The thing is that I'm opposite. As a kid I have always been a squidward. I have always thought I'd have a lame job and live under oppresive and tougher conditions so Spongebobs outlook helped me stop being pessimistic and today I am more like Spongebob. <br>I know my conditions are shit but I do not care.

The thing is that I'm opposite. As a kid I have always been a squidward. I have always thought I'd have a lame job and live under oppresive and tougher conditions so Spongebobs outlook helped me stop being pessimistic and today I am more like Spongebob.
I know my conditions are shit but I do not care.

In that case, might I recommend Camp Camp? It's about a kid that has a cynical bitter hatred of the world, who's forced to go to a camp put together by an optimistic, wondrous man who knows about the harsh realities of the world, but consider them a reason to keep going.


perfectly balanced as all things should be


Man you really love to show the golden age of shows. What about the other metals?


When paramount figures this out and sees this video they are gonna hire you and make a Squidward show and milk Squidward as a cash cow apposed to Patrick and his Patrick show


Who's crying? I'm not crying. <br>But in all seriousness, this definitely made me seriously think back to those older episodes and what a great message the show had.

Who's crying? I'm not crying.
But in all seriousness, this definitely made me seriously think back to those older episodes and what a great message the show had.


I was once told to grow up because i did a rollie pollie<br>It is still to this day one of the most shocking things anyone has ever said to me

I was once told to grow up because i did a rollie pollie
It is still to this day one of the most shocking things anyone has ever said to me

Lucie’s Guard [8th Apostle of the Twelve]


Seasons 1-5 are so damn good. After that, it drops. Hard.


"the older I get the more I feel this guy"

A meme nobody needs to see the picture to understand who I'm talking about

I KNEW IT
ITS SQUIDWARD
YAAAAAAAA


As Kid i hated Squidward now that im 23 i can totally understand him.

To be honest it must be a Horror to live between Spongebob and Patrick^^

@فراس احمد nope

@فراس احمد nope

Levi For Waifu WELL HOW RUDE OF SOME PEOPLE

@Adon Don <b>I THINK SOME PEOPLE ARE EAVESDROPPING</b>

@Adon Don *I THINK SOME PEOPLE ARE EAVESDROPPING*

I’m a cashier and one time two kids were screaming near me and I just remembered that one scene were Patrick and spongebob were screaming about going on a night out and squidward lost his shit 😂😂


why did I feel a tear coming watching this


6:22 damn, wasn’t thinking I’d been seeing a wrestling/Chris Jericho reference there


Well yeah. There can only be one sponge who lives in a pineapple under the sea.


you can't just act like a child,you gotta grow up at SOME point


Hey EmpLemon, this might get lost to the comments but thanks. I feel like I can identify with a lot of what you like and say on the internet and I cannot stop loving your channel.

same here i actually started looking for diffrent youtubers for content and he was right there is still some good stuff on this site even while youtubes buttfucking is causing creators to bleed out and quit


I would have gone with Plastic Beach if I was going to use a techno 8-bit remake of a Gorillaz song for the opening of a video on Spongebob, but well done anyway!


The day spongebob ends is the day everyone revolts.


Maybe the point of SpongeBob is that life is about finding joy in the mundane and being satisfied with your lot in life.


A part of the reason spongebob sticks with fans is because of the yellow, the writers of "The Simpsons"  said the same for that show


this honestly felt like a combination of all your best videos, i really enjoyed the music used, the dynamic editing, the thoughtful critiques and the way that you used spongebob and squidward's opposing outlooks of life as a metaphorical device for "millennials". the inspiring yet somewhat sad ending also gave this video a great summary. the entire tone of the video reminded me of pyrocynical's analysis-type videos. but this is even better!


Emp: “Kids aren’t sharing Mickey Mouse memes”

Wha happun: “Allow me to introduce myself”


Still remember every word to the FUN song 🤣


Even my engineering textbook has a Spongebob reference.


The don't be a another squidward part left me thinking about my half gold half magnesium childhood...back when there was nothing to worry about no pices of shit just meanies playing yo gi oh(or whatever it's called)and watching YouTube videos on an old white Huawei with friends man I miss my childhood


Don’t forget that Mr Krabs sold Spongebob’s soul for 62 cents


Anyone else catch the jazzy saxophone rendition of the SNES Donkey Kong Country 2 water level song? Ahh  nostalgia.


SpongeBob is one of the cartoon gods you see


Ah, EmpLemon, an early proponent of Wynn’s Squidwardian Dichotomy, I see


When Spongebob is more relevant in modern times than Mickey Mouse, The Simpsons and Bugs Bunny yet they have stars on the Walk of Fame and he doesn't.

Laura James Yeah sure. And how old are you?

@Scrotie McBoogerballs Agree I love spongebob

Guy Buddy name a good Micky mouse movie/show. It’s about the impact

DynestiGTI also fucking shrek is on the walk of fame.

@Scrotie McBoogerballs 😒😑 SPONGEBOB IS STILL GOOD TILL THIS VERY DAY. THERE'S A REASON WHY ITS STILL ON AIR, BECAUSE ITS STILL AWESOME AND KIDS/PEOPLE STILL LOVE TO WATCH IT.

That's what happens when you're born into money. Disney and Fox were way bigger than Nick. I'd say they are bigger than Nick (and they are) but Fox and Disney are now 1 so it just felt weird to say lol.

It’s almost like those characters needed years to prove themselves significant enough to the public and for their child fans to grow up and deem them worthy.

Irrelevant comment.  The quality may have declined significantly since it began, but it doesn't change how massive its cultural footprint is.

I don't think SpongeBob deserves one. The show hasn't been good since its first movie (2004).

just like is always sunny in philadelphia

That's stupid he should definitely get one

They keep being revived. And they've been around longer


Man all of that history for futurama and it got revived again


Tldr is at the bottom!
I like to think that the first 3 seasons are like “the cool big brothers” of the series existence

While season 4 - 6 are sorta treated like the younger brothers but aren’t discriminated on that much.

Than ANYTHING season 8 and up is just the insane failed creations of Nickelodeon, trying to bring back the amazing series with clones or ai that try to terribly replicate while still keeping the current mindless generations indulging their product.

And season 7 is like the twilight zone. It just stands there. Menacingly!!!

Tl;dr: seasons 1-3 are the cool big brothers, season 4-6 are younger brothers, seasons 8 and up are nonsensical stupidity.


That 8 bit version of 19-2000 is so cool


I felt like I read a college dissertation. The level of depth and explanation between Spongebob's and Squidward's dichotomy is excellent. This is so well written, great job emp!


I could never watch it, always felt like it made me dumb, the way they spoke and everything, terrible! But I love me some Spongebob memes lol


20:30 At least they were able to fix that in the post sequel era


I kinda disagree with Squidward being the glue that holds the cartoon together. I think SpongeBob's naivety just compliments Patrick's stupidity. SpongeBob and Squidward ARE foils though, and they do the whole foil thing very well in the show.

Honestly, I've seen a lot of videos that talk about how relatable Squidward is, but I appreciate how he focused just as much on how important SpongeBob's character in.


Spongebob(the first three seasons) can still be just as funny today as it was back then. Spongebob was an everyman, he didn't take life too seriously, and was just as relevant to adults as he was with children. He's basically this generation's Bugs bunny, and with his clever writing and unique characters Spongebob has really soaked up the attention and rightfully so.

Well he's not really a clever troll quite like Bugs is, Spongebob is an accidental troll with his naivete and child-like ignorance getting Squidward mad all the time. You could say that Spongebob is a more literal version of Bugs, meaning where Bugs knows that he is trolling Spongebob does not.

Mr. N “this generations Bugs Bunny” is an interesting comparison

@BW- Left Turn Racing <br>Yeah, the original creator came back.

@BW- Left Turn Racing
Yeah, the original creator came back.

Um, but SpongeBob is still funny? I watched two of the new episodes today and they were both pretty funny.

you win the internet for that pun at the end


The exact moment I knew I was gay is when I first started watching SpongeBob.


This video made me meow repeatedly at my screen.

10/10 Will meow again.


there will never ever be another cartoon that i havent watched a single episode of.. yes there will, let it die


Spongebob just ages extremely well. Even though I don't want it and I dislike modern episodes (although the most recent ones are ok), it will still be a shock when it will get off the air.


This show has the best subtle humor I have ever seen. The first 3 seasons are still funny to this day

Skeleton Masher <br>Don’t forget season 4 and everything from 9 onwards!

Skeleton Masher
Don’t forget season 4 and everything from 9 onwards!


not even mickey mouse who i adore had a show on tv for more than 20 years without interrumptions . SPONGEBOB IS AN ICON


Squid and Bob, the best duo since Batman and The Joker


All the best cartoons have dark humor, wit, and never insult the viewers' intelligence.


Damn, this was powerful, man. I legitimately almost cried watching this. Really puts a different view on things.

I can’t tell if anyone’s even having an argument or not in these replies.

John Doe well, i'm 22, and I can safely assume you are not in this video's demographic.

@Frank West 18 and there are a few ads that last 4 or more minutes, i got about 7 min in when I realized what it was, Also thank you but i dont think of myself as a John Rambo but more as a Clint Eastwood type.

John Doe kept going for 26min, Mr Rambo? Adds rarely last more than 1min. <br>How old are you?

John Doe kept going for 26min, Mr Rambo? Adds rarely last more than 1min.
How old are you?

@Frank West also i wasn't saying i was "well educated" , those channels just put out alot more intresting content. I'm not saying all cartoons are bad , for instance Teen Titans were a great cartoon that you could jump into at anytime and it not feel to out of place, lots of action, but also had an amazing story to go along with that.

Well i had auto play on and i started with 'forgoten weapons' (love the channel) and I was cleaning my lee Enfield and this came on, I figured it was a wierd ad then it just kept going lol

John Doe Damn, now THAT'S badass!

if you're so well-educated, why the fuck would you waste time on a 26min video - even if it's on autoplay - of a show you didn't liked it even when it came out.

@indeepj there are no good parts , as a kid i watched the history channel , H2 and the millitary channel

Hey, John Doe?
When Were You Born?
Some Time Recently?
Because You SHOULD See The Good Parts Of The Show.

@Frank West so i have youtube on my tv and i just let it auto play

John Doe then why you're in a 26 min essay of said show?

