]

Mat pat is trash

[@argo9721]

OK I'm assuming everyone is in on the joke

[@morugofuzuoku2369]

Of course we must bash madpat.

[@thekingofhearts43]

yall im tellin u, "gone" really scared me. the opening has no music. and spongebob goes insane from everyone leaving and goes insane, making himself into anyone else who's gone. that episode was SCARY.

[@laughingatthesky7]

I swear it freaked me out

[@bat-]

but it had a happy and funny ending. it didn’t scare me as a child and i thought the episode was pretty funny but i can see how other people were scared of it

[@connordarvall8482]

It becomes easier to stomach once you find out it's a reference to The Twilight Zone, happy ending and everything. If I remember correctly, the show is referenced in Spongebob a few times.

[@XDarksoulX1129]

Scared cat. This episode was funny.

[@Replica_Films2000]

it was one of the absolute worst things i ever saw as a little kid

[@YoursUntruly]

I always loved this episode. I loved when we got the eerie SpongeBob episodes, I loved that feeling as a kid.

[@restitutorsophiae2610]

And on this same topic, i think art, and in general, representation of reality, has a central role in this entire episode: from what we have seen, art, in spongebob world, is submitted to the same rules as modern day art( Squidward creations are en example); it's a form of art very abstrait, so as Hegel already pointed it's "the inevitable evolution of art in all its forms", maximally detached from any concrete shape or rappresentation( for example look at the late creations of Kandisky). In this episode, where spongebob is actually forced to cut his links with society and start living a hermite life in an uneasy nature, he was actually able to return to the root of Art itself, by building the huge statues: a massive( in therme of shape and dimension) and "raw" form of art, just as the egyptian statues one can observe in Luxor or Karnak. This is what, ironically, saves him from this state, he finds a way to peacefully reintegrate human creation in an already hostile nature and appease it( here we could find counteless references to a huge number of traditions in ancient civilizations). At the end, Spongebob is the victim of a Faustian society, who was able, though a socio-cultural regression to free himself( even if only to end up finding a dead world)

[@justafidemyself]

Fun fact: the statues that make music through their holes is a direct reference to Erewhon by Samuel Butler, where the main character discovers these ancient statues that lead him to a secret civilization.

[@chainherup6154]

Adding that to my list

[@somber_days]

This was insane we literally just discussed this in my World Lit class! What are the odds I'd find a comment about it under a Spongebob theory video lol

[@justafidemyself]

@@somber_days I was hoping to find it here as well but found nothing, so i decided to be the first 😂😅 in the hopes that other people would find it as well haha.

[@ralek592]

Isn't this a trope? I feel like this happens at least twice in any fantasy adventure story.

[@bugjams]

There were also similar stones in the game Journey, stone obelisks with holes in them that the wind would blow through. I'm pretty sure they're based off _real_ stone structures in... well, some culture, I forgot which. But they actually make music when the wind blows through them. I swear I saw something on this somewhere. I'll look into it.

[@illumi._.]

Theory logic: Its windy in this episode and one of the side characters mentioned neptune, sO tHeY gOtTa Be On PlAnEt Neptune

[@hwr2357]

This guys talking out of his ass there's climate change portrayed in bikini bottom through the whole timeline of the show. This guy sounds like he popped one too many adderalls and went all super technical over-analyze mode.

[@diehleeo1449]

@@hwr2357 It's literally a spongebob theory video I think you need to dial it back a bit

[@AskinNukkLeVarr]

@@diehleeo1449 he’s not wrong though

[@MaidenOfHusbands]

@@Souphead. SpongeBob's house was literally dropped in the Ocean by a human

[@genisis3822]

@@AskinNukkLeVarr actually no!

[@ham884]

This was one of my favorite and one of the most memorable episodes from my childhood. I loved the sounds and looks of everything from the goulash to the sounds of the statues whistling, this episode heavily appealed to my sensory needs as a child

[@gahler8552]

?

[@halondra222]

Bro the alien jellyfish episode scarred me

[@sacapuntasfregerio4274]

The writers were probably just like “hey Stonehenge is a pretty neat thing” “let’s write a story on how it was created”

[@J.O.H.N-The-Second]

"And wouldn't it be funny if we made a planet of the apes reference?" I swear to god for such an episodic and ridiculous series both adults and kids alike take this show way to serious sometimes

[@oli_2769]

But neptune first came down onto earth in the year 3000bc from the planet neptune as the true messiah of the sponge NOT poseidon. Also stonehegne was built by aliens on neptune and abducted here . Idiot

[@ultracreador]

Is like a chapter of The Twilight zone.

