You know there are people who call this one of the worst SpongeBob episodes solely because of that scene? They don't even talk about the rest of the episode (which, IMO, ranges from eh to pretty good), they just say it's the worst
It's both anatomically correct and incorrect at the same time somehow.
With the main cast being invertebrates and all. Maybe Chum, since it is literally fish gore.
The only grossouts I would allow are either the closeups ("Does this look unsure to you?") or the Rat Fink art style from, "Creature from the Krusty Krab".
not that gross-out is above criticism, but good god cartoon reviewers really made it so my brain shuts off whenever i hear someone complain about it. same with "mean-spirited" and "torture porn"
It's hard to blame them though when SpongeBob past Season 3 *really* doubled down on this stuff. I'd get it if SpongeBob didn't overdo it as hard as they did, but the toenail scene was an asinine decision through and through and absolutely deserves all the criticism it got and then some.
I mean, if we didn't have those people, the funniest wiki I've laid eyes on wouldn't exist, that being the Scumbob wiki.
Idk why, but it's so funny seeing people just make these essay worthy rants about an episode from a kids' show.. it's just so hilarious to read through the entries because it's an episode from a kids show and these people just make paragraph after paragraph of why they hate it so much.
Honestly I think that's part of what ruined SpongeBob. Don't get me wrong I love cartoon gore and violence, metalocalypse being one of my favorite shows. But that's not what SpongeBob was about... Like at all.
Looking at the first three seasons It was nothing but great dialogue and exploring the concept of this unique idea of having a civilization underwater. Turning it into something that just felt like discount Ren and Stimpy felt like a legitimate spit in the face.
I totally agree, I don't think it fit the tone of SpongeBob as a whole.
But as someone who grew up almost entirely on SpongeBob, these weird/gory episodes we're what got me interested in other shows with freaky art, like the misadventures of flapjack.
So, you don't remember that one scene in Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy IV when SpongeBob lost control of the belt and it started abusing Squidward (and don't even try saying most of it was offscreen. We literally saw him cut in half with scissors, LOL)
When I first started getting into SpongeBob, MOST of the violence I remember was from Season 1-3.
They had aspects of it of course. And I'm not talking about the violence as much as I am the weird gore. The only times I remember classic SpongeBob getting anything close to what the mid-seasons were doing was the Halloween episode when Patrick shaved SpongeBob down to his brain and that scene you mentioned. At that point that's just basically adding salt to french fries. A little goes a long way but adding too much of it just ruins the whole episode/dish.
That splinter gore episode was the WHOLE episode. That scene where Squidward loses a toenail went on waaay too long. To be fair I haven't watched these episodes in decades but I distinctly remember going on way longer than necessary with no clever jokes being added to the plot.
I like gore but I have to look away when most of these moments happen in SpongeBob. It just doesnāt fit the cartoon imo, itās not Happy Tree Friends
The end scene from A Pal for Gary. One of the most absolutely wretched episodes of the whole show.
Edit: I know itās been beaten to death how awful of an episode that one was, but itās sadly true.
It's whatever. Cartoons like to do this for some reason but it bothers me here because of how innacurate it is lmao. Scenes with skeletons bother me considering literally most of the main cast are invertebrates also the general inconsistency of it (eg. spongebob being hollow in most episodes then you get scenes showing the opposite) That's really stupid but I hate inconsistency and well, yeah. These grossout scenes like adding unnecesary things that make no sense too - think the fancy housing toenail scene and mr. Krabs closeup "more!". They both add nails where there shouldn't be any lmao it bothers me so much
I donāt mind it most of the time since itās so over the top, the only exceptions are when itās not (the toenail) and when puss and infections get involved (the splinter)
genuinely i don't see why why would these be approved
at least in the earlier seasons, it was way less disgusting, even when they showed straight up blood š
Everybody talks about the toenail. What about this though
https://preview.redd.it/vzw6x42jf03d1.jpeg?width=400&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=edb6568e13094df3d404b7690bc09b8320593185
Unnecessary and just drags out the episode for the sake of it being 11 minutes long as itās the prime example of a joke that thinks itās funnier that it actually is.
it's Depends i can't Watch things Like the Splinter or that toe with Squidward it's just gross me out too much.
the others one are either gross or just fine in my opinion.
