Film Theory: The Secret Ingredient of SpongeBob's Krabby Patty! (SpongeBob SquarePants)

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    Spongebob Squarepants was a childhood favorite of many. It's an underwater adventure with great songs and memorable characters. Even more memorable is the big mystery at the heart of Spongebob's job at the Krusty Krab. You guessed it Theorists, today we are uncovering the SECRET INGREDIENT of the Krabby Patty recipe! Hold on to your Squarepants, this is NOT what you expected!
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  • @FangirlShayla
    @FangirlShayla 5 лет назад +4269

    “There is no secret ingredient... To make something special, you just have to believe it’s special.” -Mr. Ping, Kung Fu Panda

    • @thebiolibrary5572
      @thebiolibrary5572 5 лет назад +48

      Emmet, Spongebob, etc.

    • @wafran3396
      @wafran3396 5 лет назад +113

      The secret ingredient is... nothing.

    • @JoseATurner
      @JoseATurner 5 лет назад +16

      Emmet

    • @Eve25525
      @Eve25525 5 лет назад +26

      Kung Fu Panda is so good!

    • @azekia
      @azekia 5 лет назад +5

      @@JoseATurner From lego?

  • @magic593
    @magic593 4 года назад +4713

    “Mr.Krabs is not a master chef”
    Mr.Krabs: *peels and entire potato at once with no mistakes*

    • @arcanonn
      @arcanonn 4 года назад +145

      Gordon Ramsay: 0o0

    • @tusatuna9903
      @tusatuna9903 4 года назад +102

      In that episode it was a story that he told which wasn't true soooooo

    • @New3DSLuigi364
      @New3DSLuigi364 4 года назад +63

      How do we KNOW it's not true. . .
      Maybe he changed some aspects. . . like how the Other Crew Members looked; just to appeal to His Employees, by likening the other characters in his story, as Pre-existing Characters!!

    • @coltonwilliges1140
      @coltonwilliges1140 4 года назад +7

      I thought that was a coconut lol

    • @kindal5671
      @kindal5671 4 года назад +5

      I thought it was a burger bun

  • @sarcasmic9338
    @sarcasmic9338 Год назад +63

    Matpat: "We treat nothing as sacred"
    Diet coke: Am I a joke to you?

    • @JacobL228
      @JacobL228 2 месяца назад +2

      Store Brand Diet Cola with Citric Acid: You are now.

  • @bryanegelhoffsanimationtec257
    @bryanegelhoffsanimationtec257 2 года назад +172

    Well, the formula isn't how the patty is put together, it's the spices and herbs put into the meat.
    The episode Friend or Foe explains that the formula was created when several different ingredients fell into the meat Mr. Krabs uses, thus creating what he called, "the perfect patty batter."
    So the formula actually hasn't been solved!

    • @iansarmiento23
      @iansarmiento23 Год назад +5

      What can be deducted in the formula was that it included seaweed sauce, dried kelp, chum, and glass bottles.

    • @chumuheha
      @chumuheha Год назад +3

      but in that same episode it shows that Krabs and Plankton have differing recollections of that same event. so it may not have even happened at all.

    • @bryanegelhoffsanimationtec257
      @bryanegelhoffsanimationtec257 Год назад +6

      @@chumuheha yeah, but Karen said what actually happened, since she was a security camera back then.

    • @tayloranderson7547
      @tayloranderson7547 Год назад +4

      For real life it should been solved

  • @plushmoviestudios8004
    @plushmoviestudios8004 5 лет назад +9963

    your next spongebob theory should be how Plankton stays in business

    • @sillybilly23
      @sillybilly23 5 лет назад +149

      LOL

    • @cheddohernandez8436
      @cheddohernandez8436 5 лет назад +258

      Get roasted plankton

    • @bentice5911
      @bentice5911 5 лет назад +325

      Prostitution pays well in many places.

    • @FirstnameLastnamee
      @FirstnameLastnamee 4 года назад +616

      Well, chum is just ground up fish. So plankton could easily get that for free, all he has to do is find already dead fish and put them in a bucket. His only employee is his computer wife Karen, and you don’t have to give an AI money, meaning that whatever little money plankton earns, he gets to keep. Plankton also doesn’t need to eat food or worry about food and water bills, since plankton eat light and they live underwater. He pays his electric bill and rent by.. well, he doesn’t. The chum bucket is literally a bucket

    • @ANG3LM1301
      @ANG3LM1301 4 года назад +57

      Arms dealing

  • @aeyenthelobster4858
    @aeyenthelobster4858 4 года назад +3385

    everyone knows the krabby patty secret formula is in area 51

    • @thehiddenninja3428
      @thehiddenninja3428 4 года назад +37

      2 months left!

    • @aeyenthelobster4858
      @aeyenthelobster4858 4 года назад +40

      @@thehiddenninja3428 I think plankton is also gonna go to area 51

    • @HackJax
      @HackJax 4 года назад +3

      Fhfdzu$hjdtyfghsfhghxfghz why is Area 51 memes popular

    • @TyriggityTTV
      @TyriggityTTV 4 года назад +5

      I didn't go to area 51 and learn the secret Krabby Patty formula I know cuz I'm the one who created it it's crab meat duh.

    • @kaiden_404
      @kaiden_404 4 года назад +1

      Aeyen The Lobster omg

  • @cabecadeprego8772
    @cabecadeprego8772 Год назад +10

    the Sponge on The Run movie basically confirms this since they did a whole song saying that the reason why everyone loves Krabby Patties so much is because Spongebob cooks them in a pratically flawless way

  • @dxvworld1831
    @dxvworld1831 Год назад +8

    "Maybe the real secret formula are the memories we got along the way"

  • @onebottleofwater9487
    @onebottleofwater9487 4 года назад +1581

    Matt: "There is NO secret"
    Me: *Kungfu Panda flashback *

    • @felixmunoz3668
      @felixmunoz3668 4 года назад +26

      Love osu! But wasn’t there an episode where sponge bob and krabs looked at the list and realized that they didn’t have the right ingredients to make the sauce?

