Exactly, placebo only works because people are led to believe that they are taking medicine. These people don't have any knowledge about the jerktonium, and therefore could never, under any circumstances, be under a placebo effect.
I see what you were trying to say, but it can if they don’t know the ingredients, it can’t if they don’t know it was supposed to be anything other than ordinary fruitcake A placebo would be there is no jerktonium but plankton has told people it would make them jerks upon eating
Plankton never told any of the fish the fruitcake had jerktonium. SpongeBob was even the one who gave it to everyone. The only people who knew the ingredients were plankton, Karen, and the viewers
@@JcmachineShortsSandy to SpongeBob "You took food from plankton?" SpongeBob:Yes Sandy:and feed it to the people? SpongeBob:Yeah Sandy:You're idiot My fav part 😂, my another fav was santa telling a kid to get a job and santas driver just got out of the vehicle while it was moving, the random fishes are arguing about some random xmas songs that are ridiucolulus 😂
Sandys scientist self is just as high as spongebobs happiness, thats why she still helped because in the name of science regardless of how happy or mad she is, she’ll help people
The problem with calling it a placebo is a placebo doesn’t work if you don’t know that it’s supposed to do anything It is literally reliant on you expecting it to do a particular thing, that’s how the placebo effect works No one was aware that this was supposed to make them jerks
eh... its like an 8/10 for me. i think Santa Claus is coming to town from the ealry 70's was way better, despite this special being somewhat a parody of that classic with the patchy segments. @@lisaswayne8241
@@oshinmane I think yt removed the comments. I said that the ingredients don’t matter only the expected effect, I’m not defending the video just saying the comment should have said they never knew about the effect.
@@ChiefMakes Bro it can only be a placebo if they know what the intended effect is. Since no one told the fish of bikini bottom about the fruit cake with "jerktonium" in it, it can't be a placebo and that somehow they did get effectred with a new chemical
My theory is that jerktonium isn't a placebo, but it brings out the worst of peoples personalities. Say if someone that isn't from bikini bottom consumes it, the result wouldn't be as extreme as if someone from bikini bottom consumes it. This is because the bikini bottom resident was already a jerk, and the jerktonium just amped it up. So, the result of consuming jertonium really depends on how much of a jerk the consumer was originally.
Aren't there episodes where Spongebob himself is a complete jerk to some people? Stuck in the Wringer is one of those episodes where where he ends up being rather mean to Patrick. Naughty Nautical Neighbors is another one, where Spongebob and Patrick are tricked into legitimately hating each other. It has been shown that even Spongebob can be at his worst sometimes.
I know many people pointed it out already, but it can't be a placebo if they think it's just a normal fruitcake, they have to know what it's supposed to do for it to work like that
So, jerktonium is like radon and radium So, its almost like lead, but only affects the brain, and sound waves can disrupt it? Thats specific enough to be likely.
This theory, while being not far from the truth, was wrong. It cannot be a placebo effect due to SpongeBob gives out jerktonium fruitcakes without knowing of jerktonium. The people who eat them also don’t know about jerktonium because SpongeBob did not know and could not tell them. This whole scene is like 2 sentences at time stamp (1:46). It is way more likely that jerktonium reacts will people in a poor way, bringing out inner jerk and magnifying it. This would explain why SpongeBob was not affected, having no inner jerk and being a flower of goodness. Sandy was affected but as she is never really a jerk would still help SpongeBob. Her inner jerk was not that strong. Other people, being cured by a finger snap would have very weak inner jerks and have it fail easily. In summary, people are jerks to diffrent levels with SpongeBob not being a jerk at all. The jerktonium brings out inner jerks of people due to some biological connection. This is no placebo, proably just a result of a radioactive material plankton found (it literally glows - 4:01) in bikini bottom or bakini atoll, a nuke testing site.