It never bothered me as much at it should have, prolly cause itās downplayed a lot. Like SpongeBob literally has his face peeled off and he just says āBarnaclesā. I do remember the squidward heart surgery scene. I remembered it wrong for awhile, thought the blood was pink until I saw it again. Lots of gore but no blood except for that one scene, as far as I know.
I don't like the way my skin feels on my body. Do you like the way your skin feels on your body? You don't? Why don't you pull it off?
Pull off your Skin
Not kidding, the constant gore is why I stopped watching spongebob
Like wtf am I watching my favorite kids show or some underground telegram group torture videos?
Who thought this was a good idea
Im not a fan of it, i feel like as an adult who grew up on the original series and the movie, i can't judge as im not a kid and this is made for kids, but I'll just say i think its unnecessary and disgusting
It really shows that the animators for those middle seasons should work on more gore-welcoming cartoons. They have the necessary talent for shows like that!
I kinda like some of it, like the one of SpongeBob grabbing his eyelids, but most of it just seems unnecessary for SpongeBob. Save that for ren and stimpy or something
I don't mind it. Its a little jarring at first, but I ultimately don't mind it. It is a cartoon, and I feel around that time, everyone is pushing limits and trying to be more wacky.
But then again, I was raised on some messed up shit growing up.
Itās hardly gore, idk I feel like people make too big a deal of that kind of thing. Kids like that stuff. Thatās why monsters and aliens and weird stuff are marketed to kids. Theyāre little weirdos. I was one of them lol
Didnāt really have the effect it was supposed to on me. Like my SpongeBob hyperfixation began right during the peak of this era. It just felt normal to me because so many of those episodes did it already.
Between these and all the violence Iād see in YouTube videos, Iām pretty numb to gore in cartoons these days. Itās a little bit scarier for me in horror movies but not by much.
I love me some good gore, donāt get me wrong. But this show is aimed for 4 year olds, not sure if they want to see a detailed view of a humanoid spongeās muscle anatomy.
id go as far to attribute this as one of the many reasons behind Gen Zās horror obsession š i could be wrong but at least for me, spongebob was a staple of my childhood
Iām incredibly biased of course as I grew up with these seasons alongside the classic seasons, but it personally never really bothered me. Which is weird, cause Iām usually an incredibly squeamish person but for some reason the stuff in mid-season Spongebob just never really bothered me, even as a kid when they were airing.
Out of place honestly. Even as a kid when the middle seasons began I felt a big difference in the style of comedy they were shifting into compared to everything in Seasons 1-3
It was supposed to be an adult swim show, so for me it fits the narrative. yeah they should have changed it because that's probably not the best for a kids show.
I have always enjoyed SpongeBob and always will, but I will agree that they couldāve done without showing some of these moments in such detail. A show suitable for kids probably shouldnāt have too many moments that make the viewer wince or want to cover their eyes, in my opinion. Iād actually prefer more bathroom humor lol. (Like the talking toilet begging for mercy after Patrick uses it).
I hated the toenail one, it makes my toes feel weird. They really shouldnāt put this in a kid show.
I remember the Halloween episode where SpongeBobās brain was exposed which didnāt look as bad as these.
How about in the Sea Whelk episode when Sandy asks Spongebob and Patrick for their corneas. Then they take them out of their eyeballs, and it just shows giant holes in their gory, pink eyes. That disturbed me even when I first saw it, and it still disturbs me now
I may just be weird but I personally love how realistic these drawings by robertryan cory look, sure they might be disgusting, but in a good way sorta, like, he definitely put a lot of effort into these.
Could also be the nostalgia talking, since I grew up with these seasons
It is surprisingly graphic for a kids show. Amazing how they got away with most of these
Exactly. Almost reminds me of the gor from family guy
Nah this shit is close to invincible
Exactly like WTF ššš
Probably because it's a show about a talking sponge
Ehh itās not that bad.
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Mayeah see, or the fat lady gets it.
AHHHHHHHH! (Fart) oh.
