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3	''The [=SpongeBob SquarePants=] Anime'' is a WebAnimation by Narmak depicting the cast of ''Franchise/SpongeBobSquarePants'' in a stereotypical {{Animesque}} style as an AffectionateParody of both the cartoon and basic FightingSeries tropes. It initially began as a series of [[AnimeOpeningParody Anime Opening Parodies]].
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5	The age-old question has never been answered: what if [=SpongeBob=] was made by an anime studio? The answer is this series of videos. Join [=SpongeBob=] and the Krusty Krew as they fight to save Bikini Bottom against the evil forces of the Chum Bucket.
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7	The [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FkL4CjckRZ0 first video]], titled "''The [=SpongeBob SquarePants=] Anime - OP 1''" was uploaded to Website/YouTube on August 23, 2017 and quickly went viral, currently sitting at over 17 million views. A [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=52JxzhFjKQU sequel]] was also made by Narmak and published on February 3, 2018. The [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UmCusvkfHXU third video]] was published on March 24, 2019. Additionally, an [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WU6rvQlxDKM ending song video]] was also published on Nov 13, 2019. A [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4WCbjCyauLA compilation]] of all four videos was released on November 15, 2019.
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9	The creator has said that he intends to create a series of shorts and has uploaded songs from the OST. The [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TBO9ANTBCjM first short]] was uploaded on July 23, 2020.
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12	!!Tropes:
13	* {{Acrofatic}}: [[FatBastard Bubble Bass]] is ''scary fast'' for a man of his weight.
14	** Patrick qualifies too. He's a very capable fighter in spite of his weight.
15	* ActionizedAdaptation: A comedic cartoon series is turned into an action-packed fighting anime, complete with speed lines, TakeAMomentToCatchYourDeath, and explosions.
16	* AdaptationalAttractiveness:
17	** Squidward has a much more humanoid design, looking less like a bipedal squid and more like a bald, muscular man with two sets of legs. His [[GagNose nose]] is also much smaller and more realistically proportioned in comparison to the rest of his face and head than it is in the cartoon.
18	** Sandy similarly looks much more like a slender humanoid female with [[LittleBitBeastly a squirrel's ears and a tail.]] She also lacks an overbite this time around.
19	** A minor case with [=SpongeBob=] himself: while he retains his square proportions, his arms and legs have more visible muscle tone and his face has been redesigned to look less cartoonish and more [[Manga/FistOfTheNorthStar Kenshiro-esque.]] Like Sandy, he also lacks his prominent buck teeth.
20	** Patrick now has a more revealing outfit combined with a slightly more trim and muscular build. The key phrase here being "[[FanDisservice slightly]]".
21	* AdaptationalBadass:
22	** While [=SpongeBob=] in the Cartoon is pretty much a wimp ([[DependingOnTheWriter except]] in the few episodes which he practices karate with Sandy), here he shows to be completely able to hold himself during fights. In the first short he ends up ''decapitating'' Bubble Bass with his bare hands.
23	** Plankton is a IneffectualSympatheticVillain in the cartoon, with his mirobolant plans to get the secret formula always failling. In the [=OPs=] he shows to be an evil mastermind that caused much more harm than he ever caused in the cartoon (without considering [[WesternAnimation/TheSpongeBobSquarePantsMovie The Movie]]).
24	* AdaptationalIntelligence: Patrick. His spiritual monologue about [=SpongeBob=] and Squidward's bravery and [[EvenTheGuysWantHim physical attractiveness]] is NOT something you would hear from the original Patrick.
25	* AdaptationPersonalityChange: Naturally, since all of the characters conform to anime archetypes:
26	** [=SpongeBob=] is just as histrionic as the canon version, but here he is perfectly willing to fight to protect his friends, and can be rather violent while doing so, [[spoiler:straight up decapitating Bubble Bass while avenging Squidward]], and not even being fazed by it.
27	** Squidward has become TheLancer who has only [[VitriolicBestBuds a friendly rivalry]] with [=SpongeBob=], and is a devoted employee at the Krusty Krab, wishing that he could be as cool and beloved as [=SpongeBob=] is. Of course, the Squidward from the actual cartoon thinks [=SpongeBob=] is an annoying prick and doesn't care one bit about his job.
