@Goldenleyend
Tbh just hearing that its the final episode of the og team puts everything into context, whether there was a secret meaning to the episode or not
@jasperzombwolf5422
The crazy part is sea sponges live for 200 years so SpongeBob could have been gone for a good 70 and not be an old dude while everyone passes away
@leopardbunny
I feel like that final imagery of the hollow statue echoing Spongebob's iconic laugh perfectly summarizes what they predicted, accurately, that Spongebob would become as a character and a show: hollow, a plastered on smile, mimicking his sound with no real personality or meaning behind it. There is no depth to the character of the statue, it's simply his most iconic traits with none of his flaws or struggles or aspirations or anything that makes him more than the shallow caricature that the statues, and modern Spongebob, are.
@hangmanbangman
It's a metaphor of how such high demand of SpongeBob eventually turned SpongeBob into a shell of what he was known to be. All meaning and character gone, the only thing left is emotionless laughter and an unending soulless song..
@102Help
Spongehenge always felt to me like they tried to write a Twilight Zone episode using SpongeBob characters
@briongysin4566
In my head canon the show ends after the first movie. Spongebob gets promoted to manager even though he's still seen as a kid, while Plankton is arrested and taken away by King Neptune (presumably for the rest of his life, given the nature of his crime). I'm sure this was intentional since Stephen Hillenburg wanted the show to end after the third season, when the movie came out. The first movie had passion and was probably Stephen Hillenburg's way of saying goodbye to his characters. The first movie ends with Spongebob growing and realizing, even if he is a kid, he's also a Goofy Goober and is happy the way he is. Plus, I love that the flaming lips did a song for the movie!
@theblacksorcerer
Dunno why but SpongeHenge felt more like an Adventure Time episode for some reason to me
@aldeeleyquinto2741
That sudden audio quality change at 4:29 scared me for a sec
@neco4127
When I heard SpongeBob's laugh at the end of SpongeHenge, I thought that he was secretly still alive with hiding and being happy that his statues made the jellyfish happy.
@csavage14
The jellyfish are the viewers, and the townspeople are the creators. The jellyfish won't let spongebob go, so he recreates himself for them, and the jellyfish love it, setting him free. When he comes back, the townspeople are gone and abandoned him. The future aliens are the new show runners. They marvel at the legacy of SpongeBob and keep it alive, but they dont realize that its not the real spongebob, nor do they even understand who spongebob is fundamentally.
@neco4127
I like how Patrick just quickly got angry and called SpongeBob a negative influence, like, it's kind of outlandish and random, don't you think?
@ZenoDovahkiin
>not just one, dozens! >shows 8 statues on screen
@Freakyfriesday1
I vividly remember watching this episode when I was little. I got more uncomfortable as it went on, but I didn’t stop watching because I just wanted to see Spongebob get home and everything be resolved. When it ended I blankly watched a couple commercials before bursting into tears 😂
@micah2936
Fun fact… my dad took Stephen Hullenburg out snorkeling in high school for the first time. My dad thinks he may have initiated his spark in marine life leading to SpongeBob
@PrincessJediLantern
Out of all the theories I heard about Spongehenge, the one at the end makes the most sense. It’d be absolutely crazy if Hillenburg predicted Modern SpongeBob.
@funnymisterm5014
Okay. Story time. When I was a young boy. I used to watch SpongeBob everyday. After school, after lunch, and before bed. It was my childhood. My best friend. Until one day, I watched that very episode: "Spongehenge". After watching it. I was scared, confused, and even upset that how it ended. I kept watching it over and over to get the joke. But it never got to me. So in a scared state, I stopped watching Spongebob. Now older, I watched spongehenge again and I finally got the answer. The joke. It was a goodbye to the original Spongebob. The last laugh you could say. Like your best friend telling you a joke and never came back. The modern take of Spongebob wasn't the sponge I knew. But rather a character who wore Spongebob's face. Now I think about it. That scare when I was a kid was a good thing. It kept me away from the modernized version of Spongebob. It made me understand, sad and accepted it. My beat friend is gone.
@gym-bro-f2r
So, jellyfishes actually represent SpongeBob fans. Wanting it to bring it on forever, but it's no longer real SpongeBob
@Not_thePyro
When I was younger, I did not think that hard about this episode. I just watched it and enjoyed it. Honestly, it was such a vibe.
@mechaGoji321
Now that I think about it, the part where SpongeBob returns we see the Crusty Crab buried is like the end of the original planet of the apes. Where it's discovered the main character was on earth the whole time and that it was destroyed long ago by humanity itself, with only the Statue of Liberty was all that was left behind, buried in the earth in the iconic final moments of the film.
@SpongeTruth