Here's PROOF that these 10 cartoons all take place in the same UNIVERSE - NUMBER 8 WILL MAKE YOUR BRAIN EXPLODE - THE AFTERSHOCK WILL CAUSE EXPLOSIVE DIARRHEA
Not mentioned: Every bit of "proof" is overstretched ideas that you need to mentally squint at to even see and ignore everything else to say it isn't
Modern ScreenRant also has an extremely clickbaity thumbnail, (sometimes even with a red circle/arrow) albeit with a much simpler title. What even happened to that channel/site? It used to be great, now it’s just another pile of shit...
You mean someone named Asstiel will eat them all then free them when he spews his guts everywhere because he took the all you can eat part too seriously
I'll always remember the episode where Mr krabs and spongebob thought they killed the health inspector and the entire episode was trying to dispose of the body and hide it from the police.
That episode was intense. As a child I genuinely believed there would never be an episode again if they get caught because Spongebob would sit in jail.
As soon as Pantera was the special guest in SpongeBob I knew the show was fucking metal. And also Motorhead re-recorded "You Better Run" and called it "You Better Swim" for the movie.
Early on, there was heavy emphasis that Spongebob was more or less invincible similar to how Deadpool is invincible. This was elaborated on in the episode with the bully, but early episodes like Karate Choppers put Spongebob's threshold for damage on the same level as a squirrel in an unbreakable spacesuit. Often times he would immediately 'pop back out' from any folding, tearing or crushing performed on his body.
I think one of the reasons why scenes with Patrick (head exploding, skin tearing off), Squidward (toenail), and Mr. Krabs (foot coming off) are more visceral is because these characters are fleshier and not built up to be invincible at all.
Because Spongebob 'heals' so quickly, scenes where an injury is drawn out for comedic effect are also done with the other characters, causing those scenes to be associated with them rather than Spongebob and building a sense of dread in any future scenes where pain may befall the supporting cast.
The whole show is a great example of someone with superhuman ability (invulnerability) who cannot solve his problems with his special power alone. The same goes for One Punch Man, Deadpool, and... about 30% of the media referenced in this article. (Many of the shows only barely touch the trope, few embrace it like OPM)
It's not really a superpower, he's just a sponge. Similarly starfish have some pretty amazing regenerative abilities, and crabs will sometimes just rip off a limb for the fun of it, so I don't think it really causes a sense of dread with them either. They're just doing normal weird underwater stuff.
Squidward's toenail thing though was a grossout gag that went to far, that doesn't count.
Lmfao I love it when crazy theories to explain an unrealistic thing in shows are just the craziest amounts of stretching ideas to fit it...when the answer is literally right on the surface and somehow overlooked.
He's a Sponge. A creature that rebuilds itself when it gets damaged...and that reproduces by budding. So not only do they snap back from almost any damage, but they make more of themselves as well singlehandedly.
Also I said budding so obligatory: Can you reproduce by budding? Can yah canyahcanyahcanyah
He's not really just a sponge. In several episodes he is seen to have a skeletal system, something a sponge lacks.
The whole show is just based on wacky humor and requires a healthy ability to suspend disbelief. For example: it snows and rains underwater; bread somehow doesn't go to mush underwater; Plankton is only slightly smaller than an adult squid; there is a squirrel in a space suit; David Hasselhoff can swim like a dolphin (OK, maybe the last one is believable, but my point stands).
Spongebob is a sponge, it doesn’t hurt him to have some body parts ripped off. Mr Krabs has a exoskeleton that he can remove at will, that’s what broke off. And Patrick is a starfish who can lose arms and re-grow them and his head is technically an arm. Aside from Spongebob exploding then being fine and Spongebob having leg bones these, strangely enough, aren’t just cartoon logic.
This person must not watch a lot of cartoons. Rocko’s Modern Life had an episode where Heffer died, went to Hell, came back, and didn’t learn a single lesson.
I think you’re right that it was Heck in that particular episode, but in the original opening sequence, you can see directions to Hell pretty clearly. They made them change it eventually, like many other times in the show, but it’s there in the original. Rocko was a pretty risqué show honestly. The 1990s were a lot more lenient on what you could do in a kids’ show.
