The "YouTube Video Essay" That Broke Me.

It's like I'm somehow holding a sweater made of tears.
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Original Video by Sefuss | • Squidward Tentacles Th...
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Outro Song: • 📺Soda City Funk

[@uppsie]

Honestly the fact that this was subtle and the start and slowly degraded into stupidity is why it worked at all

[@huang111]

It’s kinda a test of when you can figure it out

[@shyguypro9876]

@@huang111The fucking Summoning Salt music is what tipped me off.

[@Thor_the_Doge]

I considered "the guy who made this is just super fucking autistic and genuinely thought he was onto something big" as an option until it broke down

[@Roeclean]

nah, it was always stupid, just hidden behind some buzz words

[@errorbte]

It was masterful yet subtle

[@weightedcompanioncube8415]

I'm really loving big A's antagonistic force in this video

[@rianpuckett8540]

very reminiscent of heath ledger's portrayal of the joker in 2008's the dark knight

[@preethamrn]

John Truby once said that reacting to a 16 minute video with 2 minutes of comments is highly antagonistic. It reminds me of the dichotomy between SpongeBob and Squidward in the episode Dying for Pie.

[@louis8965]

A masterful but subtle portrayal

[@Gabe-zj2ii]

it’s almost on the same level as squidwards, not quite there tho

[@elcrab6337]

Brandon is the perfect antagonist

[@harrygnyc]

Aristotle once said, “You either die a Spongebob or live long enough to see yourself become a Squidward”.

[@anonomystic]

Debates between whether Plato or Aristotle said it reign heavy on the Philosophy community, but it's word is one of the greatest either way.

[@harrygnyc]

@@anonomystic I am convinced Aristotle said it because he was the only one able to see the juxtaposition of Squidward and the Joker.

[@michaelhawk343]

John Truby, the author of Anatomy of a Story, had this to say: squidward = hitler? 🤔

[@Rain-od6oc]

atrioc was probably there for that

[@anonomystic]

@Kody Anderson jesus. Bots are getting so realistic these days. Yikes.

[@robertwoolson]

Believe it or not, squidward is based off of Stanz and his movie reviews, spongebob is based off the fun loving Atrioc, and plankton is based off of the evil capitalist Ludwig. Very deep I must say

[@zillanimu]

I'd say Krabs and Plankton represents the two sides of Ludwig, the former the side that gains great success and money, the latter the gambling streams

[@saw7191]

So true!

[@obamaprism3106]

Qt=Sandy?

[@orange9911]

Stanz = Hitler?

[@GoScience123]

Please make a video essay on this lmfao this is content

[@semibreve]

This dude's video sounds so much like an highschool english essay. The overuse of Big Powerful Nouns, the reliance on basically a single source, the constant restating of your argument in multiple "topic sentences", and drawing stupid conclusions from no evidence. Its giving me PTSD, and I applaud it.

[@bonoshii]

He is trying to make an argument from nothing, so I definitely commend him for somehow lengthening this to 20 minutes lol

[@sparks6177]

@@bonoshii well it’s a parody of this genre of KZbin content so it’s to be expected that he argues a point with no basis

[@claybox3000]

it's satire

[@aidan8473]

There's so many video essays like that it's awful

[@markmayer3886]

This guy was definitely reminding me of my own highschool essays.

[@christianolguin4383]

Starting to understand why Atrioc failed to get a degree as prestigious as Ludwig’s English degree. He is clearly incapable of reading between the lines and seeing the deeper meanings in masterpieces such as Spongebob.

[@NullPxl]

Many might say that Atrioc's antagonistic force really showed its true colours here.

[@xviv8585]

@@NullPxl actually according to john truby it is a common case of WAC

[@anrew7529]

Yeah tf he didn’t go in with a open mind at all, and his chat being like every chat in existence just agreed and echoed with what he said.

[@ThisIsAHandle-xz5yo]

It also supports Atrioc being Hitler as he also failed his goal

[@toomuchmelk1410]

When he said “this affinity for death made spongebob sad” I fucking died

[@djSchauberger]

your affinity for death makes me sad

[@gencarlozo8018]

ok so apparently this vid is ironic and a paradoy but OMG does It do a good job of mimicking this sort of content

[@toonbotime]

That guy is awesome

[@godlyvex5543]

Squidward is actually a really good character though even if this is a joke

[@Graybat12]

With junk sources and references to the same two films

[@danielc6625]

Now I’m wondering if some of the videos like this I’ve seen and got angry were just ironic all along

[@benellis2271]

Yes. It’s a good parody. but apparently this vid is ironic and a parodoy but OMG does It do a good job of mimicking this sort of content.

