Where Do The Buses Stop In Spongebob?

[@yoavmor9002]

Half of these busses aren't public busses, they're chartered busses. So they have no consistent stops. They go where the group that is chartering the bus wants to go

[@Dezatron-]

I was going to say that. Like all the times, it just stopped at the krusty krab and stops for spongebob and Patrick for jellyfishing. You have to start realizing that they don't have a true schedule or there's more busses that we don't know about that are for certain routes.

[@StevenJones851]

Yeah it seems to stop at different times depending on where certain fish want to go too

[@sowpmactavish]

yo bus nerd I see you won that duel with train nerd good thing I didnt put money on that

[@gunnasintern]

i assume it’s both public busses and chartered ones too since Bikini Bottom manages to have efficient public transport

[@StevenJones851]

@@gunnasintern that what it seems like

[@ZombossGamingChannel]

i just realized the buses look like lobsters

[@OnTheThirdDay]

They actually look like a cartoon profile of a fish. For instance, Goldfish crackers and the Christian fish symbol also have this shape. They do remind me of lobsters also because of the color.

[@MrLbhall16]

It’s a submarine lol

[@OnTheThirdDay]

@@MrLbhall16 I think this is the correct take.

[@seaofbees783]

because they’re from a crustation

[@Red-jl1qr]

It's definitely a submarine

[@makenaiyomi1083]

People might not believe me this but this week I had a Rock Bottom Bus moment. Was waiting for the bus with other people and when it arrived it stopped way behind me so I had to walk a few meters. And usually they wait some time to make sure everyone made it before driving away but this time it immediately drove away the moment the people came out of the bus, and me and 5 other people not made it. So I thought "oh well, gonna wait for the next one" And it came immediately after the first but one the very front this time so I was running across the station to make sure I make it. It felt so weird because this never happened before.

[@katyungodly]

Everyone knows you just have to buy a candy bar from the vending machine to make the bus appear 😆

[@StarGirl11Galaxy]

That's crazy 😭😭🤣🤣

[@Kyumifun]

One summer day, I had an incident with a bus too. I wanted to return home after a long boring day at a 'job' of sorts. There was one person (mom) from my family who could pick me up but it'd take her a while so I chose to take a bus instead. Little did I know i was going to pay the well deserved price for being so impatient. Somehow, I took the wrong one which took me to the middle of nowhere. The irony is that I realised I was heading the wrong way pretty early but was too anxious to speak with the bus driver. So my awkward teen ass's plan was to exit once the bus would eventually stop ...somewhere. It was a 30 minute long ride... Finally when it stopped, I got outta there and had to go all the way back to the bus station on foot. It was a straight road so I wasn't afraid of getting lost, moreso of the risk of sunstroke. Well, I walked for maybe an hour (on foot) but didn't acctually made it to the bus station thanks to my family who were concerned about my abscene and came to rescue me. The morale of the story is very clear; Patience is the key. There were more things I could mention but this comment is already long enough. I learned few things that day, so I don't fully regret making that mistake. On the other hand that was embarrassing.

[@makenaiyomi1083]

@@Kyumifun This sounds much more exciting than my story tbh. The bus stations here are much closer since I live in a city. Could've easily walked at home under 30 minutes. Glad you're safe though.

[@kyomoto2084]

i live near the firefights station so i sleep everytime since is the last stop but the other bus that take somewhat close just go infinite to the jungle country side

[@ryanvia347]

I think with the anchovies, they chartered 4 busses, rather than catching them at a bus stop

[@davidebalsano6741]

The Bikini bottom transport authority just likes placing bus stops where there is high demand, considering that the Conch street stop is always there, means that there is just a lot of people getting off and on during peak hours.

[@thimovijfschaft3271]

Odd because that street has only 3 people living there

[@davidebalsano6741]

@@thimovijfschaft3271 There are other houses in the area, or maybe it serves as a last stop before leaving Bikini bottom for who missed the other stops.