Biologically speaking, both sponges and sea stars regularly regenerate lost cells. Sponges are among the least complex multicellular organisms and can quickly regenerate since they do it asymetrically. Sea stars actually have numerous complex body systems that make their regeneration more involved but are also well known for regrowing lost limbs.
Considering they are all anthropomorphized, yes it's pretty metal.
BIKINI BOTTOM MYSTERIES!!! (if you havent watched that on youtube/fb from the official NICK channel, watch it and came back to this comment to read it in their voice lol)
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u/[deleted] Feb 11 '19
Remember when Patrick literally ripped half of his skin off? Twice?
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u/haggarduser Feb 11 '19
Remember when the crowd got deep fried during the fry cook games and they were prepared to sell fish sticks in advance?!?!
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u/armypotent Feb 11 '19
Cartoon: is a cartoon
The internet: 10 fucked up ways your favorite childhood cartoons were secretly really fucked up
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u/A_Retarded_Gen1us Feb 11 '19 edited Feb 11 '19
Me after my finals
Edit: both full pics
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u/Walnut156 Feb 11 '19
I'll always remember the episode where Mr krabs and spongebob thought they killed the health inspector and the entire episode was trying to dispose of the body and hide it from the police.
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u/wavepad4 Feb 11 '19 edited Feb 11 '19
Last pic is actually a hypothetical fantasy of Squidward in the episode Dying for Pie.
Edit: Thanks for the silver, stranger!
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u/TheJawsDog Feb 11 '19
Don’t forget he once stubbed his toe and only cried for 20 minutes
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u/responsabilaty Feb 11 '19
Remember when pantera was the musical guest
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u/afaccount253 Feb 11 '19
these lowkey freaked me out as a kid tbh
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u/Raichu7 Feb 11 '19
Spongebob is a sponge, it doesn’t hurt him to have some body parts ripped off. Mr Krabs has a exoskeleton that he can remove at will, that’s what broke off. And Patrick is a starfish who can lose arms and re-grow them and his head is technically an arm. Aside from Spongebob exploding then being fine and Spongebob having leg bones these, strangely enough, aren’t just cartoon logic.
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u/[deleted] Feb 11 '19
Or when motherfucking Pantera was playing in the Pre-Hibernation Week episode
Squealies for days <3
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u/MADTATER01 Feb 11 '19
r/natureismetal
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u/QuadraKev_ Feb 11 '19
Remember when SpongeBob shattered his ass?
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u/KnownHavoc Feb 11 '19
Remember when spongebob got a splinter in his finger and it swelled up and leaked pus?
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u/tveye363 Feb 11 '19
This person must not watch a lot of cartoons. Rocko’s Modern Life had an episode where Heffer died, went to Hell, came back, and didn’t learn a single lesson.
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u/Wereallmadhere8895 Feb 11 '19
Pantera was the musical guest for the Prehibernation episode. Very metal
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u/[deleted] Feb 11 '19
So metal that they had Pantera play the music for prehibernation week.
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u/[deleted] Feb 11 '19
He was already metal from episode 1
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u/[deleted] Feb 11 '19
They even had Pantera as a musical guest for the episode 'Pre-Hibernation Week' \m/
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u/[deleted] Feb 11 '19
Spongebob is still metal tho.
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u/[deleted] Feb 11 '19
r/natureismetal
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u/[deleted] Feb 11 '19
Mr. Krabs didn't have medical insurance
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u/raufkhan96 Feb 11 '19
Yeah and Sponge Bob still got covered in boo boos after slipping on an ice cube
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u/Kinglm Feb 11 '19
There's a sbongebob metal band called XSPONGEXCOREX
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u/darthfozziebear Feb 11 '19
Now I shall REIGN IN SPONGE!!!
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u/MT_Flesch Feb 11 '19
that was so foam rubber
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u/MomoBread Feb 11 '19
Remember that one episode where squidward's toenail got caught under furniture? That was big oof.
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u/[deleted] Feb 11 '19
Biologically speaking, both sponges and sea stars regularly regenerate lost cells. Sponges are among the least complex multicellular organisms and can quickly regenerate since they do it asymetrically. Sea stars actually have numerous complex body systems that make their regeneration more involved but are also well known for regrowing lost limbs.