How did you ever watch this? Its such a mindless and boring show


My future kids will be forced to watch and enjoy SpongeBob


i feel weird for not being into sponge bob at all. i guess when i was 13 i started to swap off childrens cartoons


Super_ShaG
"I hate everyone and everyone hates me"

*Super_ShaG*
"I hate everyone and everyone hates me"

Not gonna lie, I love laughing at that phrase... But, also makes me feel like a shitlord. Let us not lose our desire for a better world


from 23:04  onwards  i feel like this describes furry because I'm sure as a kid you pretend to be an animal, or like a show or move with animals and pretend to be the character, is fun to pretend your a cartoon and that's what furry is suppose to be about being a cartoon animal and having fun and being with people who are all letting themselves be a kid again.

 then there's the other side but I'm not apart of that and it doesn't represent the majority of people in the fandom
(at cons and in public at least)

please keep the comments respectful i understand a dislike for furry but no need to leave hate if you have nothing good to say then go away i have no affect on your day to day life why hate on mine.

lots of love to you all and may your day be a happy one <3


0:15-0:19 there it is - the part that was copyright claimed


I’m drinking a beer, playing Mario Kart 8 on my Switch that I just bought and I’m listening to a video about Spongebob. I’m having a great time. Enjoy being a kid, the world sucks.


I personally agree with a lot of people that ever since Stephen Hillenburg returned for the second movie and the show got a new set of writers, it got much better. Still not as good as before, but at least now it's easy to use the movies to border the bad spongebob seasons.


There is even a highly successful gangsta rapper called Spnogebozz


For any animator or person which wants to be the best they should dissect what makes this show or other shows or movies good, what does make it tick?


I just realized most of the characters in Spongebob are opposites of each other
Spongebob is positive
Squidward is negative

Patrick is dumb
Sandy is smart

Mr. Krabs is successful
Plankton is a failure

It's like Super Mario: simple and easy to understand what is going on

I think Patrick (in the first 3 seasons) is more lazy then stupid but on the other hand sandy is still extremly energetic so it still fits

@Uncle Shrek  the opposite of larry is also patrick cause hes chubby and the opposite of pearl is also mr krabs because mr krabs is a boy, old and pearl is a teenage girl, young. Mrs. Puffs opposite is that one teacher from mrs. Puff your fired I forgot the name of.

The reason the show worked was cause all the characters were different extremes

Mrs. Puff is alive<br>Mr. Puff uhhh Mrs. Puff doesn’t like to talk about it

Mrs. Puff is alive
Mr. Puff uhhh Mrs. Puff doesn’t like to talk about it

Shallow Mallow Most stories don’t have that so Idk if it’s simple

Unpopular opinion: Even though it came after the first movie, Dunces & Dragons is one of my all time favorite episodes. Whenever people talk about great episodes of this show nobody mentions it.

Why plankton is a failure, he created a sentient AI an actual sentient AI that has her own personalities, quirks, and into some extent improve herselves

Then what are Karen,Larry,Ms.Puff and Pearl?

@Misanthropic Servitor of Mars wow good point dude 😅

Plankton has an AI waifu. Is he really the failure?

@Steven Tsakiris I'm getting braces in a month or so

@KoolAid2474 <br>He wasn't rude.. there's literally people in the comments claiming to be like Squidward IRL but they're actually Patricks lol

@KoolAid2474
He wasn't rude.. there's literally people in the comments claiming to be like Squidward IRL but they're actually Patricks lol

@michi 1312 Dude you don't have to so rude.

@Sploady Cat Pardon me, but I don't remember anyone asking

Yeah thats the way to properly write. Characters should be distinct and bounce off of each other.

It's simple character dynamics. I still wonder how something so simple is so good


It’s because the first three seasons are usually the only good ones. The Simpsons, Family Guy, Arrested Development to name a few. The team has enough material, vision and dedication to get through 3 whole seasons. Then they have to start kicking the can down the road, retreading old ground, rehashing familiar things.


soviet march: plays<br>squidward: my time has come

soviet march: plays
squidward: my time has come


I'm actually a failed musician working as a minimal wage cashier...<br>Thanks for pointing that out

I'm actually a failed musician working as a minimal wage cashier...
Thanks for pointing that out


There will never be a great man like Stephen Hillenburg.


This is exactly what happened to YouTube itself! It started out as a Spongebob! Fun, exciting, original content! But then it slowly became a Squidward! Bland, uninteresting, repetitive content! Emp, you’re absolutely right! We shouldn’t worry about others telling us to grow up! We should always have some fun from time to time!

EDIT: RIP Stephen Hillenburg!

You can blame the Mr. Krabbs working behind the scenes, pandering to the Patricks that represents the middle of the bell-curve.

Core Blaster Ahh, yes, he did suggest that in the video! I’m just seeing modern YouTube as a Squidward because I’ve become a Squidward myself!

Tbh, though, there is always gonna be that point in your life where most everything in your book becomes dull and you feel the Squidward inside of you! This is especially common in teens, and I’m sure you’ve experienced this before!

*Core Blaster* Ahh, yes, he did suggest that in the video! I’m just seeing modern YouTube as a Squidward because I’ve become a Squidward myself!

Tbh, though, there is always gonna be that point in your life where most everything in your book becomes dull and you feel the Squidward inside of you! This is especially common in teens, and I’m sure you’ve experienced this before!

I think the point is that simply after the times your outlook has changed, YOU went from spongebob to squidward, not youtube, it's just how you're looking at it that's different.

...because of how YouTube™ will do anything for money

<b>aceman0000099</b> Okay, I’ll keep that in mind…

*aceman0000099* Okay, I’ll keep that in mind…

no, it became more like mr krabs. that is the intelligent after-thought to have

I, too, have an algorithm in place replacing all my full-stops with exclamation marks!

<b>Shake</b> It is still what Squidward represents though!

*Shake* It is still what Squidward represents though!

Hey don’t disrespect my man Squidward like that


SpongeBob was 13 then he reverted back to being a 5 Year old in the later seasons


Came here to learn about what the title says<br>Left with a life lesson

Came here to learn about what the title says
Left with a life lesson


If you space a domino too far, the rest of them will never fall the same.


Send this shit to the director of Spongebob immediately.

ALT you’re right, I did mean the new director

Holy shit I just looked back at this after a few months and didn’t realize I had 1.1k likes. Thanks guys!

man you're just fawning about this dude,  there's videos that have explained this clearly but without Steven Hillenburg, the franchise isn't ultimately fucked, but rather ultimately doomed for taste of adult audience of the early seasons.

Stephen knows how good his baby his. He made it.

@Pussyboa797 I like the golden years only

His Twitter hasn't been updated in over 3 years, also he has ALS. We should start a gofundme.


I agree.  But don’t go backwards toward Sponge Bob, or to remain stuck as Squidward, but move forward, fully into adulthood.  Why is no one in the show married or raising a family together?  Squidward is a phase.

Keep going.


I finnaly understand why i put this video into my ''vids that i love" playlist


5:45 Yep, sounds JUST like 20th Century Fox.


spongebob was my first word. Almost 15 years later my baby brother says spongebob whenever he sees basically anything yellow


Spongebob is ordinary. There's nothing to him really, square talking sponge with a goofy voice who does goofy things in an ordinary world. "Coming to bed honey?" "Yes dear." Spongebob is just a guy who wants to make others happy and couldn't be more lovable for doing so. The episode paper, for me, really wraps Spongebob up quite well. With a piece of fucking paper Spongebob made everything in the world seem amazing and magical. He sees a world that's beautiful and delightful whereas everyone of us wants to find delight in what's not ordinary and obviously luxurious. He loves the delight in all things, especially his friends. And he's so overflowing with love that, in my opinion, it naturally becomes humorous.

Just think about some of your favorite moments. The humor all comes from a place of ordinary surroundings, not some crazy weird world. It's all underwater sure, but the tenure of the world is exactly like ours. It's a great show in those first three seasons because it's just us if we were thrown into an outlandish place somewhere near a pineapple under the sea.


This guy will become youtube royalty soon


To 23 years. and 23 more! Happy birthday Spongebob!!


Yep im 20 now and spongebob will forever be Awsome


11:59 After several years, I now notice that SpongeBob is cleaning the window as he slides across.

The official SpongeBob Twitter also pointed that out

i think i noticed that when i was younger and forgot and now i just remembered and noticed it again

wow even after reading the comment and watching the clip it took me a bit to understand what was going on :')


How did we infer that 5% of Viacom's revenue comes from Spongebob?


I often roll my eyes whenever I see a “SpongeBob has gone downhill” like video in my recommendations, so seeing this almost made me do just that. But after watching it, I feel like this is what I wish those other videos did; try and make sense as to why the show reached a decline. Not just “blah blah gross out blah blah Squidward torture”. Or at least find a different reason outside of producers leaving, and creative burnout.

This felt like a thorough and calm analysis. I really hope this is a new style you’re going for, because I would love to see more of this.


Spongebob is one of those shows that I can watch no matter how old I am because it’s a perfect blend of childhood innocence and adulthood lessons. That piece you made about the link between childhood being like spongebob and adulthood almost made me cry. That was pure genius. Thank you so much for this video! (The Pre-Movie seasons were the best)


Meh, i disagree in some way. SpongeBob was popular for a simple reason, and that is good writing, because, if you actually ARE a big SpongeBob fan, and you have watched every episode of every other season, not only the first 3 ones, you would know that there are other great episodes in other seasons, and people who watched those new great episodes, praise those just like they praise great episodes from the first 3 seasons. Some examples? Sure: Fear of a Krabby Patty - Season 4, Shell of a man - Season 4, The lost matress - Season 4, Have you seen this snail? - Season 4, Skill Crane - Season 4, MermaidMan and BarncaleBoy VI: The motion picture - Season 4, Krusty Towers - Season 4, Dunces and Dragons - Season 4, Wishing you well - Season 4, Karate Island - Season 4, Friend or Foe - Season 5, Spy Buddies - Season 5, Krabs a la mode - Season 5, Roller Cowards - Season 5, SpongeBob vs The Patty Gadget - Season 5, Goo Goo Gas - Season 5, Blackened Sponge - Season 5, The Krusty Plate - Season 5, The Two Faces of Squidward - Season 5, Krabby Road - Season 6, Not Normal - Season 6, No hat for pat - Season 6, Overbooked - Season 6, Growth Spout - Season 7, Greasy Buffoons - Season 7, The great patty caper - Season 7, Earworm - Season 7, The abrasive side - Season 7, Perfect Chemistry - Season 7, Planet of the jellyfish - Season 8, Drive Thru - Season 8, The hot shot - Season 8, Mooncation - Season 8, The Krabby Patty That Ate Bikini Bottom - Season 8, It's a SpongeBob Christmas! - Season 8, Hello, Bikini Bottom! - Season 8.
(Season 9 has so many great episodes, so i'll just list a few of the best)
Jailbreak! - Season 9, Plankton's pet - Season 9, Lost in Bikini Bottom - Season 9, What's eating Patrick? - Season 9, Mall girl Pearl - Season 9, Goobye Krabby Patty - Season 9, Sandy's Nutmare - Season 9, Bulletin Board - Season 9, Pineapple invasion - Season 9.

While for the newer seasons (10-13, with 13 not being finished), while i haven't watched all of the episodes, i heard that most of the episodes are good, especially these three: Mimic Madness - Season 10, MY LEG! - Season 11 and SpongeBob's Big Birthday Blowout - Season 12.

