History WMG / SpongeBobSquarepants

[[WMG: A sea turtle will appear as a character in a future episode. Or maybe even a [[EverythingsBetterWithPenguins penguin]].]]

[[WMG: The Ugly Barnacle is a [[Wiki/SCPFoundation Keter (or maybe even Thaumiel) SCP. Hell, it might be even the real SCP-001.]]]]

[[WMG: A [[TurtlePower sea turtle]] will appear as a character in a future episode. Or maybe even a [[EverythingsBetterWithPenguins penguin]].]]

"A Pal for Gary" is one episode you would never want to see again (and if you haven't seen it, don't bother looking). It left many fans outraged and embittered, mainly due to [=SpongeBob=]'s stupidity being [[{{Flanderization}} flanderized]] [[UpToEleven beyond all belief]] at that time.

This explains many things, like its presence underwater, its ability to [[KillThemAll kill everyone]], and why [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking it's]] [[EldritchAbomination so ugly.]] Describing it as a barnacle is simply the closest comparison one can conceive [[YouCannotGraspTheTrueForm to describing its true form.]]

Both ''[=SpongeBob=]'' and ''Shark Tale'' take place in a underwater city populated by sea creatures.

They caused people to turn yellow and get holes, as if they were turning into sponges, and this is reminiscent of when [=SpongeBob=] and Squidward were injected with snail plasma and turned into snails. Plus, I don't buy [[ChaoticEvil post-movie Mr. Krabs']] explanation that some old, rotten patties "turned yellow." Plenty of fish actually ate the Spongey Patties and got sick, but if they were ''that'' rotten, no one would even go ''near'' them (let alone eat one!), like in "Born Again Krabs" when Mr. Krabs attempted to sell ''one'' patty that wasn't even bad enough to ''turn yellow''.

** The imagined sand castle segments turn into a war, with [=SpongeBob=] and Patrick [[FoeYay against each other.]] Aggressive, dominating sex play is not uncommon with male couples, so it makes sense that it'd get kind of rough and they'd end up in pain [[IncrediblyLamePun in the end]].

Patrick is able to see into the future, but he is unable to see or unwilling to tell that it is in the future (hence the past tense verbs). The Ugly Barnacle will cause the extinction of all life in the SpongeBob universe.

Again, to make his kingdom more earth-like, he gave air-breathing sea creatures the albility to breathe under water.

[[WMG: Plankton didn't actually graduate college]]
He boasts about having ''went'' to college but never actually says he graduated.

* Look at the sky gradient when SpongeBob, Squidward and Mr. Krabs are "at sea." In this one setting, the sky gradient is a darker shade of blue at the top and lighter at the bottom. In all other episodes, it is darker at the bottom and lighter at the top.

[[WMG: In the Spongebob version of Italy, people (fish?) speak by whistling]]

* One flaw; as Spongebob is fired by Señor Taco, he laments "But I've given you the best ''years'' of my life, Mr. Krabs!"

There ''was'' an ugly barnacle, and it did kill an underwater civilization of men and merpeople. The only survivors were either gods (Neptune) or superheroes (Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy). Yes, yes, this inspired Atlantis. The underwater dead became so infected and mutated by the fallout of ugly that they spontaneously resurrected and became sentient. Yes, yes, Bikini Bottom is just like a past-ZombieApocalypse civilization. And that is why Spongebob sometimes looks like an EldritchAbomination.

* Since Spongebob is already known to take place under the Bikini Atoll which was known for atomic testing this might actually be true.

* After The End Of Evangelion happened, the world was rebuilt. Kaworu rose up from the LCL sea and emigrated to the Bikini Bottom, pretending to be a dumb starfish. He became a friend of Spongebob and told The Ugly Barnacle tale to cheer him up. It did not work.