[@StevenJones851]

​@davidebalsano6741 mmmmmm that could be the case but the houses are far away

[@davidebalsano6741]

@@StevenJones851another theory that could adjust to this is that the trio simply ask the bus driver to let them off there, so much so that the transport authority chose to build a bus stop. People in my country like to ask the driver if he could stop so that they can get off.

[@StevenJones851]

@@davidebalsano6741 that's a good interesting theory i like it

[@SuperJibulus]

The use of the buses in Help Wanted is not unusual. They’re not acting like a normal bus would with a designated stop, they’re simply acting more like private hire coaches like what you get for the elderly, children, or special needs, etc. In I Was A Teenage Gary, the bus is clearly acting once more like a coach, but this time it is a direct trip to jellyfish fields for jellyfishing enthusiasts.

[@temari2860]

In the first episode, it looks like they're travelling. I remember in school we used to have a similar thing once a year or so where we would take several buses and then travel to the capital city, stopping at random places of significance which were planned for the trip, without any bus stops around. One of them was usually a McDonald's, so I wouldn't be surprised if it's some travelling group stopping at KK for some lunch.

[@muni_Thomas_boi]

I'm a transit nerd so there's these things called excursions they don't have a specific route but stop at places around the city or town

[@Kyumifun]

like a school trip except this one wasn't a _school_ trip.

[@temari2860]

@@muni_Thomas_boi Yep, that's exactly what I tried to describe.

[@muni_Thomas_boi]

@@temari2860 oh

[@bostonrailfan2427]

it’s the same for long-dusts buses, they stop after a certain amount of time to allow for a rest and meal…this was clearly the case with the anchovies

[@RandomYoutuber0]

"Hey Patrick, do you notice something different about Squidward?" "Uh...new glasses?"

[@kyomoto2084]

peak patrick not too stupid more comic

[@Inkbrush_]

What a great dude, he knows.

[@StevenJones851]

@@kyomoto2084 funny how that was in Season 5

[@StevenJones851]

@@Inkbrush_ yup he knows

[@Sarahseamoon17]

Patrick is not one of my fave, but I must admit that sometimes is quite funny. I prefer when he acts more naïve than being a stupid jerk. In "Bubblestand" I think is quite cute and funny.

[@walpoleandworcester]

Another great one. I didn’t realize these buses could also float up to the surface. Explains a lot with Sandy too.

[@Square1production]

They *are* submarines, and it was established early on that they can travel completely vertically in Rock Bottom.

[@ShaddySoldier]

The sardine bus could be a group tour bus for them as well

[@cmbaz1140]

The sardines end up in a can.

[@bushhippie7372]

Them aren’t sardines, lad… they’re… anchovies.

[@oscodains]

In my head canon, the battle for bikini bottom map is the official map. it solves most mysteries including most of the bus routes, IIRC.

[@lumskull1084]

I love the rock bottom episode, I love how nonsensical the whole episode is with sponge bobs boss battle with over 100 busses that just want to troll him😂

[@hattoripool1533]

Shocked Spongebob never made an episode about where those buses go and stop to

[@OnTheThirdDay]

Awe will cross the street without looking both ways...

[@StarGirl11Galaxy]

💀

[@AzureTheWolf-l6u]

Everyone in bikini bottom does that

[@thatonedynamitecuber]

hash slinging slawesher

[@gordyrroy]

Rock Bottom and Nasty Patty are my favorite Spongebob Episodes. There just is something about it when Spongebob gets a little darker, slightly lonely and mysterious. Almost like an RPG or so, in a good way.

[@safebox36]

With the jellyfishing bus, I think that might be akin to a private coach where it was booked specifically for the event and it stopped at individual houses to collect everyone.

[@jeremymorris345]

That map makes no sense. How is Rock Bottom to the Left of SpongeBob's house? The bus would have had to have looped around the whole city.

[@thimovijfschaft3271]

Yeah there are multiple things that don't make sense about that map. Also Goofy Goobers just missing completely from the map.

[@xdeathcon]

Whoever made the image for the official map is probably the same person who decided where to stick the locations on the map. I doubt anyone consulted the people who made the decisions on how the buses got around in the actual show.