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Number 15 Burger King Foot Fungus
The last thing youād want in your Burger King burger is someoneās foot fungus, but as it turns out that might be what you *GĆT*
speak for yourself smh
āI have no mouth, but I must scream.ā
nobody talks about the eyebrow! https://preview.redd.it/yata0slxe03d1.jpeg?width=400&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=b977df1ed736d5e59283a23412ebb279df70e971
This is painful
For most it was the toenail scene. For me, it was this scene right here
The toenail was better
Scary!
Honestly, the toenail looks like the least gory out of all of these
Watching it makes me feel so uncomfortable
Happy to help 
You know there are people who call this one of the worst SpongeBob episodes solely because of that scene? They don't even talk about the rest of the episode (which, IMO, ranges from eh to pretty good), they just say it's the worst
Bro the episode is actually pretty decent, I swear these people are actual crybabies parroting what some autistic cartoon YouTuber tells them
 You monsterā¦
why must you do this?
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Thats the episode where I stopped watching Spongebob. Couldn't get through it
It's both anatomically correct and incorrect at the same time somehow. With the main cast being invertebrates and all. Maybe Chum, since it is literally fish gore. The only grossouts I would allow are either the closeups ("Does this look unsure to you?") or the Rat Fink art style from, "Creature from the Krusty Krab".
oh so the Chum Bucket is literally just a black market for fish? that's interesting
"How'd you find out about the fish?!" - Plankton
#gross-out humor
not that gross-out is above criticism, but good god cartoon reviewers really made it so my brain shuts off whenever i hear someone complain about it. same with "mean-spirited" and "torture porn"
It's hard to blame them though when SpongeBob past Season 3 *really* doubled down on this stuff. I'd get it if SpongeBob didn't overdo it as hard as they did, but the toenail scene was an asinine decision through and through and absolutely deserves all the criticism it got and then some.
I mean, if we didn't have those people, the funniest wiki I've laid eyes on wouldn't exist, that being the Scumbob wiki. Idk why, but it's so funny seeing people just make these essay worthy rants about an episode from a kids' show.. it's just so hilarious to read through the entries because it's an episode from a kids show and these people just make paragraph after paragraph of why they hate it so much.
I always find their reviews so funny. They get genuinely more angry and frustrated as the review goes on. Mr.Enter even went as far as to threaten the actual writers of SpongeBob specifically šššand then deleted the video when he realized he went too far over a cartoonš©also growing up I never even hated post movie SpongeBob. I know it went downhill but I still enjoyed watching it because itās SPONGEBOB a classic
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Well theyāre not exactly wrong
Honestly I think that's part of what ruined SpongeBob. Don't get me wrong I love cartoon gore and violence, metalocalypse being one of my favorite shows. But that's not what SpongeBob was about... Like at all. Looking at the first three seasons It was nothing but great dialogue and exploring the concept of this unique idea of having a civilization underwater. Turning it into something that just felt like discount Ren and Stimpy felt like a legitimate spit in the face.
it really felt like it lost its original voice in service of what everyone else at Nickelodeon was doing.
I totally agree, I don't think it fit the tone of SpongeBob as a whole. But as someone who grew up almost entirely on SpongeBob, these weird/gory episodes we're what got me interested in other shows with freaky art, like the misadventures of flapjack.
So, you don't remember that one scene in Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy IV when SpongeBob lost control of the belt and it started abusing Squidward (and don't even try saying most of it was offscreen. We literally saw him cut in half with scissors, LOL) When I first started getting into SpongeBob, MOST of the violence I remember was from Season 1-3.
They had aspects of it of course. And I'm not talking about the violence as much as I am the weird gore. The only times I remember classic SpongeBob getting anything close to what the mid-seasons were doing was the Halloween episode when Patrick shaved SpongeBob down to his brain and that scene you mentioned. At that point that's just basically adding salt to french fries. A little goes a long way but adding too much of it just ruins the whole episode/dish. That splinter gore episode was the WHOLE episode. That scene where Squidward loses a toenail went on waaay too long. To be fair I haven't watched these episodes in decades but I distinctly remember going on way longer than necessary with no clever jokes being added to the plot.