As other people have pointed out, it’s only a placebo if and only if: 1. The townsfolk were told beforehand that there was something called “jerktonium” in it (whether or not it was there). However, Plankton’s plan on the first place was to make the jerktonium a secret, so it wouldnt’ve worked as a placebo. 2. The townsfolk actively agreed and believed in jerktonium’s power, as if it were a doctors prescription. However, I don’t think everyone, ESPECIALLY not Sandy or Mr Krabs, would believe that plankton’s Jerktonium actually works unless it is proven. So, not a placebo.
if this were the case you could argue it would technically be a nocebo effect, since being a jerk is a negative outcome, but it is not as the fish are not told before eating the fruitcake of its effects, so no placebo or nocebo here
I can’t believe you forgot to mention how Squidward is also immune to Jerktonium because he’s “already a jerk” (AKA he has depression and everyone in Bikini Bottom hates him for it)
also not to mention he didn't even eat the fruit cake because he was home all day and ingored spongebob (also krabs was a jerk despite not given the cake so there's another plot hole, unless the infection is airborne or "current-borne")
The jerktonium doesn't make you a jerk, it just takes your forces to keep your inner jerk 0 and you can't stop it from exiting you, this meaning it isn't a placebo, it just takes your worst intentions out, also this would explain why spongebob was immune, he didn't have any bad intention ever in his life
I think the reason almost all of bikini bottom is evil is because despite the human like forms they take they’ll still wild life deep down it’s all shown in feral friends where the sea creatures especially squidwrad and pearl all become wild and dangerous.
Ive been watching this special for years and its one of my favorite pieces of Spongebob media. This was such a fun video to watch...even if its completely wrong because no one knew about JT beforehand
Fun fact this episode aired on CBS. At the time (back on 2012) my parents didn't have cable so I had to watch SpongeBob at my grandma, aunts, or on DVD. Also I didn't use streaming services at the time so I didn't look for SpongeBob online. At the time I thought it was so cool that one of the local antenna channels was showing a SpongeBob christmas episode and I think since then it's the only SpongeBob episode that aired outside of nick (not including streaming).
2:26 never noticed before, but that sheet music has an extra space in it, and a lot of it doesn't fit within 4/4 time, either too many, or too few beats. As a musician, this hurts badly... Edit: And, even though it's implied to be the beginning, it doesn't have a spot that says where to repeat to
@@TMNTfan20035 your right about Mr Krabs but squadward is different reason maybe they sponge bob friendship love will that he being kind to them is also not affected. Will Patrick hate him from the beginning even Mr Krabs as well from help wanted. Squadward is just joking about hating SpongeBob and i think maybe plankton eating some of it off screen and it doesn’t work on him either
1:21 Not really. Santa should be able to see Plankton planning out his scheme and therefore Plankton should end up on Santa’s naughty list. Same goes with the Robot (Which you called Toybob despite the fact that he’s never called that the episode).
This is all well and good, but how can it be placebo if nobody knew Plankton put Jerktonium in the fruit cake in the first place? For all they knew, they were just eating regular, untampered fruit cake. The more likely explanation is that Jerktonium IS real, but instead of creating hostile feelings, it merely amplifies what’s already there.
Hey man I just finished the Mandela video and I wanted to say here in case you didn’t see it, yes the KK opened for 25hrs in one episode, no it wasn’t that one it was season 4 I think, ok bye
Huge thanks to Matt Neff! Make sure to watch his FU DW Christmas video!
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This only works if they're told it has some in it. Can't be a placebo if they don't know the ingredients
Exactly, placebo only works because people are led to believe that they are taking medicine. These people don't have any knowledge about the jerktonium, and therefore could never, under any circumstances, be under a placebo effect.
I see what you were trying to say, but it can if they don’t know the ingredients, it can’t if they don’t know it was supposed to be anything other than ordinary fruitcake
A placebo would be there is no jerktonium but plankton has told people it would make them jerks upon eating
Plankton never told any of the fish the fruitcake had jerktonium. SpongeBob was even the one who gave it to everyone. The only people who knew the ingredients were plankton, Karen, and the viewers
@@JcmachineShortsSandy to SpongeBob "You took food from plankton?" SpongeBob:Yes
Sandy:and feed it to the people?
SpongeBob:Yeah
Sandy:You're idiot
My fav part 😂, my another fav was santa telling a kid to get a job and santas driver just got out of the vehicle while it was moving, the random fishes are arguing about some random xmas songs that are ridiucolulus 😂
@@jedigovna295 that's only sandy, the other fish never knew who made the food though
there is so many plot holes in this theory
Sandys scientist self is just as high as spongebobs happiness, thats why she still helped because in the name of science regardless of how happy or mad she is, she’ll help people
How did you not know about this episode I literally look forward to watching this every year for probably a decade now😂
The problem with calling it a placebo is a placebo doesn’t work if you don’t know that it’s supposed to do anything
It is literally reliant on you expecting it to do a particular thing, that’s how the placebo effect works
No one was aware that this was supposed to make them jerks
they didn't even know what was jerktonium in the first place if it was recently found or made up by plankton
@@J.T._Entertainment exactly
Maybe it’s like that one feeling when it rarely happens when you wanna be just angry and I know one of you is gonna be bitching about it to me
@@Taurus_.Or perhaps nervous from not sleeping too well?
