I personally think that season 4 can stand with the first three seasons mainly because it has really good episodes like gary come home and dunces and dragons

@Birutath o Faxineiro Screaming will get you nowhe-

@Steaming Hillenturds Yeah exactly

That was the moment that Nick started to beat a dead horse

That talking krabby patty really felt unSpongebob-like.. Season 4 is meh.

Season 4 was really good, but it had a few "meh" episodes, which is why it's not on par with the first three seasons.

Same here. Looking back on it, Season 4 was generally a lot better than how I originally felt about it as a child. It's not as huge on humor like Seasons 2 and 3 are, but it had a lot of complex and interesting stories. I'd probably rank it only slightly above Season 1, but 2 and 3 are still my favorites.

I still think Season 5 was okay and had some good and underrated episode's, but looking back it's now where I realized that the show had begun to decline in quality.

I always felt that the pacing of season 4 onwards was off, and that was also when the drawings started getting way less cartoonish and way more grotesque.

I don’t know, something was just off about how spongebob looked and sounded.

it cant be included with the golden age of spongebob because its the “pre-decline season” a one that isnt as good as the other three but still holds its own. it goes through changes and before you know it the show gets worse and worse

@Just Another Hank Hill Account ASMR eh it was still good. For instance the last pre movie episode (Pranks A Lot) is worse than the first post- movie episode (Fear of a Krabby Patty)

@Squidward Tortellini I didn't like it back then

4 year old me knew something was off

Season 4 was kind of a transition season

Just Another Hank Hill Account ASMR No it was alright.

Dunces and Dragons sucked, are you kidding?

artimuq 2627 There were only a couple good ones in season 4. Season 1 through 3 were the only good and funny and awesome and amazing ones. All other seasons wee trash.

I am king yea I honestly liked all the seasons and episodes, but yes the first couple of seasons had very memorable moments like dirty dan and pinhead etc


I like how you say that spongebob is amazing for being a long running show compared to other cartoons and then proceed to show us Avatar The Last Airbender which is a story based series that is not meant to be long.<br>What even is this comparison?

I like how you say that spongebob is amazing for being a long running show compared to other cartoons and then proceed to show us Avatar The Last Airbender which is a story based series that is not meant to be long.
What even is this comparison?


“When you’re a kid you’re SpongeBob and when you’re an adult you’re Squidward”. So true


To be honest,i'm happy that i watched all the episodes of the golden age of spongebob


Well, Mickey has certainly made quite the turnaround when it comes to memes. I almost forgot there was a time before people appreciated the new Mickey shorts.


You shouldn’t be a squidward or a spongebob, you should be a bit of both. Maintain the ambition and desire for change that squidward has, with the optimism and ability to enjoy the world as it is of spongebob. The world won’t get better and you will be miserable for it if you don’t.

I think band geeks proved for squidward the way rosebud for mr. burns proved ..their human too and can be given some wins every once in a while...don't hate them..we need a little of them too in our life..

@Be N S O N They actually touched on this in the episode with the prior fry cook Jim.

@ScienceIsMagic Being Patrick is basically just being drugged up/drunk all the time. Opting out of actually being conscious enough to take in your situation.

I think that millennials ARE a combination of Squidward and Spongebob. This video almost gets it right, but the conclusion that we are simply squidward in the way we handle life isn't the whole picture. We are both, hence millennial's  tendency towards edgyness,anxiety, pessimism (Squidward) while also being infatuated with absurd humor and a desire for a carefree lifestyle (Sponge).

Nah, I’m more of a mix of squidward and mr. Crabs

R0DisG0D I'd like to note that I don't necessarily mean ambition and desire for change for just yourself, rally to a political cause if you think that's what is needed. That itself can be a fulfilling path if you're really passionate about it.

I think I've done this my whole life without realizing it. I guess that shows how much kid shows affect us as kids.

Wow man, I'm proud of you! Glad you hung in there and kept doing what you really cared about :)

easier said than done (?) that sounds hard

randomaccount39 I'm glad for any person who is able to find happiness in shitty situations, but I don't think it is reasonable to expect people in miserable circumstances to be happy. Many people who work vital jobs for our society work overtime under shitty conditions. It is the obligation of society to change their conditions for the better and not their duty to put a positive spin on a negative situation.

Truelz I'm happy that you made it and I think your approach to chasing your dreams is certainly admireable, but there are still two problems here: wen live in a society where maybe anyone can make it, but not everyone can make it. Even if everyone worked super hard and chased their dreams, we still live in a society where people like Bezos exist, who have more wealth than anyone could comprehend, who could live a life o luxury with a tiny fraction of what he has. As a consequence, there are going to be people who have less than they need, no matter how hard they work.

The second problem is that theoretically anybody can make it, but in reality some have it way easier than others. Starting a company is easier if your parents give you a small loan of a million dollars or they just may be able to help you out when your fridge breaks and you have no money left. For many people, this isn't a reality and as a consequence any financial hiccups may be desastrous for them.
In our society, equality of opportunity doesn't exist and we need a political change to fix that.

But that implies that you want a change.

Spongebob is truly happy with his job. He doesn't want to change his job because why should he when he's truly happy with it? So, he doesn't need a part of Squidwards attitude. You are saying that he should aim for a "better" job because you don't like it. That's the difference. And that's totally okay.

Beeing a "Spongebob" doesn't imply that you don't follow your dreams.

Yes, aim for the stuff you want to achieve, even it's a very small goal. But when you achieved something and are truly happy with it, then stop looking for something "better" because there won't be something better (for you personally). Also you don't need something better anyways if you are truly happy with something because you already reached the top at that point.

And when you are, be aware that everyone, who is telling you that there's something better for you, is wrong.
But when you start to believe those people, then you become a Squidward.

P.S.: In my explanation, beeing "truly happy" doesn't mean one all-embracing feeling but is always related to one very specific thing. It can your job, your partner, the place you live at or maybe just the shirt you're wearing.

But that implies that you want a change.

Spongebob is truly happy with his job. He doesn't want to change his job because why should he when he's truly happy with it? So, he doesn't need a part of Squidwards attitude. *You* are saying that he should aim for a "better" job because *you* don't like it. That's the difference. And that's totally okay.

Beeing a "Spongebob" doesn't imply that you don't follow your dreams.

Yes, aim for the stuff you want to achieve, even it's a very small goal. But when you achieved something and are truly happy with it, then stop looking for something "better" because there won't be something better (for you personally). Also you don't need something better anyways if you are truly happy with something because you already reached the top at that point.

And when you are, be aware that everyone, who is telling you that there's something better for you, is wrong.
But when you start to believe those people, then you become a Squidward.

P.S.: In my explanation, beeing "truly happy" doesn't mean one all-embracing feeling but is always related to one very specific thing. It can your job, your partner, the place you live at or maybe just the shirt you're wearing.

+ScienceIsMagic
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randomaccount39 What I meant is more that both Squidward's and Spongebob's worldviews are flawed in different ways. Squidward shoots for the stars and is miserable when he doesn't succeed, while Spongebob is happy with what he has, but rarely yearns for real change.

Sure, Spongebob is employee of the month every month, but to what end? To line the pockets of some greedy asshole crab. He could apply his stellar passion and work ethic to something that matters more, but he simply doesn't see past his current state. Squidward on the other hand is actually quite idealistic, he wants to be a great musician, but instead of viewing his music as a passion, he simply wants the end result - an unrealistic goal which few may attain, and when he inevitably doesn't get that through just dreaming and "practicing for the big day", he becomes miserable, he feels out of place in his current state.

What I'm saying is you should be spongebob in that you enjoy your current position in life for what it is, but be squidward in demanding more from your life, yearning to improve your lot just a little bit, but in realistic attainable ways. Maybe you'll never change the world or be loved by millions, but maybe you can change a few lives, and be loved by a few.

That's a healthy mindset. However <b>I just can't seem to get happy.</b>

That's a healthy mindset. However *I just can't seem to get happy.*

yeah some ppl just dnt see the best in a sitution ...i always think to myself there always someone doing worst ..and someone doing better ...just try to climb and climb

I don't know if I agree with this, exactly. I can understand where you're coming from, but have you thought about it like this?

Have you noticed that Squidward's attitude doesn't really lend itself to being productive or creating change?

Between the two of them, I would say that SpongeBob has changed the world for the better more than Squidward has.

Even with Squidward's grand ambitions (which are really more like narcissistic visions of personal grandiosity, rather than selfless, altruistic dreams based on the desire to help others).

In fact, I would argue that SpongeBob is actually more ambitious than Squidward.

Think about it. SpongeBob's work is his passion. He's the employee of the month every month (there was an entire episode about this). He literally skips to work every day singing "I'm ready!" He goes above and beyond to provide the best possible experience to his customers and to please his boss – this has been self-evident since the first episode, when he went out and found the "Hydro-dynamic spatula with port and starboard attachments and turbo drive." But most importantly, he never thinks of the work he does as "beneath him" like Squidward does. "What could be better than serving up smiles?"

The reality is that most of us aren't going to be curing cancer or sending people to Mars. We're going to be doing jobs that might not seem glamorous, and might not seem like they matter.

But SpongeBob's humble, dedicated attitude towards his work makes a genuine impression on people around him. I've met people like that in real life – someone who does a simple job, but does it exceptionally well and with such genuine passion that it literally has the power to inspire an entire community.

SpongeBob contributes in his own small way, and I think that's an admirable goal for most people.

I wouldn't say that the difference between Squidward and SpongeBob is that one has ambition and desire to change the world and the other doesn't. The main difference between the two is merely their attitude towards their situation.

That's what I think, anyway.

I don't know if I agree with this, exactly. I can understand where you're coming from, but have you thought about it like this?

Have you noticed that Squidward's attitude doesn't really lend itself to being productive or creating change?

Between the two of them, I would say that SpongeBob has changed the world for the better more than Squidward has.

Even with Squidward's grand ambitions (which are really more like narcissistic visions of personal grandiosity, rather than selfless, altruistic dreams based on the desire to help others).

In fact, I would argue that SpongeBob is actually more ambitious than Squidward.