Most of the people who say that new SpongeBob is bad, or mediocre, just use Season 6 and 7 as their point, to be fair, Season 6, 7 and part of 8, are the only bad seasons of SpongeBob. Basically everyone who says new SpongeBob is bad, just has never watched the new episodes and criticise because: "Ohhh, the new animation looks weird"

I'm not saying that SpongeBob has always remained the same and the new episodes are as good as most of the old ones, there clearly are more mediocre and bad episodes, especially a certain episode from season 11, but at this point, SpongeBob has moved on from the dark era that was season 6, most of the episodes now are good, or at least decent, a terrible episode is nowdays REALLY rare.
In conclusion, stop saying the show stopped being good after season 3. Which also proves that old SpongeBob was good because of its writing, people who have watched the best episodes of the newer seasons, said that a lot of them are as good as some of the best of the old seasons.
You should give the new SpongeBob another chance.

Meh, i disagree in some way. SpongeBob was popular for a simple reason, and that is good writing, because, if you actually ARE a big SpongeBob fan, and you have watched every episode of every other season, not only the first 3 ones, you would know that there are other great episodes in other seasons, and people who watched those new great episodes, praise those just like they praise great episodes from the first 3 seasons. Some examples? Sure: Fear of a Krabby Patty - Season 4, Shell of a man - Season 4, The lost matress - Season 4, Have you seen this snail? - Season 4, Skill Crane - Season 4, MermaidMan and BarncaleBoy VI: The motion picture - Season 4, Krusty Towers - Season 4, Dunces and Dragons - Season 4, Wishing you well - Season 4, Karate Island - Season 4, Friend or Foe - Season 5, Spy Buddies - Season 5, Krabs a la mode - Season 5, Roller Cowards - Season 5, SpongeBob vs The Patty Gadget - Season 5, Goo Goo Gas - Season 5, Blackened Sponge - Season 5, The Krusty Plate - Season 5, The Two Faces of Squidward - Season 5, Krabby Road - Season 6, Not Normal - Season 6, No hat for pat - Season 6, Overbooked - Season 6, Growth Spout - Season 7, Greasy Buffoons - Season 7, The great patty caper - Season 7, Earworm - Season 7, The abrasive side - Season 7, Perfect Chemistry - Season 7, Planet of the jellyfish - Season 8, Drive Thru - Season 8, The hot shot - Season 8, Mooncation - Season 8, The Krabby Patty That Ate Bikini Bottom - Season 8, It's a SpongeBob Christmas! - Season 8, Hello, Bikini Bottom! - Season 8.
(Season 9 has so many great episodes, so i'll just list a few of the best)
Jailbreak! - Season 9, Plankton's pet - Season 9, Lost in Bikini Bottom - Season 9, What's eating Patrick? - Season 9, Mall girl Pearl - Season 9, Goobye Krabby Patty - Season 9, Sandy's Nutmare - Season 9, Bulletin Board - Season 9, Pineapple invasion - Season 9.

While for the newer seasons (10-13, with 13 not being finished), while i haven't watched all of the episodes, i heard that most of the episodes are good, especially these three: Mimic Madness - Season 10, MY LEG! - Season 11 and SpongeBob's Big Birthday Blowout - Season 12.

Most of the people who say that new SpongeBob is bad, or mediocre, just use Season 6 and 7 as their point, to be fair, Season 6, 7 and part of 8, are the only bad seasons of SpongeBob. Basically everyone who says new SpongeBob is bad, just has never watched the new episodes and criticise because: "Ohhh, the new animation looks weird"

I'm not saying that SpongeBob has always remained the same and the new episodes are as good as most of the old ones, there clearly are more mediocre and bad episodes, especially a *certain* episode from season 11, but at this point, SpongeBob has moved on from the dark era that was season 6, most of the episodes now are good, or at least decent, a terrible episode is nowdays REALLY rare.
In conclusion, stop saying the show stopped being good after season 3. Which also proves that old SpongeBob was good because of its writing, people who have watched the best episodes of the newer seasons, said that a lot of them are as good as some of the best of the old seasons.
You should give the new SpongeBob another chance.


Squidward is my favo 2, cause he's basically me lol ~~ Even as 15 year old i prefered him lol

Band geeks is great indeed<3


It's sad that they changed SpongeBob in the later seasons


One of the many perks of being adhd, you dont ever run out of new stuff to think of or make or imagine.


2:15 In Greece SpongeBob first aired on a channel called "channel 9" yes that was it's name.


sqwidward is what makes spongebob amazing, like karl pilkington in the ricky gervais show.


A talking, pants clothed, sponge, what's weird about that these days?


Spongebob will go down in the history books


Fun fact: The song that plays in this video is actually a pixelated version of 19-2000 from the band Gorillaz


Oh how I wish i could like this more than once...


"There's no point in being grown up if you can't act childish sometimes"

- The Doctor

@The Stalking Chicken is this a meme? Or are you serious? I see this comment everywhere... I vaguely  remember that movie... The French one?

I was actually think of this quote when watching this. XD


I was in a rehearsal for a friends' band (Cerebral Damage) and suddenly my friend starts playing in the guitar that one spongebob song from certain scenes. Wish I could remember the name. But yeah, SB is fucking everywhere.


best part of the show<br>you took my only food now im gonna starve

best part of the show
you took my only food now im gonna starve


The mario kart wii menu music in the background tho


Awesome video. However, as the pizza delivery episode points out, sometimes its good to be a Squidward. I think the balance between the two is where true maturity thrives. Spongebob's optimism sometimes (mostly) turns into naivety or despair. In the pizza delivery episode, Spongebob's whole world is crushed by the angry customer; it took a Squidward, someone hardened by reality; someone who understands life is not all rainbows, to handle the situation properly.

Think about it. In that moment, we see the balance between the two - we see ultimate maturity take place in the person of Squidward. By bashing that customer's face in with the pizza, Squidward testified to the fact that hope, if not mostly felt, should still be fought for. He saw the light in Spongebob start to really give out, and in turn, he was seeing his own life's light giving out. Therefore, when Squidward fought for Spongebob, he was really fighting for himself.

Not to say that Squidward is always like this, he hardly is. But in that one moment, he revealed that, deep deep down, he also was, in a sense, Spongebob.

The point I'm trying to make is, its not that we should totally be Spongebob or Squidward entirely; we should be both. We should be realistic enough about the world to keep ourselves from falling naively into unnecessary woes, and to keep us from falling into despair. At the same time, we should, like the video argues, have a sense of hope in us and about humanity; for hope drives out despair.

What that hope is, however, is the real question.

on a side note

Squidward reveals something else about the nature of maturity, and that is: that maturity understands the threshold for how knowledge is to be given to others. Squidward lied about the customer; he said that the customer changed his mind and loved/wanted the pizza after all. I don't think that was necessarily wrong of Squidward, and I think thats because, in that moment, Spongebob, as previously noted, fell into childish despair.

Spongebob was, in that moment, the worst of himself. He reverted too far back into his childlike-ness (the video was right, after all: Spongebob is, or is suppose to be, an ADULT with childlike qualities). Squidward knew this. And it was at that exact moment, the moment of Squidward's lie, that we saw a true fatherly wisdom come into play.

Awesome video. However, as the pizza delivery episode points out, sometimes its good to be a Squidward. I think the balance between the two is where true maturity thrives. Spongebob's optimism sometimes (mostly) turns into naivety or despair. In the pizza delivery episode, Spongebob's whole world is crushed by the angry customer; it took a Squidward, someone hardened by reality; someone who understands life is not all rainbows, to handle the situation properly.

Think about it. In that moment, we see the balance between the two - we see ultimate maturity take place in the person of Squidward. By bashing that customer's face in with the pizza, Squidward testified to the fact that hope, if not mostly felt, should still be fought for. He saw the light in Spongebob start to really give out, and in turn, he was seeing his own life's light giving out. Therefore, when Squidward fought for Spongebob, he was really fighting for himself.

Not to say that Squidward is always like this, he hardly is. But in that one moment, he revealed that, deep deep down, he also was, in a sense, Spongebob.

The point I'm trying to make is, its not that we should totally be Spongebob or Squidward entirely; we should be both. We should be realistic enough about the world to keep ourselves from falling naively into unnecessary woes, and to keep us from falling into despair. At the same time, we should, like the video argues, have a sense of hope in us and about humanity; for hope drives out despair.

What that hope is, however, is the real question.

*on a side note*

Squidward reveals something else about the nature of maturity, and that is: that maturity understands the threshold for how knowledge is to be given to others. Squidward lied about the customer; he said that the customer changed his mind and loved/wanted the pizza after all. I don't think that was necessarily wrong of Squidward, and I think thats because, in that moment, Spongebob, as previously noted, fell into childish despair.

Spongebob was, in that moment, the worst of himself. He reverted too far back into his childlike-ness (the video was right, after all: Spongebob is, or is suppose to be, an ADULT with childlike qualities). Squidward knew this. And it was at that exact moment, the moment of Squidward's lie, that we saw a true fatherly wisdom come into play.

Completely agree with your point. I was going to comment on how I loved the first 2/3s of the video but felt the last part seemed a little off and preachy. It seemed to drop the whole dichotomy existing between spongebob and squidward that the rest of the video was at length discussing and assuming everyone was squidward but should be spongebob. This is wrong,, as you said it should be a healthy mixture of both

This is really a underated deep message.


I fucking love sponge bob I agree with this video whole heartedly -a 25 year old dude


14:21 no you just need 17 years to have dreams


I got a spongebob toy in my happy meal while watching this


damn one of the best videos ive ever watched


This video is beautiful, no joke. There's something heartwarming about the inspiration and motivation you've found and are sharing with the world from a show almost 2 decades old.


IMHO the closest cartoon to SpongeBob is Regular Show


this vid made me feel better about being so childish, thnx man.


SpongeBob Squarepants died along with Hillenburg, change my mind.


17:16 Top 10 villains to evil to appear in more than one episode.


This video drove me to tears. I've watched it so many times but it really hit me hard this time. Great job Emp

I cried to men... so much stuffs to think


10:16 Rugrats is mostly a 90’s show. Clarence, Steven Universe and Adventure Time didn’t exist in the 2000’s at all.


Lmao jokes on you I was always a squidward


I never noticed it before but now i can't unsee it. In the scene where spongebob is sliding across the window, he's cleaning it off as he slides along it ...


I've been told to grow up by my mother because I was acting like an adult XD


Squidward: “Then we work for 40 years and then we die!”
Ad comes on right after he said that, “I was diagnosed with cervical cancer.”
Damn

Cat Moth at first I thought I was part of the video

I got a Caribbean Cruise liner commercial


I was forced to watch an episode of SpongeBob when I was 16 and haven't watched anymore since, always wondered what the hype was about..


"spongebob is what we interpret" reminds me of contrapoint's envy video where she says he's nietzsche's ubermensch xD


"-helps the town BAND together."