U all can still turn to Christ God bless
Noone knew about jerktonium, this is based upon missing information. Cool theory, but objectively wrong.
All of his theories are like this 😂
underrated special imo.
The best Christmas special ever
eh... its like an 8/10 for me. i think Santa Claus is coming to town from the ealry 70's was way better, despite this special being somewhat a parody of that classic with the patchy segments. @@lisaswayne8241
The only thing is, they didn’t know that there was jerktonium in it
Ingredients don’t matter, only what the expected effect is
@@ChiefMakesthe whole theory is supposed to be that its a placebo affect but it cant be if they dont know whats in it which they dont
@@oshinmane I know, can you read? You can? Then READ
@@oshinmane I think yt removed the comments. I said that the ingredients don’t matter only the expected effect, I’m not defending the video just saying the comment should have said they never knew about the effect.
@@ChiefMakes Bro it can only be a placebo if they know what the intended effect is. Since no one told the fish of bikini bottom about the fruit cake with "jerktonium" in it, it can't be a placebo and that somehow they did get effectred with a new chemical
My theory is that jerktonium isn't a placebo, but it brings out the worst of peoples personalities. Say if someone that isn't from bikini bottom consumes it, the result wouldn't be as extreme as if someone from bikini bottom consumes it. This is because the bikini bottom resident was already a jerk, and the jerktonium just amped it up. So, the result of consuming jertonium really depends on how much of a jerk the consumer was originally.
this is a MUCH better theory considering the fact his explanation of placebo is just plain wrong and doesnt work that way.
Aren't there episodes where Spongebob himself is a complete jerk to some people? Stuck in the Wringer is one of those episodes where where he ends up being rather mean to Patrick. Naughty Nautical Neighbors is another one, where Spongebob and Patrick are tricked into legitimately hating each other. It has been shown that even Spongebob can be at his worst sometimes.
Kinda like how hypnosis supposedly only works if the recipient is willing to do what they’re hypnotised to do deep down
I know many people pointed it out already, but it can't be a placebo if they think it's just a normal fruitcake, they have to know what it's supposed to do for it to work like that
This is my favorite Spongebob special episode! Brings back many memories
Merry Christmas, Dude! This was so much fun!
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The king of FU DW! :)
How is it considered a placebo if the residents were never told it had jerktonium in it
So, jerktonium is like radon and radium
So, its almost like lead, but only affects the brain, and sound waves can disrupt it? Thats specific enough to be likely.
I was waiting for you to point out that it can’t be a placebo, bc that’s not how placebo effects work
There was also that one episode with the no spongebob day where everyone left bikini bottom to spend an entire day without spongebob around.
Nice theory but that’s not how placebo’s work they didn’t know that the fruitcake had jerktonium in it couldn’t be a placebo
A placido only works if you think it will work the people had no idea about the jerktonium so that’s a hole
grammar? spelling? NAHHH, we don't need those. But also, how are there so few comments point out this hole?
@@Skivv5 how would they
@@mrchance105From watching the special, for instance.
@@Skivv5 Geez, what is it with you and the obsession with grammar XD.
have you been stalking my comments or what @@Fatih_M177
Santa’s coming tonight tonight
Santa already done came
And after that he will arrive
Santa's coming tonight.
I understood that reference
This theory, while being not far from the truth, was wrong. It cannot be a placebo effect due to SpongeBob gives out jerktonium fruitcakes without knowing of jerktonium. The people who eat them also don’t know about jerktonium because SpongeBob did not know and could not tell them. This whole scene is like 2 sentences at time stamp (1:46). It is way more likely that jerktonium reacts will people in a poor way, bringing out inner jerk and magnifying it. This would explain why SpongeBob was not affected, having no inner jerk and being a flower of goodness. Sandy was affected but as she is never really a jerk would still help SpongeBob. Her inner jerk was not that strong. Other people, being cured by a finger snap would have very weak inner jerks and have it fail easily.