[@TKOG375]

Glove world would make a good episode, it was used enough to give a idea but it's also unused enough to let people put together the location. It kinda disappeared from newer episodes so it's not gonna change much either.

[@xdeathcon]

Didn't glove world have an episode about how it was unmaintained and turned into a death trap? Unless that was a different amusement park, I assume the lore reason would be that it shut down later on as it was clearly running out of money.

[@bluelight6520]

​@@xdeathconThey also created Glove Universe after it shut down.

[@mrwhirly0358]

There seems to be a slight disconnect here… the way the public buses work wherever I’ve lived or traveled, there is a cord you can tug on the side if you want to get off at a non-designated stop. So you don’t need a bus stop sign for a bus to stop anywhere, that’s just where they HAVE to stop.

[@squirrel_killer-]

Whereas where I live and travelled that just causes them to stop at the next stop. If no one is at a stop they will drive straight through outside terminals and major stops if no one pulls to get off. And no bus stop means no stopping regardless how many times you pull the cord or hit the button.

[@romanglinnik8073]

Buses do stop in the middle of nowhere. Once had to take such a bus as a way back into town... What a ride. In order to get to the bus stop I had to hike like 2.5 miles along a road.

[@Wumbo_the_Mumbo]

I once walked 2 miles in my underwear. No socks or shoes. That sucked. 0/10 do not recommend.

[@leekeyybum6930]

​@@Wumbo_the_Mumbothat's only like 15-25 minutes 30 max thats not even one episode of a TV show. That's not even minimum wage...2 miles isn't far

[@HobbitNo.4Raven]

​@@leekeyybum6930 It's far when your balls are out...

[@romanglinnik8073]

@@leekeyybum6930 well I use km so not sure how much a mile is. But 30min feels aight. The bigger issue was waiting for solid 2 hours for the next bus, only to not even get to the right destination and then having to walk 4 hours to actually get there... Never have I been so late to any appointment. And ofc the way back was a thing (without the bus shit tho).

[@leekeyybum6930]

@@romanglinnik8073 idek how long a mile is, all I know is that it's a 10 minute walk and 2 minutes drive

[@NaiveCat45446zeroSEVEN]

just noticed the bus' wheels look like spongebob's eyes

[@SuperRoblox8175]

Fr

[@Superbloxen]

He can regenerate limbs so might as well put that to good use

[@XYGamingRemedyG]

Everyone's favourite SpongeBob commentator: "Av-ve"

[@OddGamerCA]

The Krusty Crab is probably the most popular place in BB, so it is probably the bus stop itself

[@FredericSain]

He put heat on the wound to see what would grow.

[@katyungodly]

I love the continuity of the buses, they really stuck with the design and red color! Haha

[@AstridPansy-c8c]

The world is round and the place which may seem like the end may also be the beginning.

[@WayneJonathan]

There surely is in human nature an inherent propensity to extract all the good out of all the evil.

[@yusufesat-cc8lx]

I think bus stops is always changing every time because of the destruction in The Bikini Bottom

[@Wal-Hai]

omg a BUS video.... I LOVE talking about busses, i even bought myself a model bus today :D Thanks for talking about busses. But sadly, i also habe to insult you today too, to keep it consistent

[@roozbeh6999]

Autism

[@91n3tr33]

Imagine you’re coming out of SB’s house, the bus stop is on your left. You view it like how its animated itll be on your right.

[@scarecrowsurprise]

Now we're asking the real questions.