Think about it. SpongeBob's work is his passion. He's the employee of the month *every month* (there was an entire episode about this). He literally skips to work every day singing "I'm ready!" He goes above and beyond to provide the best possible experience to his customers and to please his boss – this has been self-evident since the first episode, when he went out and found the "Hydro-dynamic spatula with port and starboard attachments and turbo drive." But most importantly, he never thinks of the work he does as "beneath him" like Squidward does. "What could be better than serving up smiles?"

The reality is that most of us aren't going to be curing cancer or sending people to Mars. We're going to be doing jobs that might not seem glamorous, and might not seem like they matter.

But SpongeBob's humble, dedicated attitude towards his work makes a genuine impression on people around him. I've met people like that in real life – someone who does a simple job, but does it exceptionally well and with such genuine passion that it literally has the power to inspire an entire community.

SpongeBob contributes in his own small way, and I think that's an admirable goal for most people.

I wouldn't say that the difference between Squidward and SpongeBob is that one has ambition and desire to change the world and the other doesn't. The main difference between the two is merely their attitude towards their situation.

That's what I think, anyway.

yeah i started my clothing company and it failed but i just wouldn't let it go and 7-8years later after dead end job and dead jobs ...2 kids ...everyone saying get a real job now i work for myself and get ..well last year 130k ....anyone reading for real stay on your dreams ...it took me to 27 ...anyone could do it

If your patrick you wont have to worry about any of the crap you just said


"because they removed the spirit of what connected the show to adults" very interesting analysis


“It’s not about winning, it’s about fun!”<br>Such a deep meaning in only one sentence, Stephen hillenberg definitely knew what he was doing with this show

“It’s not about winning, it’s about fun!”
Such a deep meaning in only one sentence, Stephen hillenberg definitely knew what he was doing with this show


I wish to always be like spongebob, even as an adult.


And a legend was reborn with a great new series


I can’t believe I used to hate Squidward when I was younger.

Me too now I don’t I just understand him

I never hated him. Just thought his grouchiness was funny. Now I realize I am him

The older you get the more you agree with him.

As a kid I'd agree with SpongeBob 80% of the time

As a teen, I agree with Squidward at least 70% or 80% of the time.

@Capacity spongebob was constantly bothering squidward when he wanted to be left alone.

Yeah I totally understand now, the working a minimal wage job for 40 Years statement changed my mind.

i never hated him , i was relating more to patrick i guess , but squidward was ok , until now he's the most relatable character in SpongeBob

Максим Фокин

The sooner you start to relate and understand squidward..... the worse your life can get..... I understood him when i was only 8.......

I always liked and understood Squidward from a young age because i was introvert and miserable too. I like peace and quiet as well. Also i have the same taste in music as he does. I am glad you appreciate him now he just want to live in peace and he is misunderstood character and if we can see through his anger we can clearly see that most of the time he is right.

Same reason why you probably hated or at least didn't like the way adults were living and acting through a kid's sight.
Squidward was literally the old grumpy neighbor kids around him never really liked or even, in certain cases, hated or feared him.
Again: Don't be like Squidward. Don't be Spongebob. Be somewhere inbetween.

I never hated him, I think I liked him a couple times as well.

At one point we all went like "Jeez, cheer up Squidward, why you're so angry?"

Yeah, that’s probably why. XD <br>I can still understand why some people might hate him, but now, I appreciate him much more as a character.

Yeah, that’s probably why. XD
I can still understand why some people might hate him, but now, I appreciate him much more as a character.

I can see why, he was kind of a buzz killer who seemed to bully spongebob in a way, but he was just misunderstood to the point where he was anger inducing.


Unfortunately we'll see a decline now and watch it end itself now the original creator can no longer put in how the cartoon goes.  It will end like most shows with the creator no longer able to voice his opinion  the management will run it too till dies regardless of how it effects the clients. This is just another show becoming like the Simpsons continually  running when it should have ended on the best high note it can.


"excuse me if I'm unwilling to abandon my childlike sense of wonderment in exchange for those fantastic perks"

For so long a lot of my peers tell me death threats for saying an 'unfunny' joke that doesn't have enough edge which would split the world in half, starting a conversation, or just being with them. I'm always targeted and its not even because of a reason, Im a normal guy just like them. Ive always wanted to make animations and games in the internet but recently I have been wanting to abandon that dream because i dont want to be hated for being "cringe", like that jellybean situation a while ago. I like YTPs and YTPMVs and made some but I stopped watching them and deleted those videos because my peers think im weird when I do stuff like that. Thank you so much in this video for showing me that I shouldnt abandon my dreams because people tell me to and I will continue doing what I want despite people telling me to kill myself every 10 minutes and trying to be as offensive as possible by insulting me in any way they can


Squidward was always my favorite, SpongeBob was just to energetic for me… and Patrick was just to stupid.


Outlook. This whole story is about outlook. Spongebob & Squidward represent how you as an individual, can live your life. You can chose to be cynical and unkind, or truthful and friendly! Even if things look bad, things will always turn around, as long as you keep moving forward! Happinesses comes from within, whatever things you enjoy, enjoy them to the fullest! Even when adult life can get you down, remember what’s important to YOU, intrinsically. Lastly, Spongebob related to our generation, because society can’t tell what the different between “maturity” and “manners”. Because people constantly are told that the things they enjoy are stupid, or for kids. Moral of the story being, don’t listen to those people! Enjoy life to the fullest!


Also see exurb1a, his videos are good too

Also the mario kart wii music in the background xD

Starfire Ger, emplemon is one of the best youtubers around. All of his vids are like this, masterpieces.


Lemme quote Squidward at a random here from Pizza Delivery: "*WELL THIS ONE'S ON THE HOUSE!*"


I agree with a lot of what he says but he is one of those people who think when the show isn't as good as the beginning it's not as good


8:03 there are many benefits of becoming a marine biologist


Came for spongebob, left with a quarterlife crisis

I feel this, sitting here just listening to this man speak made me realize that I truly have become a Squidward, I don't seem to find enjoyment in anything anymore. And honestly hearing someone put it into words so convincingly made me start to cry a bit.

Quarter life crisis indeed <br>I guess it’s not a bad thing too have it earlier :”)

Quarter life crisis indeed
I guess it’s not a bad thing too have it earlier :”)

@Arthur Ringsen // Fuck that, Im trying to live a good long life haha ikwym tho

If you're in your mid 20's it's more of a third life crisis statistically.

Quarter life crisis indeed. Crazy to think how a majority of us grew up w/ one of the greatest shows of all time (due to how both kids and adults can relate), only to be the first generation of mankind to grow up the internet once it hit its stride - especially with the iPhone.

The best thing I can say is to find something that helps maintain that euphoric feeling you would get as a child, like pursuing your passion. But watching the Golden Age of Spongebob certainly helps.

Is it really a crisis? Or is it an optimistic hope spot of how we can change and accept ourselves?


Theory: SpongeBob kinda created its own genre, that being somewhat of meme culture


Everyone always says that you relate to SpongeBob as a child and then turn into Squidward as you grow up. And yet here I am having related most to Patrick for the last fifteen years.


Fantastic video! Brought a tear to my eye


In my friend circle, everybody always told me to act like my act, i'm the oldest in the group, 20 yo. My humor is bad,shitty, and sometimes childish. They told me to act more mature, because no girl will like a guy childish like me, i told them "i know the time to act mature, but now, when we hangout, i just want to be happy and childish". This video sums up how we all grew up, some of us forget the little us, the one who dream anything, the holy one if you say so.

When we were you, we don't care about deadline, money, love, sleep, depression, we just care about playing and have some fun. Now that im 20, i always notice the change on my emotion.

When i was young, i use to play and joke around with my younger cousin at my grandparent house, but now, im introverted, im scared to talk, im scared that i let out some meanful or meaningless word out of my mouth, so i just stay silent and talk when they talk, just like a robot. I miss it when i roleplay as a horse, dragon, old man, evil man, with my younger cousin. But now, not just me, they them self grew older.

You know what old people say about our generation, always looking at their phone, maybe it's true. When there is a family party at our grandparent house, i always keep my hands away from phone (even tho i kinda addicted to it), because i know the time to act. But when i try to talk and have fun with my little cousin, their eyes are locked to their phone, just a little sound of reply coming out of their mouth. It's the sad truth.

Thats why, i always act childish, make shitty jokes when i hangout with my friend, because thats the only time that i got to let out my child spirit.

Thanks for Emp for making this amazint, well narated and writtin video, it remind me alot about how we should not stray from our child mind and dream.

*sorry for my bad english


I like how he said tumblr to 4chan...talk about 2 ends of the same spectrum..sure tumblr is nuts but 4chan is chocolate with nuts..if you catch my drift

I never fully understood what made spongebob so good but now it all makes sense. The whole thing with the squidward-spongebob dichotemy blew my mind

DannTheMan I legit watch almost all your Mario videos

@246spyder maybe, but it doesn't make me wrong, does it?

I mean...he talked for ten minutes about how the show was the longest running success of any of it's contemporaries, then he's forced to admit only the first three seasons are really worth a damn.  And it was obvious that it was squidward...

DannTheMan agreed. For some reason your comment was the second recommended in the section. Above a comment with thousands of likes. Wtf. But yes. Agreed.


this video made me cry just thinking about so much time has passed


why does everyone act like mickey mouse wasnt grown organically? or that disneys always been the disney is it today?

i get that in todays age it isnt something organic or non-corporate but when walt was first putting his cartoons out into the market it wasnt just a huge pop-off and instant shill, walt pushed his entire life to make mickey and disney what it was before his passing, yeah he veered off the cartoons because he was not just fasinated by themeparks, but consumed by it, but it's honestly not his fault disney is what it is today, you can literally blame eisner for all that

mickey was grown organically, just way before the 80'sor 90's, back when cartoons of that nature where brand-new


Who is the most important character in Spongebob?
Squidwar-
Maybe you're thinking Spongebob...
No, Squidwar-
Maybe Patrick-
No. Squid. War-
Maybe Mr. Kr-
WHY WOULD IT BE MR. KRABS, IT'S SQUIDWARD FFS
It's Squidward.