[@Dom-mf4zr]

Squidward makes Joker and Syndrome look like saints

[@LucasUTD17]

Factual, non captual

[@rawdasalmataman7908]

What?

[@jessicapinkman-hd4bw]

how?

[@richardthehooman3376]

​@@jessicapinkman-hd4bw did you watch the video?

[@omgjlmiub]

Took me like 10 minutes to realize this is just a parody of the Dark Knight analysis by Lesson From the Screenplay

[@amalgamfrostpink5030]

Thank you for the sauce I'm cry laughing.

[@whateverwhatever4476]

@@amalgamfrostpink5030wait, why do ppl make fun of that?

[@justaghostinthesea]

​@@whateverwhatever4476 My theory is that because it wasn't very good

[@featherycoffee1401]

I'm surprised he didn't reference Lord of the flies or 1984 at some point.

[@Rialster]

Why in the fuck would he reference a year?

[@incognitonotsure909]

@@Rialster idk why but this made me laugh a lot

[@bitpumpkinn2923]

@@incognitonotsure909 thanks

[@meepmeep9943]

@@bitpumpkinn2923 no problem

[@featherycoffee1401]

@person person ngl I totally expected something absurdly difficult like Gravity's rainbow or Absalom Absalom to be brought up just because. It's a very common and douchey 'I know a lot more than you you simpleton' thing these video essayists pull sometimes, it's aggravating

[@EmpiresEGG]

That essay is probably the funniest video I’ve ever seen, his tone stays the same when talking about how squidward is a homophobic hitler and showing a clip of the crying sweater for 9 times

[@Goomba456]

The way it conceals its true nature for so long is so fucking good, genuinely great parody

[@leaDR356]

"homophobic hitler" u don't need to use homophobic

[@Gustxr1]

This is my favorite Atrioc video. This is one of the few times that the reaction enhances and complements the video. The antagonistic force of the author of this video essay challenges Big As ideology in a masterful way.

[@cptspeedy6358]

I’ve rewatched so many times

[@no-fy2go]

i was laughing along with atrioc until i remembered that i wrote a college essay on where squidward would place in Dante Alighieri's afterlife. not even joking

[@jeremiahbennett3004]

So? Where was he? Tell us.

[@no-fy2go]

@@jeremiahbennett3004 pretty sure i put him on the pride level of purgatory

[@ColtorTheSavior]

Do you still have the essay…?

[@thesuperdoge2476]

@@no-fy2go do you still have it ?

[@oldbird4601]

@@ColtorTheSavior read his name

[@mitchdoeza5557]

I think when he said “squidward doesn’t feel death” I lost it

[@mitchdoeza5557]

@Mana Shield damnit typo

[@TheChazio]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/fn3InauiotCAqLM

[@madMILL3R]

This is every single highschool/college essay done the night before the due date.

[@sadsworth4605]

Just because your essay was shit doesn't mean any essay is you were supposed to give a legit good essay while this youtuber could do a sarcastic vedio made for comedic purpose

[@enotsnavdier6867]

@@sadsworth4605 Calm down my guy

[@orangejuiq]

i cant believe squidward was hitler all along.... really gives you something to think about

[@mizzix1622]

Cant believe they put this in a kids tv smh

[@natamersa9836]

I thought you were memeing but then... the man started making sense

[@PoorEdward]

unfunny

[@PoorEdward]

@@orangejuiq ur comment was unfunny, the video was genius

[@TheDanishGuyReviews]

Really makes you stink.

[@cruz5248]

i don't know why, but this video really has me dying for pie

[@piethedye3948]

Weird, I'm pie the dye

[@djdivile]

This is prolly the best troll ever, it sounded genuine at the start lol

[@Hondariuss]

This video is like watching a school presentation that was made in a day

[@Bleeperblopper497]

@morgan yu It totally is, you're just biased.

[@sadsworth4605]

@@Bleeperblopper497 it's not it's just a sarcastic outlook on how some people create thier own conspiracy bubbles out of nothing

[@Maltesfilm]

You know it’s a troll since he mentioned WAC (weakness + action = change) but not the superior model WAP (weakness + action = progress).

