Fun Fact: "The Sponge Who Could Fly" was originally intended to be the finale of the show, and was treated as such for a while, with grand commercials leading up to the treasure hunt, the walk cycles, the Remembering SpongeBob sequence, etc. Of course, the show was too popular for Nickelodeon to possibly end it, and there would be much to come after the movie.
This was NOT supposed to be the finale of it. I have a Reddit post on it where I did extensive research and include links about it. Stephen Hillenburg NEVER said this. And the popular misconception is that the MOVIE was supposed to be the last, not this one.
I love the scene where Patchy is like "SpongeBob betrayed us" then gets rid of all his Spongebob merchandise then quickly regains his faith and reverses what he did
Fun fact: all of that merch was custom-made for that scene (since the FCC would consider showing actual merchandise as tantamount to advertising it, and it's against the rules for a show to advertise its own products within the show itself [this can be broken if the product is no longer for sale, as is the case in a later episode where they show a discontinued Burger King toy]). You can tell because every character has changes made to their design; all of their eyes are the classic pie-shape, and SpongeBob has a bowtie and black Krusty Krab hat.
He voiced a lot of the really iconic one off characters from the first couple seasons, like Flats the Flounder, Reg at the Salty Spitoon, Patrick’s dad, etc.
The Sponge who could fly was great. Spongebob's silly walk cycles got me dying. Patchy's reaction to that was priceless. Stephen Hillenburg's cameo was beautiful 🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾🤣🤣🤣
How much do you want to bet that the reason The Sponge Who Can Fly was marketed as "the lost episode" was because Nickelodeon thought it was a more interesting way to advertise it than "SpongeBob has the ability to fly now?"
I swear the alternate/marketing titles for all the specials in season 3 have cooler names than what those episodes are actually called on their official title cards. "The Sponge Who Could Fly" is not a bad title, though it is referencing the 1986 fantasy film The Boy Who Could Fly.
Here it is. The finale episode of SpongeBob SquarePants. An episode that premiered on TV in the United States nearly 20 years on October 11, 2004. After that episode premiered, SpongeBob officially died with no need for anymore episodes and left the impact of being the greatest Nickelodeon cartoon to ever grace our TV screens.
Spongebob wanted to fly with the jellyfish is very adorable. Also Spongebob driving the tattle tail strangler completely crazy was very funny. And Spongebob and Patrick pranking everyone in to thinking that they were ghosts was a great prank.
The Lost episode 7/10 decent SpongeBob Meets the Strangler 10/10 Fantastic Pranks a Lot 10/10 Fantastic SpongeBob Movie 11/10 Also yes, this is the best season. And the best episode CHOCOATE
Favorite Moments 2:36 Last Week 2:58 Polly’s An Ass 3:02 What are you all doing here? 4:29 Stephen Hillenburg 4:42 The Lost Episode 5:29 That’s It 5:36 What a Rip 6:05 Rewind 6:55 SpongeBob I Want Song 7:19 I’m not your Grandpa 9:41 He’s Flying 10:08 Thanks Buddy 10:29 Sailor Jenkins 12:00 Cannonball Jenkins 13:13 Flying Patrick 14:34 Now Get Lost! 16:13 The Tattletale Strangler 16:38 Oops Not Again 19:08 Spiked Shoes 20:17 Happy Birthday SpongeBob 24:35 Ghost! 25:18 Back To Texas 25:54 Toast 27:51 Karma 28:04 The End Of An Era
Look on the bright side, at least a majority of the original SpongeBob crew are returning to work on the upcoming SpongeBob film “The Search for Squarepants.”.
I remember watching "The Sponge Who Could Fly" because it's a lost episode. I like the walk cycle because something's funny is gonna happen and Stephen Hillenburg cameo.
There is something I don't get. At 18:56, SpongeBob seems to know his bodyguard is the tattletale strangler, but for most of the rest of the episode, SpongeBob is clueless.
You and Nick are my favorite youtubers. Honestly, your spongebob squarepants reactions are so funny 😁 Thank you for doing reaction to SpongeBob SquarePants
Season 4 has some great ones in my opinion. Season 5 was good, but has arguably the worst episode I’ve ever seen from the series that was too mean spirited to SpongeBob.
I hope they keep going. Peoples' comments in the first season were depressing. The show does NOT get bad, and regardless, they should do it themselves and form their own opinions.
many people misunderstood this special because the Citizens of Binkini bottom are mean towards Spongebob's dream as wishing to fly with jellyfish. but when he DOES get his wish, Everyone is happy but then they ask favors for him. Media Mementos did a video on this episode.
I just realized, even if the strangler attacks him, he wouldn’t feel a thing as learned from “The Bully” with Flax. Originally they were gonna have him rip a bandage off instead of the underwear but that would be bad for kids to see.