    • @theultimateantihero
      @theultimateantihero 4 года назад +8

      That scene got me triggered 👀

    • @m.plaenk9924
      @m.plaenk9924 4 года назад +4

      I see what you did there...

    • @luna.midnight8026
      @luna.midnight8026 4 года назад +1

      Yes.

    • @mirkeer814
      @mirkeer814 4 года назад

      ,i,m:8’i8’kkPlasma kkk

  • @bigmac6822
    @bigmac6822 3 года назад +1837

    “The McDonalds brand is about reliability”
    “Sorry the ice cream machine isn’t working”

    • @jenica7838
      @jenica7838 3 года назад +70

      Exactly, it reliability doesn't work

    • @sentinel7672
      @sentinel7672 3 года назад +56

      I think I remember hearing somewhere that McDonald's ice cream machines aren't actually broken down all that much: they just take a lot of work to clean and the workers just claim they're broken because they're too lazy/busy to clean them at that exact moment.

    • @jenica7838
      @jenica7838 3 года назад +6

      @@sentinel7672 Thank Zeus for small lies, amirite?

    • @jenniferyankee7730
      @jenniferyankee7730 3 года назад +9

      Understandable, have a nice day

    • @oops5173
      @oops5173 3 года назад +15

      the ice cream machine is reliably broken all the time.

  • @TheMaskedRacoon1
    @TheMaskedRacoon1 Год назад +6

    French salad dressing is the secret formula! It makes cheeseburgers taste delicious! Also, how the cheeseburgers are made: first the bun, then the burger, then lettuce, then cheese, then tomato, then onions, then pickles, followed by French dressing and then mayonnaise and then top bun. If you want it spicy, add jalapeños below the pickles. Cheddar cheese is even better.

  • @NeverBeenToBrisbane
    @NeverBeenToBrisbane Год назад +12

    Whatever the secret ingredient is, it has to fit within the price point of a Krabby patty. I highly doubt Mr Krabs would lose money

  • @prmetim3z522
    @prmetim3z522 5 лет назад +1715

    @MatPat, see normally I'd agree with you, but on this topic I can't for many reasons. Firstly, in Mr Krabs' flashback from season 1 or 3 about his history with Plankton, he clearly shows how he creates the Patty by mistake after knocking a bunch of ingredients into a mystery meat pot. He tastes it and he's shocked at how good it tastes so he writes down the ingredients and markets it the next day. He's not a master chef, he was an intermediate chef at best and just happened to stumble on to a master recipe.
    My second point is remember in another episode when they run out of pattys? Mr Krabs and SpongeBob are talking in the kitchen and Krabs tells SpongeBob to just make a fresh batch, but since it's been so long since either of them have made a Patty from scratch, they've both forgotten how to actually make one so SpongeBob and Patrick go on a train heist to go to a super secure bank where the real formula is stored. As a side note, it's also been shown that Krabs apparently licensed the formula for the Patty to another company to mass produce them for him and gets them delivered via armored truck as seen in another episode but I forget which.
    Lastly, if the recipe is a huge placebo as you claim it to be, why is it that every time Plankton manages to make a good burger, or take over the sea, it's only after he gets and reads and forgets apparently (for the sake of plot) the Krabby Patty formula? He's not an idiot, if he read it and found out it's a placebo like the dragon scroll in Kung Fu Panda, he'd say so... loudly.
    My point is, I think the placebo theory is too much of a cop out. Hillenburg may have made something that is harder to find than the holy Grail, garden of Eden, Atlantis, and the library of Timbuktu combined, but I believe that it is there somewhere. It just doesn't add up that it would be a placebo, or else that's one hell of a reality warping placebo.

    • @mattchewhensley
      @mattchewhensley 5 лет назад +88

      This needs more upvotes. It's exactly what I was thinking while watching the video

    • @Lena-tt7dg
      @Lena-tt7dg 5 лет назад +87

      Pr!me Tim3z someone’s been watching their spongebob

    • @robro_1030
      @robro_1030 5 лет назад +62

      Yeah, I was thinking about that Krusty Krab origin story too. Maybe we can look at what droped into the pot to get an idea of what the formula could be?

    • @goob214
      @goob214 5 лет назад +24

      Pr!me Tim3z *thoughtful nodding* Valid points

    • @moveslikemacca
      @moveslikemacca 5 лет назад +19

      Do you know about the Theorist subreddit? I think you would enjoy yourself there haha

  • @ShonaMcCarthy
    @ShonaMcCarthy 3 года назад +4307

    Alternate theory: The secret that makes the Krabbi Pattys so good is actually Spongebob. His high integrity and extreme love of his work means that he produces burgers at a level of quality that no ordinary person ever would. The secret formula is a mcguffin that only exists so that Plankton will keep trying to steal it instead of simply abducting and/or recruiting Spongebob. It's why he's the only fry cook, and why The Krusty Krab was never franchised even though Mr Krabbs is so money obsessed, and why the product failed once they tried to mass produce it in factories, and why the Krusty Krab has to practically shut down whenever Spongebob can't work. No other employee will have the same passion Spongebob has while working for so little as Spongebob does, so Mr Krabbs can never simply replace him.

    • @viofifteen4771
      @viofifteen4771 3 года назад +283

      For real! It was love all along. Nice theory

    • @gladioluss2919
      @gladioluss2919 3 года назад +231

      Unless im mistaken, i remember an episode where mr krabs speaks of a former employee who is not spongebob
      Seriously tho, correct me if im wrong 😅

    • @PurpleMoon799
      @PurpleMoon799 3 года назад +138

      technically plankton did "take" spongebob away after mr krabs lost a bet in one of the early seasons.