[@Jimmy_Buckets777]

16:55 exactly my face when u just casually remembered there’s an entire map of the place that you almost forgot about lool

[@RatPyromaniac]

Watching this instead of doing my job, thank you for the distraction

[@temari2860]

So, regarding the rock bottom episode - there are 2 possible routes from Glove World to Conch street: Dark Blue -> Red or Green -> Light Blue -> Red. I'm assuming Sponge Bob and Patric did take the wrong bus on the way home, the green one, and since their regular route requires a bus change (from dark blue to red) it would make sense for them to get off and take another bus somewhere along the way, especially with them not paying any attention. And then it also works the other way around because you can get from Rock Bottom to Conch street and the other way around, just taking way more busses. The only flaw in this logic is the fact that the bus driver is the same fish in the Glove World stop and in the Rock Bottom, but it has to be a different bus. My headcannon is that the bus driver got so mad he decided to take a different route and leave Sponge Bob at Rock Bottom

[@godofkarma1260]

2:05 when SpongeBob opens the door it leads straight to his door they did not edit that well

[@Sollace]

0:49 This is because they were tour busses and the Krusty Krab was the intended destination.

[@MyraDonald]

Don't wait for people to be friendly. Show them how.

[@ShuyGuy397]

Defug

[@eldridgehorror.hahaha]

W video bro, i like that you explained all of it well, and your voice is very nice to listen to.

[@WondererFree]

Please do Sandy's house, Mr.Krabs house, Patricks house and anything else. Who cares if someone already made a video on it. We all want to see it from you! Also great video :)

[@buffynatorofficial]

With us, the bus does not stop at every stop. Only when you press a button to say you want to get off or when people are waiting at that stop. There is also a service where the bus lets you off outside of a stop in the evening so that you can get home faster. But this service is only offered late in the evening. After 10 p.m.

[@klaykid117]

That's exactly how it is in my city. It's just a pretty logical way for North American buses to be set up. If there's no people standing around the street, there's no reason to stop

[@EmmanuelMaud]

Courage is not about taking risks unknowingly, but putting your own being in front of challenges that others may not be able to.

[@ZenobiaAbraham]

Happiness does not come from having much, but from being attached to little.

[@arturoplaying7445]

11:56 ngl that moment was pretty funny

[@GamingWithNikolas]

Agreed

[@RaymondTimothy-e5f]

Happiness often sneaks in through a door you didn't know you left open.

[@BerniceConrad]

If you spin around three times, you'll start to feel melancholy.

[@pikminman13]

i feel like the bus situation would be less weird if there were more varied bus models. the buses in "help wanted" feel more like a coach bus (like, the anchovies were on a school field trip or something (haha get it fish and school)) while the ones that stop at the dedicated bus stops are more like regular buses that go on a route. you could also probably rent a bus in bikini bottom for specific purposes, like the jellyfishing bus. if they had different models this would be clearer.

[@Chadmiral]

The only other bus model I remember was from the Atlantis episode.

[@pikminman13]

@@Chadmiral given that was a special episode using a clearly foreign to bikini bottom it barely counts at that.

[@dwbass69]

Thanks now I don't need to type all of that 🙏🏾

[@ferringsylveon219]

I don't know, but what I know is they're cute lil buses.

[@OswaldBessie]

The ladder of success is never crowded at the top.

[@IrisPartridge]

The difficulties of life are intended to make us better, not bitter.

[@fenn_fren]

The answer is: wherever the writers need it at the moment

[@MeganAnna-b7e]

All great men are gifted with intuition. They know without reasoning or analysis, what they need to know.

[@Temple00]

12:08 80,000,000 fathoms is 480,000,000 feet, or 90,909 miles, or roughly 38% of the distance to the moon, and very close to the diameter of Jupiter. At this depth, the water pressure would be around 106,502 tons per square inch, or 213,004,117 psi. The highest psi in Earth's oceans obviously comes nowhere near that, being a lowly 15,750.

[@MlNECRAFT69]

What made old episodes great was the discontinuity in environment for one off jokes that weren’t totally forced but presented themselves in the writing. I love your descriptions!

[@nmk5624]

I always thought that there were 2 major routes, a bikini bottom centric route that does loops around major areas of the city, and then a separate intercity bus route that visits bikini bottom, rock bottom, and probably other locations like tentacle acres (assuming it's far away, otherwise it would probably be on the intracity route), which would probably be why spongebob immediately recognizes that he's on the wrong but when it leaves bikini bottom. any other buses are probably tour buses or more privately owned / specialized

[@KerrClapham]

It isn't what happens to us that causes us to suffer; it's what we say to ourselves about what happens.