[@robertmugno927]

Boy did they “succeed” in that.

[@edslushie570]

I’d just like to point out that the “wreckage” Spongebob finds is literally just the Krusty Krab’s roof and sign, which flew away earlier in the episode. He’s not walking through the post-apocalyptic bikini bottom, he’s walking through the dessert where they landed. The rest of the city, and the people in it, are probably still where they were before - meaning Spongebob might not have even been gone that long.

[@crimsonprowler]

AYOOO BROTHER!!!!!1!!!1!!

[@SniperOnSunday]

Shit, you're right.

[@Tabletisch]

I like this explanation of it much better than that episode literally just being the unofficial finale of the show. I think they should give SpongeBob a canonical ending but everyone dying really isn't the best way to do it.

[@Lord_Zuzu]

@@Tabletisch The first movie is the canonical ending.

[@erik4099]

No... it's the entire krusty krab, you can see the bottom of the krusty krab, and the doors.

[@TarikDukmak]

My interpretation would be, as hinted at the start, during the conversation of the two fishes, that god in their world do in fact exist, weather it be Poseidon or Neptune, and that they are at the mercy of the gods. And the fact that wind blows the food directly to spongebob directly after bringing the topic of the gods up, suggests the gods might have something to do with what happens to spongebob later in the episode. Winds are vigorously blowing, implies indirectly to the start of the end of the world, as seen from many movies (the day after tomorrow, 2012, etc.), and the gods have chosen SpongeBob to survive the end. The gods used the jelly fishes as the way for SpongeBob to survive the storm, taking him to a safe place where he will be safe from the wreckage and the storm. The statues that sponge bob built, is to show to future life, how the people of bikini bottoms looked like, (SpongeBob being chosen by the gods to be the representative of the old myth of a town, the bikini bottoms), a similar narrative to the religious story of Noah. Maybe all that happened because the people of bikini bottoms were straying from the path, or starting to defy the gods.

[@TarikDukmak]

“Neptune was the Roman god of waters and seas, who controlled winds and storms. Also known as Neptunus Equester, he was recognized as a god of horses and horsemanship, as well as patron of horse racing, a popular form of entertainment for the ancient Romans.” - source from the internet

[@ambrrew21]

this took the weirdest most unexplainable turn 😭 “neptune, neptune AHA they’re on neptune we cracked the case 😏”

[@mrfluffybeehive]

“In a cosmic sort of way yes” - Sheldon J Plankton

[@soseikiharagatatsu7859]

Plankton can't die right?

[@evancain4906]

Oh my goodness

[@tombkings6279]

@@evancain4906 SQUIDWARD

[@luiss428]

@@tombkings6279 i tried, mr. plankton...

[@yamaadu]

S O I L D I T

[@jinx8995]

imagine that episode being the canonical ending to the series.

[@zanicthehedge-dog4048]

The 1st movie was actually supposed to be the series finally.

[@AxxLAfriku]

GAGAGAGAGAGA!!! I want to cut my toe nails... NEVER! I am the feet KZbinr. Thanks for being a fan, dear mr

[@royedking]

@@AxxLAfriku Stop AxxL

[@golem778]

@@zanicthehedge-dog4048 it actually still is, well is supposed to be, idk if nick still recognizes it

[@BritishSoldier-kr9xf]

@@golem778 Wait why is that the ending but continue to make episodes even though they already had a ending and what? it makes no sense

[@Spaceythewave]

An unsettling detail of this episode is that sea sponges can live up to thousands of years. It’s implied when SpongeBob goes back to a bikini bottom ghost town that it’d been a long time, but it could have been well over a thousand years

[@Johnny_G.Y.M]

You’re forgetting that Poseidon was referenced as Neptune’s son, who, after taking no interest in the life he would inevitably inherit as a god, was shunned by king Neptune and put in a cage until SpongeBob and Patrick came to rescue him and eventually destroys bikini bottom out of spite for his father. Though this did end with Poseidon inadvertently restoring his father’s faith in his son, it does show that Poseidon does exist in the series thigh not in the typical sense, which does prove that he can have drastic influence on the environment if bikini bottom

[@dylanwinter6071]

Guess you didn’t get the joke in the beginning of the episode so I’ll give explanation, Poseidon is the god of the seas in Greek mythological and Neptune is the romantic version of Poseidon. So the joke is that both fish are correct but are using different names for the same god.