I see what you did there.


Didn't find Spongebon on Pinterest.<br>This video was number 22 on my YouTube Homepage (ads not included)

Didn't find Spongebon on Pinterest.
This video was number 22 on my YouTube Homepage (ads not included)


I don't care about where this show goes, I'm gonna love it unconditionally 'cause this show is burned into my childhood

@B R Fear of a Krabby Patty

Shell of a Man

The Lost Mattress

Krabs vs. Plankton

Have You Seen This Snail?

Skill Crane

Selling Out

Dunces and Dragons

Enemy In-Law

Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy VI - The Motion Picture

Patrick SmartPants

SquidBob TentaclePants

Krusty Towers

Chimps Ahoy

Ghost Host

Wishing You Well

New Leaf

Once Bitten

Squidtastic Voyage
 .
Thats No Lady

Driven to Tears

Born to Be Wild

Best Frenemies

and thats only from season 4

@alfa01spotivo I'm going to need examples....

@B R ehh it think it was still good though. Seasons 4 and 5 werent bad and had a lot of great episodes. 6, 7  and 8 had some gems and after that its pretty good again

Loving something, despite it declining in quality? That's not fair to the hard work (blood sweat and tears) put into the OG Spongebob by Stephen Hillenburg and co. That being seasons 1 through 3. Nick took hold of the rest, largely. Think of it like that.

@o k nah its gotten pretty good again. Especially after the second movie

The show goes down the drain. It's tanked because Steven was a fucking genius and nobody could do it like him.


there will never ever be another mistake like not subscribing to EmpLemon


The real question is why a squirrel lives under the sea with a spacesuit


Perfect video bro I’ll never forget this


Fun fact: Thomas and friends Season 25 looks goofy


Rip the massive legend Hillenburg. Watching this again in honor

I was reading an article today about how Hillenburg had complete creative control of the first three seasons and the movie. No wonder they were so magical.


"kids these days certainly aren't watching Mickey mouse" true, but neither are they watching spong bill either


10:39 THATS THE POSSUM DEMON IN THE BOTTOM RIGHT


The reason I love Pizza Delivery so much is because it showed that behind all the insults and negative attitude, Squidward actually cared about Spongebob. One can only imagine what he felt when he saw Spongebob, of all people, break into tears over something like that, especially when he always kept his chin up despite what life threw at him. And I understand it. If I had a Spongebob (not saying I'm a Squidward) and someone made him cry, I'd do the exact same thing, maybe even worse.

Exactly, squidward's rare moments of happiness and caring for spongebob once and a while have been completely removed from the later seasons. The issue with the later seasons is not only that they removed the connection to adult life, but the new writers didn't understand or care for that connection or anything to subtle in the newer seasons. The entire show had any subtleties removed and replaced with more exaggerated, dull, yet grating characters that are a shell of their former selves.

This is one point I feel wasn't made in the video. Just like Spongebob, Squidward has also regressed in character.

In episodes like Pizza Delivery and Graveyard Shift it's established that Squidward cares about Spongebob deep down, but he has become a character that is antagonized by Spongebob and wants him gone.

A lot of characters have actually become flanderized and mean spirited. Mr. Krabs has become much less caring about his employees for example.


tbh I'd rather watch EmpLemon than those drama/personality based channels.
I used to like Pyrocynical, was basically a constant trough my whole school.
The furry shit he was into wasn't even that incriminating, I personally can name two people who we're openly gay furries to me. And both of them we're very fun and genuine friends.
But lately I can only watch his memes. His channel is actually kind of scary to me rn.


Holy shit, this video took a turn I didn't see coming.


Squidward getting the recognition he deserves.

@Ash Kitt Does it have to include sexuality at all?

@Ash Kitt oh god please no, are u serious? God protect the kids...

I kinda want it to be an adult show where Squidward is secretly gay.


I thought the intro sounds familiar and then I remember it’s from the roomba cat video.


This video is a few years old, but it's kind of crazy that it came out a few weeks before Stephen Hillenburg died.


I don't agree that spongebob is a symbol for childishness. If any, i see spongebob more of a good adult that can still act mature/adult, more of an opposite to squidward.

I mean, it's the reason why people didn't like the new spongebob because they don't like how spongebob is flanderize to be too childish or happy so much that its unnecessary.


Thank you, Stephen Hillenburg, for making my childhood amazing through SpongeBob.  You will live on for many more years through one of the best cartoons of all time.  Rest in peace to a legend.

There will never be another man like Stephen Hillenburg.


I remember subscribing to you because of your SpongeBob YouTube poops


I've watched this video more than once and every time I get to 2:25, I have to stop and listen to No Love by Death Grips.

Pᴀʀᴀsᴇʟᴇɴᴇ Tᴀᴏ


Are you kidding?! We have just enough time to make it back to work!🤣🤣🤣👍🤙💯


I should've stopped watching cartoons by the end of the 2000s


Dude, this video is a masterpiece i legit had an intense hour of introspective thoughts after realizing i grew up from being a sponge bob to almost a squidward


Ty man! This hits real hard. Awesome Video


I'm Squidward, you're Squidward, we're all Squidward


Watching from 2022

“The world hasnt changed for the worse. Your outlook has.”

😬


I just watched a 26-minute video about SpongeBob.

Most eye opening thing I have ever done.

This is way more interesting than the boring Shane Dawson series I. Jake Paul.


The amazing world of gumball is also pretty good


Honestly why I'm crying over a video essay of spongebob

Because Stephen Hillenburg died maybe?😭😭😭😭

Now you have more reasons to cry while watching this

Omggg same here. Especially when he mentioned the Band Geeks episode which is my favourite episode 💖

And now that Mr. Hillenburg has peacefully passed away, it’s more sad. RIP

What people don't get or oversee is, it is Spongebob who steals Squidward's show. It is him who always ends up lucky and gets all the appreciation. It is him (and Patrick) why Squidward always gets disturbed and angry. That's the reason why Squidward can't drink his tea in peace and tries to find out more sinister ways to get rid of him in order to enjoy life. That's the sad story but true

I was able to fight off the tears, but I got you, fellow internet person.

I understand and it’s because we know the truth now and it’s so, so emotional.

swivel keyring I was about to start crying too...

Fucking same, that bang geeks moment got me

The realization that we're all squidwards is kicking in. I've seen the show as an adult(well into adulthood) and while I had plenty of laughs, squidward was too easy to identify with...

Oh my gosh that squidward twist really got to me for some reason

Because it's not about winning it's about fun

I teared up too knowing the show's creator has been diagnosed with ALS. Just... wtf.

because it's a video essay about a cartoon that reflects the life of a generation

@spy cool 😙
Some family man.
"watch yer fokking Spongebob, kids."

i love the Procrastination episode too funny lol

Omigosh same. This video made me cry like a baby

@G2KMS definitely resonates with a lot of people, as he said in the video most people that grow up with spongebob are in their 20-30 which is a turning point for a lot of people.. Lot of us just tired I guess.

(@spy cool) shh... my cat is sleeping. No need for yelling

i had to scroll quite a bit to find that it wasnt just me

i cried so hard (music plays in the background)I CRIED SO HARD!!!!! : (

I know. I cried when he talked about the scene where squidward stook up for spongebob because it just gave me such a blast of nostalgia.

Because we cry when we realise something of deep meaning

swivel keyring: "*sniff* <b>sniff</b> Wh- wait, who put this bowl of onions here!"

swivel keyring: "*sniff* *sniff* Wh- wait, who put this bowl of onions here!"


How about: Why there will never be another cartoon like "Ren and Stimpy"?<br>(Not APC, F that show)

How about: Why there will never be another cartoon like "Ren and Stimpy"?
(Not APC, F that show)

Pooldead who watches JoJo and has bad comments.


IM LITERALLY A FRESHMAN AND WE STILL MAKE SPONEGBOB REFERENCES AND I SAY "CAREFUL SPONGEBOB" IN A PATRICK VOICE ☠


"There will never be another cartoon like Spongebob"

What about The Amazing World of Gumball?


I’m in the middle of my Latin class and I just got a notification that Stephen Hillenburg died today and I can’t hold back the tears. I met my best friend because of this show and I owe so many childhood memories. Rest In Peace...

My chem teacher stopped class for a few minutes to honor his passing that day. It's amazing how much impact this show has had. She knew Stephan hillenberg but not Stan lee, this show has had more importance than Marvel for some.

I know how you feel, may he swim through the ocean, free as a dolphin. Here, puts a blanket on you, cooks up everyone some Krabby Patties, and gives you a much needed hug.

Feel better?

Same here. Stephen  Hillenburg’s creation is truly a masterpiece. Rip Stephen Hillenburg, his legacy will live on. :((


Idk I still be acting like SpongeBob. I turn 23 next year.


5:00 me a year or so ago watching mickey mouse shorts constantly and continuing for bout a year or so


"Remember, no employee wants to be a Squidward"

if you think about it spongebobs enthusiasm is something squidward wants to deny from the pilot ep because at work he doesn't want that blind optimism that he brings following him to work where there is none as hes found out over years of working there...it just makes it harder and worse to be surrounded by it where you can't escape and have to fight against it all day long @Abbadon Despoiler

Matt Thibodeau sucks for you because I am one

When you realize that Squidward failed at pursuing his dream and now he's doomed to work almost as a slave, Mon-Sun for some change. Squidward is actually the hero, Spongebob is a moron and Krabs is that boss that abuses his workers and only cares for his pockets.

"Squidward your celling is talking to me."

My ex-supervisor was such a Spongebob that you couldn't help but smile.

Every employee over 2 years working at retail or fast food is a squidward


Just like family guy SpongeBob premiered after something big giving it a boost


Yes it will be very unlikely there will be another cartoon about a sponge


it's not about WINNING<br>it's about having FUN

it's not about WINNING
it's about having FUN


EmpLemon’s long videos are always so riveting and thorough


I relate to that last rant so hard... not the ED part tho not sure why I had to specify that par-


The gorillaz remix intro was unexpected but pleasantly amusing


You guys went from being a spongebob to squidward. While I’ve been a Patrick since day one.

patrick is both squidward and spongebob i guess  and yea i was too

<b>You may not realize it, but this is what the perfect male brain looks like</b>

*You may not realize it, but this is what the perfect male brain looks like*


Spongebob is to the 21st century what Scooby Doo was to the 20th century.


Easy. just remake SpongeBob with different characters


Twist, this is actually a spongebob YTP lol.


I love the Chris Jericho WWE debut bit 😂


"My generation is going to be known for wanting to die and memes"

I'm dying

Haha someone hand me the bleach, I can't wait to tell my kids

But forget sexually identify with anything lol

ssqp781

My memes are vital, my lunch is cold idk


8:46 You took my only food now im going to starve!


This is literally what the little prince is about


Your video just made me wake up to myself ! Cheers 🙏🤙💯


I think the first 6 seasons of spongebob were best


I just watched a thirty minutes video about spongbob and it restored my faith in humanity and cured my depression... I love the internet.