Your YTPs were my childhood bro. Ive loved your videos since I was like 6👊🏻


The way this whole thing turned into an entire therapy session...

You ain't kidding...and Spongebob is after my time, but my kids loves it so I guess I began watching as a Squidward.

I just found this channel, has he done a <br>"Hey Arnold" episode 🏈

I just found this channel, has he done a
"Hey Arnold" episode 🏈

I've been studying counselling for 3 years and sometimes I take more out of videos like this than a 3 hour lecture. It's mad.


As an unknowingly squidward for years and years. Thank you for this video


This is all accurate. From how squidward is a reference to the young adult in a dead end job. I joke about being like SpongeBob. Even how SpongeBob is more childish in later seasons.


Indeed, there will never ever be a show like spongebob and without spongebob, we wouldnt get EmpLemon's YTP's

Man i miss Mr.Krabs Unquenchable bloodlust.


It was always important to me as a kid that Spongebob was an adult who went to work.


100 percent right about the SpongeBob/Squidward dichotomy making the show work. If you don't gravitate towards one, you'll gravitate towards the other. And people like me relate to both because half of our personality is immature like SpongeBob with the other half being mature like Squidward.

Sure but that is just one character.. certainly people watched it for more than either of those two, right?

When I was a kid, I hated Sponge bob and empathised with Squidward. Now I like Sponge bob.

Squidward isn't "mature", he just thinks he is


Bro… when you ended it with “It’s not about winning, it’s about fun” and then faded with the music, that hit me DEEP.


I wish futurama was more popular its honestly so much better than stuff like the simpsons or family guy nothing has ever left such an impression on me as futurama did


What a masterpiece of a show and a masterpiece of a video.


I was going trough Chanel’s and saw a newer spongebob and when I watched it it felt that it was made to be visually silly and the story was dumb. I miss the earlier days of spongebob :(


you didn't deconstruct spongebob, you deconstructed me lol

I made this comment 1k , you’re welcome 🦑

i wanna cry right now... this video brang up so many memories of pure fun


We’ve all been a spongebob, and the world turned you into a squidward.<br>But just remember, you may be a squidward, but you can still act like a spongebob.

We’ve all been a spongebob, and the world turned you into a squidward.
But just remember, you may be a squidward, but you can still act like a spongebob.


This is one of the Best videos there is on this platform


I think it‘s only a matter of time that we see somebody creating a spongebob museum


the writing, the editing, the jokes, the presentation, the message, the story...... all perfect. i seriously love this video.


Spongebob is who we saw ourselves as (as kids mostly)
Squidward is who we see ourselves as now (even if we dont like to admit it)
Mr Krabs is how we see the older generation.
Patrick and Sandy are how we see much of the rest of the world, useless idiots or people so smart that they are quite literally foreign to us.


Your my favorite media reviewer because you don't out all the problems that need to be fixed.


I for one appreciated the jazz rendition of the classic donkey Kong Kountry track. That’s good shit man.


i was watching this video at 3am, when he replayed that squidward scene with spongebob looking at him weirdly and asked us if we caught that, i became very uneasy expecting a jumpscare or something lol


My god. This was so unexpected. This is a great video with a priceless message. Well done!

@Born To Climb naja ich hab auch Interesse an den neuen Folgen

@nacho73 ich meine hauptsächlich die Erinnerung an die guten folgen aus den ersten drei Staffeln

@Born To Climb interessant. Ich hatte mir erstmal gedacht, was meinst du mit lebt. Was mich betrifft bin ich sowas wie eine lebende Leiche. Was Spongebob angeht, so ist es sowieso fiktional und die Existenz ist sowieso scheinbar

@nacho73 ja wer weiß,OK in dem Fall meinte ich beides also Spongebob und dich weil ich es noch finde das hier auch einige deutsche auser mir sind.

@Born To Climb könntest Theoretisch auch mich meinen


You know what, I think you're right. Spongebob got horrible only because Squidward and Spongebob's contrast was ripped out... I swear to god I hope Nickelodeon watches this. Because this would be such a simple change that would make spongebob SO much better.


This is a FANTASTIC video. Thank you so much for posting


Damn your right.......spongebob was an actual adult with an optimistic child mentality but it never felt like was what he is today....... an actual child pretending to be a grown up. The people making those episodes claim that they wanna make spongebob appeal to a younger audience and more "kid friendly" but that is nonsense. How do you explain the children from the previous generation who ended up liking spongebob? If the old spongebob was not kid friendly enough for the newer generation then shouldn't it also have been not enough for ours? Sure our generations are different but if anything the new one has more access to social media and adult content which therefore means they would have enjoyed classic spongebob more (and which in fact they do I know a lot of younger kids that like the older episodes more than the newer ones because it was "funnier" according to them). Seems like nickelodeon is advertising to literal infants rather than growing children smh


the classic super smash bros music playing in the background is sending me into oblivion with nostalgia. great video btw spongebob is iconic in the truest purest sense of the word


I feel like Ed, Edd and Eddy is a phenomenal example of a show that recognised the end and finished properly before it could Simpsons itself

FYI, what I'm referring to is that they ended the show with a movie, to give it a proper send off as opposed to stretching it out as long as possible as a tool that gets ratings

Just because Simpson’s isn’t as good as it used to be doesn’t mean it needs to end, millions of people still watch and do still enjoy it

MrScreenname I happen to be a fan of EEnE; yes, the whole premise was basically based on mean-spiritedness, but it generally knew who to punish (although Double D got the short end of the stick way too often, even in earlier seasons). Ie, that episode with Kevin being afraid of needles that everyone’s banging on about is easily one of my favorites, especially with how both Kevin and Eddy get their comeuppance in the end, when Kevin turns the tables on Eddy after the latter gets his bluff called with the phony giant needle.

@Ancient Power Nah, I feel Gravity Falls had quite a bit more life left. But it was resolved well enough.

Either die a hero or live long enough to become a villian.

@Ancient Power they could have made up more stories, they just came up with 2 ideas (ford and bill), and when those two were finished, they just stopped caring

don't mind me, i'm just a joke but anything else would be filler and not as good as it was the story wrapped up

@Ancient Power no, gravity falls ended way way too early,it could have lasted at least until season 4

I still don’t enjoy Big Picture Show, and feel like the creators used it as an excuse to get out of future work.

The original ending to the series was shit and way too unnecessarily bleak and the 5th season did not butcher the series at all.

Honestly season 5 contains some of the best episodes in the entire series.

I agree, I don't think that was warranted and the episode was far too mean spirited for what it tried to accomplish, I just think that was the intent. Anyway I'm glad you found humor in Season 5 anyway, Ed Edd n Eddy was a great show and it deserves to be fondly remembered.

MrScreenname  yea now that I think about it season 5 did really exaggerate mean spirits and all, and sure it wasn't as great as the preceding seasons, but I still found humor in it all.

 but back on to that older episode I still think Double D did nothing wrong as he only tried the band aid thing as a response to being threatened by the entire cul-de-sac just for guilt by association. He first tried to just reason with the 2 eds asking them to show self control, but eddy made it clear that he doesn't give a shit about his friend. The message of "don't try to change your friends" isn't a good message because i feel as that implies that it's trying to teach Double D a lesson when there was no lesson to teach him (besides maybe finding better friends).

I think the lesson of that episode was don't try to change your friends, and moreover Double D brought all that on himself with his band-aid ripping escapade. Still that's a fair point, I would categorize that as mean spirited episode but I'd still consider it a very long stretch to call the show always sadistic or unfair, the sheer volume of antagonistic character interaction in season 5 comparative to the earlier seasons is far too great.

As for the needle episode, I just cannot find humour in torturing someone with a primal fear like that, it's far too cruel for Ed Edd n Eddy's standards. Another example I'd like you to consider is the episode where Double D has a neurotic OCD meltdown over not being able to shower, where the writers even shove him into literal cow shit just to twist the knife further. Season 5 was rife with just beating up on characters for the sake of it, and I don't think that made for effective comedy.

The show has always been sadistic and unfair. Remember the episode where Ed and Eddy are chasing eachother with broccoli and causing a ruckus for the other kids? Then the kids blame Double D who did absolutely nothing wrong besides "being one of the Eds"?  Maybe the execution of the needle episode was extremely fast paced and all, but I still got a good laugh out of it.

I don't see how it can be still considered awesome when the tone of the series had such a dramatic shift. Look at how outright vicious the characters became to each other, with all the animosity and vitriol they suddenly had between each other, how mean spirited the whole show got and effectively morphed into a battle royale showcase of how much physical and mental misery could the characters inflict on each other in 11 minutes. Comedy took a backseat to torturing the characters. Example: Eddy spending a whole episode terrorizing Kevin by exploiting his fear of needles which isn't just mean spirited it's flat out sadistic.

You're right about the Power outage episode though, it's a good one, as is the one where they try to break out of school.

MrScreenname 5th season was still awesome. sure it did seem a little more spastic i guess, but the previous seasons weren't much different. Season 5 still had memorable episodes like the power outage episode and in general still had funny jokes. Honestly I think the main difference here is the bright graphics.

I like how Danny Antonucci recognized the end and finished the show properly, then it got resurrected for a shitty and unnecessary 5th season that butchered the characters.

agar combo The Simpsons turned into a political tool to speak on mainstream issues like south park does. This is not the original spirit of The Simpsons. Also, a lot of the original writers left a few seasons back, and the show has been poorly written trash that's only still here for the money.


crazy being old enough to remember when the first episode was announced.


Damn... I gotta write some of this down, this is a good critique!!


Funny thing about Band Geeks is when i was a kid I DID think it was spongebobs final episode because of how good it was, and so I cried during it


The creators just put the characters on crack, they turned Spongebob into a little kid, Patrick into a total bonehead, Squidward into a depressing faliure, Plankton into a purely evil antagonist who starts to focus less on the formula and more on being a villain, they turned Sandy into an Einstein rather than a science enthusiast and they just started exploiting all of the characters

Not to mention the background characters feeling like they got permission to speak so much

so what? The shows been on for ages and its actually alright now

Ong remember Patrick used to be snarky sometimes but still kind of dumb

Agreed. They definitely pushed all the characters personalities to the extreme.

