How Old is the Spongebob Squarepants character?
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- Опубликовано: 21 дек 2020
- Based on the evidence, I think we've found the best answer 😀
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I always imagined Spongebob being in his mid 20’s. Old enough to be noticeably more mature and responsible than a high school student like Pearl but still younger and more energetic than a middle aged person like Squidward
Yeah so did I 😅it just seems to make sense his be in his mids 20s.
I thought 21. Similar to Rocko from Rocko's Modern Life.
SpongeBob, mature? LOL.
@@elephant35e he has his moments
@@TumpyNumpus Too young.
He’s not stupid- he’s smart for not letting judgment stop him
Who
@@djescobar1128 SpongeBob
@@GustawStudios23 popsicle
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Krusty Krab Pizza
The 1st movie is canonically the end, not only because we never see him manage Krusty Krab 2, but Hillenburg even said "that was the end, it was supposed to end there."
But Nickelodeon got greedy and wanted more episodes
Well SpongeBob was never good when it comes to continuity
True
Well at least it started to get good again. Not quite as good as the original run but much MUCH better than seasons 6 & 7
also the Krusty krab 2 is never seen again
Spongey is just a child at heart, he's definitely an adult.
Spongebob as a kind-hearted middle-aged, 51 year-old "dad" really makes sense
He's 51 in Sponge years said Stephen
@@aSonicfan-z7b Yes, but he said this jokingly
I've always thought he was in his mid 20's.
@@cookiesontoast9981 He's 35 today according to the creators ((Jul 14, 1986
@@springboobsquirepin6121 MY MOTHER IS 33-
The first film technically is the end of the series, as that was the original intention of the film. Great video by the way.
An argument could be made that there really isn’t a continuity to this series, but an even better argument could be made that as long as the new episodes funnel down and eventually lead to the first movie then they can make as many episodes.
Basically the timeline is episode 1: spongebob is hired to the krusty krab
Then the rest of the franchise happens.
Then the first movie at the very end of the timeline.
You already said it before i could at least someone else had the same mindset as me
I really hope the first movie was not the end of the series because that would mean Plankton never redeemed himself at all.
@@TheVeryLastOne yeah, I really like Plankton’s character, and I always like when he’s portrayed in better or sympathetic lights in episodes (although his appearance in the movie is still awesome, and villainous Plankton is usually pretty fun too)
wrong video
Not an animated kid show. Just an animated show for all ages
For some reason, it always makes me happy when you call him “Spongey”
@Butter Scotch Milk Something about it really makes me feel at ease
Let’s not forget we’re trying to find the age of a character in a universe where there’s fire underwater.
Bruh
Lmao
And a sea underwater...
@@jamelabarrogo3749 thoose are brine pools
0:44 I found it as I saw this comment!!!
Spongebob is always a man child in my heart
Same
Ikr
Yeah
MAN-CHILD
Yup
Lol, imagine squidward finding out spongebob can live for hundreds to thousands of years
Yeah
😂😂🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Thankfully, according to the Lifespan of the Octopus Squidward would only have to deal with him for about 3-5 years
He'll be relieved to not have to deal with him for a while in the afterlife lol.
*We live for 42 years, and then we die*
_“We do that for 40 years, and then we die. Sounds like a pretty good deal to me. What do you say?”_
_“Yeah, yeah, I hear you, Squidward. I’ll be right back.”_
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I sorta always just accepted that he’s perpetually in his 20s or maybe early 30s at the latest (like how most cartoon characters never age) which is why he lives on his own and is clearly pretty independent but everyone also treats him like a kid. That wouldn’t really make sense if he was like 50. Especially because a plot point in the movie is that he’s “just a kid”.
You can have the mentality of a child and still be an older person like 'ol Squarepants.
I agree. I personally never try to overthink it, since cartoons are infamous for not caring about continuity. Especially cartoons aimed at kids.
@@thebrideofghostface look at the Simpsons, South Park, Family Guy, etc. None of them ever age
@@NitroExists Have they aged? I thought they've been in 4th grade for like 20 years
No one:
Strider: Oh yeah, it's all coming together now
Sorry, I had to, man
The Krusty Krab should open a location in Pyongyang
Don't worry, there's probably some illegal ripoff somewhere around there.