Madison May well it was probably like “ vines that cured my depression” he didn’t mean it literally ( I hope) but yeah this was inspiring the internet is a great place ( well only like 45% of the time but still)

Brayden Buhler you don’t have depression if a YouTube video can cure it lmao

"Cured my depression" though<br>No, It didn't

"Cured my depression" though
No, It didn't

then i assure you you didnt really have depression


SpongeBob and shrek are the best pieces of entertainment


Zen meditation has helped restore a sense of wonder to my life.


okay Spongebob is obv the goat but Flapjack is actually soo good too


I now feel hella weird because I'm 23 years old and I still relate with Spongebob more than I do with Squidward.

Good to know you still have hope, for it ia the only thing that cants be taxed or repo'd away nowadays.

Damn, I'm more of a squidward. But the world needs its spongebobs, I acknowledge that and I (like squidward) depend on spongebobs just so life doesn't become so unbearable to the point of actually losing the will to live due to a lack of perspective

That's a good sign. It shows you haven't been crushed by a terrible job.

Good, isn't the point of the video was that we should strive to achieve that?

I'm 36... Still very much SpongeBob 😄 nothing to feel weird about at 23 😇

Same. I love my job and have a blast there

Its ok mann, Im 16 and relates to Squidward

Like the others have said, that is good. Enthusiam and optimism in this world is often in short supply right now

That's a beautiful quality :) good to finally hear an adult who feels this way. Hope everyone who reads this comment has a great day!!

<b>proud of you stranger. takes balls of steel to keep that optimism</b>

*proud of you stranger. takes balls of steel to keep that optimism*

That's a good sign, cuz most people who are relate to squidward lose their happiness XD


i disagree with the cynical part- squidward is not a representation of most adults.  def not my experience and most other people i know in their late 20s.  we shouldn’t make negative affirmations.


If anyone is interested there's a video of Sweet Victory, but the song played is The Final Countdown by Europe. Not a bad little sync imo


There was once a time where I couldnt scroll 30 seconds without seeing something spongebob related. Tried it when it was mentioned in the video and i gave up in 30 min. My feed is mostly shared unrelated tiktoks or Elden Ring atm

Try fingers but hole


Spongebob is not anti capitalism lmao. It actually supports the idea of hard work and in the strike episode their strike didnt work


Squidward stands up for Spongebob in Pizza Delivery because for the first time in his life, Spongebob is experiencing what Squidward feels every day. Squidward is usually hostile to Spongebob, because Spongebob is an incurable optimist who brushes off misfortune even though the two of them are in basically identical circumstances. But when Spongebob finally experiences misery and failure in his ambitions, the likes of which Squidward is intimately familiar with, it's like a switch is flipped. Squidward looks at Spongebob and sees himself, and finds the will within himself to stand up for someone, the way he wishes someone would do for him, and which he cannot do for himself.

This may seem like a melodramatic extrapolation, but I truly believe that all of this was the intended subtext when it was written. That Squidward would not lift a finger to break himself out of his own hardships, but feels a newfound sense of agency when those same hardships befall someone else. That seeing this unflinching optimist finally broken by a customer too cruel, changed Squidward's entire attitude toward Spongebob in an instant. I struggle to interpret this scene in any other way, and I wholeheartedly believe that all of this was deliberate.

That rush of empathy was really nice and it's pretty sad that later on Squidward himself humiliates Spongebob so much throughout the series. Still the only other time I recall when he was nice to him was in the explosive pies episode

and that’s how it is a lot of times in real life. ppl will stand for others but accept their own fate


Well there are those mickey mouse shorts


11:00 you did not just use the red alert 3 Soviet anthem damn bro I fricken love that game and the music in it is amazing.


There will Never Ever be a another cartoon like Spongebob Squarepants!

Coconut Fred: Am i joke to you?


Avenger’s Endgame: “Get lost squidward!!”


<i>"It's not about winning, it's about fun"</i>

_"It's not about winning, it's about fun"_


13:42 in the episode big pink loser SpongeBob said he gets paid $50 an hour but he to pay Krabs $100 to work so I don't think that's exactly minimum wage but idk someone who's good at tell what that adds up to


"Most of the people my age are squidwards" <br>That is such an accurate description it hurts

"Most of the people my age are squidwards"
That is such an accurate description it hurts


Actually, the world is objectively a worse place. Even in 2018, things have been going downhill for a while. You should still try to have a positive outlook on life, the world, and people but don't deny reality to do so.


in a society of squidwards, i want to be a spongebob


I am absolutely not exaggerating when I say that spongebob quotes take up at least 25% of my brain's storage capacity, and that I always remember the tone, inflection, and pacing of every single quote, on top of the exact wording used

Reading this made me think of all the little people in Spongebob’s head filing all of his memories, which only proves your point!

Episode 2 season 1 minute 4:36 what does Larry the lobster say hmmm

Wtf? Same! I wish I had somebody like you to quote spongebob phrases to and laugh together :(

turkeysamwich420 I wish I had that kind of mindset but instead of it being for Spongebob it was for school.

You should free up storage space. Empty your mind of every spongebob quote except "fine dining and breathing."


To 23 years of SpongeBob, happy 35th birthday SpongeBob


When I was a kid, I identified with squidward, not sponge bob; I was not popular


What about those lyrics from The VeggieTales Theme Song

"There's never ever ever ever ever been a show like VeggieTales."


Thats odd, I thought I was Patrick the whole time.


"Maturity" consists of one thing: see responsibility, take responsibility.

Everything else is just details.

People think maturity is about indulging on complex and dark literature, analyzing humor videos, and major disdain for anything bright and colorful popular with kids.


there should've been spin-off about squidward, not patrick


There was actually this other cartoon called Coconut Fred’s Fruit Salad Island which was very similar to SpongeBob


Yeah, spongebob got the cool 8-bit shoeshine


Sponge Bob is a show that honestly taught me positivity and gratitude as a kid. Though I was a “not allowed to watch spongebob” kid because of the content being somewhat inappropriate (I can definitely see why now) it was still a pretty good show for kids. I think seasons 1-3 were the best. Seasons 4-7 were decent. Anything after that is very disappointing though. But he is an icon, and appears all through pop culture. So it’s pretty impressive what Stephen was able to produce. R.I.P Stephen, you created one of the most iconic well known cartoons in the world ❤

@slenderblak wait it got better in season 10? I haven’t watched for awhile. How so?

And I disagree with you sir 1-3 best 4-6 are decent (unincluding 5) but stuff got better at 10 up everything else (and some of 6 and half of 9 was so bad

i highly disagree sir, season 1-3 do be the best but only 4 and 5 are decent 6 to 9 are  horribly bad and got better at 10's second half and got good from there


Playing with a reef blower that’s the dumbest thing I ever heard!!


Working at taco bell can confirm, the fucking place broke me. It's my Vietnam


Who knew a cartoon about a talking sponge could be so philosophical

Meme Benedict NOBODY! Not even... swuidward’s house.

Infinity Breaker W e s h a  l l n e v e r k n o w

Meme Benedict was it 1% or 2% milk? We will never know.

“The inner machinations of my mind are an enigma” - Patrick Star


Hahaha, spingbow is behaving quite crass


even cartoon-obsessed manchildren are boomers too? wow


I kinda disagree.
In my opinion SpongeBob is an idiot who like to be exploited by Mr. crabs.
But I agree that always being negative like squiward (I don't know how to writ his name)  isn't heathy.


The conclusion to this video made me really happy. Even at 19, I feel like I’ve already gone through the cycle of being a kid, to being a depressed teenager, to now being an adult and finding the fun in the world again. Whenever I express it, people seem to always think that I’ve been childish my whole life and I never grew up, and it makes me feel really sad because it seems that people still want me to be a depressed cynical piece of garbage like I was at 17. But I did grow up for a little bit, and I was sad and relatable and suicidal, but then I realized that life doesn’t have to be that way. And yeah, although I do have adult responsibilities still, being childlike is fun and healthy. I feel sorry for people who think that enjoying the harmless things that make them happy is a bad thing. The only thing bad about it that I know of is that as an adult, it’s lonely, because there‘a hardly anyone who relates. But I guess that’s why I have Spongebob. :)

@ThaBUDGuy 420 btw how am I giving the vibe that I'm depressed lmao

@ThaBUDGuy 420 and it is bad that they're depressed, you shouldn't be depressed, it's not good for you.

@ThaBUDGuy 420 I'm not old with no kids btw.
I'm not sad at all
but seriously does every teenager get depressed!?

@ThaBUDGuy 420 no, I just don't care about yt pfp

lmao does every teenager get depressed now? It's like they want to be sad.

I would love it if you too got together and came back and updated everybody about the herpes

Same, I'm 22 and have a similiar history. Now I do things because they are fun or I enjoy them, not thinking much about it. Having child-like wonder and imagination is (I think) key to happiness. I wish you the best! Keep being you :D


I’d say Lightning McQueen is a strooooong second.


Hey don’t talk crap about Rocket Power! I like the Death Grips though 😂


seeing that “Band Geeks” was airing was like hearing the president was coming.


5:11 why does it sound like bill cypher when his voice is distorted tho


Saying what everybody was thinking<br>Spot on

Saying what everybody was thinking
Spot on

@Jesse Patterson yeah i don't really know what i was talking about 3 years ago

@Jesse Patterson I don't understand

I mean I obviously understand but what r u trying to say

@Kush Patel i'm going to blow your mind here, but the earth has several generations on it.

@aceman0000099 lol, such nonsense. Ren and stimpy was just as unique, just as popular and just as lauded, and spongebob apes it. Every generation thinks they are special. This if anything is extra un inspired

Short off like Ash and team rocket if you’re talking about anime

Disney Mickey Mouse = Mario Nintendo

Ash and Pikachu , and Team Rocket =

Spongebob and whole cast

Long running shows = both

JESUS died for our sins on the cross, HE shed HIS holy, innocent , precious blood for us (HIS blood washes away ALL sins) HE was buried but on the third day GOD raised HIM from the dead. All you have to do to be saved is: Believe in JESUS, trust in HIS blood. JESUS did everything for you, no works are required for salvation (Ephesians 2:8-9),

Hearing how he described spongebob honestly brought me to tears because i saw a part of myself that i had neglected for so long thank you im gonna chill and watch some cartoons for a bit

Not thinking. He’s saying what everyone was subconsciously taught as a child.

so in other words: repeating what every “cartoon reviewer” on YouTube has already said, but worded “perfectly”. Despite Emplemon mocking these people in a video once, he is doing exactly what they do: “guys spongebob is so great omg so #relatable”. He has become the thing he despises: the norm

i was thinking it's so popular because of how surreal it is, fundamentally and cosmetically. the merchandise and meme aspect is so unique because of how unrealistic and obscure the show's appearance is. any other cartoon is based on humans or humanoid mammals or thereabouts. but a marine creature as obscure as a sponge is what the protagonist is, and the secondary character is also based on a featureless alien-like creature.

there is also the aspect that is fundamental to cartoons, how they are so detached from reality that they are so universally popular because there is no recognisable feature or reference to find contention in; and spongebob is somewhat excellent at this, hence why it is popular across cultural boundaries.