@Think_of_a_Storyboard oof i may tell which character for each sentence 🤣... New episodes suck

And they turned Mr. Krabs into some sort of criminal who has become so obsessed with money that he would literally sell his own mother for a penny. Though he always has been kind of obsessed with money, in old SpongeBob he had always been an honorable man and father figure. In modern Spongebob he has become a shady guy who would stop at nothing to make money

And that’s why the show is starting to lose it’s charm

I love how there’s absolutely no beef in the replies

TL;DR They made the characters one-dimensional.

Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap hmmm I guess I’ll have to give the newer seasons a shot; I’ve all but given up on spongebob since ‘the splinter.’

with these new spin-offs coming out (hillenburg was against them but hey why respect a dead mans wishes), and nickelodeons method of sabotaging  anything that isn’t an immediate success, it’s hard for me to put much faith in nickelodeon with anything.

Honestly I don't think they understand that. getting used to a show for 3 years then getting slapped in the face like wtf am i even watching? i actually do remember that, and now that he mentioned it, that's about the time i stopped watching new eps. it just felt weird and wasn't that funny anymore.

Thank you!!!<br>This explains it perfectly

Patrick is not a bone head he's a scycopath now (Post 1st movie )

Is this what they call 'Flanderization'? I feel like it's a risk for every long-running show.

Dont forget that the way the characters move and talk now make it looks like a failed looney toones show

characters?
no, let's turn them into stereotypes!
he's the greedy one
he's the depressed one
he's the childish one
she's the smart one
he's the stupid one
and he's the over the top villain!

so basically they exaggerated everything ?

To be fair this is due to limited possibilities eventually adding up, you can only have Patrick with his reasonable but funny and relatable dunce moments so many times, or you can only have amateur inventions from Sandy until eventually you end up making something decent and now you have to 1-up that previous story each time, etc. Like you just end up stuck in the loop of 'well this is too similar to that or we've literally done it before or we can't stay at this level and continue with good content'. I definitely agree they may have taken it too far, especially with Patrick as I remembered being very annoyed by him towards my later childhood, but that is just the reality. No TV show can continue indefinitely without falling into this kind of trap.

Ikr, it’s like they took the aspects of each character that made them unique and just over exaggerated that unique aspect until eventually that was their only personality trait

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This comment made me realize that another issue with the bad seasons is that they turned the characters into their stereotypes and roles, rather than individual characters with multiple interests and goals. Sandy isn't a scientist. Sandy is an individual with multiple identifying features and goals that she could be categorized by. The same is true for spongebob, squidward, patrick etc. I think people in general are this way and are so complex and made up by so many group identities that they are actually unique and individual.

spongbob being "on crack" is an accurate description of the new episodes.

@Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap I'm currently watching season 11 and there were definitely some good episodes


This makes me realize that Calvin and Hobbes is a very similar style. When I read those comics as a kid, I was Calvin. Now, I’m his parents.


and even now the most popular meme with spongebob are those "Spunch Bop" memes, this show will never die.


Watching this makes me wanna watch spongebob again


17:11 yea this theme fits well for this character lol


The disconnect to sponge bob from adults is SUPER real. Back when seasons 1-3 aired regularly, my mom would always ask my Dad why he would watch sponge bob with me and my siblings. It’s because it was funny to many diverse audiences: even including my 40 year old father!

Same my dad raised me and my brother watching spongebob he says he enjoys the funny adult innuendo jokes, he even has a spongebob shirt. The truth is that this show can speak to anyone...

@turboterps How? Spongebob is just the family version of Ren and Stimpy.

@Michael Bolcato nah you just don't get it

Unpopular opinion: Spongbob was never good (even in its early seasons). Spongbob is just the family version of Ren and Stimpy.

I’m 11 and have my mom 31 I’m so lucky to have young parents

This reminds me of Pewdiepie's Minecraft series. That is and probably always will be the only minecraft series that actual adults with jobs and kids could watch and have fun with it. It unfortunately had a D O W N W A R D S  S P I R A L aswell after Episode 30, ig pewds just had too big of a plot twist to handle and just completely fucked it up.

My religious immigrant parents loved spongebob and watched it with me. Truly was a show for everyone

same, also the og episodes of Fairly Odd Parents

My 42 year old mum also loves spongebob :D

My dad and his friends would drink beer and watch it together lmao

@Cobra ...i think the mom was just curious

My dad was the same. He loved early spongebob

I think parents should be watching cartoons with their kids anyways regardless but I get your point

My dad was 49 when he did the same thing for both Spongebob and later Gravity Falls 😁


Not gonna lie, it was pretty obvious it was Squidward who you were talking about. However I had this conversation way more than I should've.


Damn for a SpongeBob video this is surprisingly deep


lets all apreciate the man who created spongebob Stephen hillenburg himself lets all thank him for creating this amazing cartoon


My soul was just sent back ten years when I heard that Pokemon battle revolution music holyy shit man why you gotta make me in feels with music bro cmon man


I'm 56 and I still enjoy watching Spongebob with my grandnephews as much as I enjoyed watching with their mom when she was a kid. It was one of those rare shows that appealed to adults as much as it appealed to children, by often employing double entendres that on the surface were funny to kids, but  even funnier to the adults who understood the larger subtext.

Spongebob was the only cartoon that could do that. What an excellent comment you literally commented how I feel

@Asha's Edits Your comment still doesn't make sense. What were you trying to say?

@Vendetta Worm All I said was " It was.." I didn't mean to come off as rude. But I guess that's how you choose to see it.
Sometimes on comments things don't come of the way they seem to be. Maybe if I said it to you in real life it would be better.
I miss Hillenburg, He has a good effect on my childhood and still does( I'm only 13).

@Asha's Edits What is the point of this comment? You misread my comment apparently then got an attitude. Sad that you couldn't focus on the happiness of the video.

I grew up with SpongeBob and completely agree. I have a completely different perspective now that I'm in college then from when I watched it as a five-year-old. It's taught me so much about life and even more so now.

My dad was obsessed as much as we were. He owned the solid yellow shirt with S.B. 's face and many of the seasons on DVD. If it happens to be on tv today, I watch it still.


"Its not about winning, its about fun!" - Spongebob


at the age of 15, i realized that i would be more of a disappointment if i tried to act like an adult then proceeded to go back to having childish fun


Right now, this is my favourite video of the whole Internet.

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My favorite Squidward moment was when he throws the pizza back in the Barnacle-Head's face and yells <b>"THIS IS SPARTA!"</b>

My favorite Squidward moment was when he throws the pizza back in the Barnacle-Head's face and yells *"THIS IS SPARTA!"*

You don't wanna know why they call him barnacle head. To give you a clue it's not his head that has barnacles it's more downstairs 🤣

my fave is when he goes to the great barrier reef and starts serving stripey orange krabby patties called <b>deep fried clownfish</b> burger and everyone keeps asking him to make another one years later

my fave is when he goes to the great barrier reef and starts serving stripey orange krabby patties called *deep fried clownfish* burger and everyone keeps asking him to make another one years later

@Yankee _001 that's my Favorite episode too

my favorite episode was when Squidward guns down a bunch of school children and calls it art


Spongebob is typically declared "King of the Memes" for me

only noobs uses designs in their channel names


This really spoke to me, and I'm technically only 13 but this video has changed how I will view the world in the future, for the better.

Look I'm 20 and I'm gonna tell you right now nothing matters until high school, and even then all you gotta do is graduate. Have fun and be a kid while you can before adulthood hits you out of nowhere


Maturity is to know how to act in situations.


We do that for 40 years and then we die. Best line ever! 😂


All my respects to the man whose creation defined my entire childhood. F.

F is for friends that do stuff together...


Nobody wants to be a Squidward. Amazing video, thanks for it!


You should make one of these for Minecraft, I feel like Minecraft shares the same connection, continuous livelihood and impact on its respective area in social media and I don’t think there will ever be another game like Minecraft


I feel likes it's hard to find a show these days that both adults and kids enjoy


This video hits harder now that when I watched it back in 2018... damn.


Lol everyone understands polio vaccine is mandatory after birth right? Like i am not necessarily defending anti vaccine views but you need to use a different argument

@Oy Boyo it died and the antivaxbulance revived it

@Mitchell Huse actually vaccines caused the polio outbreak lmao

@LordZoth6292  wow. Just wow. Maybe here’s a thought. If you treat them like people they’ll have an opportunity to get the vaccine and not bring the diseases. Or or you can continue to call them aliens because their not from a first world country and deny them basic human necessities

@Yargis Sigrius They don’t it’s been proven.

@Yargis Sigrius They don’t it’s been proven.

Hello, future readers! I bring you greetings from the COVID era!

Hey rusty, love the rusty responds and your songs.

I'd say this comment aged beautifully. I love accidental divination!

I didnt know that you watched EmpLemon
.<br>also that comment im going to die of laughter-

I didnt know that you watched EmpLemon
.
also that comment im going to die of laughter-

Anyone have a bandage I cut my pointer finger off trying to do the knife game :P

Darn you anti-vaxxers, at least you make good memes

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<~<
Oh well, this is not the first time seeing my favourite youtuber in the comment section

Aaaaah yes, right back to the more important stuff right?

Disliked because I hate the rust on my frying pan

Holyshit I was just watching your channel

Holyshit I was just watching your channel

Oh, so that's why I have this video recommended.

Rusty Cage Well would I fancy seeing you here.

Rusty Cage I see you everywhere. Who are you.

Rusty Cage I see you everywhere. Who are you.

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Rusty, you pop up in the comments half the time I watch a video, i love you.

Rusty Cage in spongebob video? Wtf is going on!?

Rusty what the fuck are you doing here, you're supposed to be working on a new album

No you can’t use a crystal, no you cannot use prayer, you can only a needle when disease is not your friend!

But strangely, Rocket Power remains forgotten.

Better start investing in Polio. It's going places. It's gonna be big. Like hummus.

Oh boy my two favorite channels making a crossover

Joel from Vinesauce is bringing Polio back AS A MEME!

Papa Frank said "let there be the eating of the ass" and then there was polio.

Rusty Cage!<br>Do you still have all your fingers?!