[@CM-dk9xu]

0:10 I know its annoying and people hate both doing it and receiving the message but you should have plugged a “please consider liking this video and subscribing so I can make more“ after “if you like overthinking spongebob videos like I do” Those messages do work get ur money up and ur funny up

[@TNTom67890]

@0:54 long haul bus trips often stop at a fast food place to allow riders to stretch legs and get food. So despite no bus stop sign, it is logical that the bus is not at it final destination yet. Or the busses are charters for a long haul migration... in which they will travel the path from the choosen pick and location to the desired drop off location.

[@Qbliviens]

Honestly in that regard, how about making a video that shows what bikini bottom looks like on a map? Of course just like with the krusty krab video, it changes where everything is, but I dunno would be interesting to see different interpretations and maps of it

[@JustaSmilingHedgehog]

This mans quest to make sense of the Spongebob unvierse is so entertaining.

[@muni_Thomas_boi]

7:22 I wish every single bikini bottom bus had rollsigns

[@SandyBenedict]

Nobody has encountered an explosive daisy and lived to tell the tale.

[@Cartoons69420]

Commenting here before KZbin marks this is made for kids again

[@Silver_007_DM]

JUST TAKE YOUR SEAT-Angry Fish Driver

[@AeonHero147]

11:22 thats called an overpass

[@danielbuie6878]

The town, and surrounding suburbs, where I live the buses just stop wherever they need to on their route. Picking people up is generally done at designated spots but not all of them have a clear and obvious sign, you can also just press a button to indicate you're where you want to be let off.

[@Xegethra]

Changing bus stops makes sense when in real life (at least where I live) they keep changing the damn routes. If you assume busses work the same way they do where I live, they go both ways. We have line routes where it turns around at each end and goes back down. No circle routes far as I know.

[@nunyabiness181]

You do realize its every 20 minutes ONE DAY A YEAR right? I don’t think squidward would be that upset

[@ryanvia347]

The busses probably have a cord/button to request a stop, even where there isnt an official stop

[@obambagaming1467]

Did anyone else notice the animation error with Spongebobs door at 2:03?

[@muni_Thomas_boi]

6:17 Patrick might have got on a limited or express bus which makes Skip stop service between stops that are not used a lot

[@ValerieMurray-j8c]

His son quipped that power bars were nothing more than adult candy bars.

[@kaylaa2204]

11:15 They’re called elevated highways apparently. I didn’t know what they were called either, I had to google it.

[@realmynameshiro]

0:50 There is no bus stop, they are like buses that drive to dedicated places, like an airport bus. Maybe there is a "Krusty Krab Express" in BB coming from Bikini Bottom Central Station?! Idk it's so weird, they stop there but there never is an actual bus stop. :(

[@goinhamftw249]

The bus knows who needs the bus

[@warrior3456_]

ive always thought one of these would be fun to drive

[@IndyGibb]

The woman next to Squidward waiting for the bus would have been funnier if it was just like a skeleton and it didn’t talk.

[@MrWhatdafuBOOM]

*_In front of vending machines whenever someone uses them, of course._*

[@georgewashington6575]

Bikini bottom has better public transot then LA smh

[@ArcherIngersoll-f2r]

I used to live in my neighbor's fishpond, but the aesthetic wasn't to my taste.

[@tess4940]

What’s the work schedule at the krusty Krab like? Squidward definitely had work on the day that he drove the bus, but SpongeBob definitely wasn’t working. Who manned the grill? Mr. Krabs? Gary?

[@kearney6197]

You know what still to this day when ever I see that episode of anyone that shows SpongeBob & squidward not at work I be like so is the Krusty krab closed or is Mr krabs doing all the cooking like what !😭😭💁‍♂️

[@GrosvnerMcaffrey]

Just like what happened to the patty vault. That would explain how some people eat krabby patties before spongebob shows up that obviously squidward didn't cook. But we never see it again

[@ramenaddict1676]

why do they need the bus to work when the krusty krab is right down the street?