😂😂😂😂
@@firefli9975 There is a real version of the Krusty Krab in Ramallah, in Palestine's West Bank called Salta Burger. Apparently the sell fast food and SpongeBob merchandise. Fun times for the Arabs.
@@firefli9975
Under the extreme-leftist government, I think that private owners of business is illegal. The idea of a Krusty Krab in North Korea is hilarious, though.
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The sad part is that Spongebob will overlive all of he's friends!!
Yep
@@katelynthewhitewerewolf6376 Hm true
"Spongebob is meant to live for thousands of years"
with how popular he has been over the last 20 years, he might.
So technically the whole, "Mr. Krabs saying that Sponge bob's a kid" is really Bull-crap.
I mean.. Krabs is pretty old too
He’s a kid mentally.
He meant he was too childish.
Krabs is like almost 80.So anyone under 50 is a kid to him lol
It's not. Kid can mean a lot of things. It doesn't just mean child , it means a young person as well. I mean, to Mr. Krabs, spongebob is a kid because he's very likely much younger than he is. I mean Krabs is even old enough to be figure father to SpongeBob. So it's understandable why he will call him a kid. Also he could have said he's a kid because he has a childish personality I guess. Either way stop taking this phase too literally guys. I don't think it meant hes a kid as in he's a literal child. I don't think that was what the message movie was trying to say at all.
The spatula deserves employee of the month, it does all the work
Yes, his spatula did the good deed.
Yeah!
Avery -_- you got mad at a communist joke 3 years ago on a random infographics show video.
@@rieldebonk1044 Well, his name is Cuban-American. He or his family probably left Cuba when Castro allowed people to emigrate to America for a little while in the 80's. Many Cubans suffered under communism and knew it was a mistake, all it did was suppress the successful in order to make every impoverished in the name of equality. It's starting to finally get better there thankfully
That Spatula is one true hero alright
There’s something so calming about strider juggling in the outro
Agree Dude! Plus, Nice Profile, Cool To Meet A Fellow Logic Fan!!!!
Movie: He's worked at the Krusty Krab for over 30 years
Also the movie: You're just a kid
I prefer to use my own "Pineapple Theory". A pineapple takes roughly 36 hours to decompose and become uninhabitable underwater.
Therefore, given his house is still standing, Spongey is not much older than 36 hours old. Given how starkly younger he looked when he moved in, to the pineapple shows that he ages astonishingly quickly and could only have been born a few hours prior.
But what would explain the day/night cycle?
@Javier Lugo It’s not a fake showed in multiple episodes
@@birdboy16 ikr
Actually, your theory is incorrect. In "Lost" episode, there was "(forgot how many) days later" transition and his pineapple was still alive.
What about him winning Employee of the month 1/2 years?
Spongebob is definitely an adult who is a kid at heart on his happiness and ideas. But it definitely shows that the series is for everyone.
Well, in the first movie he has 374 employee of the month awards. That comes to 31 YEARS and 2 months. Depending on how old he was when he first started working at the Krusty Krab, Spongebob should be a minimum of least 49 years old possibly.
Ntm spongebob is called a “kid” in the first movie by everyone despite no one doing this before or since
Also apparently sandy is going to be in the camp coral show though the writers have claimed there will be an explanation preventing this from contradicting their meeting in the show
*brain explodes*
My method for calculating his age is simple, add 18 + 20. To give some further context, you have to be at least 16 to get a job, and at least 18 to own your own home. So if we assume that SpongeBob is the bare minimum age he needs to own a home, then he would be 18 and all you need to do is add 20 which would get us to 38. The reason we add 20 is because the show itself is 20 years old, and in SpongeBob's big birthday blowout we can hear a fish passing and conversation say, "20 years old". So I believe he is 38 years of age.
But that's just a theory A STRIDER THEORY
Yes
Thanks for watching and...
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If this comment doesn’t get a heart then I don’t know what will
I think he's 18. He's old enough to live on his own but still young enough to act childish.
Even 20 something year old can be childish you know, not just 18 years old.
So Spongebob is in his 30's, I didn't know how old he can be and I thought he would be older than 32 because of the episodes and movies that went by to the age he is because of those passed years of episodes and the movies I could be wrong. He is a man that is a kid in his heart.