Buddy when you broke down band geeks kinda had ya boy a lil emotional for a second...


Average SpongeBob fan vs Average Squidward Enjoyer


Sponge bob can drive a ROCK but a boat let that sink in no pun intended


so you need to be an optimist to be happy?


Can i just say how much I appreciate such amazing edits and great anylization of such subjects?

5:10 just flows so freely into the video and is perfectly edited to be as hilarious and yet relevant as it can be to the subject.

Ingenious, EmpLemon! Please continue the great content, as I am always looking forward to each upload!

Emplemon's videos don't feel like YouTube videos, they feel like movies witht eh seamless editing... I guess years of editing shitty YouTube Poops does heaps to a channel's knowledge.


12:28 When i was a kid i acted like squidward


There will never be a show as milked as it either...


SpongeBob is something of Homer Simpson I guess


This was so freaking true man, I've never realized how deep meaning the golden age of spongebob had with millennial and what to come, This made me to feel proud of the person who I am, so thank you EmpLemon.


There's nothing as good as sponge bob...<br>Moomins

There's nothing as good as sponge bob...
Moomins


Idk sponge bob and fairly odd parents go hand in hand in my eyes i even like fairly odd parents more


This analysis totally ignores the existence of South Park.


Any spongebob frame with motion blur is f*ing hilarious.


Bro it took me a min to realize the backround beat at the start was 19-2000


I tried the challenge, it only took me 2 posts to see something spongebob related, second time it took me 100 times


Anything that makes great fortune will stay especially an kids favorite, Easier to make a dime through kids cause they don't know anything better and they're stupid, not to mention lot of generations been expose to such show and lot of human would just pass it down to the next ones evidently , Simple


Y'know, spongebob has gotten so famous and important, when people say 'bikini' I don't think of a bra or stuff like that, I straight up think of bikini bottom lmao

Θέατρο Σκιών Γιώργου Λατσού

@Jan Henson alex bale disproved the bikini attoll theory and proved a different, much more dark, well written and in depth backstory. You should really watch his "evolution theory" video, it's good.

Bikini atoll is a place in the pacific where the french would test nuclear weapons. It’s close to Australia. They set bikini bottom at the bottom of bikini atoll. <br>Doesn’t explain why all the animals have accents though.. they should sound ozzy, not murican.

Bikini atoll is a place in the pacific where the french would test nuclear weapons. It’s close to Australia. They set bikini bottom at the bottom of bikini atoll.
Doesn’t explain why all the animals have accents though.. they should sound ozzy, not murican.

@Want - Diverse Content Tacos, fettuccini, linguini, martini, bikini

I just think of the Slap Chop commercial (the Graty part)


the etrian odyssey music was unexpected, great taste


I will show this every boomer in my family who says i need to stop acting childish


Is that 19-2000 playing in the background? I can't be the only one who hears it


"Growing up isn't the problem, its forgetting what made you a kid"

watching this again makes me think of the little prince

This comment made me remember the little prince :,)

You can think that way and still get adulting done.

Well when bills start hitting the table you bether forget fast or you will be in masive dept or in prison soon


sponge bob video essay, with death grips meme. earned a follow :)


OH MY GOODNESS SEND THIS TO NICKELODEON RIGHT NOW


Idk cause most millennials were about 14-19 when spongebob came out. I think it's a mix of late millennials (born 1994-1997) and early gen z (born 1998-2006ish) and also season 4 and 5 aren't terrible i enjoy them still. Season 6-8 is mid and after Stephen died it kinda crashed and burned


Was not expecting a 26 minute video about SpongeBob to change my life.


Little update, Futurama is about to be continued x3

I also thing Futurama is underrated, sadly.


Still hate the kick in the balls that was the NFL teasing Sweet Victory at the Super Bowl to pay respects for Hillenburg's passing but then only show like a 4 second clip. At least the NHL made things right.


People always say they were like Spongebob as a kid and became more and more like Squidward as they grew up. Not me though. I've always been Patrick.

Man.
If you're happy being a Patrick, and you're still finding ways to pull your weight, then even unintentionally, you've found yourself
a Spongebob.


Now in 2022 futurama is going to have a new season in hulu...that's a weird skip of time


13:46 well... At least squidward didn't end like hitla


Squidward kind of reminds me of Hitler for some reason


before he tells me who is the most important character it has to be squidward cause he is the most relatable? after I watched it( I WAS RIGHT)


You can’t just pull out a Jim’s homage and not expect me to smash that like button.

Na, you should hit that UNSUBSCRIBE button.


There will never ever a video like this and there will never ever be a show like never ever


We can't even have nostalgic comments anymore thanks to "YouTube Kids" claiming everything


When I watched Band Geeks I cried because I was so happy that Squidward ended the episode with a genuine smile.

@Staubsaugore damn dawg whyd you do me like this

When i watched it today i cried, because the first time i watched that episode was nearly 20 years ago and caught myself thinking that i will never be like this again.<br>Bittersweet Victory

When i watched it today i cried, because the first time i watched that episode was nearly 20 years ago and caught myself thinking that i will never be like this again.
Bittersweet Victory


Nobody:

The Patrick show:Is that a challenge?


Oh hell nah pongeborb has his own 30 minute YouTube video talking about him.


i had absolutely no idea that a spongebob analysis video was going to inspire me today


Love the song in the beginning btw... my personal favorite gorillaz song


I will say that most cartoons from cn from to the 2000s and cartoons from nick in the 90s could not be made today like avatar the last Airbender and grim adventures of billy and mandy or ren and stempy etc. so you if you want you still can watch cartoons form your childhood


I agreed so much with this child like mind being the better mind than squid brain. We stop ourselves and “mature”


You're wrong 17:38 that pizza guy is actually the chocolate guy who screams . Confirmed by officials . It's just they used different colour


Sir, this is one of the most insightful, brilliant, and memorable videos I have ever seen. What you have created here is a service for all humanity, and I don't think even one person could watch this and not want to be a little more like Spongebob. You rock!


I would say the simpsons is the only thing that comes close. It’s not as prevelant w memes but are very popular in the stoner community. The kids that grew up with the simpsons found it funny as an adult, whereas sometimes the jokes in spongebob didn’t age the best now rhat we’re adults

I know u covered the Simpson’s but this is my opinion. I agree spongebob will always be bigger but simpson is the closest contender


Bro chowder was a very good show when I was younger


You didn’t have to take those jabs at futurama


Waffle Man?! It is you! I didn’t know you watched Emplemon

you guys are like if the spongebob creators were alive today.

How would you feel about a Diddy Kong Racing sequel that added characters from My Hero Academia, Little Witch Academia, Kirby, The Amazing World of Gumball, Persona 3-5, Family Guy, Sonic, Diary of a Wimpy Kid, Digimon Tamers, The Simpsons, Invader Zim, Pokemon Sun and Moon anime including Serena from X and Y, Crash Bandicoot and RWBY with Haruko from FLCL, Hat Kid, Popuko and Pipmi from Pop Team Epic, Bomberman, Beavis and Butthead also being there? Kirby gets pushed as a second Protagonist to go along with Diddy Kong. Imagine racing against Akko with Izuku, shooting a missile at Gumball, Gumball, Izuku, and Akko smoking pot with their friends, throwing an oil slick at Ren, Ryuji using a bat to knock opponents sideways, Ann using her whip to whip a nearby rival, Yusuke asking Momo if she’d be painted nude, Futaba showing everyone rule 34, Makoto dodging bombs that Bomberman planted on the race track, etc.

<b>ARE YOU FEELING IT NOW MR. CONNOR?</b>


that gran turismo 4 menu music was beautifully placed


I’m twenty one and I’m a lot like spongebob too 🤣


I agree Band Geeks is the best episode, along with Idiot box


Very glad to hear Gran Turismo 4 music in this wonderful video


I’m not kidding when I say Spongebob is one of the most important things in this millennium, period. Spongebob has given way to so many things like memes, and multiple forms of entertainment and mediums of giving us them

People might not think it’s one of the most <i>important</i> things in this millennium, but it’s certainly one of the most impactful media pieces this generation received.

People might not think it’s one of the most _important_ things in this millennium, but it’s certainly one of the most impactful media pieces this generation received.

@ChonkBonk ohhh ok thx bro for all the information 👌👍🙏🙌💯😎

@ChonkBonk So we're restarting the alphabet?

@The Overachiever Generation Alpha which started in 2010 and will end in 2025

@The Overachiever people born between 1995-2010 are Generation Z

@CRYTRAX SpongeBob is the only thing that brings Gen z and Millennials together

@Dingle Berry 1995, late millenial age, yes you are right, but as a 2003 Kid, im considered Gen-Z, and I got influenced by Spongebob a lot, helped me going through hard passages of Life.

@Gonzalo Díaz in terms of media/cartoon influence on Gen Z, then he is right for sure.


I can't believe this video is already over 3 years old...


From Tumblr to 4chan? Aren't those two neighbors nowadays?


As a child we always wanted to be adult but when are finally there you realize being adult sucks hard

@Petko Fuchalksi fair enough. maybe i was being a little idealistic.

@GY1415 first, being an elder in most countries is complete torture. The possible future you described is haven, but if you actually ask any elders these days, ypu will realise that most of them regret their desigions in life, and will happily accept a "second chance" if they can. (Atleast in my personal experience) because at the end of the day, dosen't matter how close you are with your kid/kids, friends, other family members etc. They will continue with their lives most of the time without you, and most of your last years on this rock can feel lonely, especially if you have lost your soul mate.

It may be depressing, but that's how life works. I wish i could see the world like SpongeBob does, but with certain circumstances, it's just impossible.

I already realized that when I was younger. Unfortunately, when I tried to enjoy or preserve my time, it kept slipping through my fingers.

I can't really call myself an adult just yet but I think I'd rather be an old retired person than a young child again. at that point, you don't have a life ahead of you but you have a long life behind you. you get to remember everything you've done and enjoy the memories while having the free time to learn anything you want and speak with authority when you give advice. you can compare how things were when you were younger to the new normal and criticize both, with the certainty that comes with having experienced both firsthand. you get to watch as your children blossom into fully functional members of society, and bring their own children into this world. once you're old, you don't just hear of the continuity of life -- you get to experience it firsthand. all you have to do is live your life in a way that doesn't make you regret your decisions later. eat healthily, exercise, don't burn too many bridges, etc.

the only advantage to being a kid again is that you don't feel your age. you'll still have to redo everything to prepare for not being a kid ever again, having to face your teenage struggles and your immaturity once again. all that for playing video games whenever you want and not having to go to work? why the hell would you take that trade? I'd rather finish a game and write a review than create a new character whenever I finish the tutorial!