28	** Sandy is a NeutralFemale who breaks down when seeing Squidward's and Bubble Bass's fight, which is a far cry from the rough-and-ready karate-user and scientist of the original cartoon. She is also clingy towards [=SpongeBob=] in some scenes, while in the original cartoon, she was way tougher than him. Though in the openings she is shown to still be a skilled fighter. [=SpongeBob=] also mentions that she and Patrick are "some of the most skilled sea dwellers he knows".
29	** ''Patrick'' of all people delivers the sage monologue about the characters and their will to fight on, instead of being, well, [[TheDitz Patrick Star]].
30	** Mr. Krabs's greedy nature is hardly mentioned, being more of TheMentor, though he's still rather cavalier about people's lives.
31	* AdaptationalSkimpiness: Instead of his Bermuda shorts, Patrick now wears [[FanDisservice a thong.]]
32	* AdaptationalVillainy:
33	** Squidward is a {{Jerkass}} in the original cartoon, but here he's TheDragon to the BigBad and implied to have undergone a FaceHeelTurn. Subverted at least in the actual first episode, where he's just TheRival to [=SpongeBob=].
34	** Plankton as well, to a lesser extent. In the original cartoon he can be a rather comedic antagonist and has some redeeming qualities, though here he appears to just be a cruel mastermind.
35	** The Flying Dutchman, Kevin and Bubble Bass too, in OP 3. Like Plankton, these three were minor comedy villains in the original cartoon. Here though, they're fighting right at Plankton's side. In the anime proper, Bubble Bass even comes close to killing Squidward and feels no remorse for it; his only regret being that Squidward's supposed death would be going against Plankton's orders.
36	** The way Princess Mindy from the first movie is portrayed in OP 3 implies there's something [[BitchInSheepsClothing secretly sinister]] about her.
37	* AdaptedOut: Mrs. Puff and Pearl are the only main characters in the original show who don't make an appearance here.
38	* AffectionateParody: Of ''[=SpongeBob=]'' and anime in general, with a focus on fighting anime from the 80s and 90s.
39	* AlternateContinuity: Possibly between the OP trio and the episodes. Another option is that the episodes are a sequel to the OP trio, as its "theme" is mostly the third OP and Sandy is missing the arm she lost in the first OP.
40	* AmbiguouslyBi: Despite the suggestive images between Squidward and [=SpongeBob=] in [=OPs=] 1 and 2 (see below), [=SpongeBob=] is shown kissing Sandy in OP 3. It may be the reason Squidward was looking to "regain his honor" against Bubble Bass.
41	* AmbiguouslyGay: Patrick's comments about both [=SpongeBob=] and Squidward being very attractive sound rather homoerotic.
42	* AnArmAndALeg:
43	** Sandy loses her arm in a fight with Squidward in the first OP.
44	** Squidward loses both arms in the fight against the hooded figure in OP 3. Ditto for Bubble Bass who also lost an arm earlier in the opening, mirroring his fate in the first episode.
45	* AngryCollarGrab: [=SpongeBob=] grabs [=DoodleBob=]'s bowtie in their fight in OP 3.
46	* AnimeOpeningParody: This originally began as fully-animated anime opening parodies of ''[=SpongeBob=]'' before becoming a series of shorts.
47	* {{Animesque}}: The point of the series is that it's ''[=SpongeBob=]'' portrayed as an action-oriented anime.
48	* ArtifactOfDoom: The 5-Pickled Patty: The Krabby Patty of darkness from which Mr. Krabs's Secret Formula originated.
49	* BackFromTheDead: [[spoiler:The third opening implies that Patrick was resurrected, a scene of him jumping right to a hooded figure with his build. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f7cXeWxxfD4 Actual starfish can regenerate up to three limbs]].]]
50	* BackupFromOtherWorld: [[spoiler:Patrick's ghost shows up to give [=SpongeBob=] the strength to fight Squidward in the second video.]]
51	* BigShutUp: [=SpongeBob=] yells "Shut the hell up!" after Bubble Bass mocks both him and Squidward.
52	* BloodierAndGorier: The original cartoon had little to no blood, while this series has plenty.