In summary, people are jerks to diffrent levels with SpongeBob not being a jerk at all. The jerktonium brings out inner jerks of people due to some biological connection. This is no placebo, proably just a result of a radioactive material plankton found (it literally glows - 4:01) in bikini bottom or bakini atoll, a nuke testing site.
As other people have pointed out, it’s only a placebo if and only if:
1. The townsfolk were told beforehand that there was something called “jerktonium” in it (whether or not it was there). However, Plankton’s plan on the first place was to make the jerktonium a secret, so it wouldnt’ve worked as a placebo.
2. The townsfolk actively agreed and believed in jerktonium’s power, as if it were a doctors prescription. However, I don’t think everyone, ESPECIALLY not Sandy or Mr Krabs, would believe that plankton’s Jerktonium actually works unless it is proven. So, not a placebo.
if this were the case you could argue it would technically be a nocebo effect, since being a jerk is a negative outcome, but it is not as the fish are not told before eating the fruitcake of its effects, so no placebo or nocebo here
So this just proves to me that if Spongebob were ever in Kingdom Hearts, he'd be a Princess of Heart, got it.
You mean prince right mate.
I can’t believe you forgot to mention how Squidward is also immune to Jerktonium because he’s “already a jerk” (AKA he has depression and everyone in Bikini Bottom hates him for it)
Seriously though, if youcdon’t think Squidward is actually depressed, go watch _Are you happy now?_
also not to mention he didn't even eat the fruit cake because he was home all day and ingored spongebob (also krabs was a jerk despite not given the cake so there's another plot hole, unless the infection is airborne or "current-borne")
The jerktonium doesn't make you a jerk, it just takes your forces to keep your inner jerk 0 and you can't stop it from exiting you, this meaning it isn't a placebo, it just takes your worst intentions out, also this would explain why spongebob was immune, he didn't have any bad intention ever in his life
If plankton’s fruitcakes are so great why doesn’t he just sell them?
theory: the jerktonium didn’t actually affect anyone, they’re all just upset because they ate fruitcake
I dont know what's so bad about fruit cakes i like them 😂
That doesn’t make any sense. They ate the fruitcake willingly.
@@imfsresidentotaku9699 they probably thought it wouldnt be that bad
I think the reason almost all of bikini bottom is evil is because despite the human like forms they take they’ll still wild life deep down it’s all shown in feral friends where the sea creatures especially squidwrad and pearl all become wild and dangerous.
Hold up how is spongebob still alive without the bowl of water in sandy’s treedome? 🧐
It seems like squidward also wasnt effected by the jerktonium
6:10 squidward is also just being himself
Ive been watching this special for years and its one of my favorite pieces of Spongebob media. This was such a fun video to watch...even if its completely wrong because no one knew about JT beforehand
I was just rewatching this today
This one big back memories😭
Why do I love when ytbrs make a big conspiracy of simple cartoons and movie scenarios😊
Oh, jerktnium is just lead
Might sound random, but I just enjoy it everytime you’ve talked about a season 8 episode.
You forgot Squidward, who didn’t even ingest any Jerktonium.
If you think about it, he’s acts no different from anybody who did consume some.
Bro is turning into the next Alex Bale.
I really like your Spongebob theories!
I have just realized that mr. crabs sounds like demoman if he wasn't drunk all the time
Still better than Santa Inc. (plus a ton of recent lineup of Garbage Christmas Specials made by real Jerks)!
Not only is there a stop motion Christmas SpongeBob episode, but there's also a stop motion Halloween episode.
Mr krabs: don’t call me eugene anymore, call me *HEISENKRAB”
HOW HAVE YOU NEVER SEEN THIS
A good real-time example is crocs. I had a pair in 2005 and got bullied for it. Now they’re everywhere. I keep to myself now.
Jerktonium Doesn't affect Spongebob
1:13 yep
Definetely highly radioactive
I would say ~43 beta particles pwr second, or cobalt ~34
Just because he put it in the bottom of the periodic table?
@@LumaSloth yes, also because it looks like that, ends with -tonium
And like, just look at it and its effects, dont tell me thats not radioactive.