Looking at it now, I always wondered why SpongeBob never went to Sandy for help against the Strangler. She’s stronger than everyone in Bikini Bottom, the only real challenge she’s ever had was the Alaskan Bull Worm, surely the Strangler wouldn’t be an issue.
Hey Cody! I’m glad you and Nick finish season three. If you guys plan on continuing with SpongeBob, there’s a few heads up so I want you to know about. I’m sure other people in the comments are going to leave a similar message, but here’s mine: After the end of season three, SpongeBob‘s creator, Stephen Hillenberg, stepped down and passed the torch to another producer. As a result, seasons 4 and 5 were not bad, but they didn’t have the same charm as the original three (but trust me, they do have some pretty good episodes in them). But then you have seasons 6, 7, and 8, which many consider the WORST seasons of SpongeBob. The writing becomes sloppy and mediocre, and the characters end up becoming downright despicable and hateful. And this is because of two reasons: 1) SpongeBob got a whole new cast of writers after the original writers stepped down, and 2) Nickelodeon increased the amount of episodes per season from 20 to 26, so those new writers had even LESS time to come up with new ideas. But SpongeBob has been getting better since season 9. Stephen Hillenburg actually came back to work on the show, despite being diagnosed with ALS at the time, and even brought back a lot of of the original writers. And the show has slowly been getting peoples’ attention again ever since. I really enjoyed your reactions. And I hope to see more in the future.
There's a common fan theory saying that SpongeBob knew his “bodyguard” was The Strangler the whole time and kept messing with until he would turn himself in just to get away from SpongeBob.
There are a few episodes in season 4 that I feel like it came from either seasons 2 or 3. (click 'read more' for the episodes I'm referring to) Episodes - Fear of a Krabby Patty, The Lost Mattress, Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy VI: The Motion Picture and Patrick SmartPants.
I know you said you don't plan to stop anytime soon, and I'm really glad about that. I know post season 3 and especially post season 4 aren't super popular seasons, but honestly some of my favorite episodes are from seasons 4 through 8 so I really can't wait to see you continue it and hope you can make it that far.
The Sponge Who Could Fly isn't horrible, but what made me consider it to be one of the weaker episodes of the season is none other than the Bikini Bottomites, who acted like entitled jerks to SpongeBob for no real reason and even take advantage of him when he gains the ability to fly.
That’s exactly the main reason why I dislike this episode. Again, they ridiculed SpongeBob for something he takes to heart and dreams of doing, even using him for selfish purposes, that’s not cool at all.
The RU-vidrs that I’m watching React to SpongeBob they are already on Season 11 now can’t wait for y’all to get their Season 11 is so funny pls don’t stop reacting to the whole Show
Quirky Quota right? Though they've been reacted to the episodes out of order lately due to Paramount+ messing up the order of episodes. Especially around season 9, Paramount+ puts those episodes in US premiere order instead of production order.
@@thepandorica1660 I still think it's a little jarring to see how Paramount+ can't seam to make up their mind between production order and airing order with SpongeBob. But Amazon Prime Video and modern iTunes also appear to be using the same order as Paramount+. The old seasons are in production order for the most part and the newer seasons are in premiere order. It's a mess. It's amusing to see the reactor claim they did SpongeBob Season 9 Episode 9 ("SpongeBob, You're Fired") & 10 ("It Came from Goo Lagoon") GROUP REACTION when those episodes are actually Season 9 Episodes 11 & 7. At least most of the SpongeBob season DVD releases have the episodes in the correct production order.
I love the lost episode because When Patchy got mad that he got a fake lost episode of Spongebob he tried to get rid of most of his Spongebob merch. Also some people stop watching the show when season 4 was released. But I watched season 4 and I liked that season but I stopped watching when season 5 and 6 were released because I heard those seasons had terrible episodes. I did watched a few episodes of both seasons and there were some episodes I didn't like. I skipped some episodes but then last year I watched the episodes I skipped and some were ok and some were bad. So you don't have to stop watching if you don't want to for now.
That minor scene of the French Narrator saying, "Will SpongeBob learn to fly? Stay tuned," was cut from The Sponge Who Could Fly VHS tape and all DVD releases because there are no commercials on the DVD/VHS. However, this scene is still intact on TV airings, digital versions, and streaming releases.
You should definitely watch some SpongeBob conspiracies by Alex Bale. Not necessarily on the channel, but in your spare time. They’re super interesting and change the way you look at the show. And believe it or not, but the forked tree in the Sponge Who Could Fly plays a big part in one of them. I couldn’t recommend those theories enough to you, even if you aren’t a conspiracy theorist, they’re still worth a watch.
The Strangler and Pranks A Lot episode were a fun way to end the season on imo. It’s always fun watching the Strangler miss every attempt to get back at SpongeBob, only to turn himself in jail to get away from him in the end. This includes, Patrick and SpongeBob messing with each other with the invisible spray and posing as ghosts to scare everyone.😄 Overall, it’s been a fun ride rewatching season 3 with you and Nick. See you guys in the next season!