    • @melissacooper4282
      @melissacooper4282 3 года назад +142

      @@gladioluss2919 you're not mistaken. I can't remember the title of that episode but there was a fry cook who used to work at the Krusty Krab before SpongeBob came along. SpongeBob thought that the guy was going to replace him until he found out that the Original Fry Cook went into business on his own.

    • @kolbyst-jean1086
      @kolbyst-jean1086 3 года назад +44

      Melissa Cooper I believe it’s season 5 ep 2 “The other fry cook” is the title

  • @dragonfirede554
    @dragonfirede554 2 года назад +11

    Can I just say this guy would be an amazing lawyer in an advertisement court case

  • @LeechGuy
    @LeechGuy Год назад +14

    Nah brother krabby patties are made of crab Evidence: Few krabs in the show, Krusty Krab is a crab trap, and mr krabs eats a krabby patty and say, "Oh so that's what I taste like."

  • @YaGirlZero
    @YaGirlZero 5 лет назад +401

    Telling people our favorite cartoon are addicted to cocaine is like cocaine for Mat

  • @chatteringbox7583
    @chatteringbox7583 5 лет назад +1889

    Good ol' Steven Hillenburg...
    The Stan Lee of Nickelodeon.

  • @Phuckseeds
    @Phuckseeds Год назад +1

    6:57 "But what he is, is an expert business man."
    The visual completely confirms this.

  • @covagotnext8337
    @covagotnext8337 2 года назад +10

    Your theory gets more and more believable, the longer I watch the video. I feel like this c po old be very true in the spongebob universe but the writers probably set it up perfectly like that, unintentionally

  • @brandi8907
    @brandi8907 5 лет назад +2425

    The secret recipe is love... duh

    • @creeperawman4779
      @creeperawman4779 5 лет назад +6

      No

    • @dumpling5
      @dumpling5 5 лет назад +16

      It was Mr. Krabs, it was love

    • @canaan466
      @canaan466 5 лет назад +15

      deSuperNoodle no it’s imitation crab meat

    • @Tysean
      @Tysean 5 лет назад +1

      Nah its crab sorry to break it to ya.😅

    • @whatthewhatthe9117
      @whatthewhatthe9117 5 лет назад +1

      Awesome Mystery? I said that too :D

  • @enderteimant740
    @enderteimant740 4 года назад +1680

    Are you sponsored by Chum Bucket or something?

    • @your._.kinnie4913
      @your._.kinnie4913 4 года назад +22

      this is my favorite comment A+

    • @blujay8342
      @blujay8342 4 года назад +6

      I was going to like but you had 420 sooooooooo.....

    • @snowflakeserpert6834
      @snowflakeserpert6834 4 года назад +4

      @@blujay8342 *the number of the stuff he puts in his secret sauce*

    • @noelpepa_
      @noelpepa_ 4 года назад +1

      Underated comment

    • @liamstudios1390
      @liamstudios1390 4 года назад +2

      @@snowflakeserpert6834 Krabs*

  • @tempisk
    @tempisk 2 года назад +6

    Just getting to see how the editing has improved over the years is just great ( it’s still great here btw )

  • @maenad1231
    @maenad1231 Год назад +1

    2:10-3:10
    In the Hashslinging slasher episode the secret sauce is also mentioned. However it’s possible the secret sauce is also some type of marinade used for the patties

  • @lanemesser9297
    @lanemesser9297 4 года назад +1446

    I CRACKED THE CODE!!! the second formula had secret sauce but it was missing tomatoes, mustard, and ketchup. I believe that you get secret sauce by putting tomatoes, mustard, and ketchup in a blender and mixing the up.

  • @Haminations
    @Haminations 5 лет назад +6339

    The secret ingredient is actually love ❤️

  • @snerpnerp3251
    @snerpnerp3251 2 года назад +1

    Teacher: remember to show ur work!
    Matpat:

  • @discipleoftheLordJesusChrist
    @discipleoftheLordJesusChrist Год назад +3

    we all know that "love"
    is the secret ingredient that
    spongebob puts in the krabby patties.
    he just wants his customers to eat
    and experience the best burger.

  • @drewski1664
    @drewski1664 5 лет назад +370

    Telling you that your favorite cartoon characters are addicted to cocaine is like my favorite pastime - MatPat 2019

  • @hanaismail6118
    @hanaismail6118 5 лет назад +1103

    But there's a couple flaws...in the season 9 episode 'Salsa Imbecilicus', we see that at the very end of the semester, the day of everyone's graduation from Bikini Bottom University that Mr. Krabs has devised the Krabby Patty's secret formula. It's also shown in ' Larry the Floor Manager' that bodybuilders who have never tried the krabby patty fall instantly in love with it, and that in many instances we see that Bikini Bottomites follow the sweet smell of a Krabby Patty. Not only those points, but it is also mentioned that there is mayonnaise in the Krabby Patty burger in 'Planet of the Jellyfish.' That may also be made of crab since in The Netherlands, the show's name for Krabby Patties means "Crab Burgers."
    In the episode 'Selling Out,' when people eat the synthetic Krabby Patties, they immediately notice the difference in taste, further proving the fact that there is a secret formula.
    I love Matt, his theories, and his channel, and this is my first time actually doing something like this, but these were just a couple of things I noticed and found out.
    Help Matt see this message!! Thanks

    • @yicheencheung4266
      @yicheencheung4266 5 лет назад +8

      You should go work for film theorie iam form the netherlands btw

    • @d_estroyz5685
      @d_estroyz5685 5 лет назад +16

      It's just a fucking show

    • @anthonynorman7545
      @anthonynorman7545 5 лет назад +61

      @@d_estroyz5685 says a person watching a film theory video...