Rusty Cage!
Do you still have all your fingers?!

ChristianCountryBoy i Love Jesus Christ!

Another reboot that they'll probably screw up and cancel after a few years.

In Vanezuela; Polio has returned due to socalism.

Goddammit it better be. Finna cope me an iron lung💀

When rusty is in your comments you did something good 😂👌

Polio - "Don't call it a comeback, I've been here for years!"

Don't call it a comeback.
It's been here for years.
Making the muscles atrophy from fear
Poopin on ur food
Make it rain like a monsoon
Paralysis hits u like BOOM!

thanks rusty, what a way to set the mood lol

thanks rusty, what a way to set the mood lol

Your pic kinda looks like an angry/emo version of report of the week

That's fine, I'd rather have polio than autism

That's fine, I'd rather have polio than autism


que video bom!!!!! Eu espero ser mais bob esponja daqui pra frente


DAMN this made me sad. I don’t know why, I just feel nostalgic I guess


The ending is sad for me, I imagine the end of everything with this song


Pretty sure Spongebob has cried more in season 7 and 8 than the first 3 seasons.


Well damn, never thought a spongebob video would speak deeply to me and hit me in the feels. I'm gonna go rethink my life and watch a cartoon now.

i recommend the amazing world of gumball. it's super clever and i think it accurately portrays some of those old school spongebob themes. definitely not just a cartoon for kids.


I think the other key ingredient was hiding a lot of adult humor and themes in to whimsical nonsense plots and random adventures. When you were watching sponebob as a 10 year old you still didn't really feel like it was a kids show because re watching it you'd find new jokes and  learn what they meant (hey pat you're genius is showing for example) a  lot of  my favorite  shows going up were the ones that were with kid like characters  but smarter more adult jokes. fairly odd parents had a lot of them and I think  that one would hold up more if the voices weren't so screechy. I think if you take the wit out of spongebob you have nothing. I think the writing being top notch in the first few seasons  and how quotable it was  paired  with great slapsticks humor is just important  as the spongbob  squidward connection. total drama island still has a cult following because of  how good the writing is and  it  had way more adult content than the style of the show would indicate.


Now I know I'm and always was and always will be a spongebob. :)<br>Thank goodness

Now I know I'm and always was and always will be a spongebob. :)
Thank goodness


As an ADHD teen, I still act like SpongeBob 💀


when i came back to watch spongebob from many many years and when i watched it… it wasnt good like it was, thats not spongebob, it wasnt like the spongebob episodes.. thats not them, they are imposter versions, but it still wont let me stop watching it.


The NFL has ruined SpongeBob, but the NHL has saved it.

Crazy Crazy Railfan the NHL is the best league in pro sports

Crazy Crazy Railfan Change your profile. It’s scary.


Some kids my age weren't allowed to watch spongebob because of how counter-cultural it is. That's pretty insane!

There is no decent childhood without spongebob

@DANIEL All those are, but SpongeBob can't be excluded, it makes great social commentary on Greed (Mr. Krabs), materialism (Pearl), illiteracy/mental disability (Patrick),  stereotypes (Sandy),  and drugs (Hooks). There some things that I simply cannot believe got past the Nick censors, like the not at all nuanced adult jokes. I personally think that its fame is what killed it.

@ZDoesGaming SpongeBob is barely countercultural. Beavis & Butt-head was countercultural, Ren & Stimpy was countercultural, Family Guy was countercultural, Daria was countercultural. SpongeBob was a show that had great writing and jokes that can be watched and liked by adults and kids. Just because some kids weren’t allowed to watch the show for whatever trivial reason doesn’t make it countercultural.

@DANIEL as in, against the norm and not afraid to show it, there was like a whole movement about it in the late 60s, and SpongeBob exemplifies it well, even in the early 2000s.


You got one sub, just for the song, NOT for Spongebob.<br>Amazing video.

You got one sub, just for the song, NOT for Spongebob.
Amazing video.


I know this is sorta old, but thank you. I needed to hear some of the stuff you said in this video.


LOVE this. But I think it misses something important: Squidward's narcissism is his greatest enemy. He only paints self portraits. He plays clarinet, but doesn't try to improve. He vehemently resists any challenge to his views. The world isn't purely bullying him; it's reacting to his inability to adapt. He's miserable, but he isn't working to change that, just distract.

Which is the problem many unhappy Millennials have.

We didn't get what we were promised, and the paths to success and happiness we were taught don't seem viable anymore. We have to forge our own way in a world that changes much quicker than it did for our parents. But to just blame the world for changing, blame our predecessors for teaching what they knew and not what they couldn't know, to give up because we're lost-- Squidward's situation holds him back, but he isn't fighting the system, striking out on his own, or analyzing himself. He's agreeing to be a cog but complaining the whole time.

Squidward is just as attached to his childhood as Spongebob, but Squidward has fixated on goals while doing nothing to work towards them. Spobgebob, meanwhile, fixated on actively seeking new joys and experiences-- and while not achieving grand things, is leading a fulfilling life.

@cam wilson I'm not saying anything's wrong with treating yourself to weekends. The people in my life are in similar situations. But I am saying it's still our responsibility to: Apply to jobs that will make us happier. Go back to school or learn skills that will help us get those jobs, if necessary. Produce art, if that helps us, AND also dare to put it out into the world, if that's what we're creating art for.

Squidward just happens to be representative of someone who has given up because the world has been hard on him-- he's not a bad person or failure for reaching a place of unhappy stagnation, but it's still ultimately on him to put himself back out there and also to analyze himself. Look, the fact that we have the time and free resources to watch a 30 minute philosophical analysis of a cartoon should be sign enough that we have the capability to better ourselves and our situation. Taking 30 minutes a day to work towards a better situation is probably all it takes for most people to find themselves even slightly happier.

This isn't an indictment on unhappy people for "not trying hard enough", but it is a recognition that people in situations similar to my own can absolutely do more than they are doing.

Cloudmouthed but that's the thing everyone I know goes to work for 5 days and their weekends off are what keeps them sane the problem is even fun will become a routine if it's not like you want it

@Cloudmouthed I wasn't even saying that Squiward does actively do that because he doesn't. But that I can understand the mindset of a character like that. The thing with any real person or a fictional character like Squidward is that we don't know their whole story just what we see of them at the moment. Squidward might have tried many many times in the past to live his dreams and been crushed by it so much that it has scarred him mentally and caused him fear of even trying that it would be a waste of time cuz it'll cause more misery. So I just mean there is always a reason someone ends up that way.

But again I can agree with you. I just really like looking at things from all types of different perspectives. Lol.

@Cloudmouthed I can agree with you there.

And yeah I knew u were joking with that lol. You were saying that in reference to that guy's comment about Squidward. Lol. Just thought I'd add on to that comparison of Plankton to Squidward anyway. Lol

Also, thanks @EmpLemon for the like/pin, you're a real one (and glad you liked what I said). Great video that we're still talking this in-depth about it!

@Justin Pettit I don't think I agree. Squidward may be trying to find the simple pleasures that get him through the day, but he isn't actively trying to address his underlying issues, the things that make him truly unhappy. He may not see a way out-- as many of us don't-- but he's also not actively looking for one. I've known too many people who say they're doing what they need to to get through the day, only to completely stagnate and blame everyone but themselves.

And if you were a friend in real life, I'd say the same thing to you I'd say to Squidward: Take care of yourself enough to enjoy life, but you may have to sacrifice your happiness now to change your situation and find happiness later. Squidwards problem isn't that he self-indulges, it's that he ONLY self-indulges when those indulgences don't really make him happier. Spongebob doesn't have grand ambitions, but he's still working towards his fry cook dreams.

As far as Plankton, I was joking lol, he's no hero. His single-minded obsession with someone else's repeating or stealing another's success guarantees he'll be unhappy.

I also think that happiness, as a goal, is a miserable one to chase. Contentment and self-satisfaction, feeling good about what you've done, are much more consistent and valuable.

@L Ryuzaki I can agree with you. But sometimes someone isn't complaining but making all the effort in the world to make a change in themselves and continue to see no result from it.

@Cloudmouthed I agree with your original post 100% btw just responding to that other comment. Which I also sorta agree with but just kinda putting Squidward in a different perspective a bit.

@Dave Crupel As I just wrote in response to another comment I believe every generation will complain about the previous one because they want to see a better world so they'll look at the flaws of the generatiom before them more than the positives.

@Cloudmouthed Maybe Squidward is trying but everything he is trying is failing and he's just sick of being miserable. Which is why he's always trying relaxing activities to at least put himself in a good mood if he isn't gonna live the life he wants to. Squidward could feel trapped like no matter what he does it isn't gonna work and that's why he has that attitude.

Idk I can relate to Squidward on that. It's like you struggled so much wanting the life you live that it's mentally and physically draining on you and you see no real solution available to get it and out of the life you're in. So you feel I should at least just find things to enjoy myself with or to relax me a bit in case I never live that life. And Squidward tries that and when he does Spongebob and Patrick always bother him.

Your comment said "Plankton is the real hero" as far as someone who doesn't like his life but is doing something about it and building something of his own. And I can agree to that. But he is always spending his time and energy after Mr. Krabs formula and wishing he had the same success. But he never tries to find time to get away from the stress of that like Squidward at least tries to do.

@Jesus Christus Of course we can try. But even if our generation does well at some things we will miss at something and the next generation will most likely look at those things that we failed on. Even if it's very few or very small things. That's the way it is because every generation will want to see a better world than what they were given. Whether they do that or make it worse the intent of every generation was to make it better. The next generation will still look at our faults even if we were near flawless. That's just how it is.

@Leighton Petty Hey Squidward tries to do quiet and relaxing activities to deal with the stresses. It's not the kind of thing that changes his life situation but it is one way that he tries to at least enjoy himself and have peace of mind for a bit. Then Spongebob ruins it for him. Lol.

@Justin Pettit this may sound high-throned, but I honestly don't think they will.
We have seen the problems that the boomers and their "me" philosophy have caused. And if we try and fix those problems, and not follow the same patterns they did, I think the coming generations will have far less spite with us than we do with the boomers.

But that's optimism.