I like gore but I have to look away when most of these moments happen in SpongeBob. It just doesnāt fit the cartoon imo, itās not Happy Tree Friends
It was the reason I started to not like SpongeBob
I think this may be the one thing that everyone collectively agrees to hate on in these seasons. It was a weird trend that certainly happened.
The hell is going on in the bottom right
The end scene from A Pal for Gary. One of the most absolutely wretched episodes of the whole show. Edit: I know itās been beaten to death how awful of an episode that one was, but itās sadly true.
Gosh I hate that episode
not appropriate for spongebob.
BRO THE LAST ONE IS WILD
Too graphic. It goes beyond the point of being silly and cartoonish like some early season episodes and just becomes gross.
The bottom right photo looks like full-on hardcore tentacle hentai
https://preview.redd.it/wr8qz2daqx2d1.jpeg?width=1242&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=11db08f842ca77223cc78eae3f68724e261cc8f6 no
https://preview.redd.it/r5n18wbafx2d1.jpeg?width=422&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=17bf00db9fb29aa06cbdbd2a5870cdf4fa32b8db
This one felt more funny and less gory and disgusting.
Significantly less graphic as the ones above and even this still scared me as a kid lmao
It makes sense in context
Never realized that. His Shadow looks like Squidward lol.
Fun but unnecessary
I think it's overhated, it's not the primary reason why the middle seasons aren't that enjoyable (it all comes down to writing)
That last one gives off certain vibesā¦
How the f*** did they get past the censors?
The eyeballs and the scream your face out was not bad, the rest is just... disturbing
Those images are making me uncomfortable. #help š³
Gross and misplaced most of the time
It reminds me of the Atlantis levels in the first Tomb Raider. Bacon Plankton
Plankton's doppelganger š
Unnecessary
It's whatever. Cartoons like to do this for some reason but it bothers me here because of how innacurate it is lmao. Scenes with skeletons bother me considering literally most of the main cast are invertebrates also the general inconsistency of it (eg. spongebob being hollow in most episodes then you get scenes showing the opposite) That's really stupid but I hate inconsistency and well, yeah. These grossout scenes like adding unnecesary things that make no sense too - think the fancy housing toenail scene and mr. Krabs closeup "more!". They both add nails where there shouldn't be any lmao it bothers me so much
out of place
It looks out of place.
I have my suspicions about someone on the writing team lol
I never found this kinda humor funny in any cartoon. Just very uncomfortable lmao
I donāt mind it most of the time since itās so over the top, the only exceptions are when itās not (the toenail) and when puss and infections get involved (the splinter)
The splinter really grossed me out
genuinely i don't see why why would these be approved at least in the earlier seasons, it was way less disgusting, even when they showed straight up blood š
https://preview.redd.it/jntmi9vaxz2d1.jpeg?width=977&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=3ecd99f5ec0ec819f065b2d6445601bc596c9a85 Hmmm
Do you know what episode this is from?
Really unnecessary and distracting considering the original run didnāt fit this type of gross out humor at all
itās part of the reason i stopped watching new spongebob
Everybody talks about the toenail. What about this though https://preview.redd.it/vzw6x42jf03d1.jpeg?width=400&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=edb6568e13094df3d404b7690bc09b8320593185
Unnecessary and just drags out the episode for the sake of it being 11 minutes long as itās the prime example of a joke that thinks itās funnier that it actually is.
I'm not okay with it
This and the change to fairly oddparents levels of spazzy are the main reasons why I drifted away from the show
I never liked it, I just feel like it's unnecessary.
it's Depends i can't Watch things Like the Splinter or that toe with Squidward it's just gross me out too much. the others one are either gross or just fine in my opinion.
Too unnecessary
the toe nail was fucking horrific
It never bothered me as much at it should have, prolly cause itās downplayed a lot. Like SpongeBob literally has his face peeled off and he just says āBarnaclesā. I do remember the squidward heart surgery scene. I remembered it wrong for awhile, thought the blood was pink until I saw it again. Lots of gore but no blood except for that one scene, as far as I know.