53	* {{Bowdlerization}}: {{Inverted}}. The Krabby Patty formula is just a recipe in the Nicktoon, and written on a piece of paper in a bottle. Here, the formula is [[SuperSerum some kind of drug]] injected with a syringe.
54	* CantCatchUp: The reason Squidward tried to fight Bubble Bass alone is that he was upset [=SpongeBob=] had everything better and thought maybe things could improve if he won.
55	* ComicallySerious: Patrick is a composed and dignified samurai warrior, who by himself is not particularly funny. His... daring fashion choices and rather odd opinions on the other hand serve to contrast his stoic persona rather hilariously.
56	* CompletelyDifferentTitle: In-Universe. The title cards for all three parts have the '[=SpongeBob=] [=SquarePants=]' title in English and a little Japanese subtitle alongside it: フポンジ・ボブ. One might assume this reads '[=SpongeBob=]' but it actually reads 'Fuponji-bob'.[[note]]This is likely just an error that hasn't been double-checked and stems from the Japanese katakana symbols for the phonemes 'su' (ス) and 'fu' (フ) being remarkably similar looking.[[/note]] This misspelling is referenced in the first episode, in which Bubble Bass tells [=SpongeBob=] he should change the "S" in his name to an "F," changing his name to [=FpongeBob=], thanks to his inability to stop Squidward from taking him on alone.
57	* DarkSecret: Not just the truth of the Krabby Patty formula, but the mysterious "five pickled patty" also has some alleged dark power. Krabs also hints there's one about [=SpongeBob=] that not even the sponge himself knows.
58	--> '''Mr. Krabs''': Spongebob... One day you will learn the truth. The horrible power that lies within the 5-Pickled Patty, and the dark secret of what you really are.
59	* DarkerAndEdgier: The original show had it's fair share of naughty jokes and dark moments but it was still a light-hearted comedy for kids at its core. The anime on the other hand is a serious Shonen action series that contains plenty of blood and gore as well as some sexually suggestive moments and mild profanity.
60	* DealWithTheDevil: Squidward signs a contract with the Chum Bucket presumably to gain more power.
61	* TheDragon: Plankton is shown to have made Squidward his ace against the Krusty Krab in the first and second OP.
62	* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: The first opening was the only music video that didn't have a song covered (or written) by ROMI. Justified in that OP 1's song, "[[Anime/BloodPlus Colors of the Heart]]" wasn't yet covered by ROMI.
63	* EvilTwin: Implied with [=DoodleBob=] in OP 3.
64	* EyeColorChange:
65	** Squidward's eye color changes from red to green after Plankton injects him with the Chum formula.
66	** [=SpongeBob=]'s eyes go from an innocent blue to RedEyesTakeWarning whenever he uses the Secret Formula.
67	* FaceHeelTurn: Squidward is shown to have turned evil and joined the Chum Bucket in the beginning of the first video.
68	* FanDisservice: Done for parody, with the series being completely aware that the characters still resemble the very cartoony source material that will negate any sex appeal certain scenes would otherwise have.
69	** The {{Freeze Frame Bonus}}es of Squidward and [=SpongeBob=] in the first and second openings feature them in some rather suggestive scenarios.
70	** Patrick wears a speedo instead of shorts like in the cartoon and his "package" is shown bouncing during OP 1.
71	** Mr. Krabs is shown having a visible erection while counting his money during the Ending Song. Note that unlike the prior two examples, Mr. Krabs is not depicted as {{Animesque}} here and is more or less in the original show's artstyle.
72	* FightingSeries: The videos are an AffectionateParody of the genre, jabbing at its clichés through the context of ''[=SpongeBob SquarePants=]''.
73	* FreezeFrameBonus:
74	** Pausing the first video any time between 1:06-1:08 reveals some rather ''suggestive'' images of Squidward and [=SpongeBob=].
75	** The second video also features a somewhat explicit image of Squidward and [=SpongeBob=] at 0:45.
76	** One of the items left on [[spoiler:Patrick]]'s grave in the second video is a rather, uh, ''questionable'' photo of [=SpongeBob=] and Gary.
77	** The third video features Velma from ''Scooby-Doo'' and the Hoopla fish among Kevin's minions at the 1:18 and 1:22 marks.
78	* GreenAndMean: Except for [=DoodleBob=], all of the show's villains are green (Squidward had green eyes when he was evil).