[@bobertwales7189]

Big A really went through all the stages of grief in this vid

[@MrGrombie]

The slow descent into madness Big A showed was masterful. Like in the book John Truby wrote. How an antagonist has been pushed to their limits and has been broken. Only to be reborn again through the destruction that befalls them.

[@cruddy_cactus8713]

I think this is the first time atrioc ever missed, I totally agree with the video, squidward has so much depth and so much progression in the story that I’m afraid atrioc might not be able to comprehend it.

[@kyzee3279]

Howdy

[@cruddy_cactus8713]

@@kyzee3279 hi

[@5days61]

You're wrong and easily persuaded

[@cruddy_cactus8713]

@@kyzee3279 sorry didn’t see your comment ky zee, wassup man!

[@ciphertv948]

Yea I don’t see the problem with the video at all

[@niceladlucas2440]

Big A went through all five stages of grief In the span of 20 minutes

[@niceladlucas2440]

@Mana Shield damn someone really did say the same fuckin thing, cheers mate

[@ChibiQilin]

I don't get how anybody could think this was a joke when the points in the essay were explained really clearly. It all adds up.

[@couch9416]

@@rawdasalmataman7908 Yep, and like ofcourse he is the anti-character to spongebob. Like just because it is spongebob doesn't mean that there isn't depth behind characters. There are some deep messages and shit in spongebob. Idk why he makes fun of the video essay

[@littlemoth4956]

It was meant to be a parody... if this is an ironic comment, I'm not seeing the irony lol

[@yourfatboy5359]

​@@rawdasalmataman7908dude this is a joke video 9:59

[@yourfatboy5359]

@@rawdasalmataman7908 it's the most obvious bait in history, he started comparing squidward to adolf and 11:45 this is the most crystal clear satire, also an important piller of satire is the seriousness of it.

[@rawdasalmataman7908]

@@yourfatboy5359 Yeah I guess it is satire😅😭😭 But he really did research and compersions He also made the video 16 minutes long I am having a hard time believing it is satire

[@rijelfuller5792]

Did anyone pick up on the symbolism of Atrioc's broken gun to his diminishing will to resist poor logic?

[@QazwerDave]

Just a bunch of laughter and "you gotta be kidding me"'s, but no counter arguments !!

[@Samjamjr]

Wait until he finds EMPs documentary on spongebob

[@Samjamjr]

Dude I gotta heart on one of my comments from this Channel? I gotta go through 7 months of videos to try and find my comment

[@biggoof9329]

@@Samjamjr HE TOOK THAT SHIT LMAOOO

[@standby7563]

Or skin theory

[@hello-bt8tf]

@@standby7563 or the stuff by alex bale

[@Samjamjr]

@@biggoof9329 Bro what? It’s on a comment from like 6 months ago

[@angrycoach1126]

This is the Atrioc video I rewatch the most. It's hilarious to see Big A this frustrated by a simple video analysis

[@sadsworth4605]

A sarcastic vedio analysis at that

[@LiveType]

Not gonna lie, I was fooled for the first 2 minutes. This man is a master of trolling. Watching Atrioc proceed to go through the 5 stages of grief was content I didn't know I needed.

[@austinnfauceted5287]

When I was 9 years old I thought I was the only one who picked up on this

[@rubub8455]

The only thing worse than these are those videos titled "The best show/movie/game you've never seen" and the thumbnail is the main character with a black bar over his eyes

[@Doggie1980]

It’s so embarrassing to admit I’ve rewatched this video so many times I can basically quote some parts

[@spearpanda8016]

I went through 4 stages in this video. First, thinking that it was just a review of a sponge bob theory. Then, being annoyed about this video and kind of getting in on the joke. Third, realizing it was satire and laughing along, but part of me still questioned if it was legit. Then 2 seconds later I know and I am dying of laughter. Funniest thing I’ve seen all year

[@lukebacon6539]

The second he started to refer to spongebob as "The sponge" I knew something was up

[@Seanabo]

Even spongebob at 0:15 is hitting Atrioc with the YEP Coke

[@MegaManXPoweredUp]

That video was a masterclass in the lesson that the structure of an argument is less important than the argument itself.