Thanks for this, I did feel something else was going on with Squidward but couldn't figure it out

@Cloudmouthed. Well deserved pin! God, this is so true. Many of us millennials are so quick to blame others especially the generations before us. What many don't get is its THEM not anyone else. Everything is about how an individual perceives the world. It's your mind. If you want to blame something, blame your mind's negative programming and stop bitching and fix it.

Squidward is relatable to many because he is a miserable person who doesn't want to change and he wants the world to change for him. Whereas Spongebob the sponge who can change his shape and adapt to whatever situation he's in, bounces back and remains happy, hopeful and enthusiastic. Spongebob is the yang to Squidward's yin.

Never thought Spongebob had esoteric shit in it but it does.

You're now one of my favorite people lol

SgtLion sure but Squidward isn’t doing that. He’s wallowing. PLANKTON is the hero you’re looking for

Haha. No. Fuck the world. Smash it and build something new. Squidward 4eva

Kill Me?

See, again, that’s missing the entire point. Yes, you were left with problems. But, instead of working to overcome obstacles, the generation just reflects on how much life sucks and pushes themselves further. This comment proves it: you’re just saying “we have so many problems”. That’s Squidward’s deal: his life does suck, it absolutely sucks, but he never does anything other than think about how much his life sucks, how unfair the world is, and keep continuing on the exact same path, wallowing in his self-pity and depression.

Kill Me?

See, again, that’s missing the entire point. Yes, you were left with problems. _But,_ instead of working to overcome obstacles, the generation just reflects on how much life sucks and pushes themselves further. This comment proves it: you’re just saying “we have so many problems”. That’s Squidward’s deal: his life _does_ suck, it absolutely sucks, but he never does anything other than think about how much his life sucks, how unfair the world is, and keep continuing on the exact same path, wallowing in his self-pity and depression.

@Kill Me? @Justin Pettit Exactly my point. We're already seeing it: Kids coming into adulthood now are wondering why we didn't fight a problematic job market more after the Recession hit, or why we created echo-chambers like Facebook and Tumblr which can hurt individuals just as much as they foster communities. Our lives and situation aren't "all our fault", but what we do next is our responsibility, and to resist or deny that is to Squidward.

@Kill Me? And younger generations will say that about us.


10:50 I am really glad that Existing is cheaper than Standing and Talking!


Squidward taught me a very wide range of insults back in the day


I am not even close to being a millennial I'm 16 and I grew up with SpongeBob and I still love the show Soo much


Great analysis, but I gotta admit, from 5:28 to 5:42 i didn't pay any attention to your words, I just kept humming with "Skinner and the Superintendent" theme. I'm not ashamed of that.


Growing OLD is required.

But growing UP isn’t.

eventually if humanity survives long enough we will cure aging

The Hornet Spooklight Oh, that. I meant that just because you’re older, that doesn’t mean you have to abandon your child-like interests. Responsibilities are obvious, but as long as those are kept up, you’re free to enjoy the same things you did as a child.

The Living Glitch This really isn’t a good thing to be preaching

Rated R See my mom for example. A good time for her is drinking wine and watching MSNBC.

I recognize this comment too, but did I read it? No 😁

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@Hassassinator If I can read it without pulling out a pencil and paper, it's not a Gravity Falls Quote.

This is practically a Gravity Falls quote

@GloveAmatuer My history teacher would often tell my class this quote as a way to call us immature. It always strikes me as odd when people use it to say don't grow up.

Not if you die at 3 because you're not vaccinated

@GloveAmatuer oh, i agree, i though you would say something stupid like "grow up" but you're smart

@GloveAmatuer well, yes, but that's not really growing up, it's just doing your fill, and like EmpLemon said, as long as you do your share, than be childish

@GloveAmatuer no you shouldn't, it's not about what is in the past, it's about outlook, being dull ain't a good thing in life


The same SpongeBob Squidward dynamic can be applied to Mr. Krabs and Plankton


I was never allowed to watch SpongeBob, instead I watched a lot of chowder flapjack and courage, don't know how or why, in my opinion those shows were much scarier/mature.


Hey Arnold is probably the closest cartoon I can think of especially the first 4 seasons... Season 5 is okay but it did change a bit. Watching it again as an adult tho makes me see and want to watch Hey Arnold for a whole different slue of reasons.


“We were all born with a sense of childlike wonder.”

Hey Emp, your undergrad Philosophy is showing.


Not sure if you’re gonna see this but just wanted to say I really enjoy this kind of content from you. At first I was slightly upset you weren’t making as many ytps, but after I started watching these I started to really enjoy them. I love the way you put actual comedy into these videos while still having a really good structured essay. In fact I may even enjoy these more than ytps, but that could also just be me getting older. Either way, keep up the good work!


Stephen Hillenburg should’ve watched this right before his death


It's a shame the creator of the show died after the third season was finished it still woulda been kept to what the show was supposed to be


But there will probaly be something that will replace it considering the fact from history to history there were great artists and writers who made great stuff but I do agree that whatever big thing is coming will not be like Spongebob but something else


Spongebob is the greatest show of all time


SpongeBob aired the same year I was born. This cartoon will outlive me


R.I.P Stephen Hillenberg Thanks for making my childhood one of a kind


First YouTube recrimination joke I’ve ever heard

NerosCinema I remember you from AW how’s it going bud

Oh well hi there, Nero! Funny seeing you here :)

NerosCinema funny 2 of my favorites youtubers haha. Small world


Congrats on the 5 million views ! you trully deserves it


Man you hit me in the feels. It's too fucking true.


The second I head you say dying for pie it was like I had war flashbacks to squidward tentacles, the perfect antagonist


Even the cartoons that tried to copy SpongeBob such as Coconut Fred,

could never compete with this classic.


“Who is the most important character in Spongebob Squarepants”

G A R Y

@delanskie Yeah he had such an interesting character arc!

“You are gonna finish your dessert and you are gonna like it!”

he taught me how to tie my shoes... most savage mentor I've ever met

@Riseup Pro yeah rocky. Such a great and underrated character


I immediately knew it was squidward he held the adults interest which most other cartoons just cant


If you’re ever sad, just remember that you happened to be around the same time as SpongeBob..


I love watching your videos because it feels like my life isn't all about me and all of us are just humans trying to make the best of life and all experience life differently but we experience life together.

Low key this video brought tears to my eyes by the end of it. Thanks EmpLemon!!


I wouldn't even say Spongebob turned truly bad until like 2010


"What do you normally do while I'm gone?"

"Wait for you to get back."

Rest in peace, Stephen Hillenberg.

@Glenn Lloyd Ybañez Jr. You're joking, right? Because that's the most stupid thing that I've ever heard.

I am not kidding, my eyes got all teary and stuff ;-;


SpongeBob will Always be a Legend for me, but i really Like the old stuff, because it was so simple and cute with the Humor, there was also stuff which was very very weird and ugly too, but most of it was Fun and good, for Young and Old.
For me it will never be something where i will ask myself why i watched it.

But i have to say, Rick and Morty Hits that Point for me too, Just in another way because im a bit older now.
For me, the older i get the more i need to search for Fun and interesting things, its hard, because you know most of the stuff already, which gets boring.

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It also has very similar dynamics to SpongeBob and Squidward when you think about it.


Loved that Y2J millennium countdown bit. made me go rewatch his raw debut


Holy shit, I didn't realize this was the channel of one the guys who raised me on YTP


Damn, Squidward is pretty much Jim Halpert.


Comparing all of the young adults and Millenials to Squidwards sad, cynical, mediocrity and depressing foible filled life is one of the best crushing blows of truth ive ever heard

Terrell Irving ....,......eh.......no probably not

I’m pretty sure he was comparing ALL adults to squidward. The video was just aimed at millennials

well most of them were raised by Cartoons and not their parents who forgot about god and sin .

Emphasis on BEST. We needed to hear this, this is a message I think ever young adult and even highschool should hear if they want to get something out of life when they grow up these days


14:18 was shockingly accurate to my psyche and i sobbed


The Rocket Power intro coming out of nowhere jumpscared me and I literally jumped out of my seat.


Spongebob: My attitude on my first day on the job grateful I have a job and excited to learn new things.

Squidward: My attitude after a whole year of working in the company, tired of the same routine.


0:37 tried doing this and it took a surprisingly long time (scrolled through several hundred tweets) and the post in question wasn't a meme but rather someone complaining about how the quality of Spongebob episodes had fallen off since the classic episodes they saw as a kid


I never notice spongebob cleans the window as he slides across it lol

Since watching this show as a kid, I had never noticed until I watched this video for the second time.

has anyone noticed how squidward's head looks like a nuclear explotion

I just noticed that when you pointed it out


I never looked at SpongeBob like this. Squidward and him are truly foils, living the same shitty life and looking at it from a different perspective. No wonder Hillenburg was so adamant on SpongeBob being an adult. Because he is an adult with childlike wonder. If you change this, it ruins his character and the point it was trying to get across.


Seasons 4 and 5 have some absolute classics too


Spongebob and Squidward is like Frosted Mini Wheats it represents the kid (sweet) and adult (wheat) in all of us.


Bro that speech at the end almost made me bawl. Big truths


I used to watch Spongebob so much that I could recite entire episodes.

Thank you for reminding me of how glorious those first 3 seasons are.

Me too! I was able to recite and even act out the episode "Gary Takes A Bath". Good times...

@Ren Hoek <br>Yeah, I thought seasons 4, 5, and 6 had a few diamonds in the rough. Season 7 is where I draw the line.

@Ren Hoek
Yeah, I thought seasons 4, 5, and 6 had a few diamonds in the rough. Season 7 is where I draw the line.


i remember when i was a kid i was afraid of squidward cuz of his negativity


I would watch a Squidward Tentacles show


I think too many of the people who try to stay SpongeBobs miss the "pulling your weight" part and just refuse to grow up at all


I think this shows why Youtubers love their job so much, because people enjoy seeing these people succeed and be more childish and have genuine happiness.

nah thats what I detest about youtube, its adults whos fanbase is 60% children and its genuinely creepy because these kids think being an adult isn't full of responsibilities

@Eos W. no adult enjoys making childish jokes. They aren't funny to him. He plays to his kid audience to keep being a YouTuber and not work a normal job. Didn't he and jackeye resell noname clothes as their brand very overpriced?

