One thing I love is how it shows just how weird and creepy life in the deep sea is. Stephen Hillenburg was a marine biologist so I have no doubt one of his reasons for making this episode was to showcase this. Many of the Rock Bottom residents are actually based on deep sea fish which I think is really cool
@@ssgaming7581 I think Rock Bottom has shown up in a few of the more recent episodes but I don't really keep up with the show anymore. I'm kind of a seasons 1-3 and movie purist tbh.
I really liked this episode in a weird way as a kid because it was relatable (on the panic side, every new place gave me anxiety at first) and I liked seeing another side of the show and now as an adult I just think it really helps to show kids and older people that these things happen in life and even the most positive sponge friend will get in this situation and act like how we all would I love this about season one of this show
I agree, a primary reason why post-season 4 Spongebob just doesn't hit the same is the over "flanderization" of characters, especially Spongebob. Spongebob wasn't just naive and annoying, seasons 1-3 Spongebob got angry, got depressed, anxious and scared, and was relentlessly ambitious. Those first few years of the show were really something special, I hope every kid has the chance to see them.
The bus driver intentionally ditching him over and over is too relatable, I've seen countless bus drivers (especially school bus drivers) who take their problems out on other people weather it's ditching them at the bus stop or not pulling over to let the conga line of traffic behind them pass stopping every block to pick up another kid. Any decent human being would pull over for 10 seconds but no they want to waste 20 minutes of everyone else's time.
@@ThatGuacamolyGuy really? Any idea why? I get not doing it where they pick a kid up but just driving between destinations, that's illegal?! If you could explain why I'd appreciate it because I'm not able to wrap my head around why that would be illegal, I do believe you though given where we are lol.
@@kaylabrown8719 I see, they should be given more time then. I have the same problem with paratransit medical appointments, they barely give them any time, not including traffic and other delays. Trying to squeeze out every dollar, truly sickening.
This must be a USA thing. Here in Brazil bus drivers have to always stop at the bus stops if someone wants to leave or enter the bus. Even if the bus is full the drivers are required to stop by so passengers can at least look and decide if they want to enter. Might be something with how busses operate in US. I heard in US public busses don't have ticket gates, passengers can just embark on the bus and don't pay if they don't want, the driver will be paid for his work regardless, so they don't care about picking up passengers. In Brazil busses have a ticket gate, you have pay if you want a seat.
You reminded me of a ep that always creeped me the fuck out as a kid, because of how crazy unique the visuals are for it. And I loved the narrative you were able to garner from it, I never really got that as a kid tbh. What's your next video?
wow, i never thought about the deeper context to the term rock bottom even though it seemed so obvious in hindsight now. you broke it down very well. your video essays are very nice, hidden gem of a channel
I miss the early, Lynchian episodes of SB. Funny to think how this show was almost kind of an underground hit before merch sales took off and Nick went kind of insane with the whole thing.
I really enjoyed this video and I don't watch Spongebob related videos because I stopped caring for them about 10 years ago. Still, that episode was one of the classics, in my opinion, that I never really forgot about. Great video. I don't think my time was wasted but rather enjoyed.
This was utterly brilliant. It's also so funny how even after all these years, the title "Rock Bottom" still went over my head like it did as a kid. Subscribed.
the way you break down an episode i just kinda dismissed as funny and cute into something so relatable and real, thats 1 amazing essay writing and 2 damn this show is good
Some bus drivers are assholes. I can relate to this episode. I remember I missed my stop when I was in hs and ended up in weird part of town and asking the bus driver for help they basically ignored me and drove off
This is the regular episode however i feared of this episode as a kid because when spongebob waiting at bus stop my tv starts gliching and all i see was spongebob waiting and looking at me.
Also, the majic conch really stuck with me. I have four kids and as a single dad I've seen every episode and movie several times Classic! I now live in Rio de Janiero and he is called Bobby Sponge. It's strange to watch episodes in Portuguese, especially the theme song at the start of each show. Much appreciated! Nick
I like your analysis. I’m into a lot of Weird Stories and Rock Bottom reminds me of two I recently read: Robert Aickman’s “The Waiting Room” and Shirley Jackson’s “The Bus”. Some other literary nerd help me verify this.
is mayonnaise an instrument is mayonnaise instrument is mayonnaise is a instrument (this is so sweet victory) only 2000s kids will get this (when i was a child in the target audience and didn't realize the sands of time are slowly catching to us, when we're nothing but a pile of dust. truly forgotten about. (is mayonnaise an instrument HAHAHAHAHH 😂😂😂)
@@hdmonster3327 The active effort put into presenting masc such as the voice and I think he/him pronouns were used. beyond that why can't he be trans? why can't we have a thing that actually works thematically since we face depression, addiction and homelessness more due to patriarchy sucking.