All of it ''really happened''. Indeed,it happened on dry land, and the "barnacle" was a human and the story took place in the (to us) present day, but the story was slightly warped over time to make it a barnacle. The few survivors (remember, it was warped in the telling, so not everyone died) retreated to the seas and over the millennia became more biologically compatible with marine life (perhaps some sort of machine was created to accelerate and manipulate genetic change). They remember almost nothing about their land origins save a few myths, including the story of their past society's downfall, and have only recently reached a point where their society parallels what modern humans have. Sandy- and probably all squirrels, really- is so strong because any creature would have to be to survive on land, as most of the world is a nuclear wasteland. Patrick is a keeper of ancient lore for...some reason. [[ObfuscatingStupidity Maybe he's smarter than we think,]] or perhaps nobody else wanted the job. Patrick is warning Spongebob of the dangers of the past so he will make efforts to increase his good looks and so avert a repetition of the past.

[[WMG: The word "barnacles" is a curse word in the Spongebob universe because of the Ugly Barnacle killing everyone, so the word is used when something is ugly, foul, or a generally bad situation.]]

Patrick is an EldritchAbomination who is recalling personal experience. He once lived on another planet, in another dimension, etcetera...His true form (i.e. his 'ugliness') killed everyone on said planet, in said dimension, etcetera...including his friends, loved ones, everyone! So riddled with guilt, and so wrought with grief, he came to Bikini Bottom, hoping to start a new life, disguising his true form. When Spongebob was upset over his own 'ugliness' Patrick reinvented his own tragic tale into a harmless children's story...it didn't help at all...That may be because he slowly went mad from the guilt/grief, or possibly hiding his true form. Subsequently, the story wouldn't exactly...convey...the desired effects. Either way, he is subtly telling Spongebob to get over himself, as HE knew firsthand that Spongebob was being dramatic. He has every right to be indignant. This also may coincide with his being a [[Series/DoctorWho time-lord]]. This troper likes to believe his real name is Szaellcaraeth.

[[WMG: Patrick wanted to say that Spongebob was not as ugly as the Barnacle.]]
At least, Spongebob does not kill everyone with his ugliness. Sadly, Patrick was not a good storyteller.

When the story is presented in the [[WesternAnimation/SpongebobSquarepants Spongebob]] episode ''Something Smells'' it at first seems to be paralleling Spongebob's situation. In that episode Spongebob turned out to not actually be ugly, his breath just stinks. ''The Ugly Barnacle'' might have been in that same situation. The episode adds a new layer to the story of the barnacle.

[[WMG: Spongebob was The Ugly Barnacle.]]

Since the show was starting to get so popular so fast the creator's decided to add a little seasoning in it. Since the ratings were so high(meaning more money also) the creator's decided it would be okay to turn it up. What better way then add a sex topic, instead of clich'e heteresexuallity and make [=SpongeBob=] a lady killer because how many show's didn't use that? They instead made [=SpongeBob=] a little homo or at least apparently homo. When the show first started [=SpongeBob=] was a manly man despite the fact that he was weak as dirt, but still he was metaphorically a hairy chest man even when it came to jelly fishing, but since the show was already getting so popular they didn't want to ruin it by throwing in the same old routine: [=SpongeBob=] just working at his job, annoying squidward a little bit, him trying to be as man as he can be, him playing with his apparent girlfriend(sandy). Because we know that when shows do that they dry up real fast so the creator's decided to bring so many new things to the table. Instead of making [=SpongeBob=] a too good of a neighbor that sometimes annoy squidward but still is good company, instead they change him into a psychotic obssesive creep that harrases and apparently sexually covet's his neighbor, they decided to make spongebob ambigiously gay for patrick instead of just two innocent normal friends, and they shift [=SpongeBob=] from a steadily productive headsmart good employee to a psychological workaholic. Think about it, if everything or better yet everyone stayed the same from when the series began:[=SpongeBob=] just being a little eccentric sponge and not psychotic stalker, Patrick being a neighbor with at least a little common sense, Mr. Krabs not being a slavedriver to 100%, and [=SpongeBob=] not being ambiguously homo, etc. How great would the series be right now.

[[WMG: The episode "Clams" has the characters fishing upside down.