#musclebob buffpants

[candyheartedchy]

A deep analysis on SpongeBob and his struggle with fitting in because I think about this detail of the little sponge more than I should.

Let first start off with this little snippet from the pitch bible.

“He wants to fit in, but like a square peg in a round hole, he can’t.”

The rest in under the cut because this ended up being a bit long.

Throughout the series, especially in the earlier seasons, SpongeBob is always going out of his way to make himself appear either “cool” or “mature”. Heck the whole premise of the first movie is focused on his desire to prove himself that he’s not a “kid”. In both the episodes “Ripped Pants” and “MuscleBob BuffPants” he desperately tries to fit in. So much so that the attention he gets from ripping his pants and wearing the Anchor Arms quickly gets to his head, going to the point where he pretends to drown just to make folks laugh. And in both episodes, he starts to slip, realizing that he can’t keep these acts up for too long. Worried of losing his audience.

But he’s determined. He wants people to like him, and with Sandy just recently befriending him around the timeline of these two episodes, he wants to look cool to her. With Patrick being his friend since childhood, and mostly likely the only friend he had befriended before Sandy showed up, he didn’t want to take any chances to miss the opportunity to make another friend. Ironically Larry is in both episodes as well, who SpongeBob becomes jealous of due to the lobster’s own popularity and just being everything he isn’t. Same with the “Spongeguard on Duty” episode where he gets mistaken for a lifeguard by Larry and goes along with the act because it gives him attention.

Another incident that relates to SpongeBob’s struggle with his self image is the “Blackened Sponge” episode. It starts off of him having a dream where he’s rescuing someone, dreaming of being seen as this big, buff hero. After waking up from the dream, he accidentally gives himself a black eye and vows not to tell anyone how it happened to avoid being made fun of. He then goes on, almost bragging about the injury to a crowd, about his fake fight just so he can appear cool. But once Squidward comments about not caring about this, SpongeBob gets PISSED.

Self image is EXTREMELY important to him. He will do anything to avoid being ridiculed by others. He will not allow himself to be laughed at. No matter what.

Many times it shows that SpongeBob doesn’t handle public ridicule very well. Most of the time he seems either oblivious when folks (mostly Squidward) are insulting him or he just waves it off by misinterpreting it as something else. As of he’s pretending he doesn’t notice to avoid being reminded at how he’s really seen by people.

Countless times in the series, he’s shown to have a perfectionist attitude about how he does things. He has to do everything correctly or else.

Even with his own cousin, he gets frustrated from taking all the blame for Stanley’s mistakes to the point he ends up snapping.

This also is what causes him to fight with Patrick a lot. Because of SpongeBob’s obsession with being perfect, he clashes with his best friend’s laidback attitude on life. And yet there’ a kinship between the pair. He knows that Patrick can be affected by people comments just as much as he does, because they are both outcasts.

Which comes to SpongeBob’s struggle with loneliness.

In the episode “Gone”, we see SpongeBob waking up one day to find himself all alone in Bikini Bottom. He starts taking on the forms of his friends to live out all their lives while also getting attached to a boat for company. I believe he was experiencing his worst fear here. Being abandon. Which he already experienced this twice with his own pet snail, Gary, heartbrokenly trying to find him or watch as his snail grew attached to Patrick for a bit in another episode. He’s scared of being replaced or left alone.

This replacement issue comes up multiple times that tends to connects to what he’s good at. His job. The whole thing that kickstarts the first movie is the fact that Squidward gets the manager job. He also becomes so distraught when the original fry cook, Jim, shows up, causing SpongeBob to think he’s was getting replaced. He hates the idea of someone being better than him. Not out of pride, but out of fear. Especially at things he’s good at. Because if he’s not the best, what is he good for then?

He hates being seen as a joke. Constantly correcting folks whenever they try to belittle him.

He’s known as being optimistically annoying by folks, but that’s because he has to. It’s his way of coping. Even the first movie shows him crying and even getting “drunk” to distract himself from the reality that he will always be seen as a joke. He wants people to like him so BADLY because he knows he’s different. He knows that even when he’s genuinely being himself, others will criticize and judge him no matter what.

He wants to fit in, but deep down he knows he can’t.

[dailydoofypokemon]

Conkeldurr!

Musclebob buffpants

[killmekittenxx]

Hey musclebob buffpants lemme get a squeeze or two >:3

💪🏽 why certainty

[lunatic-pudge]

Dumb TF2 concept, Musclebob Buffpants, but Scout is SpongeBob, and Heavy is Sandy. Plz consider

[the-haiku-bot]

Spongebob - Season 1,

Episode 11A

- MuscleBob BuffPants

Beep boop! I look for accidental haiku posts. Sometimes I mess up.

should i go figure out what spongebob and/or cum based humor is about because tumblr thinks i might like it

[goalhofer]

Spongebob Squarepants screen captures season 1, episode 22 "MuscleBob BuffPants".

[spongebobsoundtrack]

Kapono Beamer - Chief Taravana

Plays in:

7b. "Jellyfish Jam" 

9b. "Opposite Day"

11a. "MuscleBob BuffPants" 

12a. "The Chaperone" 

22a. "Something Smells" 

24a. "Dying for Pie"

33b. "Gary Takes a Bath" 

37a. "Procrastination"

43b. "The Bully" 

46b. "One Krabs Trash" 

52b. "Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy V"

56b. "I Had an Accident"

68a. "Patrick SmartPants" 

77b. "Rule of Dumb" 

83a. "Rise and Shine"

83c. "Fungus Among Us" 

112a. "Porous Pockets"

121a. "Sand Castles in the Sand"

135a. "Back to the Past"

145a. "Buried in Time" 

[ducktracy]

can you get that?

[carbroombroom]

y'all going crazy over this guy but all I'm thinking of is musclebob buffpants

i just saw this photo on twitter and idk what to say

[itsfine-imfine-everythingsfine]

*lifts one 10gallon cooler*

Just call me Musclebob Buffpants

[samtaylorillustrator]

😛 New official @spongebob illustrations 🧽💦🪱 THE OCEAN MAN HIMSELF 🌊🫡 These will be available on a variety of garments in @hm over the coming months 💪 I’m looking forward to seeing them out in the world 👀 💥

[atomicshrimp]

Lol you want Anchor shoes.. While i want Anchor Arms..

[sandyjennifercheeks]

Somewhere in another universe, Spongebob looks like this..

[norwayspruce]

Have to admit I go to Hot Topic so I can say this, does anyone know what’s up with that shirt of anime Spongebob transforming into a muscular version of himself behind broken glass?

[ask-80s-rinandlen]

Len: SOMEONE GET THIS MONSTER AWAY FROM ME! EEEK!

Lol no problem. I hope you liked this post too ^-^

[darrycurtises]

darry deserves a face mask and some melatonin and a good nights sleep on clean sheets rb if u agree