    • @user-db9iz4xk6l
      @user-db9iz4xk6l 5 лет назад +11

      So it is a cocain after all?😄

    • @ydimkthis
      @ydimkthis 5 лет назад +15

      Well he does say that it’s about brand. People convince themselves that krabby patties are the best. And no one realized there was anything different about the synthetic patties until mr krabs freaked out about it.
      I think a better argument would be when squidward made the patties because sponge bob was off somewhere. And the time when sponge bob brought new rich clientele.
      Anyway, I think the secret is really spongebob. He’s a good fry cook. 🙂

  • @RaphBlade7
    @RaphBlade7 Год назад +3

    What if the ingredients text is actually a form of Lorem ipsum used by the writers to keep the formula as vague as possible to the audience!

  • @The_Infamous_Boogyman
    @The_Infamous_Boogyman Год назад +1

    The secret ingredient is shredded receipts so Mr Krabs can evade taxes

  • @Handington
    @Handington 5 лет назад +234

    Well, two things. First, in Friend or Foe, we see Mr Krabs create the formula by accidently adding a bunch of ingredients to the patty batter when they fell in, and it made the burger taste perfect after many failed attempts. Next, in the SpongeBob movie, which is cannon, Plankton steals the formula and is able to turn his burgers into being as good, so there is a real secret ingredient. However, Mr Krabs has created fake formulas before, so you'd be correct in thinking that one was gibberish.

    • @Handington
      @Handington 5 лет назад +1

      XD That would have been good too!

    • @petelee2477
      @petelee2477 5 лет назад +1

      He also went home to find another hiding place when he found out that squidward knew the location of the formula.

    • @pop-jw3mc
      @pop-jw3mc 5 лет назад +1

      Yeah suck on that mat pat

    • @ricardobravo4205
      @ricardobravo4205 5 лет назад +1

      Handington and sponge out of water the pirate manages to make patties using the stolen formula

    • @samuelregular3888
      @samuelregular3888 5 лет назад +1

      Well.
      It's canon, not cannon, but I'm just nitpicking here, so don't mind it '-'

  • @madcowboy5700
    @madcowboy5700 5 лет назад +405

    Idk if this is true though... In one episode, I don't remember the name, they ran out of Patties and lost the formula, so Mr Krabs who doesn't know the formula by heart asked SpongeBob to make the patties since he remembers it cause he reads and uses it all the time, but SpongeBob makes himself forget it so he can't be made to give it to someone,they spend the rest of the episode to get it back. Mr Krabs needed the secret formula to make one, this proves the theory wrong, I like this theory but my SpongeBob knowledge is too much

    • @shanesams6942
      @shanesams6942 5 лет назад +34

      At least he didn't fall into the cocaine bait. It also ruins my idea that it was just a strange kind of meat

    • @ferhanthefox4688
      @ferhanthefox4688 5 лет назад +9

      Oh yeah that was an episode but im not sure if bobby made himself forget it

    • @TheDaniCalifornia1
      @TheDaniCalifornia1 5 лет назад +4

      They just have to found the bottle where the formula is, in a lot of episodes they show it, so maybe it your theory is wrong

    • @VideoGameGyrl
      @VideoGameGyrl 5 лет назад +16

      Plus im pretty sure in another episode they say that Plankton and Mr Krabs made the secret formula and then mr. Krabs run off with it or something- i remember it but i forget what episode.

    • @worthplayingfor2197
      @worthplayingfor2197 5 лет назад +2

      PaceTry that is one example I thought of but maybe it's to keep up the ruse idk

  • @markkelsey371
    @markkelsey371 Год назад +1

    Didn’t plankton and Krabs create the recipe together? That would tell me plankton has first-hand knowledge of the object of his pursuit.

  • @thisisthisis542
    @thisisthisis542 Год назад +1

    I accept Alex Bale’s theory that it’s pearl’s dead mother. She was so huge that crabs has practically an endless supply

  • @deadcool3227
    @deadcool3227 4 года назад +2056

    I feel like they're gonna reveal what the secret formula is in the final episode...if Spongebob ever ends.

    • @YanZ_Edits
      @YanZ_Edits 4 года назад +125

      Dead Cool technically the first spongebob movie could be considered how spongebob’s story ends chronologically

    • @deadcool3227
      @deadcool3227 4 года назад +65

      @@YanZ_Edits yeah that makes sense, since that was the only version were Neptune looked different, and the fact that they never bring it up again.

    • @YanZ_Edits
      @YanZ_Edits 4 года назад +74

      @Dead Cool also the fact that it’s the only story where a 2nd Krusty Krab exists and the only story where Spongebob would become manager, reaching the peak of his employment in the Krusty Krab

    • @deadcool3227
      @deadcool3227 4 года назад +6

      @@YanZ_Edits yep

    • @FunBoxGamingPOG
      @FunBoxGamingPOG 4 года назад +39

      I would rather never know the secret Krabby Patty formula than seeing Spongebob end.

  • @kadenmr2677
    @kadenmr2677 5 лет назад +452

    1:03 Flashbacks to how “Sweet Victory” wasn’t shown at the Super Bowl.

    • @Clonesoldier501
      @Clonesoldier501 5 лет назад

      Thank god it wasn't.

    • @Blurdboy
      @Blurdboy 5 лет назад +8

      The super bowl couldn't FIRMLY GRASP sweet victory

  • @romeorich2004
    @romeorich2004 Год назад +1

    Mr.Krabs is just stashing Pearl’s Mother and that’s the secret formula

  • @RealHyperHedgehog
    @RealHyperHedgehog Год назад +3

    That’s what I’ve always thought the Krabby Patty secret formula was, even since I was a kid.

  • @mediocreandworse59
    @mediocreandworse59 5 лет назад +312

    *The secret ingredient to the Krabby Patty formula is*
    HOOPLA

    • @inkbendy3524
      @inkbendy3524 5 лет назад +2

      HOPPLA!!!

    • @Damstraight68
      @Damstraight68 5 лет назад

      Its fish.