[@MrCraft-xi8yw]

Atrioc went through the seven stages of grief in this video

[@quangamershyguyyz7166]

There’s only 5

[@unity2808]

@@quangamershyguyyz7166nope he invented 2 more

[@marwan5178]

Big A just upset that Squidward declined his wedding invite...

[@Doggie1980]

I’ve rewatched this video multiple times and it never gets old to see Big A’s decent into madness.

[@corky3794]

This is Atrioc's Magnum Opus, never forget o7

[@Martin-tv7hr]

KZbin essay videos have made me so good at writing opinion pieces.

[@superqmod696]

This is literally me writing a school essay

[@jushis]

It took me just as long as Big A to figure out the true nature of the video. I absolutely lost it at the Breaking Bad section

[@lucbrink-morrison5593]

W x A = C Atrioc was weakened by the initial mald and so if you times that by the 6mins for A (action to realise real meaning) you get C his view has changed and he’s 6x the Big A he was. Rather like syndrome

[@latissimusdomsi]

Lessons from the Screenplay: "And I took that personally."

[@tylershep4220]

I don't know what it is but I laugh more during Big A's videos than any other channel on KZbin. I think he just has a contagious laugh

[@larry-og6ez]

I keep revisiting this video every so often. Big A losing his mind is always a classic 😂

[@jackjackson7537]

I feel like Squidward is like a perfect blend of Syndrome from Incredibles, Joker (Heath Ledger), and the kid from Barnyard, all wrapped into one.

[@nicholasdienstbier3694]

This is me anytime I'm assigned an analytical essay

[@joebangles9951]

When is the youtube video of big a reacting to snowpiercer's similarities to Willy Wonka coming out :// this is the quality content we all want

[@evanharasty6692]

THIS! I want the video i suggested to be displayed to the masses

[@Hepheat75]

This essay was like that cool film theory that you wrote down for class, only for that theory to make absolutely no sense.

[@wizardmaster50]

Please let this video be a bit, like its not that serious bro edit: thank god it went full youtube poop

[@scripted44]

When he said "this is a prime example of this WAC theroy"💀

[@colebecker7832]

The squidward analysis was masterfully made

[@Maurenriques]

Atrioc is only angry because he knows he can't say the video is wrong

[@torormseth]

"Masterful yet subtle" is where I decided this is satire for sure

[@TheGrimStride]

This is one my favorite videos to come back to watch

[@hoboking103]

I come back to the video every couple of months just to watch this video break Atrioc all over again. It never gets old 😂

[@jjwang7597]

Yknow, squidward doesn’t fear death. A lot like another character from an animated tv show, the mad genius himself Mr. Rick Sanchez from the hit TV show, “Rick and Marty.” Now this is because believe it or not, they are the same character. Notice the color scheme. Squidward and Rick are both light blue, while spongebob and morty are both yellow and brown. Notice how squidward and Rick are both pessimistic and grumpy. Notice how big squidward’s head is, clearly the right size to hold an intellect as massive as Rick’s. According to an age-old English idiom, “if it looks like a duck and sounds like a duck, then it’s a duck,” or, as I say, “if it looks like a squidward and acts like a squidward, then it’s a squidward,” and in addition to the principle of Occam’s razor, clearly Rick is a continuation of the squidward character, or squidward is a form he turned himself into, much like he did with the funny brine cucumber.

[@idiothead5731]

One of my favorite reaction Andy's ever

[@lukehelgemo3544]

You know a commentary is gonna be good when their reaction is longer to what they are reacting to

[@phonkmasterflex7103]

The whole time Big A repeats “It’s just Spongebob!” Makes me think of literally so many shows that started as simple animation to soon develop insane lore, depressing tones, underlying B plots that plant seeds for the stories true nature to present itself. I could name so many, but I’ll leave it to commenters to present their own picks for shows and their reasons for when shows shifted story telling gears and going more dark/realist.

[@menderbug1]

Spongbob

[@jackfakename4851]

This reminds me of the time where someone online commented that Natsuki’s line of “oh don’t cut yourself on that edge Yuri” in act two of Doki Doki Literature Club was forshadowing of how Yuri cuts herself when actually in the line after that Natsuki accuses Yuri of cutting herself, it’s so stupid.