@@LumaSloth but also, absolutely because of that
How did you never see this special!? It played like every Christmas for years
SpongeBob isn’t immune to being a jerk, like when he was hung over in the first movie and other episodes when he’s mean. Especially towards Patrick
Fun fact this episode aired on CBS. At the time (back on 2012) my parents didn't have cable so I had to watch SpongeBob at my grandma, aunts, or on DVD. Also I didn't use streaming services at the time so I didn't look for SpongeBob online. At the time I thought it was so cool that one of the local antenna channels was showing a SpongeBob christmas episode and I think since then it's the only SpongeBob episode that aired outside of nick (not including streaming).
SpongeBob is the anti jerk
so basically plankton's motive is the same as joker's motivation in the dark knight
How could they use it as an excuse if they didn't know about it? The cake probably just had a ton of caffeine or some drug in it instead.
I watched every episode of SpongeBob and I am in my early 40s. I was introduced when I was 16.
They are 100% jerks even without the jerkonium,remember the episode where they mocked him for kissing his grandma?
2:26 never noticed before, but that sheet music has an extra space in it, and a lot of it doesn't fit within 4/4 time, either too many, or too few beats. As a musician, this hurts badly...
Edit: And, even though it's implied to be the beginning, it doesn't have a spot that says where to repeat to
But how should they use this chemical as an excuse if they don’t know that there is this chemical in it?
Merry Christmas Dude🎄
I thought this episode was a fever dream of mine
Not to be rude but this makes no sense
THE WHAT
How radioactive is it?
About squidward he didn’t have a jucky beard like the others. And I don’t why did Mr Krabs have a beard as well
Probably cause squidward is a grouch and krabs is already a jerk because of his greed
@@TMNTfan20035 your right about Mr Krabs but squadward is different reason maybe they sponge bob friendship love will that he being kind to them is also not affected. Will Patrick hate him from the beginning even Mr Krabs as well from help wanted. Squadward is just joking about hating SpongeBob and i think maybe plankton eating some of it off screen and it doesn’t work on him either
Maybe it wasnt a placebo but there were still traces of jerktonium in their system which still makes them have jerk behaviors but not total jerks
Hold on I fw the red boots not because of a celebrity, but because I wanted to make some og sonic shoes 😢
It still doesn’t make sense since it doesn’t effect spongebob
I think I STILL have this on DVD
1:21 Not really. Santa should be able to see Plankton planning out his scheme and therefore Plankton should end up on Santa’s naughty list. Same goes with the Robot (Which you called Toybob despite the fact that he’s never called that the episode).
For the people who say it can’t be a real placebo maybe it just shows that version of them😊
how did you not know about it?! it’s good!
Merry Christmas
Thank you MustardPregnancy
This is all well and good, but how can it be placebo if nobody knew Plankton put Jerktonium in the fruit cake in the first place? For all they knew, they were just eating regular, untampered fruit cake.
The more likely explanation is that Jerktonium IS real, but instead of creating hostile feelings, it merely amplifies what’s already there.
There’s a stop motion Halloween to I think
it seems like theres a great deal of adults who behave like this in society. its kind of sad tbh.
Maybe it does not affect land animals
merry christmas!!
I don't agree with this theory. It's a bit wild. Like SpongeBob as a whole.
Artificial hood classic
Matt Neff? The creator of FU DW?
What about the eyebrows and beards? 🤨📸
Dont be a jerkkkk its christmassss
You know what’s also weird talking fish with homes
Are you implying that everyone knew/thought jerktonium was in the cake? Otherwise, that’s not how placebos work
what is the theory? this is just a general summary of the episode. a 12 year old episode you just found out about.
Everybody in bikini bottom are jerks though
Idk why but when i was a kid i always hated this episode, idk if it was just the visual change or the fruitcake plotline
Yeah I never liked the background characters in the show because of how big of a jerks they are.
The theory is impossible because if how placebos work nobody knew it turned you into. Jerk
I was just listening to the song from the ep
Maybe there wasn't anything in it and everyone just hates fruit cake and SpongeBob does. Fruit cake is just bad
real?
Fake.
I love that episode so much💘
honestly i dont see it at all. your video was good though, love your other spongebib theories as well.
Hey man I just finished the Mandela video and I wanted to say here in case you didn’t see it, yes the KK opened for 25hrs in one episode, no it wasn’t that one it was season 4 I think, ok bye
But they didn't know
i love that special
MERYY CHRIMA
this is some shi I would watch when I was 9
People who agreed this is like the Grinch
Being delulu is not the solulu
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