    • @TETITO14
      @TETITO14 5 лет назад +3

      no it's not, the secret formula is
      LEEDLE LEEDLE LEEDLE LEEDLE

  • @0ccasional_j035
    @0ccasional_j035 3 года назад +881

    "Telling you your favourite cartoon characters are addicted to cocaine is like my favourite pastime"

    • @noodleedits9016
      @noodleedits9016 3 года назад +7

      Lol same

    • @crzjt
      @crzjt 3 года назад +4

      @@noodleedits9016 I'm sorry what?

    • @caniculaandrei8011
      @caniculaandrei8011 3 года назад +1

      i have a question what about the episodes about flashbacks

    • @allmight8155
      @allmight8155 3 года назад +2

      Ooo nice hat
      Nvm hats aren’t cool anymore

    • @adamcheeseplease
      @adamcheeseplease 3 года назад +1

      Apart from the misspellings, spot on hahaha

  • @No1rated_salesman1997
    @No1rated_salesman1997 Год назад +1

    Plankton: *Years of academy training wasted*

  • @megangossett2254
    @megangossett2254 Год назад +4

    I've always thought that the secret formula was that MR. Krabs made the patty out of crab hence why they call the burger the crabby patty and MR. Krabs didn't want anyone to know so he says that there's a secret ingredient even though he's practically telling every one by calling it a crabby patty

  • @vaseante2026
    @vaseante2026 5 лет назад +361

    Yo is this like in kung fu panda. there is no secret in the noodles

  • @pspspspspspspspspspspspspspss
    @pspspspspspspspspspspspspspss 3 года назад +881

    Imagine if they open a real Krusty krab restaurant and the whole spongebob series was just a huge commercial

  • @Navnos7
    @Navnos7 Год назад +1

    I remember as a kid buying a magazine from Clan, the channel that screened spongebob and other cartoons in my country (Spain), because it had the krabby patties (burguer cangreburguer in Spain) formula, and just getting completely traumatized when I read that it had crab sauce over the patty.

  • @beldeverelongbottoms2672
    @beldeverelongbottoms2672 2 года назад +5

    I’ve heard that the creator of the show, Stephen Hillenburg, stated that the patties are actually vegetarian. Great video though!

  • @just-a-silly-goofy-guy
    @just-a-silly-goofy-guy 5 лет назад +1357

    I’m honestly shocked you haven’t done this one before

  • @Iraxvii
    @Iraxvii 4 года назад +694

    Mr. Krabs even got me talking. Crazy how a fictional character got me helping his market.

  • @gamingplayeronline6761
    @gamingplayeronline6761 Год назад +1

    Alternate Alternate theory: The secret that makes the Krabbi Pattys so good is actually is a crab

  • @lillemonbeatz3818
    @lillemonbeatz3818 Год назад +2

    The secret is in the patty, it's made out of crab meat, in one episode mr krabs takes a burger from an orange child fish, bites a bit and says, "so that's what I taste like", which makes sense, because crabs are cannibals. And if it's real, that the patty is made out of crab meat, it makes sense why it's called "krabby" patty or "Krusty krab"

  • @manuelrivera9166
    @manuelrivera9166 5 лет назад +257

    *Plankton has entered the chat*

  • @Ziraya_
    @Ziraya_ 5 лет назад +194

    in the first spongebob film where Neptunes crown was stolen, Plankton actually stole the formula and started selling krabby patties. If it really was marketing wouldn't had Plankton just sold them after the movie anyway ?

    • @christianx1z
      @christianx1z 5 лет назад +11

      maybe he was zapped with an amnesia ray lol

    • @abellinns4013
      @abellinns4013 5 лет назад +6

      Wouldn't he remember the formula anyways?

    • @mjbf20
      @mjbf20 5 лет назад +45

      Hellingburg said the movie is chronologically the end of spongebob. Every episode or other movie takes place before the first movie.

    • @flowerbloom6047
      @flowerbloom6047 5 лет назад +1

      Abel Raregroove maybe the formula is really forgettable

    • @Ziraya_
      @Ziraya_ 5 лет назад +1

      Abel Raregroove He just used them to get everyone to wear his helmets, he probably just made a few batches

  • @sarvente2234
    @sarvente2234 Год назад +1

    Thank you for this video Mat

  • @isnt_itkingstar
    @isnt_itkingstar Год назад +2

    in spanish, when spongebob lists the ingredients he mentions krab when putting the patty

  • @mrpay4444AYypIgEDLbwfZm4kjaQk
    @mrpay4444AYypIgEDLbwfZm4kjaQk 5 лет назад +442

    *The real formula is under Mr krabs mattress.*

  • @fruitsbasketissweet
    @fruitsbasketissweet 5 лет назад +139

    Here's a giant hole in this theory. In the episode "Friend or Foe", Karen says that when Krabs and Plankton were kids and had their own restaurant together, they had a falling out and ended up tearing a recipe. Plankton got a tiny portion that only said "Chum" while Krabs got the rest of the recipe.
    Now a really interesting Spongebob theory would be on Old Man Jenkins. The various incarnations, all the odd things that happen to him (he literally got poisoned in the episode I mentioned), etc

    • @sofg573
      @sofg573 5 лет назад +2

      Bonderito this is what I thought of while watching the episode too

    • @joshpeterken8514
      @joshpeterken8514 5 лет назад +4

      I thought of this too. With the movie as well (how could Plankton recreate the Krabby Patty if there is no formula?), this theory doesn't work at all.

    • @fullorganicalchemyst2715
      @fullorganicalchemyst2715 5 лет назад

      I could easily be wrong here, I haven't seen this episode in a long time so don't take this as me attacking you. But I'm pretty sure I remember the friendship between Plankton and Mr. Krabs being revealed to have been a fictional story.