3:59 Is nobody going to talk about how Strider or whoever is editing included the version of the Spongebob Movie poster with a bunch of other characters on it?
Yeah Nickelodeon made the same mistake
Holy crap.. I seriously didn't even notice that 😆 PhoenixStar snuck that right by me lol. I feel like a bit of a goose now
@@phantomstrider hi strider (:
my theorie:
spongebob is 34, the first spongebob movie, is supposed to be the end of the series, once the series ends, find out how old he is, and thats how old he is in the movie
We should have an episode like band geeks as the last as everything is at peace and happiness in that episode
I have the same birthdate as Tom Kenny, and it’s kind of interesting that spongebob’s birthday is one day after his voice actor
thanks phantomstrider for this really unique idea for revisiting a nostalgic cartoon
He’s definitely an adult is he works full time and if they made several flashbacks of him as a kid
I had really bad days lately (i mean mentally), so i am so happy that you posted 😍❤
Ran M. sorry about the bad days and ignore that stupid attention seeking kid.
and JustdumbYT, DON'T like your own comments.
Merry (almost) Christmas Strider!
He's in his 30's, between 32 and 34.
Wow, Tom Kenny's voice sounds so much older nowadays... 8:50
The audio is distorted, he doesn’t rlly sound like that
@@tiablue9106 actually, it’s not. This is how he sounds in more recent episodes.
Spongebob is like 30 something years old
Love your videos. Keep up the good work.
1:17 wouldn’t he be 13?
I remember that in a Christmas special that Spongebob was writing a Santa letter that he is 10 years old (I think I'm the only one that remember this)
It wasn’t spongebob writing the letter, it was a letter from a 10 year old child. From the episode “Christmas Who”
Yeah. And his name was- *NAME AND ADDRESS WITHHELD!*
@@baybvgo2.058 Fun fact: "NAME AND ADDRESS WITHHELD" actually has a name! Go frame by frame when Patchy holds up the letter. Study what the letter says and how his mouth moves, and we can see the child's name is..."Mike Miller"!
Yes but in the First half of session 1 he wont even exist, and in the End Of session 1 he will be to young to have a job.
I really liked this video! I would personally like to see more theory or discussion videos like this in the future.
I really like this video. Its so laid-back and pleasant. Keep up the good work Strider and I'll keep on watching!
The 2004 SpongeBob movie is a big exception since it is the cannon final episode
phantom became mat pat. And im all here for it
I really like this! A nice change of pace from the top videos, glad to see some more diverse content!
I didn't expect you to make videos like these!!! This video was really good keep it up!!!
In Sponge on the Run, we find out that Gary met SpongeBob at a summer camp. SpongeBob is possibly a 7 to 10 year old kid and Gary is a kitten. Gary would have to be really old in 2020. So, how old is Gary supposed to be?
The show is inconsistent with how and when Spongebob got Gary. For instance in “have you seen this snail?” there are pictures of spongebob with Gary when he was a child. However in eps like “treats!” Spongebob is shown adopting baby Gary from a pound when he’s an adult
Just another thing they’re loose abt
@@tiablue9106 Yes, spongebob is very incosistent, in S2E1 "Pre-Hibernation", Sandy started sleeping (she wasn't fat), but in S2E2 "Survival of the Idiots", Sandy was so fat.
THAT IS AWESOME THANK YOU MY DUDE
this was such a random video
but an enjoyable one as well
I was expecting something Christmas related but this is just as good
Great vid man,I hope we'll see other vids like this a great way to spice up your content
Spongebob is smart and mature, it’s just he isn’t very smart when he’s hanging out with Patrick especially when he’s convinced to do something that’ll land him in jail
And anybody is a child at heart so nothing wrong with that (unless my mum hears and says that it isn’t true)
I believe they made Spongebob’s (as well as the rest of the cast’s) DOB ambiguous on purpose. There was a quote from either Hillenburg or another member of the team (which I can’t exactly remember at this time) but it went along the lines of: they made the show with the intention that the age and sexual orientation of the characters (traits they believed to be superficial for the cartoon) would not be revealed at anytime in the series’ run.
I do think that traits like the ones that were omitted can and do contribute to deep and enjoyable characters, but I can also see why they chose NOT to include them. Not including them can be perceived as giving them a sense of timelessness or purity, where any demographic can appreciate these characters with their personalities being front and center.