[@instro7081]

LMAOOO yes thank you

[@skratty007]

yeah came here for this

[@Benjamin-rj7ds]

They aren't the same god, though. Neptune is very heavily influenced by Poseidon and wouldn't have existed without Poseidon, but to say that they're both the same god is just wrong. Look up "neptune vs poseidon" and you will find a number of differences between the two.

[@milesclay2209]

@@Benjamin-rj7ds it's heavily influenced, but Neptune was probably a etruscan God originally that the Roman's fused with poseidon when they conquered Greece. That's pretty much all the Roman gods, except for the ones that have no Roman names, because there was no etruscan equivalent (such as apollo). For example, pre Greek conquering Minerva was more of a mercantile/craft kinda goddess and only took on the war like aspect when she fused with Athena. Taking that into consideration just adds to the existential shit this episode had going on, honestly.

[@ztrujillo96]

Lmao Neptune is the ROMAN version of Poseidon

[@SuperMeethead]

I know this is probably just made for a gag, but this theory really has more holes in it than the common kitchen sponge

[@trueskateclips7073]

How so? It seems pretty solid to me.

[@A1_tk]

@@trueskateclips7073 i know its random but coyld u make a detailed vid about how to ollie because i cant

[@nadroji6549]

@@trueskateclips7073 The fact that everything points to SpongeBob taking lace on Earth & not on a gas giant.

[@ReiniBlue]

@@trueskateclips7073 the fact that he basically dismisses every single possible counter argument with "most of the show is a hallucination"

[@rdk9773]

@@trueskateclips7073 so you haven’t watch the show right?

[@mub8445]

I'd be accepting of this theory if patchy the pirate didn't live in Encino, California, but the lost city of Atlantis episode could explain the source of the wind, as patchy encounters similar aliens that morphed patchy into Encino in tornado like fashion after finding out that they shrank it. This might just be a similar scenario

[@percycreeper2733]

Man, I remember watching that episode as a kid and I was very sad after watching it... Everytime I heard the song the statues made I nearly cried man...

[@RogueSquadron65]

If a show has clear evidence debunking a theory, "No that doesn't count it was a hallucination" is not a proper response to that.

[@sssunnyd7874]

Im dancing with joe hes a cool dude

[@wizzotizzo]

@@sssunnyd7874 what

[@sssunnyd7874]

@@wizzotizzo joe Biden 👽👽

[@wizzotizzo]

@@sssunnyd7874 what what

[@sssunnyd7874]

@@wizzotizzo amogus amigos

[@blakecabral2661]

If you’ve ever read the Odyssey you see Poseidon’s wrath first-hand, and comparing Spongehenge to Poseidon’s wrath brings up a lot of similarities, especially since Poseidon manipulates the wind a lot in the Odyssey. My theory is that Spongehenge takes place in essentially the rapture in Poseidon’s terms and Spongebob was the last survivor doomed to eternal suffering

[@izlotus]

Very fascinating. So this eary feeling after that episode is to feel that work ethic he put into stone henge? and the crazyness he went through was sorta the pain he ran into before he left. when he left, somewhere early on he has to imagined that bikini bottom burried real fast way before he got out. really everyone was gone when he got out. He had no clue as well how long they have been gone for. Its really suspensful and shows maybe a different perspective on any situation. Lol i

[@antoniafrancesca1225]

Are we also doomed for eternal suffering

[@sleepyslurpuff1466]

Out of context “Spongebob was the last survivor doomed to eternal suffering” is such a funny sentence

[@GameparkGames]

All because it doesn't show another character afterwards doesn't mean anything, we see the Krusty Krab blow away which could say something about its cheap foundation because Mr. Krabs is cheap so while still in the same storm it would be left as is because why try to rebuild something when you don't have control over the bad weather? You're not gonna go build a house during a hurricane. The town overall looks in good shape despite the wind going on, if everyone were to die or whatever then the amount of time suggested would also mean the towns in very bad shape due to the wind but that's not the case. Overall everyone's fine and the only one to get hit hard was SpongeBob

[@stargazer-elite]

2:03 I never noticed until now but is no one gonna talk about how there’s wind indoors

[@yoshitaxfraudosaurus4270]

Open window

[@ghostdog1521]

Imagine overanalyzing an episode to this degree bringing in religious symbolism and not making the connection that goulash was predominantly a meal for Eastern European shepherds. Shepherds.