@Wolfie Willow too bad current youtube sucks.

Maybe more people should become YouTubers. Then they can be as childish as they want.

@Eos W. I personally see PewDiePie like that.

I feel like Markiplier is the YouTube version of SpongeBob series (older ofc), stupid childish jokes on the out side darker meaning on the deeper side.


I really appreciate getting to hear aquatic ambience during the pizza part


I disagree with what makes SpongeBob so funny. For me it isnt the relatability aspect of the Squidward/SpongeBob foil that makes it funny or makes the show work. Like plenty of other shows have done that or something similar to that, and doesnt have nearly the same level of popularity that SpongeBob does. And for me the whole "super cynical, I hate everyone and everything, this is what adulting is like" attitude is kinda played out in my opinion. Like if a show had to rely on that to make it work, I just flat out wouldnt watch it. Its not really that funny for me, and even as an adult I like positive optimistic attitudes and outlooks. For me is literally just the humor that makes SpongeBob as popular as it is. Nothing more. I have never laughed at cartoon as hard as I have with Spongebob. And no show has humor thats as intelligent and funny as SpongeBob is. Most shows either miss the mark completely trying to do what Spongebob does, or their humor is pretty funny, just not as funny as Spongebob's. SpongeBob achieved the highest mark in terms of humor compared to any other show, which is why its as popular as it is. Its both intelligent yet simple, so it doesnt go over your head, but at the same time it isnt really cringy. People from all ages and all audiences can laugh, REALLY REALLY HARD, at SpongeBob which is why it stands up so well over time. Its kinda like Tom and Jerry or Looney Tunes, but funnier and more intelligent. Like the shows you mentioned, Camp Lazlo, Chowder, etc. Sure they do SpongeBob's type of humor, but they simply just arent as funny as SpongeBob. Like ill laugh at the humor in those shows, but not as much as I would SpongeBob's humor. The only other show thats come close for me, is Fairly Odd Parents, which coincidentally, has had a similar run as SpongeBob. It's not as popular as SpongeBob, but its ran for a really really long time, and has had really high levels of popularity.

Like in short I dont laugh at SpongeBob because I think "Oh I can relate so much to it." I laugh because of how creative, intelligent, yet simple and stupid the humor is. And no other show has done it as well as SpongeBob.


SpongeBob is undoubtedly the greatest cartoon to ever exist


I really hope you read this...This video was so mesmerizing. You did a really good job, this is what I call a really high quality documentary/commentary. Everything you said was right and the analysis was on point. I have to agree with you on everything. I liked how you pointed out the dichotomy of each character's speech and how that connects with the audience's personality, that's something that many shows can't achieve nowadays and that's what made Spongebob so special, and in fact, I never really saw it that way, I was never aware of that particular characteristic until now. You also made a really on point social critique that served as a reference for the context of the series. This is actually a fairly successful communication science analysis, this is not a simple youtube video. Besides that, you made me truly relate to the desription of the millenial audience and that made me feel very nostalgic ... Well, <b>may Stephen Hillenburg rest in peace along with the golden age of SpongeBob that will always be in the hearts of this generation.</b>

I really hope you read this...This video was so mesmerizing. You did a really good job, this is what I call a really high quality documentary/commentary. Everything you said was right and the analysis was on point. I have to agree with you on everything. I liked how you pointed out the dichotomy of each character's speech and how that connects with the audience's personality, that's something that many shows can't achieve nowadays and that's what made Spongebob so special, and in fact, I never really saw it that way, I was never aware of that particular characteristic until now. You also made a really on point social critique that served as a reference for the context of the series. This is actually a fairly successful communication science analysis, this is not a simple youtube video. Besides that, you made me truly relate to the desription of the millenial audience and that made me feel very nostalgic ... Well, *may Stephen Hillenburg rest in peace along with the golden age of SpongeBob that will always be in the hearts of this generation.*

Asmosis Jones But the thing is, those shows didn’t encompass examples of clever, truly endearing and heartwarming comedy. They were focused on basic slapstick. So it’s just downright dumb to compare Looney Toons to Spongebob. Looney toon isn’t as popular these days as well, it isn’t on nearly the same level as spongebob, sure there was Big Chungus, but that was a one time thing. I haven’t seen nearly as many great things about Looney Toons these days in comparison to Spongebob’s plethora of amazing references and jokes. So Spongebob is definitely superior in today’s society and is much more relevant than Looney Toons. And as for the Simpsons, that show was not also did not have the same innocent but extraordinary humor as spongebob. And today, it’s popularity has definitely died out. There are good memes about it, but still not near the level of spongebob. So that’s not a great comparison either.

there was a cartoon like this..it was called simpsons and before that looney tunes....those shows have been played way more than spongebob so much so they just reran them from the mid 80's through the 2000's without new eps constantly on different networks


People always talk about this show going shit since the first movie but I'll occasionally catch a glimpse of a new episode and it'll actually make me audibly laugh and I'll never understand what these sperglord cartoon reviewers are screaming about


loved this explanation also props to you for using aquatic ambience track in 16:00


I wonder what Emp thinks on the matter of adulthood now. You think anything's changed?


Even Stephen Hillenburg couldn't recreate what he did with the original seasons.  It wasn't some goofy ass show tailored for babies like we have now.  It was a kids show that treated it's audience like adults, which is why so many of the older episodes are easy to rewatch now.  Great Video Emp.

[Ids5621-Retro] But let's be real it would have been great if classic SpongeBob actually came back. Sadly it hasn't and it's now too late

No. Paul Tibbit made the show worse in my opinion when he was the supervising producer after the “Golden Age.”

Well he's come back to a show that has changed over more than a decade.he has to work with what it has become

technology productions 2018 Newer seasons (also nicknamed the Sponge out of Water era) had been trying hard to go back to that era when they went deep into the abyss

@technology productions 2022 Weren't for me.

Even then his attempts are amazing and make the show watchable again.


17:32 legit that guy was so toxic he made SpongeBob be like that for almost the rest of the episode lmao but that aside it truely was a ride it was fun and growing up into who i am today all of my experiences becoming a young adult worth it only thing that sucks is the squidwards around me that make the setting so boring so i became a gamer and just spend my days gaming from sunrise till dawn. Sometimes hang out with my close irl friends i met at kindergarten and just enjoy life :)


Yeah bro u are spot on, I’ve been enriched just watching this


Im proud to say im still and plan to always be spongebob


19-2000 fits really well with spongebob actually


The communist Squidward bit made me laugh so hard.

@comboballer it was amazing though I mean I’m 12 and got a laugh out of that!

General Secretary of the Communist Party of Bikini Bottom Krabsist-Planktonist.

Emperor Lemon should be rather called General Secretary of the Communist Party Lemon


If the show ever ends, the last episode they play better be band geeks.


It'S always 2022, and nickelodeon still airing spongebob pretty fucking impressive


Squidward and Spongebob reminds me of early Season 1 Avatar Sokka and Aang. Maybe that inspiration it borrowed helped the show early on, before the quality increase in Seasons 2 and 3


Yoooo. Great analysis, and I also loved the moment with the Etrian Odyssey music, that series has consistently really fuckin good music


Millennials aren’t special or different, they still Follow and consume trends like every consumer generation before them the only difference is the length of time before one popular or trendy thing is discarded and from where it originated. That’s not different or original,


This feels like the Simpsons all over again


I mean, at least Squidward didn't go to art school, we've all seen how that went the last time.

I spat out my imaginary drink reading this.


It's not just empty nostalgia saying that TV was better from the mid-90s to the mid-00s. The Our Fake History podcast referred to it as "the Monoculture", the era when we all were watching the same things on television and in theatres, and they were /good/, with both broad appeal and little niche in-jokes.


This video explained stuff that I cant explain to my friend


spongebob needs to see this (the official show)


So basically real life portrayed by Spongebob.

basically ascended 5.0 & deep frying dory


i remember once my 'friend' literally slaped my face facing "grow up" when i went to a party with a tshirt of spider man, we were 18


Spongebob was a great show until at about around season 9 he lost his original self...  he became            Insane


Chowder might be the most underrated children's cartoon


I came here expecting a breakdown of spongebob, I left here with a breakdown……of me😂😂


Although season 6 was definitely one of the show's lowest points, the episode "Slide Whistle Stooges" from that season actually did a great job bringing back the type of plot from classic episodes such as "Idiot Box," "Squidville" and "Just One Bite" as you described in this video, in which Squidward is annoyed by SpongeBob's childish shenanigans at first, but then he takes a stab at them himself and enjoys it, only for it to lead him back to his misery. And if that's not enough, the end of the episode consists of everyone thinking it's funny when SpongeBob and Patrick fool around with slide whistles, despite hating Squidward for doing the exact same thing. It's at this point when you realize that this episode accurately represents the idea that adults want to have as much fun as kids but are afraid that doing so will make them unacceptable to society for not acting mature as they are expected to do, very similar to how it's represented in "Squidville" as well.

Wasn't Squidward being even more disruptive than SpongeBob and Patrick?


I've never liked Spongebob nor pretty much any of the other Nickelodeon or Cartoon Network shows as a kid, but I still use Spongebob references.


I’m 19 and literally act like spongebob <br>I am a spongebob and always be one

I’m 19 and literally act like spongebob
I am a spongebob and always be one


This video kind of hit me in the feels. I was in traffic behind a school bus last week and could not get my mind off seeing how happy the kids were without a worry in the world and how bitter I have become then wishing I could go back to that.

That video of Squidward being in the society he thought he wanted to be in and cycling through the hobbies he liked as a routine, gradually enjoying them less and less brought tears to my eyes. I had to look away because it hit too close to home, I don't wanna be like that.

I wish I could go back to being innocent too. In some ways I still am, But there comes a time when a person grows up and they aren't as innocent. They get a new perspective by learning how things are. How they always were. Sometimes a person can't ignore all the problems and flaws there are and know how things could (or should) be better. Otherwise you'd be just ignorant to the problems of the situation you're in. Then you end up being sponge bob who gets taken advantage until they get their heart broken by getting pizza thrown in their face.