They have their pros and cons, but the thing we can never really  shake off is need to be feel accepted by someone.

@Landis 97 Yeah. I had a very shitty childhood. Being an adult sucks, but for me, I'd never want to be a kid again.

The real challenge is to become an adult but maintain the happiness of our youth. It's very hard, and has been especially so for millenials.

they both suck. it's just that the neighbor's algae are always greener

You want to be a kid again.

Spongebob is that childhood wonder you crave.


I know I’m late but around 4:50 the background music is from Pokemon Battle Revolution for the Wii. Both a throwback video and the music too haha! I loved that game and spongebob!


I'm Squidward, I'm Squidward Squidward Squidward.


Wow, can't believe stephen hillenburg died like 2 months after this video was made


Oh boy my favorite seat meme after this guy says there are no micky mouse memes


Classic spongbob is perfect for any age... my wife’s ex ranger father who served during the Vietnam war quotes spongbob.


5:02 I’m probably the only Person in the world who still Watches old chip and dale cartoons


The ending quote sums up this video perfectly

"Its not about winning, its about fun!"

That quote feels so powerful for some reason


I love how these videos use Nintendo music


Anyone else who has never seen an episode of Spongebob so far?


The way Squidward is treated in current Spongebob is just sad, I miss the old Squidward where he wasn’t treated like total garbage, or Spongebob intentionally annoying Squidward.

He's treated better now then 10 years ago.

This isn’t me reminiscing over the old days, I just don’t agree with how Squidward is treated nowadays.


I've been told to grow up and stop being childish countless times and whenever It happens online I be the most stupid, annoying, childish, and silly I could ever be, just to tell them that I may be child and silly, but I'm not stupid unless I want to be. Basically, whenever someone tells me to grow up, I act like I just grew less and lost everything I just learned in the past 3 years and act like a clueless baby and follow them around until they remove all possible ways for me to contact them. The perfect revenge tbh. Bothering someone by taking what originally bothered them and multiplying it tenfold


Currently paused at 10:04, its squidward right?


I'm happy and sad. RIP STEPHEN HILLENBURG


"It's not about winning, it's about fun!" - SpongeBob SquarePants


I'm very happy that deathgrips was used in this video


SpongeBob is the Michael Jackson of cartoons


still pissed that there is no bubble bowl during super bowl halftime


Nick also does network dropping with their less popular cartoons


I’m happy I grew up on classic spongebob

@j4mes What does fortnite have to do with anything? You know, just because you dislike something doesn't mean that talking about it in a bad way is gonna make it go away.


The sheer amount of music in this video off the Pokemon Battle Revolution ost is a such a vibe


13:08 etrian odyssey music? Lemon got some good taste


I legit cried when I just realised that I became a Squidward.

It‘s all about discipline my beloved friend stay strong every man can achieve his goals

heyo heyo remember, nobody wants to be a Squidward

Same. Realized it when I worked at an AMC last year.


that intro song with the copywrite smuggling 😹😹😹😹


Also shoutout to Ween and their amazing album The Mollusk that inspired SpongeBob


Me vibing to 8-bit gorillaz instead of listening: 🦟🦗🦟🦗🦟🦗🦟🦗


I love how the moral of this video  is basically the same as the movie's

Short off like Ash and team rocket if you’re talking about anime

Disney Mickey Mouse = Mario Nintendo

Ash and Pikachu , and Team Rocket =

Spongebob and whole cast

Long running shows = both

@Sashimi Learn to keep yourself childlike and happy, and don't take yourself too seriously. Remember that there are parts of yourself that are equally pessimistic (squidward) and optimistic (Spongebob), becuase it's much easier to find your way in the world if you take everything with a grain of salt and live for yourself, rather than for what others want or need you to be.


Hey does anyone know where that speach at 6:25 comes from? I thought it was from the WWF in the turn of the millenium, but I can't seem to find it anywhere


Yeah that make sense I mean look who was part of the production team on Rocko's Modern Life


I heard a rumor that Futurama is coming back. 🙃


@9o.ronnie it's crazy how in just one year dg got to be one of my fav bands ever :D


First Stan Lee, now Stephen Hillenburg? Why are we losing all these legends that made our childhoods all of a sudden? Rest in peace...

They made our childhood. And at one point, someone made their childhoods. Now we have to pick up where they left off and make the next generations childhood.

@mip mip
Yes
BUT NO
STOP SAYING ABOUT STEFAN

Paul Walker's demise alone sums up how much my faith in current decade (and possibly the future as well) has been dwindled

St-ephen Hillenburg, St-ephen Hawking, St-efan Karl, St-an Lee. Is that a coincidence?

@SuperKnowledgeSponge They Can Try To Destroy Undertaker All They Want But He'll Come Back Stronger Than Ever Before

Emperor E18930 Don’t forget Stefan Karl.

It is a sign of the last thing the elites want to destroy... Our culture... and change the definition of what a hero truly is. We need greater and better stories and comics and cartoons like SpongeBob SquarePants to remind the younger generation of what it means to be an amazing person and a real hero in this world.


I beat the social media scroll challenge, I just see a screen asking me to log in


Only the first 3 seasons are worth a damn unfortunately.


Doodlebob had the actual square pants. Spongebob’s pants are 3d and therefore not a square.

Guys just get it right... He's Spongebob Rectangularprismlikepolygonmeshpants. A cube is equal on all sides, And a rectangle or square is 2 dimensional. And a 3d rectangular prism is not sponge like, therefore hes a type of polygon mesh.

@StraightUpVibin A whole lot of you sure replied, of course a rectangle is not a square but it is square ie has 90° angles.

It was a play on words and everyone missing that makes me worried.

@2E a square is a rectangle, but a rectangle is not a square

All squares are rectangles. All rectangles are not squares.

<b>Oh hello Scout! I have your mama from Canada in a box!</b>

*Oh hello Scout! I have your mama from Canada in a box!*

read like a "Dolboeb"<br>Eh... Good old Russian genes.

read like a "Dolboeb"
Eh... Good old Russian genes.

@2E Did you even go to school  squares are rectangles, rectangles are not squares.

Cole J nah fam squares are special rectangles

SquarePants is SpongeBob's last name though, not to mention that he doesn't even wear pants, he wears shorts

And yet spongebob didnt rename his last name into rectanglepants....<br>Not rhyme?

And yet spongebob didnt rename his last name into rectanglepants....
Not rhyme?

@Nuclear Energy is Good for Climate but rectangles are square


I’m 15 and still watch SpongeBob I don’t care


Just a friendly reminder that Patrick is 37


In case you've forgotten here's how things work, I order the food, you cook the food, then the costumer gets the food, we do that for 40 years and then I get an ad.

I got a MacDonalds ad at that point LMAO

@ciberkid22 I don't have adblock, I get ads in most videos but not this one

@ReconAcy Do you have Adblock on? Youtube Premium?

wth theres literally no ads in the whole video


This really hits home.
In an important way, SpongeBob (at least pre-movie) was actually more mature than Squidward: he was more resilient and resourceful. SpongeBob usually didn't take things seriously that he couldn't control and tried to make the best of bad situations where he had some control, so the ups and downs of life didn't affect him as much. SpongeBob was less afraid to take chances and get messy.
Having responsibility and perspective > winning the rat race.

Season 4 and 5 (mainly 4) keep about the same feeling as the first 3 seasons, and are the best post movie episodes, but yeah, that's all true.


Wait SpongeBob came out in the 90s, specifically 1999


Sometimes I have to wonder if spongebob would have still be popular if it was cancelled after the movie?


Instead of wishing we could go back to the days of us being Spongebob, we should all try to make what we have now more like Spongebob.


There's a Etrian Odyssey song in the video just suprised me lol


0:07 Mr.Trump I’m here to speak to you about your car’s extended warranty


"It's just me, you, and this brick wall you've built between us."<br>Dying for Pie is my personal favorite episode.

"It's just me, you, and this brick wall you've built between us."
Dying for Pie is my personal favorite episode.

My favourite episode is when SpongeBob, Patrick and Squidward climb up aboard the flying Dutchman's ship and end up becoming part of his crew and begin trying to terrify the citizens.

My favorite moment is when Spongebob goes to live in the wild or something. Patrick asks "Will he ever come back?" Sandy says "He may be gone forever..." And squidward says "I give it 11 minutes."<br> Rewatching Spongebob and there's so many moments like this. It's great.

My favorite moment is when Spongebob goes to live in the wild or something. Patrick asks "Will he ever come back?" Sandy says "He may be gone forever..." And squidward says "I give it 11 minutes."
 Rewatching Spongebob and there's so many moments like this. It's great.


And basically made a Lessons Animation Has Taught Me video.


Band Geeks aired less than a week before 9/11 and has the scene where the flag twirlers fly off and crash.


Without Spongebob, we wouldn't get Spingebill.


Eating your words on all that Futurama talk


Hey there's that one episode where Squidward gets the band all shaped up and they kick ass. It's the one where Patrick asks of mayonnaise is an instrument. To me, it seems Squidward would do just fine as a musician if he'd just put more practice in. That's what it takes and his problem is he spends time complaining instead of putting in a regular practice regimen. So, he kinda reminds me of me before I got serious about practice, myself. And play in an orchestra? That's really hard to get into. But play on the street and you'll always get paid if you're even halfway decent. So I don't see Squidward as a loser, but a guy who just hasn't gotten something working right yet.


This video felt so heavy towards the end. Really good job man, as always.


2:00 until Disney acquired it in 2021 where jt was aired on Disney +


17:23 he came back in the episode senior discount


Thank you!😋 From the bottom of my bikini.


Yes, every good comedy needs a solid straight man. Most off-the-wall cartoons don’t have a good one.


17:17
Did you just censor “god” instead of “****”?


when you realize the background music is 19-2000 by gorillaz


Childhood is when you idolize Spongebob. Adulthood is when you realize Squidward makes more sense.

The show should renamed,  The Squidward Q. Tentacles Show.

I nearly broke a table when I heard the golden deer pub theme.

HoopsAndDinoMan you missed his point man

Then what is the flying Dutchman supposed to mean?

I felt Squidward made more sense even as a kid.


6:36 heres to another lously millennium… everything explodes (Windows XP iPod DS and more!)

6:36 heres to another lously millennium… *everything explodes* (Windows XP iPod DS and more!)


You should make a YTP called squidward founds the USSR


the funny thing about millennials is some are 40 now but still kids get called millennials. in 2349 maybe they will still be called millennials


“Excuse me if I’m not willing to exchange my childlike sense of wonder for those FANTASTIC perks”<br>This is a quality joke right here

“Excuse me if I’m not willing to exchange my childlike sense of wonder for those FANTASTIC perks”
This is a quality joke right here

The images Emplemon uses for his dialogue really helps aswell!


this shit makes me cry AT THE END EVERY SINGLE FUCKING TIME.