[@jame8266]

If you ignore all evidence against a theory by saying the characters are hallucinating, you can make any claim you want

[@winabells4206]

Big brain

[@TheRealGuywithoutaMustache]

"The universe is more powerful than any form of human connection" Great message, Karsten

[@anisht7524]

Truly a great message

[@briannabergman8381]

Dude u need to have like a fan meet up LMAOOO I've seen you on so many videos in the comments section I've watched over the years, it's insane 😂 dunno how you do it but good on ya

[@artificialmango239]

Stop showing up

[@Orto-jj2di]

Maybe I guess the universe is more powerful....sometimes but we don't have only our connections on our side. Still great message

[@Orto-jj2di]

@Piano Experience what do you mean?

[@graysongdl]

I feel like the "everyone was just imagining/hallucinating it all along" type of theory is the laziest type of theory imaginable. You can say that about literally anything, with no proof required, and no consequences. I feel like that undermines the rest of this theory.

[@shaggy_roggers]

For some reason, this used to be one of my favorite episodes from the entire show as a kid. Maybe I didn't think much of it, but I just liked it

[@MetaNiteFM]

This episode always reminded me of a Junji Ito story, exploring how the universe is uncaring and hostile and how seemingly random occurrences can drive people to insanity. Honestly it shares more in common with his work than I realized upon one viewing.

[@iputapipebombintoyourmailb6210]

so its lovecraftian?

[@ChangedMyNameFinally69]

The universe isn't alive though

[@vbgvbg1133]

hellstar remina when it wants a snack

[@Odinsday]

Junji Ito's stories are less about how uncaring the universe is and more about making horror out of the mundane. Like Long Dreams. The dude goes to sleep and ages thousands of years, to the point where he bases his reality on his dreams, gets rejected by his girlfriend, and soon becomes an immovable husk of a man and he permanently dreams away through his eternal suffering.

[@vbgvbg1133]

@@Odinsday his dreams stretched every time, dreaming for tens of thousands of years in a single instant. Eventually, within that small instance of dreaming, he dreamt for an eternity and crumbled away.

[@thisisanalt4821]

Imagine the look on those two fishes faces when they find out that they accidentally killed god and caused their entire civilization to die

[@jame8266]

One character denying a god's existence wouldn't kill it. That makes no sense. And when she "killed god" the wind was already blowing, so there's no way she caused it.

[@smxkestacks3664]

The wind started before they left 5th diner lol

[@thisisanalt4821]

@@jame8266 maybe it started after they killed God, plus this comment was just a joke chill

[@nicegoatdoctor8224]

@@thisisanalt4821 You’re face is a joke!

[@thisisanalt4821]

@@nicegoatdoctor8224 You're joke is a joke!

[@Aryzo]

Im pretty sure this was a metaphor for drug addiction. The jellfyish flying into his brain and not wanting to leave, him becoming gaunt and losing his job, spongebob being a bad influence and abandoned by his friend, ultimately being cut off from society. The wind could be a metaphor for the tiniest coincidence (gulash flying into his face from harsh winds) being able to lead into something as catastrophic as drug addiction. the statues are a representation of his "lifes work being made into stone" like someone who has nothing left but his memories, which is why theyre literally statues of himself. He is trying to recreate his old self as stone while he himself is deteriorating.

[@thexboxfurry745]

This episode scared me, but it's also the one I remember the most

[@itsjustanothercarl8040]

This along with squidward in clarinet land or whatever that was, were probably the most intriguing episodes for me. They felt like fever dreams.

[@aaron_64]

The one where he gets covered in cement?

[@letsgetbetterfrank6152]

For real as a 5 yo I watched this episode at night and walked out side and it was windy as Shit and I felt like aliens were watching over me

[@itsjustanothercarl8040]

@@aaron_64 ah lol kelpy g made it less odd 😂

[@matthewlee4834]

Clarinet land...?

[@itsjustanothercarl8040]

@@matthewlee4834 that one with the locker and the clarinet.