Its possible to get the perspective of your childhood.
Buddhism helps me a lot. It helped me to throw away the unnecessary pressure we all carry around us most of the time.
You do not have to do anything in this world!

PS: Alan Watts was a great dude   :-)

This Guy this isn’t fucking Dora the Explorer.

The other day I was at my cubicle, taking calls, being mistreated by customers, and I felt like that fish that just wakes up for another repetitive day. That hit me hard :(


Someone told me if you wanna be a animator and you want it to last you have to hard and in the end it pays off in the end so I know I could make a show better than spongebob  but I will never give up on my dream to become an animator


spongebob is the best series ever made, its not just a dumb children show, they made it possible that also adults can enjoy watching it, also if u watch the episodes more precise u can find so many hidden messages that just make it amazing


Wumbo still kills me after all these years.


There's an episode of Dexter's Lab I always think of.  No, not "omelette fromage," the one where Dexter goes to college.  He starts off super serious, and gets irritated when everyone around him just wants to party.  But when he's finally ready to party, everyone else is trying to study and gets mad at him.  He goes way overboard trying to blow off all the steam at once that he gets kicked out.


“Whoever’s the owner of the white sedan, you left your lights on.”

‘’RING RING’’
‘’is this the crusty crab’’
‘Not this is Patrick’’

‘’RING RING’’
‘’is this the crusty crab’’
‘’NO THIS IS PATRICK’’

‘’RING RING’’
‘’Is this the crusty crab’’
‘’NOO THISSS ISSSS PATRICKKKK!!!!’’

"Welcome to the house of misery, may I take your order?"

"This isn't your average everyday darkness. This is... advanced darkness "

"This isn't your average everyday darkness. This is... *advanced* *darkness* "

“At least I’m safe inside my mind. “

“At least I’m safe inside my mind.”

“I have a package for a...Squidward Tennisballs”

“You used me.......FOR LAND DEVELOPMENT!”

Oh, so this is what I get for working overtime

OVERTIME!?

Oh, so this is what I get for working overtime

*_OVERTIME!?_*

“What does that mean?”
“It means he’s afraid of Santa Claus.”
“THAT IS NOT WHAT IT MEANS!!!”
“HO HO HO!”
“PaTrIcK yOuRe ScArInG hIm!”

“Who eats a Krabby party at 3AM?!”
alarm clock goes off
“Oh boy 3AM!”
proceeds to eat patty out of pocket

“Who eats a Krabby party at 3AM?!”
*alarm clock goes off*
“Oh boy 3AM!”
*proceeds to eat patty out of pocket*

"Ah, the sea... So fascinating and so wonderful...."

Econ Expo “Oh, puh-lease! I have no soul”

"You ate my only food! Now I'm gonna starve!"

Gee Squidward, I hope Santa brings me a dictionary so I can understand what you just said.

“Don’t you have somewhere else to be a nitwit?”<br>“Not until 4

“Don’t you have somewhere else to be a nitwit?”
“Not until 4

“How can I eat this without my DIET DOCTOR KELP?!”

"The pioneers used to ride these babies for miles"

“We shall never deny a guest, even the most ridiculous request.”

"How about you cast over there so I can ignore you"

"Firmly grasp it in your hand... firmly grasp it...… FIRMLY GRASP IT!!!

“Squidward that wasn’t the peace treaty, that was a copy of the peace treaty.”

sound of pins falling over

"You okay, Pat?"
"FINLAAAAND!"

*sound of pins falling over*

"You okay, Pat?"
"FINLAAAAND!"

“The inner machinations of my mind are an enigma.”

"You have reached the house of unrecognized talent, please leave a message after the *beep*"


I think a quote from plato can summarise spongebob: the greatest wealth is to live content with little or simply be happy and accept what you have no matter how little it is.


While idea of perspective change, certainly is correct, I don't think thats the whole story.
To fight the squidwardness of our generation, its is also important to see what makes squidward a squidward.
Yes of course his perspective is also something what makes him misarable, noones arguing that. People can have nothing and still be happy, certainly a squidward could maybe do that.
But the other lesson taken from this is, that the squidwards of this world should not only change their perspective, but also the world their in.

A world where we are all squidwards, is also mostly defined not by how we look at things, but also how we are treated. And just TRYING to change our outlook isnt gonna change that ppl have bills to pay that they cant or barely pay, are crimilanized for things they dont need to be criminlized for, and being in general being treated unfair.
And that happens in the "nations of wealth", that live of of countless places in which forced labor and other shit exists more potently.

You say, "the world hasn't changed for the worse, your outlook has" its true, but also: The world wasn't that good to begin with.

If we want to change our squidwardness, we need to change not only our outlook, but the world too. Its not gonna be perfect no, but if we don't suffer from dead end jobs, dead end politics, and war and all the other things, than maybe, squidwars can become spongebob collectivly.


There will never be another show that became so popular that the company behind it fires the creative minds of other great shows and only focuses on that show to the point where it ruins the entire channel in the long run because they can no longer make anything new?

Yeah, it wouldn’t happen again because it was a terrible business decision.


This made me cry a little, after watching this I realize how much my attitude has shifted towards squidward’s, and for no particular reason. I need to stop have a pessimistic take on this and start looking for the little good things in life.... think I just cured my depression

@blue cactus ah yes the power of capitalism

@Menno van Dijk that's what society doesn't want from you because you'll spend less and be happy with little things

here i saw a comment on another spongebob vid thought i should just leave it here

 In the episode of spongebob that this scene is from, spongebob travels the dreams of several characters. Each of them dream of life long goals, krabs was money, squidward was fame, and so on. However, Patrick dreamt that he was riding a mechanical seahorse. He was satisfied with that. And much like our lives, we aspire to achieve our dreams, innovate the world and more. but the reality is that most of us will lead regular lives, we will die contributing little, if anything to this world. However, we should all aspire to be like Patrick, satisfied with that reality. We create our own purpose in life, and it’s okay lead a simple life.


Season 1-5 were great. Season 6-8 were mixed but they kept the animation style
9-10 ain't bad I guess

11-13 horrendous


This intro is so good that it could literally be interchangeable with any show. Observe. Ahem.<br>“You know, the average person can’t tell you what neighborhood the Backyardigans live in. But the average person could tell you who live in a tree and likes to play play play. Wow Wow Wubbzy is one of greatest kid shows of my generation. And nothing could even come close.”

This intro is so good that it could literally be interchangeable with any show. Observe. Ahem.
“You know, the average person can’t tell you what neighborhood the Backyardigans live in. But the average person could tell you who live in a tree and likes to play play play. Wow Wow Wubbzy is one of greatest kid shows of my generation. And nothing could even come close.”


this is very true, squidward is the most important character. but i also think the joke writing in spongebob is so much funnier than a lot of other shows, for kids and adults.


I love the analysis but the jazz score is amazing!!!!


Knowing that someone else sees as much beauty in Spongebob as I do is the happiest I've been in weeks


I sorta disagree. I don’t think squid ward or sponge bob or even their dynamic made the show. I think it’s the universality of it. It’s so ubiquitous. The show is unironically smart. It finds ways to appeal to all people of all ages.


I've never heard of this program. I'll have to give it a watch

You mean SpongeBob? You've never heard of it? Wow! <br>Patrick: and I thought I lived under a rock

You mean SpongeBob? You've never heard of it? Wow!
Patrick: and I thought I lived under a rock


That got depressing quickly 😦 but you‘re right


Trying to sleep…that random death grips made me open my eyes like wait WHAT 😂


This is the same reason King of the Hill aged well - I didn't like it as a kid because I was trying to relate to characters like Bobby, who aren't nearly as fun when compared to a character like Spongebob. Growing up though and moving further into adult life, any time I see parts of the show now they're waaay better than I ever thought they were, because Hank is ridiculously well written.


Regular Show, Clarence, Adventure Time are all REEEAAALLLLY CLOSE to SpongeBob IMO


Oh man I have no idea what to say. I keep crying as I'm typing this because of how much this makes me feel emotions. Man this show made me happy to be a kid and made me sad to see squidward so miserable in life. I always use to want him to do well and when i saw him in the Bubble Dome I remember having the goofiest smile on my face. It really was a defining moment for the series and for me as a child. I miss those days. Being a grownup is so morbid man. With the political climate today, everyone's gone the extremes and it horrifies me what could happen next. There's still a chance for us to survive if we remember the good days of our past and push to make better ones in the future. It can be done but much work and sacrifice is needed. Thanks Emperor Lemon I hope you stay safe.

-Some random 19 year old


i mean you could say the same thing about the show that you said about homer and the simpsons. spongebob was changed in these recent seasons to fit a younger audience and the writers just dont understand spongebob


once i heard the song "football head" in this video i knew the ending was gonna be good and i was just waiting for the beat to drop


Who's watching in 2022 when Hulu announced that there's a Futurama revival?


Spongebob will be added in the shows shelf self of world of legends


I do think that the take on Mickey Mouse was just a bit hyperbolic because Mickey is so much older. Steamboat willie came out in 1928 compared to 1999


the difference between spongebob and mickey mouse are pretty interesting psychologically and how were being manipulated by outside forces


The Late night Stephen Hillenburg RIP you genius.


True, the "talking sponge" thing alone belongs to Spongebob and Spongebob only.  Anyone else who tries that will instantly be accused of plagiarism.

Gamebuilder2000 oh hey im in your oas camp

not just that, talking starfish, octopus that stands on two legs, if anything remotely similar would get the same treatment


Flapjack and gunball( early seasons) are pretty much spongebob legacy. I really like this  shows despise I being adult now and dont have much time to watch anything....


dude this made me cry its 2021 omg this video was so good


First it was the Jericho reference, then it was the "Aquatic Ambience" backing track. I love it!


emplemon is right. be like spongebob. and if someone says something to you about growing up, show them this video.


It is also worth mentioning in your whole yin-yang thing regarding SpongeBob and Squidward that they LITERALLY made an episode about it with Opposite Day. SpongeBob, in an effort to portray Squidward was boring and drab, and he was even self aware about it.

Agreed. Kudos to Emp for this masterpiece!