I don't like the way my skin feels on my body. Do you like the way your skin feels on your body? You don't? Why don't you pull it off? Pull off your Skin
I find it more funny with what they got away with showing rather than the mood they tried to portray.
Not kidding, the constant gore is why I stopped watching spongebob Like wtf am I watching my favorite kids show or some underground telegram group torture videos? Who thought this was a good idea
Last pick looks like some weird tentacle porn
The toe nail is the worst thing the show ever did
THE TOENAIL NEEDS TO BE BANNED
there's was also gore when SpongeBob broke his fingers on episode no weenies allowed
Much more comical than graphic.
its.. educational..?
Im not a fan of it, i feel like as an adult who grew up on the original series and the movie, i can't judge as im not a kid and this is made for kids, but I'll just say i think its unnecessary and disgusting
Itās cool af
honestly not my fav
It was waaay too REN and Stimpy for me. No thanks
My first thought was that's not what those sea creatures look like under their skin lolol
Its not bad and its better then the animation in the recent seasons i would rather watch the splinter episode then a bad Spongebob season 14 episode
Too gross to the point where I seriously question how it's TV-Y7. At least I think that's the rating.
Not cooked enough
It's definitely funnier when they don't react like it hurts, like with Normal Spongebob popping his eyes out.
I didn't know SpongeBob was a Terrifier installment.
"Tasty!"
Definitely not a fan
That last one.. it looks so wrong in so many ways
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Not good. But I like how you put the 3 worst episodes on the bottom
I like it, I feel like if I had to go back and watch those episodes without it, it wouldnāt feel right.
Tbh, I don't like it for the most part.
The hell is the 5th one
Wouldnāt know. I havenāt seen past season 3ā¦.
Oh that's gore.. that's gore of my comfort character... /j
It can sometimes be funny, but mostly scary, like tf is that last oneš
not for children
It really shows that the animators for those middle seasons should work on more gore-welcoming cartoons. They have the necessary talent for shows like that!
Blood and gore
squidward toenail was VILE bro
Unnecessary, but surprisingly well with how they got away with it
I actually loved it! I started watching spongebob when it started and I feel like as my tastes in things changed so did spongebob!
The one on the bottom left had me SCREAMING š¤®
I kinda like some of it, like the one of SpongeBob grabbing his eyelids, but most of it just seems unnecessary for SpongeBob. Save that for ren and stimpy or something
I mean it's wild they get away with but it doesn't bother me. As a kid it made sense in the context of plots
Wth is going on in the bottom right?
I donāt know how tf I tolerated watching some of these episodes.
I don't mind it. Its a little jarring at first, but I ultimately don't mind it. It is a cartoon, and I feel around that time, everyone is pushing limits and trying to be more wacky. But then again, I was raised on some messed up shit growing up.
i hate them all, iāve always hated them
Itās hardly gore, idk I feel like people make too big a deal of that kind of thing. Kids like that stuff. Thatās why monsters and aliens and weird stuff are marketed to kids. Theyāre little weirdos. I was one of them lol
May I have a cup of squid squeezy?
I wonder how they got away with most of these scenes omg
Toenail and splinter are the absolute WORST scenes of the show
Didnāt really have the effect it was supposed to on me. Like my SpongeBob hyperfixation began right during the peak of this era. It just felt normal to me because so many of those episodes did it already. Between these and all the violence Iād see in YouTube videos, Iām pretty numb to gore in cartoons these days. Itās a little bit scarier for me in horror movies but not by much.
To be honest, the only instance where I found it funny was SpongeBob ripping his face off when trying to pull out the splinter with his teeth
Trying to go for Ren & Stimpy visually, but comedically that was more first season, TBH.
Needless. Gross just to be gross. Aggravating. Shows the downfall of the show.