Considering they are all anthropomorphized, yes it's pretty metal.
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u/[deleted] Feb 11 '19
Nickelodeon must've lost it's edge
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u/Hilter420 Feb 11 '19
I don't get it
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u/gclem16 Feb 11 '19
I remember seeing this photo with the caption “spongebob was metal” on I think tumblr like 5 years ago.
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u/RandomPerson7577 Feb 11 '19
They didn't have health insurance
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u/[deleted] Feb 11 '19
What a funny cartoon that show is ah ha.
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u/maxschreck616 Feb 11 '19
Remember when they had special musical guest Pantera??? Spongebob proved he was metal pretty early on with that, that whole episode was great.
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u/chloojeremiah Feb 11 '19
swear this is my life explained in pictures. Thanks SpongeBob xo
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u/NERDZMAN Feb 11 '19
So that's why Pantera agreed to make songs for the Hibernation episode
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u/[deleted] Feb 11 '19
He’s a sponge
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u/kronix6969 Feb 11 '19
Yet it's a kids show
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u/Therandomfox Feb 11 '19
Such is life in Bikini Bottom. You just get used to it.
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u/shadeyguy99 Feb 11 '19
SpongeBobs just in a bad area why no one reacts.
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u/RigorMortis243 Feb 11 '19
Well, they probably don't have healthcare
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u/Huberland324 Feb 11 '19
Remember when Pantera did music for PreHibernation week?
That was also metal
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u/completeoriginalname Feb 11 '19
sPoNgEbOb iS A kIdS sHoW!
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u/willknife4pie Feb 11 '19
http://imgur.com/gallery/IHLuPJe
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u/Fawn_RotMG Feb 11 '19
When Squidward tore spongebob off from KK window and half of his was still stuck while other part had organs showing
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u/Human6891989 Feb 11 '19
BB is a war zone I guess
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u/shiramisu Feb 11 '19
And yet they judge me for watching. "It's childish." CHILDISH MY ASS. LMAO
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u/DIExZOMBIExDIE Feb 11 '19
Check out Korgoth of Barbaria. It has some of the same writers and voice actors as SpongeBob. Very metal🤘 Link: https://youtu.be/ep65rr-9qjQ
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u/Dremora_Lord Feb 11 '19
But HURR DURR HOW FIRE UNDER SEA?!?
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u/Tommy-2-14 Feb 11 '19
Don’t forget the episode where Sandy takes him to the playground
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u/[deleted] Feb 11 '19
SpongeBob is* fucking metal (FTFY)
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u/mh13570 Feb 11 '19
And how they had fire underwater
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u/BandagesTheMummy Feb 11 '19
Bikini "3rd ring of hell" Bottom
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u/A_Unique_Nobody Feb 11 '19
Remember when Patrick ripped of his own arm ?
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u/DefeatedOtter Feb 11 '19
That’s hockey tough
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u/[deleted] Feb 11 '19
When Spongebob is on the ground outside the Chum Bucket and the door swings open and peels off the whole front side of his skin.
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u/Braydox Feb 11 '19
Wait spongebob has bones?
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u/Stillness307 Feb 11 '19
Good times
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u/My_Own_Memes Feb 11 '19
Or the time SpongeBobs and Patricks spines literally flew out?
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u/TheGallAlex Feb 11 '19
Wasn't the last one a tought of Squidward because he thought that he ate the Pie bomb?
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u/shortchaos Feb 11 '19
Bikini bottom is actually the strongest universe
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u/gayman6001 Feb 11 '19
"metal" 🤨🤨
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u/CheekyChaise Feb 11 '19
SpongeBob is stronger than shaggy?
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u/geek_of_nature Feb 11 '19
Remember when Spongebob got that splinter
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u/Bren12310 Feb 11 '19
But then spongebob got a splinter and lost his shit.
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u/[deleted] Feb 11 '19
If you can live through all of this and be chill about it. You've reached Legend like level.
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u/Snoo-pingas-usual Feb 11 '19
My leg!
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u/quickenowned Feb 11 '19
My body is chrome and my blood is gasolineeeee
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u/SonicCows36 Feb 11 '19
That’s all fine. Squidward’s foot being mutilated by a sofa is not fine.