    • @joshpeterken8514
      @joshpeterken8514 5 лет назад +1

      @@fullorganicalchemyst2715 the two stories told earlier in the episode are false but in the end Karen tells the real story

    • @Inkyink
      @Inkyink 5 лет назад +2

      Well I wouldn't blame him for missing it. There are so many episodes of Spongebob after all.

  • @beef4724
    @beef4724 2 года назад

    Matpat:THERE IS NO FORMULA
    Sponge out of water: *am I a joke to you?*

  • @MellowLol
    @MellowLol Год назад +2

    If food theory was made around the time of this video, this would definitely have been a food theory video

    • @caca8367
      @caca8367 Год назад

      thats what i was thinking, or he would attempt to make it

  • @monickacharya8234
    @monickacharya8234 5 лет назад +436

    *Plankton has joined the chat*

    • @agentlambet2470
      @agentlambet2470 5 лет назад +2

      Uh oh

    • @carleyblackburn5614
      @carleyblackburn5614 5 лет назад +5

      Oh s***I serious some one get me a lighter and some hair spray so I can get get the little f***

    • @plaguex6
      @plaguex6 4 года назад +1

      *Plankton has rejoined the chat*

    • @laceyrobbins2162
      @laceyrobbins2162 4 года назад +2

      *Spongbob calls the police*

    • @thelynxinroses4449
      @thelynxinroses4449 4 года назад

      *_Plankton breaks out and takes the formula_*

  • @sans1724
    @sans1724 5 лет назад +295

    There’s a few problems with your theory:
    1.Earlier In that band episode you mentioned plankton hears sponge bob singing the recipe, well gibberish and the amounts, most likely that’s a reference to it and the real formula is hidden in crabs house , in another episode (the one where plankton comes for the formula with his family) get scared and runs when he learns what in the fake formula , crabs says he hide it somewhere else , squidwards guess his house and he’s right.Crabs must have been hiding the real formula at his house the whole time.
    2.Most likely crabs didn’t include the whole list of ingredients because remember it was the patty with the works and he just listed the main ingredients to save money on how long his commercial was, and the reason sponge bob doesn’t include secret sauce is because if you look , you see crabs didn’t bring the sauce fearing plankton might try to steal it.
    3.we see in one episode that the sauce isn’t made in the restaurant, we see it get delivered by military men, and we see crabs stealing it to try not to pay to get it made.
    Finally: we see in the movie a pirate using a magic book to steal the formula to make crabby patties on the surface and we see people buying the burgers and loving it even though they haven’t seen or heard of it before, proving you theory false!
    Check and mate matpat

    • @ParadoxParadise
      @ParadoxParadise 5 лет назад +35

      Tbh, I'm glad I read the comments for this because I was like, "There's a few holes here~"

    • @jp100780
      @jp100780 5 лет назад +41

      actually squidward specifically guesses that "its at home under your mattress isn't it" mr.krabs then frantically exits the building

    • @benshapirohamburgerhelper1239
      @benshapirohamburgerhelper1239 5 лет назад +24

      Sans ruins this man's life yet again

    • @theredhare2483
      @theredhare2483 5 лет назад +1

      -_-

    • @CHAARVIN
      @CHAARVIN 5 лет назад +4

      How many Worldy Places have you went and gone through sans?

  • @kakDeluxe
    @kakDeluxe 10 месяцев назад +1

    How does his videos age so well??
    When you open this video, you cannot tell the difference from one from recently.

  • @ZackMorrisDoesThings
    @ZackMorrisDoesThings Год назад +2

    I randomly decided to research this topic last night and thought of this theory. Apparently one of the show's creators clarified that the formula is intentionally in jibberish to keep the audience from seeing it. That said, I think marketing could still be the source of the Krabby Patty's success since we know for a fact that Mr. Krabs is ironically a horrible chef and made the original batter by accident. Supporting that is the fact that the few times the Chum Bucket has been successful are also the few times where Plankton had a better gimmick or marketing campaign than Mr. Krabs, and even turned his rival's own word-of-mouth strategy against him in one episode.

  • @SILENTS1X
    @SILENTS1X 5 лет назад +9063

    *_THE FBI WOULD LIKE TO KNOW YOUR LOCATION_*

  • @yoshikagekira2350
    @yoshikagekira2350 5 лет назад +478

    "ITS LOVE! THE SECRET INGREDIENT IS LOVE!" -The Spongebob Movie: Sponge out of Water

    • @christroyer69
      @christroyer69 5 лет назад +6

      I thought it was from the episode where pearl was going through something (sorry my spongebob knowledge is a little rusty)

    • @jasperkt6838
      @jasperkt6838 5 лет назад +11

      That’s canon

    • @joshuavogel2562
      @joshuavogel2562 5 лет назад +4

      Christopher Brijalba I guess you could say that your Krusty Krab knowledge is a bit KRUSTY

    • @ronald4life1
      @ronald4life1 5 лет назад +5

      thought it was plankin...

    • @ericktheking123
      @ericktheking123 5 лет назад +1

      I knew it

  • @iansarmiento23
    @iansarmiento23 Год назад +2

    Wow, I was genuinely excited for the answer, and then Mat started talking about marketing half way through the video.
    The answer can probably be found in the episode Friend or Foe. It contains seaweed sauce, dried kelp, chum, and some other ingredience in glass bottles that fell in while plankton stormed out.

  • @Yesimaminordealwithit
    @Yesimaminordealwithit Год назад +1

    I have one leading theory: Mr. Krabs uses other crabs to make his patties. You never see crab relatives or any other crab in the show, just him. Even when he eats a Krabby Patty, he says: "Hmm.. so that's what I taste like."

    • @-.socks.-
      @-.socks.- Год назад +1

      FINALLY SOMEONE ELSE THINKS THIS TOO

  • @lazyninja1793
    @lazyninja1793 5 лет назад +151

    This video is brought to you by the Chum Bucket: Come eat at the Chum Bucket, where we now will start selling Krabby Patties.