[@yomammasboo713]

Audience: "They're not on Neptune, Sandy's from Texas!" Karsten: "I CAAANT HEAR YOOOOOUUU!!!!"

[@darealpooma5049]

remember sandy had a teleporter on "Perfect Chemistry"

[@gregoryporter-gaming2559]

@@darealpooma5049 and she build a rocket which could reach the moon within 2 minutes. I guess she can travel interstellar

[@darealpooma5049]

@@gregoryporter-gaming2559 well she could make a teleporter so... yeah!

[@violenttugboat3923]

Friday night. Beer#3 and I'm watching SpongeBob lore while the wife types away on her work emails. This is the life. Happy 2022.

[@1dklmf40]

I actually really liked this episode 😭 I always thought the ending was somehow really strange and beautiful in some weird artistic way. Idk

[@speedymemes8127]

"Not only is Neptune made mostly of water," This infuriated me way more than it should've

[@blueyandicy]

THIS! DID THIS GUY NOT DO 8TH GRADE SCIENCE?!

[@WinVisten]

There IS a lot of water, but it's all ice. Down in the core. Under thousands or millions of times the pressure at sea level on earth. Mixed with ammonia. And STUPID cold.

[@arachidamia5171]

but blue = water obviously

[@E--Drop]

@@arachidamia5171 *This*

[@godswillotonye6519]

@@blueyandicy its not even 8th grade science i was taught this in 7th grade so this guy really is dumb.

[@Voshchronos]

Not gonna lie. As fun as this was, you reeeeeeally reached with these interpretations lol.

[@superlad6684]

yeah, glad i found someone who feels the same way. i don't mind a little reaching but this is overkill, not to mention half the stuff he said is just wrong.

[@2fast260]

@@superlad6684 it isn’t wrong necessarily it’s just hella far reaching

[@tolgeh3443]

For reaaaaal, the amount of times I said "Bro stop, shut the fuck up" was too much.

[@Fred-tz7hs]

examples? I think everything he said was 100% reasonable

[@tolgeh3443]

@@Fred-tz7hs bro he was trying to find symbolism for fucking goulash

[@mostlycoldandfullofrocks3317]

I do so love to see Lovecraftian horror in my silly fish show

[@gafined2345]

this episode is actually my favorite and I think is pretty slept on

[@bencarlson4300]

This episode is closer to The Twilight Zone than Spongebob. The whole thing is just messed up.

[@Sushiloverr666]

Right? I couldn’t even watch it

[@hugono3938]

Yeah, it was so strange and unusual.

[@hyperdrive282]

Some of the newer episodes, ‘No Pictures Please’, and ‘The Night Patty’, actually take place in a Spongebob version of the Twlight Zone where nothing makes sense.

[@letitbegin1012]

The idea that this takes place on Neptune has little to no supporting evidence, you seem to be taking this episode more literally than you should be. The wind could definitely be a metaphor, it flew through him making music that came with jellyfish which ended up tormenting him. This episode can be seen as a metaphor for fame, with the wind being the content he creates and the jellyfish being the fans that love it. Just like in real life, the fame came unasked for, it was fun at first but soon he couldn't leave his house without being recognized. His job that he loved was no longer possible with the fans that he now has, his friends now have left him for "being a bad influence" or in other words "fame has changed him". The cave that he runs off to is the new home he hids in, growing so lonely that he starts to "create" music again, in the form of building a statue. When he tries to return home, his home is gone, the simple life that he once loved he can never return to. The statues he creates are his albums, celebrated thousands of years into the future as masterpieces that the jellyfish called them to be. I believe that this episode does have a meaning, a meaning about fame and what it can do to someone, the legacy someone leaves behind, and how its original meaning can be lost in time. It may be about religion, or the worship we give to the people who create. But it's definitely not about how bikini bottom is actually on Neptune.

[@Reflecterr]

ikr? his logic is string wind=spongebob on neptune, like wtf?

[@chieee6609]

Ngl, your interpretation sounds a loooot better. His theory was like er- it's just meh.

[@maximillianokere9348]

Yo this shit got me crying

[@eugeniaagnesrombelayuk1789]

This makes much more sense

[@adamaserb4807]

go off bro

[@thestickopia4619]

I actually really like this episode cus if it’s weird tone. I like the “creepier” feel