So yeah, THAT’S why none of the characters in Spongebob Squarepants have known ages (aside from obvious jokes and/or visual gags).
Phantom Strider doing analysis videos? This is not a development I ever expected, but I'm not complaining either. Nice work on presenting this! ^^
Considering real life sponges tend to live for OVER HUNDREDS OF YEARS, he's probably still in his child years.
Nice to see you actually doing a theory strider. For a casual viewer you really pin pointed a lot of crusial stuff. You should do more.
Please do more Adventure Time videos; a commentary on your old list of Adventure Time episodes or a new video around or that involves Adventure Time
Now that you mention it, I wanna see the top 10 WORST Adventure Time episodes.
These are good videos - Thank you Phantom Strider
great video! you should start doing more cartoon theories every once in a while. I really enjoyed this video :)
I do think this theory makes more sense depending on Spongebob's Age.
My biggest problem with the employee of the month metric is the key word "consecutive." That does not tell the audience anything other than the amount of time required to build up the record. just because spongebob has 3&1/2 years worth in one episode does not mean spongebob has only worked for 3&1/2 years by that point, but that the time frame is his current streak. That time can be inflated by any hiatus to the reward (for example, maybe mr krabs doesnt award any in 2020 because the seafloor experiences the same problems as the surface, but he reinstates the awards in 2022. spongebob had a streak of 2 prior to the hiatus, and depending on how you count the streak after the hiatus, can reach 2 [if not counting pre hiatus] or 4[streak maintained during hiatus].) or shrunk by pity rewards given to temp help or squidward (we see such an example to some extent in the same episode, even if only in nightmare form).
Overall, i agree that the license metric is likely the most accurate, but at the same time the entire concept is trying to fit logic to an episodic show with no clear timeline. There is even enough material to work with for dedicated people to make a multiverse theory. (for example, the reason patrick is such a jerk in some episodes could be written off as an entirely different universe, as could any instance where spongebob is a bit too emotionally young for his main character portrayal be considered part of yet another timeline.) Heck, some might even say it is already confirmed what with episodes containing events like chrome future, alien tourist future, and squidward creating jelly fishing due to time travel shenanigans, and those are the more vague examples. There are flat out alternate reality episodes like the one in which manray takes over bikini bottom due to more time travel shenanigans.
Great job phantomstrider, i love your videos
Great video,Phantom Strider.Keep up the good work 😄👍🏾
I’d say by behavior he was an adolescent (18-23) in Help Wanted and now probably is in his late 30s.
Krabs just handed out the awards whenever he saw SpongeBob’s productivity slipping in his early years at the KK, which explains the inconsistency.
If I remember correctly, Hillenburg himself actually stated the movie is meant to be set at the end of the series
this is a great video! From the time I am watching this it has just came out a few minutes ago.
Havent watched your channel for a long time, now i look at it, i feel nostalgic :). Keep up the good work by the way! Your editing is improving!
There is one thing I don’t understand about squidwards and squilliams age. After some research, it said Squidward is in his 60s. And squilliam is 39. This makes no sense because they both went to highschool together so I think squidward is younger than that-
Not everything g you search in the in is accurate you know.
This is a very interesting video. I've wondered this myself. I've wondered how old other characters are in relation to him too. Characters like Mr. Krabs and Plankton specifically. Even Squidward is implied to be older than Spongebob.
This was a pretty deep question that has pondered everyone’s minds. I do hope to is ends up in many people’s recommended
Happy new year, Josh
Boy, who would've guess how old SpongeBob really is despite his date of birth and how long he actually worked at the Krusty Krab for. Some parts in the series make no sense.
Yeah that's cartoon logic for ya.😅😌
What about Spongehenge when we time travel 3000 years into the future?
If Spongebob lived for 3,000 years in Spongehenge, then he would be 1,014 years old (and it make sense since he's a sea sponge).
1986 (birth year) - 3000 (future) = 1,014 (age)
That's an exaggeration.
You make my day every time i see your vids
2:16 OH MY GUD! ITS BOO! I miss boo.