    • @AdamFord152
      @AdamFord152 5 лет назад +4

      And a free Chum Bucket Bucket-Helmet for every purchase!!!

    • @PewPewBeets
      @PewPewBeets 5 лет назад +4

      WARNING: Chum Bucket is not responsible for any medical complications, both physical and mental, that result from eating raw ground up fish.

  • @lazymorris5293
    @lazymorris5293 5 лет назад +301

    Wasn't there a episode when it was a flashback when Plankton and Mr Krabs worked together and Mr krabs accidentally knocked ingredients into a pot to make the secret formula?

    • @Ishtanbul.
      @Ishtanbul. 5 лет назад +6

      We must look at at it

    • @ivohbyronkuizon5430
      @ivohbyronkuizon5430 5 лет назад +15

      Those were basic sauces but we know for a fact that the krabby patty was made with chum

    • @freddythesavagefan4229
      @freddythesavagefan4229 5 лет назад +18

      That was powerpuff girls

    • @dogeboi3431
      @dogeboi3431 5 лет назад +15

      I have a disk on that. Yes that did happen and the people loved it even thought he didn't tell them there was secret sauce or anything. I might be wrong but this theory does have a lot of holes.

    • @phottiogames56
      @phottiogames56 5 лет назад +6

      They were also inside the jar so there are crushed glass on the patty.

  • @jorgecastillo2391
    @jorgecastillo2391 Год назад +1

    If only food theory was alive when this came out

  • @williampavlik9734
    @williampavlik9734 Год назад +1

    I think matpat knows there is a secrect recipe but he just can't find it out. So he says it doesn't actually exist!

  • @davidkrcil9326
    @davidkrcil9326 5 лет назад +418

    Me before watching the video: "Please don't go for the "There is no secret formula" cliché"
    The video: *goes for the "There is no secret formula" cliché*

    • @treehugger0241
      @treehugger0241 5 лет назад +15

      At least they presented a believable and detailed argument instead of just going "lol what a twist".

    • @monroerobbins7551
      @monroerobbins7551 5 лет назад +11

      At least he covered it well, and had actual evidence beyond ‘no consistency in ingredients revealed’.

    • @davidkrcil9326
      @davidkrcil9326 5 лет назад +2

      @@monroerobbins7551 Well yeah that is true, but still. I've seen millions of videos explaining the exact same principle. Honestly I am not sure if the "evidence" is enough to justify making another video of this kind.

    • @monroerobbins7551
      @monroerobbins7551 5 лет назад +1

      Dave, well, that I can agree with. I’m just trying to be optimistic.

    • @AwesomeJDO
      @AwesomeJDO 5 лет назад

      Thanks for saving me 14 minutes of my life lol

  • @bababagelbrain
    @bababagelbrain 5 лет назад +178

    Don’t forget that Mr Krabs has 2 bottles with the formula, shown in a movie. The bottle that plankton stole could be the fake one , and the real formula could be somewhere else.

  • @ash._.ants02
    @ash._.ants02 Год назад +1

    This is an amazing theory, but what about the SpongeBob movie, where plankton finds the formula and takes over making the krabby pattys?

  • @AshleyTheFighter
    @AshleyTheFighter Год назад

    6:15 matpat out here figuring out how the writers decided to write a bit for the episode is more meta than the concept of this episode

  • @tylermo8367
    @tylermo8367 5 лет назад +567

    Next theory: How much money does Mr. Krabs have?

  • @josephdevine8040
    @josephdevine8040 3 года назад +937

    “Mr Crabs is NOT an expert chef”
    *plays clip of him peeling a potato in ONE PEEL while SPINNING IT ON A CLAW LIKE A BASKETBALL*

  • @thephaneron3676
    @thephaneron3676 Год назад +1

    You're probably right. How sacrilegious would it be if the Krabby Patty secret formula turned out to be Chum with added MSG? 🧂🤣

  • @temishawestpoint9311
    @temishawestpoint9311 Год назад +1

    The real Siri is what is the Krabby Patty made of

  • @operationsauce7511
    @operationsauce7511 5 лет назад +97

    Rest in peace Stephen Hillenburg. You was love and will be remembered forever.

  • @TweetTweet17
    @TweetTweet17 5 лет назад +757

    The secret ingredient is...
    BIG
    MEATY
    CLAAAWS!
    Edit: Thanks for the likes and the very humorous comments!

    • @randomplayz4386
      @randomplayz4386 5 лет назад +7

      Your right

    • @volksdude1970
      @volksdude1970 5 лет назад +20

      WELL, THESE CLAWS AREN'T JUST FOR ATTRACTIN' MATES! COME HERE!

    • @CHWH283
      @CHWH283 5 лет назад +5

      Tweet Tweet17 oh my. Who let this kid watch memes agian! (Jk I totally agree)

    • @Edgar-kq4st
      @Edgar-kq4st 5 лет назад +1

      matt pat should make a episode on avengers endgame

    • @otterpopgames0715
      @otterpopgames0715 5 лет назад +1

      Is it just me or is that a Courtney (Project SNT) quite?

  • @chikky234
    @chikky234 Год назад +1

    Remember that episode where the flashback shows the ingredients you mist it

  • @aniyaharvey9710
    @aniyaharvey9710 Год назад +1

    Can you do a video of every crime Mr. Krabs did and the punishment for said crime

  • @overtflow
    @overtflow 5 лет назад +3463

    there is no secret ingredient - kung fu panda

  • @alexherrera3571
    @alexherrera3571 5 лет назад +119

    I remember seeing a theory video that said the secret ingredient was Crab

    • @Lawn_Clippings29
      @Lawn_Clippings29 5 лет назад +1

      Me too

    • @mau3429
      @mau3429 5 лет назад

      Medieval Hunter yes I did 2!