[@MJCFilms]

the line about patrick being on the wrong bus was a fire double entendre

[@linusbrown3108]

Bro really put his own video in "Top Tier Sponge" lol

[@UnlistedStory]

In my city, there are plenty of unmarked yet still official bus stops, and you can flag them down at any point along their route. For the most part, as long as you know the routes and are paying attention to where you're at, you can get to just about anywhere with at most a 3 block walk

[@bird2793]

I think the buses seen in "Help Wanted" and "Banned in Bikini Bottom" are chartered buses. Like a bunch of people going to a convention or something all chipped in to rent a bus. That's definitely the case with the Hockey bus. Usually they're school buses or coach buses, not city buses, but I don't think the animators wanted to come up with another model for a bus anyway. I can definitely believe that Shady Shoals owns that bus, too. Some retirement homes have mini shuttle buses to take residents around town.

[@saturdaysama]

i knew i wasn't the only one who wondered about this as a kid.

[@AidenRKrone]

For the buses that stop at locations that don't have assigned bus stops, such as the Krusty Krab, they could be charter buses. For example, the buses that stopped at the Krusty Krab could've been chartered by the anchovies specifically to drive them around Bikini Bottom. (The same could be said for the bus that stopped at SpongeBob's house; the jellyfishing group rented the bus for private use.) I can speak from experience because I live in Amish Country and I see elderly tourist groups riding in rented buses fairly often. The other possibility is that the Bikini Bottom bus system has both dedicated/permanent stops and custom/private stops. For example, the buses will always stop at dedicated bus stops, but they will only stop at custom locations, such as a private residence (e.g., Sandy's house), if a passenger on the bus, say, presses a button to alert the bus driver of their desire to disembark from the bus. I suppose there is a third possibility: the buses will stop at well-known landmarks and buildings in the Bikini Bottom area, even if they don't have a sign indicating that a bus stop is there. That would explain why the bus stops at the Krusty Krab, Jellyfish Fields, and Goofy Goober's, since surely those places qualify as a popular destinations. As for the buses that are marked as being for Shady Shoals and the Bikini Bottom hockey team, those are obviously charter buses, so they don't follow the same routes as the public transportation system.

[@bobthebusbuilder2478]

There are probably a bunch of routes in the bikini area. The driver in rock bottom got to the town's bus station and likely just switched routes. Patrick may have gotten on a bus that goes past Conch Street instead of glove world. The help wanted buses were probably hired privately

[@weirdfish1216]

i love obsessing over transit in fictional media

[@seaofbees783]

tbh the thing with conch street could just be a driver thing, in my town there are certain drivers that jsut REFUSE to stop at my stop and goes about 20 meters down the street which does nothing besides forcing us to cross the street, so maybe some divers in spongebob are just weird

[@CharlieBruinsFilms]

Glad we're asking the important questions.

[@Zervmemes]

No way it's you from the boykisser video

[@WiggleGiggles89]

hey man your vids are seriously hilarious and I think you should definitely make a vid about the homes of either Mr Krabs or Sandy's dome!

[@musicallydisneyamvs6731]

I always assumed the bus 🚌 worked like a mix of a bus & a taxi 🚕. Just never really questioned it.

[@Dezatron-]

Okay, now that there's a map with bus routes as well, this makes more sense than needed. If anything that express route is just for the krusty krab. It leads from outer town and straight to krusty krab. I believe krabs made a deal with the transportation company.

[@thresholdhatesrevenant2620]

At 2:04 spongebob opens his animated frontdoor to reveal the background frontdoor rather than the inside of his house.

[@sait7483]

this video just makes me believe awe has never been on a bus before

[@davvvvo]

11:58 Rodger speaking with his normal voice for a second.

[@AllieThePrettyGator]

they dont always fuction like a bus. some act like a coach or a privatly owned vehicle

[@Bwhekerman]

didn’t even realize this shiz came out like a min ago lmao

[@lemongreed7916]

These seem to be the type of buses that only stop on demand, so if you forgot to tell the driver or didn't yell your stop loud enough, good luck with your new destination lol