@@stm7810 Im just saying due to how strange rock bottom is, it could very well be a female or an enby. Or a trans male, yeah. But we can't know for sure.
@@hdmonster3327 possibly, I also just want this since the trans mascs deserve something nice since us non binary trans fems have all of Fallout New Vegas.
@@stm7810or maybe it’s just a kids show and rather than portraying him as a parasitic cyst of an animal that acts as glorified genitalia for a female anglerfish they just wanted to show an anglerfish and not put any political messaging into the kids show
One thing I love is how it shows just how weird and creepy life in the deep sea is. Stephen Hillenburg was a marine biologist so I have no doubt one of his reasons for making this episode was to showcase this. Many of the Rock Bottom residents are actually based on deep sea fish which I think is really cool
they should make an episode 2
@@ssgaming7581 I think Rock Bottom has shown up in a few of the more recent episodes but I don't really keep up with the show anymore. I'm kind of a seasons 1-3 and movie purist tbh.
@@ethanmillward675 you're correct actually my desire was fulfilled in a day or so😂
@@ethanmillward675 Based
I really liked this episode in a weird way as a kid
because it was relatable (on the panic side, every new place gave me anxiety at first) and I liked seeing another side of the show
and now as an adult I just think it really helps to show kids and older people that these things happen in life
and even the most positive sponge friend will get in this situation and act like how we all would
I love this about season one of this show
I agree, a primary reason why post-season 4 Spongebob just doesn't hit the same is the over "flanderization" of characters, especially Spongebob. Spongebob wasn't just naive and annoying, seasons 1-3 Spongebob got angry, got depressed, anxious and scared, and was relentlessly ambitious. Those first few years of the show were really something special, I hope every kid has the chance to see them.
The bus driver intentionally ditching him over and over is too relatable, I've seen countless bus drivers (especially school bus drivers) who take their problems out on other people weather it's ditching them at the bus stop or not pulling over to let the conga line of traffic behind them pass stopping every block to pick up another kid. Any decent human being would pull over for 10 seconds but no they want to waste 20 minutes of everyone else's time.
At least in the United States, I believe that that would be illegal for a school bus to pull over for cars to pass.
@@ThatGuacamolyGuy really? Any idea why? I get not doing it where they pick a kid up but just driving between destinations, that's illegal?! If you could explain why I'd appreciate it because I'm not able to wrap my head around why that would be illegal, I do believe you though given where we are lol.
Bus are normally late
@@kaylabrown8719 I see, they should be given more time then. I have the same problem with paratransit medical appointments, they barely give them any time, not including traffic and other delays. Trying to squeeze out every dollar, truly sickening.
This must be a USA thing. Here in Brazil bus drivers have to always stop at the bus stops if someone wants to leave or enter the bus. Even if the bus is full the drivers are required to stop by so passengers can at least look and decide if they want to enter.
Might be something with how busses operate in US. I heard in US public busses don't have ticket gates, passengers can just embark on the bus and don't pay if they don't want, the driver will be paid for his work regardless, so they don't care about picking up passengers. In Brazil busses have a ticket gate, you have pay if you want a seat.
The part where that guy comes along and takes the candy bar genuinely pissed me off as a kid.
i wished we got more episodes related to rock bottom even a return version it would be nice to have a day in a life of one.
I read the news today, oh boy!
This comment made me think of that song.
@@TheMadcap919The English army had just won the war
@@Ramzi1944 a crowd of people turned away…
@@TheMadcap919 But I just had to look
@@Ramzi1944 having read the booooook…
You reminded me of a ep that always creeped me the fuck out as a kid, because of how crazy unique the visuals are for it. And I loved the narrative you were able to garner from it, I never really got that as a kid tbh. What's your next video?
thanks!
and probably a video about Adventure Time's "You Forgot Your Floaties."
I had the audio casette to this episode and it genuinely gave me nightmares lol
the people at rock bottom were actually really nice and chill compared to the fish at bikini bottom
Except for that (dolphin sounds) who took the candy bar.
@@emeraldkoala2543 Real
@@emeraldkoala2543 and the one who "laid" an egg ontop of SpongeBob, making the waiting line longer
wow, i never thought about the deeper context to the term rock bottom even though it seemed so obvious in hindsight now. you broke it down very well. your video essays are very nice, hidden gem of a channel
Thank you !
I miss the early, Lynchian episodes of SB. Funny to think how this show was almost kind of an underground hit before merch sales took off and Nick went kind of insane with the whole thing.