Spongebob and squidward should just get married


Tho we all agree 2020 was when the world and humanity screwed it self over


jesus christ man, why did you torture me with the knowledge of that fucking nail clip existing ffs


About cried when I heard the end the classic F.U.N song


I don’t think Squidward has a lack of skill, i think that his ego holds him back from his true passion. Pretty much the only paintings he makes are self portraits.

great observation,  his ego also causes people to not like him either


i caught the chill melee smash bros main screen theme 7:30


so basically spongebob is rocko and squidward is ed bighead


Me reading the title: what about Phineas and Ferb?


You're currently my favorite person on this platform. I love your essays and the editing, the writing, but mainly the topics you adress. I don't usually put out any comment on this website, but your amazing style made me do it. Thank you for the free content and I hope you are one of the few to have a healty career on this site. Have an amazing weekend! :)


SpongeBob is like Segas Sonic or Nintendos Mario, even though it seems Sonic is getting more popular and Mario is actually dying maybe Mario’s movie might help him out, cause looks like Paramount is giving SpongeBob and Sonic new movies and shows


2:56 it's the terrifying songebob speaker eyes


There will be never ever that a
cartoon better than spongebob

roll credits

There will be never ever that a
cartoon better than spongebob

*roll credits*


When a video essay about Spongebob makes you rethink your life


Sponge bob is older then me.....however somehow even if you didnt whatch the show you know it


I did the thing where I scrolled for a while and didn't see a SpongeBob reference, and I thought to myself "Oh, I guess there are THAT many references"... <br>But then I remembered my own pfp is SpongeBob related....

I did the thing where I scrolled for a while and didn't see a SpongeBob reference, and I thought to myself "Oh, I guess there are THAT many references"...
But then I remembered my own pfp is SpongeBob related....


Oh wow, so this is what Rick & Morty is based on.


The ending of this was basically the entire message of the spongbob movie

@Wheeze Tease the second one is also good man, don't do it dirty

Rode a human like a freaking speed boat

Amazing

To paraphrase a part of the movie that I think is important:

“Yeah, I know what I am
A kid.
Yeah yeah, now let’s get on with-
And I’m also goofball, a wing-nut, and a knuckle-head mcspazziktron!
I traveled across a dangerous canyon, survived a giant ice cream grandma monster, a cyclops attack, and we made it to shell city and brought back the crown!!
So yeah I’m a kid!
But most importantly-
I’m-
Hang on a second-
I’M-
WAIT HOLD IT-
I ‘ M-
WHAT THE SCALLOPS
IM A GOOFY GOOBER

Embracing oneself to enjoy an outlook on life that is not cynical, pessimistic, or harmful at all, just wanting to have fun like a kid to truly enjoy moments of happiness.

To paraphrase a part of the movie that I think is important:

“Yeah, I know what I am
A kid.
Yeah yeah, now let’s get on with-
And I’m also goofball, a wing-nut, and a knuckle-head mcspazziktron!
I traveled across a dangerous canyon, survived a giant ice cream grandma monster, a cyclops attack, and we made it to shell city and brought back the crown!!
So yeah I’m a kid!
But most importantly-
I’m-
Hang on a second-
I’M-
WAIT HOLD IT-
I ‘ M-
WHAT THE SCALLOPS
*IM A GOOFY GOOBER*

Embracing oneself to enjoy an outlook on life that is not cynical, pessimistic, or harmful at all, just wanting to have fun like a kid to truly enjoy moments of happiness.


Whats the Q. In Squidwards name? Is it a D. Thing like in One Piece?


I never noticed until now, that the scene where spongebob is following Squidward from behind the window, that Spongebob is actually cleaning the fucking window as he goes


People only tell me to "grow up" when I have a wrong opinion online.

Yes, dubbing games and movies is morally wrong! My view isn't somehow immature because it clashes with your so called "mature and correct" view.


Add there English subtitles, please. I don't get some words in your speech. Thanks for German subtitles, I learn it too.


I timed it, after 3 minutes and 22 seconds I saw spinge bong


i've been holding my mouth the entire time, out of fear my jaw would literally drop on the floor

Spongebob is the me I want to be.

Squidward IS the me I was afraid of becoming.

i've been holding my mouth the entire time, out of fear my jaw would literally drop on the floor

Spongebob is the me I want to be.

Squidward *IS* the me I was afraid of becoming.

Kraschnark 😂<br>am i crying or am i laughing

Kraschnark 😂
am i crying or am i laughing

Ludwig van Beethoven wow Hearing that from Beethoven is tough


0:44 I tried it, and not even 5 seconds on Twitter


Ok why did that last line from spongebob "its not about winning - its about fun!" make me tear up 🥺 its so true! I miss being a kid. I remember when sponegob first aired. I was 5. My parents really loved the show too and now I see why.

Seriously, the way the video ended with one of Spongebob’s most famous quotes really struck my heart in a weird way...


A lot of good insight, but I think the point about maturity missed the mark a bit. Real maturity isn't about being a boring square, it's about taking responsibility and dealing with others in good faith... which SpongeBob for the most part does. Squidward mistakes grandiose complexity for maturity and thus doesn't truly grow up, trading the substance of maturity for the appearance of it. Hence, why he has to learn to respect others and appreciate the little things in the episodes mentioned. Squidward is a narcissist, which is why he compares so well with our generation- we were trained from a young age to expect validation without earning it. We were told that feeling good about ourselves was paramount, only to have that rug pulled out from under us as we got older and the facade crumbled into depression. We weren't taught very well how to live in a manner that brings us the things we seek so that life can retain its measure of genuine joy and wonder through the ages. We weren't taught very well how to handle the inevitable hardships of life and continue in stride rather than wallow in resentment. The mature continue that sense of wonder into ever-more complex endeavors, each building off of the level of complexity of the previous stage of life. Yet, with a good attitude in the presence of children, the simple things can become almost like new again, the way watching your favorite movie does when showing it to a first-time viewer. A pretentious person like Squidward is trying to skip the process of maturation and land directly in the space he sees "respected" people occupying, without understanding how they got to that point or that everyone has their own journey to take. SpongeBob's character provides some window into the solution by starting from the ground-up with an open mind and a decent heart, though he himself has refused to progress past step 2, in a sense, by failing to develop his attitude into deeper complexity than that of a child. Squidward's character provides a relatable diagnosis of the problem, being stuck at step 1. This is also reflected in the socialist rhetoric he is shown espousing, since it is founded on dividing people into group identities rather than viewing them as individuals, and then blaming another group for your own problems (dealing in bad faith). The show is far from a critique of capitalism. It does depict the folly of money for its own sake in Mr. Krabs, but that is as empty an understanding of capitalism as Squidward's understanding of maturity.


We do it for 40 years and then we die "blink" (Ads)


Im squidward! im squidward! im squidward squidward squidward


This video changed my life.

I'm serious, this video gave me a whole new perspective on my life, made me look inward into myself & how I am as a person. This is some mind-blowing subconscious stuff here. Bro, I have to ask; I know you graduated from high school (unhappily; sorry for the loss of your parking spot) but did you take psychology studies? I swear you can be a psychologist, philosopher or something that deals with how think. I will think about this video for a long ass time.

EmpLemon, thank you for this trip down my own psyche.

@WillOfMyD aight chief u do u then. glad it changed you.

@undun Nope, it has. I'm still thinking about the stuff in this video! I showed it to my sister & she got mind fucked as much as I did! This is a very powerful video!

He's so right about people being Squidward, including myself. I need to look inward & find my inner SpongeBob.

aight man it's been like 21 hours SoOoOOo ya life can't change until u ya know actually change it


You can put that title and insert any show.


TBH the best SpongeBob episodes  are 1-6 other than that NOPE


3 videos before watching this I watched a Spongebob video coincidence, I think not


The pizza was a day late, cold, and they forgot the rest of his order. I think his response was more then justified.


This was one of the greatest videos I have ever seen on youtube. I have never sat down and watched a video and said to myself "Wow, I agree with literally everything this man is saying." Amazing job my man I hope to see more like this in the future.


Holy shot this video could have been 10 minutes

But the pace is pretty quick you should be saying that if the vid had a slow pace


If you've never seen it you should watch Office Space by Mike Judge .....


4:43 what about the Simpsons or other very popular shows?


Ed edd n eddy didnt get cancelled the series finale was already planned


That Spongebob and Squidward theory blew my mind.<br>Good Shit.

That Spongebob and Squidward theory blew my mind.
Good Shit.


I'm sorry, but I wasn't the biggest fan of SpongeBob, even as a kid.  I found it beyond, ridiculously overrated. I think I enjoyed a few of the early season episodes, but I really feel the Fandom just really made the show more than what it was. I also believe SpongeBob's popularity was what lead to so many Nickelodeon shows getting cancelled and a lot of creative minds leaving Nickelodeon. Look at Fairly Oddparents.

Rugrats is my choice for the best Nickelodeon cartoon of all time. All eras; Before Dill, Before Paris, and After Paris. I even enjoyed the All Grown Up spinoff. I have a lot of fond memories of Rugrats. If there was a new Holiday Special, my parents let me and my brothers stay up passed our bedtime to watch it.


Is it just me or am I hearing reversed Pokemon Battle Revolution music throughout the video?


Back in elementary school a best friend of mine and I created a comic strip about two dogs named Hope and Oreo. A huge influence on their behavior and character creation was Spongebob, as it was one of our favorite shows then. We used to spend so much time talking and laughing and writing these comics about any ridiculous thing we could come up with. We didn’t care if the writing or the art was good. All we cared about was if we found it funny. Now, we’ve grown apart, moved away and don’t speak. I still draw Hope and Oreo, but I’ve grown as an artist and now care so much about if it’s good enough, funny enough, well written or well drawn, that I can’t seem to capture their lighthearted fun anymore. I’ve attempted to reboot the series many times and usually give up when I realize no one is looking. This video honestly hits very close to home. Why should it matter if anyone is looking? It shouldn’t. I wish that mentality was easier to regain.

You're right, when i was 13 and started youtube i did the same thing, no mather quality as long as it's funny and now that i watch back, i realise that the old videos where actually better than the ones today, yes they have really good quality and stuff but arent as funny.... The thing is when we grow up, we do things for others and not for us.


I will never know more than a few Pokémon at most and I will probably not be able to tell the difference between Naruto and Goku, but I love to watch SpongeBob just as much as my kids do.


That moment when a youtube pooper tells a philosofical message that actually matters.


The simpsons is the worst show I’ve ever seen in my life I can’t comprehend how it’s so popular


So, the most important character is Squidward......... TORTELLINI?????


spongebob kindas not the same anymore kind sad i sometimes watch it sometimes but i havent in a so long time


VIDEO IDEA!  There will NEVER EVER be another superman like Christopher Reeve!!!