    • @yazanqadi2002
      @yazanqadi2002 5 лет назад +1

      I heard about it

    • @Organic.smiles
      @Organic.smiles 5 лет назад +1

      Medieval Hunter that’s was on robot chicken

    • @andrewconard5922
      @andrewconard5922 5 лет назад +3

      Yea but it was wrong. They showed a clip where Mr. Krabs was like: "So thats what I taste like." but it was taken out of context.

  • @erynneriannevandenberg4088
    @erynneriannevandenberg4088 2 года назад

    Matpat: our generation's version of Bill Nye the science guy

  • @scrungis
    @scrungis 2 года назад

    This felt like a film and a food theory at the same time

  • @TheColossalMixel
    @TheColossalMixel 5 лет назад +112

    But what about that one episode where Mr.Krabs and Plankon tell their origins on how they became enemies and it shows one scene where a bunch of stuff falls in the giant pot and when Mr.Krabs tastes it and found out the formula?

    • @SSHale21
      @SSHale21 5 лет назад +17

      Exactly what I was thinking, the Friend vs. Foe episode.

    • @rodrigoalvarado8380
      @rodrigoalvarado8380 5 лет назад +8

      I don't know how trustworthy is Mr Krab's word, but it at least deserved to be mentioned since its a direct origin story for the Secret Formula.

    • @andykishore
      @andykishore 5 лет назад +3

      Plankton only got part of the recipe.

    • @Jinx-se7wp
      @Jinx-se7wp 5 лет назад

      ikr

    • @yishai8466
      @yishai8466 5 лет назад +1

      Go to sleep kid

  • @poweroffriendship2.0
    @poweroffriendship2.0 5 лет назад +112

    *Plankton:* FINALLY NOW I HAVE THE FORMULA, TRY AND STOP ME KRABS!

  • @amisuu6717
    @amisuu6717 Год назад +1

    at 2:48 I thought that my right ear was dying for a second

  • @son-of-a-game
    @son-of-a-game Год назад +2

    I wish this had been food theory lol

  • @collskies
    @collskies 4 года назад +1443

    I'm just here to see how many people said, "ThE sEcReT iS cRaB mEaT iTs In ThE nAmE!!!"

    • @ShonaS
      @ShonaS 4 года назад +48

      yo same, like they say crabs is the only crab, but then there's that episode when crabs went to the cheapskate contest, with like 50 other CRABS, and theres larry

    • @collskies
      @collskies 4 года назад +23

      @@ShonaS If were talking about Larry, its Lobster Patties in that case, which still sound tasty AF

    • @dx8976
      @dx8976 4 года назад +14

      Amal Chamchaoui
      Holy-

    • @mechasentai
      @mechasentai 4 года назад +11

      It's cannibalism!!!!! Lol yeah sounds legit.

    • @noimsquidward7327
      @noimsquidward7327 4 года назад +10

      @Amal Chamchaoui yes he has man I don't remember what episode but he has been in the crusty crab.

  • @DarkGamer-dq7gz
    @DarkGamer-dq7gz Год назад +1

    Option 3: its a fake formula, while rivals are focus on trying to steal it, the real one is somewhere else

  • @knight7533
    @knight7533 Год назад

    flim thoery: its no recipe
    FOOD THEORY: ITS THE STACKS 64 STACKS

  • @DWN037
    @DWN037 5 лет назад +74

    The gibberish formula could've just been a decoy, and Mr. Krabs just acts like it's the real deal so everyone will believe him. Nobody would leave something like that just lying around inside the safe in the restaurant.

    • @nullvoid7188
      @nullvoid7188 5 лет назад +3

      Knowing krabs has probabily has the real formula written on the inside of his money mattress.

  • @erinfischer9288
    @erinfischer9288 5 лет назад +302

    But in the first spongebob movie, plankton stole the formula and was able to make the exact patty with the formula

    • @dontreadmyprofilepic4000
      @dontreadmyprofilepic4000 5 лет назад +9

      This needs more likes

    • @Daniel-cx6uq
      @Daniel-cx6uq 5 лет назад +5

      Don't read my Profile Pic but he controlled everyone with those hats

    • @PolishGigaChad180
      @PolishGigaChad180 5 лет назад +3

      What the? WHATS a PARTTY

    • @k.hibiki2175
      @k.hibiki2175 5 лет назад +4

      But wouldn't it just have been association as the "Krabby Patty"?
      They would think it was the same, with the secret formula. Without either Krusty Crabs running, there would be no way to really know.

    • @limwater8230
      @limwater8230 5 лет назад +6

      How come he just forgot it or didn't write it down, after the movie? Plankton is part of the lie. After all, they were friends once. Think of how much free advertising plankton has giving Krabs and how much more mystery there is to the burger, since there is a man who would try to destroy the place, trying to get it. I think in the movie, plankton was trying to hook the king for mr krabs, who wouldn't have came to the crusty krab's if he didn't lose his crown.

  • @skepp136
    @skepp136 2 года назад

    Even tho this is like 3 years old, this should be a food theory episode

  • @user-mf2kl4jq1w
    @user-mf2kl4jq1w Месяц назад

    Can’t believe it’s been 6 years r.i.p.

  • @cleorubindionela7575
    @cleorubindionela7575 5 лет назад +686

    Can you do a theory about how rich is mr. Krabs

    • @vangel0x
      @vangel0x 5 лет назад +17

      I need to see that

    • @notreallysure4575
      @notreallysure4575 5 лет назад +3

      +

    • @nwordta5042
      @nwordta5042 5 лет назад +1

      Succ

    • @eugenekrabs5820
      @eugenekrabs5820 5 лет назад +8

      Why do you need to know?

    • @NPC-bs3pm
      @NPC-bs3pm 5 лет назад +4

      @@eugenekrabs5820 Afraid to reveal questionable sources of wealth mr. Krabs : )? [COUGHembezzler/cough]