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There's a theory about how after Spongebob died in the first movie he was reborn as a child and that's why season 4 onwards spongebob act more childish... Or my theory is maybe he lost a lot of brain cells and suffered some brain damage when him and patrick dried up
True
Or the brain cells he lost in the episode Squiliam Returns when Squidward told SpongeBob to empty his mind.
@@jasonrandom372 wasn't that in another season?
That's false the first spongebob movie is canonically the end of the entire show
Everyone says that seasons 1-3 are the golden age. Well, they are, but they are spitting on season 4. Season 4 has only one or two duds. Season 4 might some bad episodes, but most of them are nearly as great. But my last reason they are wrong is because season four was the golden age of Specials. So if you ask me, “why is season four underrated?” I will tell you, “because it has some of the best specials in the series.”
I definitely agree I'm 9 and seasons 1-4 are fantastic in my opinion episodes like SB-129,band geeks,wet painters and skill crane are some of the best of the show and honestly I think season 4 is better than season 1 and to be honest I actually think good nieghbors is a great episode
Ok. What does this have to do about his age?
Film theory: phantomstrider edition
Dang, you put a lot of effort into this! Great job, strider!
*Phantomstrider:* _"Spongebob is three years older than me."_
So let me guess? Your birth year is actually 1989 and your current age in 2020 is 31 years old.
Spot on 🙂
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Old Spongebob: Adult with a Child's sense of wonder
New Spongebob: A Child
Spongebob Midlife Crisis Theory?
@@em5345- possibly
No that season 6 to 8 SpongeBob
This video is a fresh turn in what you usually do. Fun watch!
Howdy! Have really loved your channel, have an awesome new year.
I’m just going with the license theory like you mentioned lol realistically he could be hundreds of years old but cartoon-wise, 34 seems like a good age for him. I wouldn’t say he’d be as young as 14 in the first episode however, each episode within each other can differentiate and not exactly be 2 months apart whether the timeframe of every week, month, etc. Overall, Spongebob is indeed a man-child:)
*☆HAPPY NEW YEAR !!☆*
Josh, are you a little like Spongey yourself? 😏 Lol. Thanks for making this video. Talking about SpongeBob's character development as an adult made my heart so full. 💕
I agree with you honestly, the movie theory makes the most sense, especially seeing as it’s been stated the first movie dose take place at the end of the Spongebob time line. The only other theory I have is what I call the actor theory, that being a theory that honestly can apply to all of animated media in general, the theory is essentially that all these cartoon characters are just actors playing themselves in their show, it at first seems unlikely but it does explain every continuity error, fourth wall break, and even the times we are shown it’s just a show, such as Pixar’s A Bug’s Life, Toy Story 2, monsters inc, or the LEGO movies all having bloopers. In which case the only idea we have to go off of is the driver’s license if it really is Spongebob’s birthday.
He'll always be a child in a man's body, we can all agree.
In SB-129 when Squidward travels 2000 years into the future, the calendar shows the year 4017. Meaning the first season takes place in 2017 at one point at least.
Merry christmas, Josh
In this video's release, Spongebob's 34.
Today Spongebob's currently 36.
This is the first video he’s done on this channel not to be a top 3/5/6/10 video
nah he's done multiple videos that haven't been lists.
Name one, or better give me the link. And it can’t be on Livestrider
@@riffraff7942 his very first video.
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Thanks, @@billygray6776
Phantom can you make...
*Top10 Best Dark Age Spongebob Episodes ?(S6-8)*
“Not Normal” would probably be my suggestion for that list.
Prediction for best: "Sandcastles In The Sand"
You should do more videos like this josh I liked it:)
Actually,the pilot episode,Help Wanted,aired on it’s own sometime in 1997,so that would’ve made him 12!! 😂😂😂
Well fun fact Sponges can live 500 years!
... so in that episode where he isolated until he was an old man he was there for over 400 days
Isn’t that dependant on what kind of sponge it is? Like some live for only 20 years?
Yep! In fact, he mentions it in the video! It’s pretty cool to see sponges live so long like that
I don't know, sponge's life span is 2,300 years according to my research.
*Phantomstrider can you make The 10 Best Spongebob Dark Era Episodes of Seasons 6 to 8 the Worst Seasons of the Show.*
Mandalorian said it best: Species age differently
Hey Strider, Merry Christmas!