I like to imagine the bus that keeps showing up is the same bus with the same driver and is doing all of this to piss him off over 50 cents
I really enjoyed this video and I don't watch Spongebob related videos because I stopped caring for them about 10 years ago. Still, that episode was one of the classics, in my opinion, that I never really forgot about. Great video. I don't think my time was wasted but rather enjoyed.
Thanks!
Notice how dark it is in Rock Bottom and right at the end, the angler fish guy gives spongebob his balloon, and escape, literally bringing the light!
Best episode of SpongeBob and maybe of any show.
This episode always gave me crazy anxiety, and I didn’t understand it as a kid
This episode was a fever dream
This was utterly brilliant. It's also so funny how even after all these years, the title "Rock Bottom" still went over my head like it did as a kid. Subscribed.
the way you break down an episode i just kinda dismissed as funny and cute into something so relatable and real, thats 1 amazing essay writing and 2 damn this show is good
thank you so much ! - comments like this are what get me through the less fun parts of video-making like sorting through audio
Most accurate depiction of waiting for a bus I have ever seen. Also red glow fish is a real one, what a G.
I like to think that this episode was how we came up with terms like "being at rock bottom" or "when your at rock bottom the only way is up".
Some bus drivers are assholes. I can relate to this episode. I remember I missed my stop when I was in hs and ended up in weird part of town and asking the bus driver for help they basically ignored me and drove off
This is the regular episode however i feared of this episode as a kid because when spongebob waiting at bus stop my tv starts gliching and all i see was spongebob waiting and looking at me.
this episode coming on felt like such an event when I was little
Also, the majic conch really stuck with me. I have four kids and as a single dad I've seen every episode and movie several times Classic! I now live in Rio de Janiero and he is called Bobby Sponge. It's strange to watch episodes in Portuguese, especially the theme song at the start of each show. Much appreciated!
Nick
Samuel, this episode always stuck with me also. Thanks for making this video. I truly appreciate your commentary.
This video was the most pleasant surprise RUclips has ever recommended me. Awesome work!
thank you and the algorithm!
That was a beautiful interpretation
thank you!
"Be indifferent to where you live"
-Musashi Miyamoto
I like your analysis. I’m into a lot of Weird Stories and Rock Bottom reminds me of two I recently read: Robert Aickman’s “The Waiting Room” and Shirley Jackson’s “The Bus”. Some other literary nerd help me verify this.
Spongebob season 1 is peak
Omg I was just thinking about this episode yesterday
Definitely watching this one w my depressed friend
This episode always scared me as a kid
I needed this
Rock Bottom is my favourite episode. However what I didn't like is the fact that they brought it back and made it worse.
You're overthinking it.
But it's a neat and creatvie way to look at it. So I enjoyed it.
Look up the real rock bottom in real life trust me you’ll never want to be near the ocean again
great watch 🙏
I love the Ween intro
Thanks - given the Mollusk connection to the show I try and sneak in some Ween in every SpongeBob video I do
I hated this episode when I was a kid.
I am too lazy to watch SpongeBob
But thanks for the video
It really cheered me up🎉
I'd like an episode 2
If you look at sponge Bob's arm it's not there
Or maybe the message is simpler: The Deep Ocean if FUCKING scary!
Its stuck whit me too
Schiku Miku riku
Ween!!!!!!
We will serve ya Nutella
Sponge don't be so cocky
is mayonnaise an instrument is mayonnaise instrument is mayonnaise is a
instrument (this is so sweet victory) only 2000s kids will get this (when i was a child in the target audience and didn't realize the sands of time are slowly catching to us, when we're nothing but a pile of dust. truly forgotten about. (is mayonnaise an instrument HAHAHAHAHH 😂😂😂)
🙂👍
I'm going to guess that you are a Scorpio.
Fun fact, the angel fish who helps spongebob is trans since only female ones have the glowey piece, good on him.
They could be female aswell lol, why do you assume that
@@hdmonster3327 The active effort put into presenting masc such as the voice and I think he/him pronouns were used. beyond that why can't he be trans? why can't we have a thing that actually works thematically since we face depression, addiction and homelessness more due to patriarchy sucking.
@@stm7810 Im just saying due to how strange rock bottom is, it could very well be a female or an enby. Or a trans male, yeah. But we can't know for sure.
@@hdmonster3327 possibly, I also just want this since the trans mascs deserve something nice since us non binary trans fems have all of Fallout New Vegas.
@@stm7810or maybe it’s just a kids show and rather than portraying him as a parasitic cyst of an animal that acts as glorified genitalia for a female anglerfish they just wanted to show an anglerfish and not put any political messaging into the kids show