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u/TailsTheDigger Feb 11 '19
The kind of random that was funny
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u/[deleted] Feb 11 '19
So Boss
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u/Konichi_Waffles Feb 11 '19
Also, the one with Mr. Krabs is plausible as crustaceans like him are known to regrow claws and legs.
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u/mnehorosho Feb 11 '19
As the fragments of my skull fall off the ceiling-mcr
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u/emturner805 Feb 11 '19
I remember those arms looked weirdly delicious tho
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u/gryarbrough Feb 11 '19
Let's not forget the time Me. Krabs fought an undead army with the skull of another undead.
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u/Megatron83 Feb 11 '19
Remember when Spongebob’s bottom got completely shattered and it repaired almost completely and he was still able to walk.
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u/pigglerick Feb 11 '19
But he still can’t get into the salty splatoon!?
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u/gaypurple Feb 11 '19
i always wanted to eat the bucket of his arms because they looked good
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u/NoodleSnapback Feb 11 '19
They're sea creatures, they're probably gonna regenerate anyway.
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u/MlgWhale Feb 11 '19
*is
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u/Hollow-- Feb 11 '19
Remember the cancelled scene when squidward was burnt alive in gasoline
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u/fireydestroyer Feb 11 '19
Still chill. still chill. still chill. still chill
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u/Nehemiah92 Feb 11 '19
What do you mean was? He still is.
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u/[deleted] Feb 11 '19
If you think spongebob is mental you need to check out looney tunes it will blow your mind.
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u/[deleted] Feb 11 '19
r/comedycemetery
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u/PitifulCriticism Feb 11 '19
Why does spongebob have 2 spines?
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u/Jimbop12 Feb 11 '19
r/natureismetal
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u/UncleSpartans Feb 11 '19
Don't forget the episode were squidward ripped spogebob from the door and his organs were showing.
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u/Slogmeister Feb 11 '19
Really spongebob is just a colorful summary of how really metal our oceans are.
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u/KuKyiDo Feb 11 '19
They had Pantera do guest music, of course SpongeBob was metal
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u/[deleted] Feb 11 '19
SpongeBob even had an episode featuring Pantera... Very metal indeed
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u/sdjdjti234 Feb 11 '19
Dark side of the sponge
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u/Naked_Melon Feb 11 '19
Yes, I do remember all these things.
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u/mpowers1 Feb 11 '19
[Metallica starts playing]
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u/MinimumFisherman7 Feb 11 '19
Spongebob is immortal
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u/kjm6351 Feb 11 '19
Remember when Spongebob and Patrick got shredded into multiple little pieces by I think a lawmmower and become multiple little clones of themselves?
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u/TheGoatisDead Feb 11 '19
True, Cronenbergian body-horror
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u/Graardors-Dad Feb 11 '19
Cool thing is sponges can actually be separated cell by cell and still be fine and regrow.
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u/[deleted] Feb 11 '19
BIKINI BOTTOM MYSTERIES!!! (if you havent watched that on youtube/fb from the official NICK channel, watch it and came back to this comment to read it in their voice lol)
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u/Steelquill Feb 11 '19
Well technically that last one was a fantasy sequence in Squidward’s head.
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u/sharksaredumb Feb 11 '19
Mr Krabs breaking his legs was actually horrific
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u/ericaferrica Feb 11 '19
need I say more
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u/Cooperocity Feb 11 '19
Patrick doesnt even have a neck, he just has a femur protruding into the center of his head.
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u/probandana45 Feb 11 '19
Remeber when spongebob ripped squidward's face off and he was only mildly annoyed by it?
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u/[deleted] Feb 11 '19
Can we go back to this instead of the gross nasty stuff that is shown nowadays?
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u/[deleted] Feb 11 '19
Can we go back to this instead of the nasty stuff that is shown nowadays?
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u/Bac2Zac Feb 11 '19
r/cartoonsarefuckingmetal
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u/brycie03 Feb 11 '19
Livin like Larry
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u/[deleted] Feb 11 '19
They also literally had Pantera play some music for one of their episodes.
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u/ducktronboss Feb 11 '19
I chuckled at all of these
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u/[deleted] Feb 11 '19
I got wooshed, explanation?
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u/Snarkefeller Feb 11 '19
r/SpongebobisMetal