79	* GreenEyedMonster: Envy is Squidward's [[DrivenByEnvy main reason]] for his animosity toward [=SpongeBob=].
80	* HandicappedBadass: Sandy lost her arm in OP 1, but that doesn't stop her from winning a fight with Kevin in OP 3.
81	* HeroicBSOD: [=SpongeBob=] freaks out after seeing [[spoiler:Squidward kill Patrick]]. In the second opening, this leads him to inject himself with the Secret Formula to gain enough power to fight Squidward.
82	** In the first episode, it's Bubble Bass having seemingly pummeled Squidward to death that drives him to use the formula.
83	* HonorBeforeReason: Patrick and Sandy don't interfere with Squidward's battle with Bubble Bass because of this; [=SpongeBob=] calls them out on this since Squidward isn't strong enough to battle Bubble Bass by himself.
84	* HotterAndSexier: Mostly just due to the more humanoid proportions of the cast, and sometimes played up for comedy. Some of it veers right into FanDisservice, though.
85	** The show especially enjoys detailing character's rear ends.
86	* IDidWhatIHadToDo: Mr. Krabs claims that everything he's done, all the way up to sending Squidward on what [=SpongeBob=] believes is a SuicideMission, was to protect [=SpongeBob=].
87	* ImprobableWeaponUser: [=SpongeBob=] and his spatula. Similarly, Doodle Bob uses a giant pencil as his personal weapon against [=SpongeBob=].
88	* KilledOffForReal:
89	** [[spoiler:Patrick dies in the first video after getting decapitated by Squidward. But he comes back.]]
90	** In the anime proper, [[spoiler:Bubble Bass gets his head sliced off by [=SpongeBob=] in retaliation for seemingly killing Squidward]].
91	* LaserGuidedKarma: [[spoiler:Squidward slices off Patrick's head and left arm in the first OP. Squidward loses both arms fighting the hooded figure in the third OP. Doubly the case if the hooded figure is indeed Patrick.]]
92	* LoveTriangle: [=SpongeBob=] and Sandy share a kiss in OP 3 as a teary-eyed Squidward watches. Meanwhile, the very next scene shows Sponge and Squid sitting at both sides of a brick wall. Combined with some... suggestive images of Sponge and Squid and it seems Squidward's actions stem from some unresolved feelings.
93	* MaliciousMisnaming: Bubble Bass once calls [=SpongeBob=] as ''[=FpongeBob=]'', referencing how the first letter in the Japanese title reads as F, instead of S, because of a typo.
94	* MechaMooks: Plankton has a supply of robotic drones modeled after him that serve as his minions.
95	* MultiArmedAndDangerous: Squidward sprouts two additional arms during his fight with [=SpongeBob=] in the second [=OP=], a reference to the fact that he canonically has eight limbs but is only ever depicted with six.
96	* MythologyGag: Lots.
97	** [[spoiler:Patrick Star]]'s gravestone in the second video is a giant #1 similar to Smitty Werbenjagermanjensen's, and the items left there as a tribute include a jellyfishing net, a Goofy Goober peanut hat from [[WesternAnimation/TheSpongebobSquarepantsMovie the movie]], a copy of ''The Ugly Barnacle'', and [[BreadEggsMilkSquick a rather disturbing photograph of SpongeBob and Gary.]]
98	** [=SpongeBob=] finds Patrick and Sandy watching Squidward's fight with Bubble Bass next to a pine tree with scuba diving gear, like the one from "I Had An Accident" that caused [=SpongeBob=]'s titular accident.
99	** When arguing with Patrick and Sandy for letting Squidward fight Bubble Bass by himself, he brings up their code: [[Recap/SpongeBobSquarePantsS1E10CultureShockFUN "'F' is for 'Friends'"]]!
100	** Patrick isn't worried about [=SpongeBob=] and Squidward dying in their battle with Bubble Bass, because according to the [[JustForFun/TheUglyBarnacle Ugly Barnacle Prophecy]], they'll both live; [[spoiler:turns out he was right]].
101	** [=SpongeBob=] finds, not a boulder, but a rock, [[Recap/SpongeBobSquarePantsS1E5PizzaDeliveryHomeSweetPineapple a weapon of the pioneers]].