[@cosmicspacething3474]

Oh come on, SpongeBob isn’t THAT simple. The early seasons had clever writing

[@changedlater7707]

The affinity for death makes the sponge sad

[@noodlesfromhell6216]

I come back to this vid about once every 3 months and it’s always much better than I remembered 😅

[@jonas1015119]

As John Truby, author of The Anatomy of Story: 22 Steps to Becoming a Master Storyteller would say: WAC

[@nbtdee4615]

At the reccomendation of Ludwig, here I am.

[@MrBigdog]

Such a motivational video. Really makes you look twice at the show's true messages

[@e-o-o]

My favorite line of this video was the line “When I think of Atrioc and why it works so well my mind doesn’t go to Atrioc. In fact it goes to the other streamers like the random chatters, Stanz, or most of all, the streams main antagonist, Ludwig.” It was very profound and deep for my microscopic brain

[@Bova-Fett]

Tbf the Squidward HItler analogy is crazy when you view the Squid town as an ethnostate

[@owenm.5056]

Nah this video went from “Squidward is the perfect antagonist” to “Squidward is the perfect Homophobe”

[@awesomedk1]

This is by far my favorite Atrioc video

[@alexanderrose1071]

Only at “makes the sponge sad” did I 100% believe it was a troll

[@kingbowser5108]

This video is amazing, so funny, what made me realize this was satire was that he was combining Graveyard Shift and Dying for Pie together

[@Joe__M]

You’ve upset the video essay hive mind. Prepare for “The Rise and Fall of Atrioc”

[@nathans1954]

First time in a while I've actually laughed out loud at a video, this reaction is a masterpiece. Also Atrioc saw an out when bold and brash was on screen and took that out fucking instantly lmfaooo

[@Keeby.]

i went through all stages of grief in this one video

[@evanmcdonald9134]

This was my first atrioc video, and I’ve watched genuinely every one since. Found this channel through Ludwig wiki races and big A is my favorite part of the internet.

[@jerryfwimbo]

Ludwig said this is fire, let's see

[@nicolasbalderrama3910]

Same

[@ryanshaver655]

This is my new favorite Atrioc vid. I was dying laughing in the middle of math class for 18 minutes

[@quangamershyguyyz7166]

And this is why you failed math class. Lol

[@Notllamalord]

This is like writing an essay in middle school

[@LamianDillard1]

One of the funniest videos I’ve ever watched thank you

[@EJassassin1530]

Atrioc is this the first time you’ve seen film be broken down? I had to take a whole semester doing this for like 10 different kids shows. There’s always deeper shit the writers are thinking, had to do some interviews about it

[@joceduck]

this is one of my fav atrioc vids

[@alexsho5734]

CONGRATS ON 100K MAN!!

[@isaiahsabo4728]

I watch this video at least once a month, its my favorite holiday

[@piuididiy7873]

this is one of my favourite videos of all time holy shit fucking amazing

[@z_zenith]

I've watched this same video like 5 times and it's still a banger. 🔥🔥🔥

[@z_zenith]

9 days later and I'm returning for the sixth

[@z_zenith]

Month later and I'm back again

[@z_zenith]

9 months later and I'm back

[@z_zenith]

Oops... 1 year later and im back bitch

[@melellison6901]

My favorite part is that the scene where Squidward asks the customer to hit him over the head with a baseball bat isn't even from Dying For Pie. It's from the episode where they're open 24/7, with the Hash Slinging Slasher 😂

[@ThomB0ne]

I think that this "essay" is going to provoke my antagonistic force. Every time I hear that term I feel my brain rotting away. Great movie, Big A!

[@nowatergirls]

This is one of my favorite videos of all time

[@claytonhazelrigg8512]

Back for my yearly watch

[@anski97]

lmao same

[@tomarchru8528]

lol same

[@afoolishmortal5265]

This video has the exact same energy as the Christian Harry Potter fanfic.

[@jeremiahw3170]

I love that dude's videos so much

[@Dr_Rocks]

This is content I'd pay like 5$ a month for, too bad youtube doesn't have that option

[@fizz6769]

It does though

[@krokey9996]

@@fizz6769 atrioc doesnt have it enabled

[@jaydenjewett3796]

lmao your broke ass couldn't even afford 5 cents.

[@haterwatch]

keep coming back to this one big a

[@Jokervision744]

I think that the analysis wouldn't be complete without this reaction video. 💯/💯