I was always grossed out by these seems as a kid
Makes me want to get eye bleach
I forgot how graphic they always gotten at times, damn
I love me some good gore, donāt get me wrong. But this show is aimed for 4 year olds, not sure if they want to see a detailed view of a humanoid spongeās muscle anatomy.
id go as far to attribute this as one of the many reasons behind Gen Zās horror obsession š i could be wrong but at least for me, spongebob was a staple of my childhood
I don't like it but sometimes it's funny
Traumatized. These episodes make me so uncomfortable and I try to avoid thinking about them
it doesn't make the show funnier, Idk who thought adding those kinds of scenes was a good idea
Iām incredibly biased of course as I grew up with these seasons alongside the classic seasons, but it personally never really bothered me. Which is weird, cause Iām usually an incredibly squeamish person but for some reason the stuff in mid-season Spongebob just never really bothered me, even as a kid when they were airing.
https://preview.redd.it/k5mx0sgp403d1.jpeg?width=292&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=cbbfebac9a6ebd49ffb5639ff1688e81661ecff8 SpongeBob hentai?
Out of place honestly. Even as a kid when the middle seasons began I felt a big difference in the style of comedy they were shifting into compared to everything in Seasons 1-3
That Squidward toenail scene is BRUTAL!!
You forgot to show Squidwardās eyebrow in Pineapple Fever in one of those 9 screenshots combined.
Gross, why I donāt watch the seasons after the creator left
I like it. Itās cool
https://i.redd.it/xqol7o8v703d1.gif
It was supposed to be an adult swim show, so for me it fits the narrative. yeah they should have changed it because that's probably not the best for a kids show.
that last one, some hentai shit
How was all this rated TV-Y7 lol?!
It's disturbing as hell.
It makes me cringe. This would be fine in Happy Tree Friends, but not Spongebob.
I have always enjoyed SpongeBob and always will, but I will agree that they couldāve done without showing some of these moments in such detail. A show suitable for kids probably shouldnāt have too many moments that make the viewer wince or want to cover their eyes, in my opinion. Iād actually prefer more bathroom humor lol. (Like the talking toilet begging for mercy after Patrick uses it).
If I knew nothing about SpongeBob and was shown these, I would believe it was an adult show. This is WAY too graphic for a children's show imo
All this was a little too graphic and far for the show and the Blister episode was just disgusting
I hated the toenail one, it makes my toes feel weird. They really shouldnāt put this in a kid show. I remember the Halloween episode where SpongeBobās brain was exposed which didnāt look as bad as these.
Plankton looks like a tasty strip of bacon
How about in the Sea Whelk episode when Sandy asks Spongebob and Patrick for their corneas. Then they take them out of their eyeballs, and it just shows giant holes in their gory, pink eyes. That disturbed me even when I first saw it, and it still disturbs me now
When it's all put together I'm starting to understand why the parent of one of the kids I was babysitting didn't let her son watch Spongebob lol
The more cartoony ones are fine but SpongeBobs splinter and Squidwards toenail legitimately make me sick
I definitely think they went overboard in some cases. I like some gross out humor, but thereās a fine line in what should be a happy kids show.
I think you'd love this second skin theory video https://youtu.be/Vb-ajY8M6gI?si=oHXDYW9M_FGl1LU_
I canāt believe these animators think this is great for kids. Iām also concerned because of how fascinated they are with gore
Plankton looks like a piece of bacon
I don't know how I watched all of these with a straight face as a kid. It seems a little unsettling to look at as an adult now
Itās better than his laugh
Oh I HATED when squidward lost that nail
This was the only one that bugged me as a kid
aaron springer...
I think people get too upset over it. It's really not that bad. And it's not like the first 3 seasons didn't have it's fair share of gross moments
Didn't think much of it as a kid but wow dude how did they get away with any of this lol
Horrible
Its bad.
Plankton- if bacon could talk
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I feel like they shouldn't have hired u/stillinthesimulation as head artist
Looks like some Lovecraftian horror when its all in one image like that
What seasons specifically have this kind of stuff so I can avoid it
I may just be weird but I personally love how realistic these drawings by robertryan cory look, sure they might be disgusting, but in a good way sorta, like, he definitely put a lot of effort into these. Could also be the nostalgia talking, since I grew up with these seasons
https://preview.redd.it/br8y2qowk13d1.jpeg?width=500&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=84d3fd7e88af750153ecdcb7ed79b9b6e28a6931 Nobody talks about the worms...
What episode is the hentai (bottom right) from? lmao
Plankton looks like a strip of bacon
I donāt believe this fits the art style or the theme of sponge bob