The End Credits That TRAUMATIZED A Generation..

What the hell are you smoking?

You think SpongeBob was traumatizing? Try getting woken up at 1am by the George Lopez opening blowing your eardrums out.

Saying it traumatized a generation is a WILD take

I wouldn’t necessarily say it scared me outright, but, it did always give me the odd feeling of “Alright, that’s it, shows over, you can go now…wait…why are you still here? You can go.” Like the feeling you get when leaving a family venue and being the last to leave, to be at school during night time and no one was around, something like that degree for me personally. Like I was the last one to watch the credits, the one left alone in the theatre long after everyone left, I’m the last customer at a closing restaurant, I’m the last to leave the party. It just felt off, but never terrifying…just…odd.

My personal theory is that, since the entirety of a SpongeBob episode is full of constant chaos and action, the complete and utter normalcy of the end credits is unsettling by comparison. You’d think a show like SpongeBob would have an outro that matches the energy of the show, but it’s just this little song that plays while the credits flash across the screen. There’s no chaos. There’s no SpongeBob screaming and laughing. There’s no chaos. It’s too calm. And that’s kind of creepy 😂

Its kinda weird how the song is both goofy and nostalgic but at the same time, very unsettling. Perhaps its the same reason why songs like “Put On your Sunday Clothes” take on a whole different tone when paired with visuals that contrast with the cheerful vibe of the songs

Okay I’m glad that I’m not the only one who felt the ending credits felt a bit..off. It sounded like how it feels to walk in the dark, anxious and uncertain.

I think the outro's creepiness came from the destimulazation of our brains like say your watching something in your room at night and then the app closes and you get un easy because of the environment and the destimulazation

I had no idea people were afraid of the outro. I always found it to be goofy and perfectly fitting for Spongebob.

Am I the only one who feels comforted by the outro edit: thx for all the comments Edit 2: that's it! I'm liking every reply!

It never scared me but it always made me feel so glum. Not just because the episode ended, but the notes and the music in general seems like a bittersweet acceptance of a crappy existence. It's just so down, while trying to be ahp0y about it but failing.

Another theory I've heard about (likely from another video) is that it's background music that usually plays under dialogue, but here there isn't any dialogue, like a liminal space.

I’m not even gonna hold you the SpongeBob credits did not traumatize me. to me THAT SONG IS A BOP🗣️🗣️🔥🔥🔥🔥

i've literally never heard of this song being considered traumatising or creepy ever.

Imagine the producers used this as a way to get kids to watch more episodes of SpongeBob. Like they’d get freaked out by the song and then they’d watch another episode to feel better, and then it’s just a cycle 💀

That's called "Coming Down" and it happens when anything that makes you feel good comes to an end. It's a sign of addiction. You can apply it to anything outside yourself that makes you feel good, in life.

I don't know why but when I was younger the end credits to SpongeBob always made me anxious. I always thought it was because of my anxiety disorder but I guess other kids were scared of it too. Also that intro made me feel like something was gonna jump out at me. Perfect vibe for the spongebob end credits.

During the day, I actually liked the song. At night, it freaked me out and I would change the channel ASAP. Some other things on TV gave me that intense lonely feeling, too. What a weird unlocked childhood experience

Here in the states, it was rare to hear the outro since Nick would just have previews play instead. But the first time I heard it was in Mexico. I was 7 or 9 years old, it was at night and I was all alone watching some Bob esponja lol. Then the outro played and I was confused since I’ve never heard it before but I recognized the credits (as I said before, they would play on a small box meanwhile the previews would play). I was creeped out a bit but that was it. Funny how I still remember this memory

As someone who didn't have spongebob ad part of my child hood, I don't have the childhood aspect of it, but I both find the song goofy ahhh, but also creepy/eerie, and makes me both anxious and felt like I am being watched by something, be it fully in the shadows, or peering just around a now closed closet door or this wierd ass corner partway into my room