Spongebob is an Evil Genius...CONFIRMED!

Film Theory

Tv & Film

4.8 • 894 Ratings

🗓️ 23 September 2025

⏱️ 15 minutes

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Summary

Spongebob may appear to be an innocent sponge, but behind that soft exterior lies something sinister. Although Plankton may have been portrayed as the villain, the REAL villain has been right in front of us all along.

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0:00.0	Why are businesses like HelloVet choosing Apple products and services?
0:04.8	So we started the business two years ago.
0:07.2	We had a few people who were used to PCs and this was their first foray into Macs.
0:12.5	But it's been super smooth getting everyone onto those devices and everyone seems really, really happy.
0:18.0	Find out how Mac can help you run and grow your business
0:21.2	at apple.com forward slash hello vet.
0:26.2	Imagine a delicious patty nestled between two buns with cheese and ketchup.
0:31.0	It's not a burger.
0:31.9	That patty is actually sausage, which makes this a sandwich.
0:34.9	A breakfast sausage sandwich, the new 199 sausage sandwich from McDonald's.
0:39.0	Made with RSPCA at short pork.
0:41.8	Until 11 a.m.
0:42.9	Price and participation may vary.
0:44.0	Up charges and fees apply to delivery.
0:45.4	Subjects availability.
0:46.4	SpongeBob SquarePants isn't stupid.
0:48.8	Yeah, despite playing dumb and innocent for the past quarter of a century, SpongeBob SquarePants is actually a secret genius.
0:54.9	And when you take that to the logical extreme, this adorable yellow rectangle might have some
0:59.2	truly dark intentions.
1:02.2	Hello, Internet. Welcome to Film Theory. The show where F is for film theory. You is for
1:07.1	you and me. In is for anywhere and any time at all. At this point, no one needs an introduction to SpongeBob SquarePants. I mean, everyone knows him. Absorbent and yellow and porous is he, and if you don't know him? Well, you're basically living under a rock with Patrick. Honestly, one of the most impressive things about SpongeBob SquarePans is just how much stang power it's had. The show first aired on Nickelodeon all the way back in 1999, last century, and it's never left. It has a pretty classic cartoon formula. SpongeBob and his friends get into some silly adventure every week in the town of Bikini Bottom, some slapstick comedy ensues, at least two memes are born, complete disaster is averted, and everything starts all over again next episode. It's a classic format that's created some of the most iconic parts of internet culture.
1:48.1	Seriously, there's a meme you almost certainly recognize from basically every single episode of
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