102	*** At the end of the credits for the first episode, a Krusty Krab Pizza box is shown as another reference to the same episode.
103	** Bubble Bass mocks [=SpongeBob=] for failing to cook him [[Recap/SpongeBobSquarePantsS1E6MermaidManAndBarnacleBoyPickles a Krabby Patty with pickles]].
104	** Gary sings the third opening onstage in front of a curtain, a reference to his "poetry reading" from the season one episode "Culture Shock". The same opening also shows him in his Dream Librarian outfit from "Sleepy Time".
105	** The third opening has Sandy wearing the yellow Bruce Lee tracksuit from "Karate Island".
106	** [=SpongeBob=] and Squidward are shown in the opening hanging out on opposite sides of a brick wall just like in the episode "Dying For Pie", with a cheerful [=SpongeBob=] on one side of the wall and a gloomy Squidward on the other side, though in this case, Squidward seems to be brooding over his FaceHeelTurn and not because [=SpongeBob=] has a pie bomb in him.
107	** The dedication to Stephen Hillenburg shown after the third opening shows Potty the Parrot hanging among Stephen's possessions in his drawing room; Hillenburg did the voice for Potty until he left the show and was replaced by Paul Tibbit and Doug Lawrence.
108	** A drawing shown of Stephen and [=SpongeBob=] has [=SpongeBob=] labeled "[=SpongeBoy=]", which was Stephen's [[DiscontinuityNod original name for the character]].
109	* NonStandardCharacterDesign: Inverted - Mr. Krabs is the only character who hasn't been given a [[AdaptationalAttractiveness a more conventionally humanoid]] redesign, looking almost exactly the same as he does in the original cartoon except for his eyes and face.
110	* NotQuiteDead: [[LampshadeHanging Lampshaded]]. [=SpongeBob=] believes Squidward is dead after getting thrashed by Bubble Bass, but after the fight turns up revealing he only lost consciousness. He even berates [=SpongeBob=] for just assuming he was dead without thinking to check his pulse.
111	* OffWithHisHead:
112	** Squidward kills [[spoiler:Patrick]] by slicing off his head.
113	** Ditto for how [=SpongeBob=] finishes off [[spoiler:Bubble Bass]].
114	* PsychoSerum:
115	** The chum serum Plankton injects Squidward with appears to have made Squidward more [[BloodKnight blood-thirsty]].
116	** The Krabby Patty Secret Formula also may be this, if the sinister face shown after [=SpongeBob=] injects himself with it is anything to go by.
117	* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Bubble Bass gives one to [=SpongeBob=] about how much of a pushover Squidward is, and how [=SpongeBob=] was unable to save his friend.
118	* RedEyesTakeWarning:
119	** Plankton's eye [[GlowingEyesOfDoom glows]] when he's first seen in OP 1.
120	** [=SpongeBob=] gains red eyes after injecting himself with the Krabby Patty Secret Formula.
121	** Inverted with Squidward, whose normally red eyes turn green after being injected with chum.
122	* TheRival: Squidward to [=SpongeBob=] as a parody of most anime rivalries.
123	* {{Satire}}: This is a satire on how cliché-ridden a lot of anime tends to be.
124	* SpoilerOpening: Every opening spoils the plot of the entire nonexistent season, showing things like Squidward getting brainwashed and killing Patrick.
125	* ThongOfShielding: ''Patrick'' of all people is wearing a green thong.
126	* TookALevelInBadAss: [[spoiler:The openings depict the [=SpongeBob=] and Sandy undergoing this. If he is the hooded figure from the third opening, than Patrick even moreso, as he can actually kick Squidward's ass this time around.]]
127	* VocalDissonance: In the English dub, the characters more or less have similar voices with the original cartoon characters, but still have the super-serious anime dialogue. This is quite jarring, especially with Patrick going on a spiritual monologue with a SimpletonVoice.
128	* WhatTheHellHero: [=SpongeBob=] tears into Mr. Krabs for ordering Squidward to fight Bubble Bass alone, and Sandy and Patrick for allowing Squidward to do so. Given how badly beaten he gets, you can see why.
129	* YouKilledMyFather: [[spoiler:[=SpongeBob=] wants revenge on Squidward in the second video for killing Patrick.]]

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