Honestly my theory is he just has bad test taking anxiety, he was driving perfectly with that tough boating teacher but as soon as it came down to actually doing the test he freaked and started panicking

@xavierrivera3407

7 ай бұрын

He also drives the Patty mobile perfect fine throughout most of the first SpongeBob movie until it’s destroyed through no fault of his own.

@mikejustgothere1685

7 ай бұрын

@@xavierrivera3407 you don’t need a license to drive a sandwhich😎

@exceptwhy1293

7 ай бұрын

This is essentially the real reason as said in the first boating episode

@ghoulbuster1

7 ай бұрын

This would spark a new theory to try to explain why does spongebob have such intense anxiety.

@agreenr6915

7 ай бұрын

That's why it took me 3 tries to get my license

I think Spongebob is one of those people who hate change. He subconsciously fucks it up in order to be in boating school forever. Some people who have already finished school say they really wanna go back to school for some reason.

@jennysomething3666

7 ай бұрын

That could be it! When I finished college I wanted to go immediately back too

@ThiccFurryBoi34

7 ай бұрын

@@jennysomething3666 nah bro i want to go back to highschool but then again im doing online college so makes sense why im so not into it

@poopww5378

7 ай бұрын

Yeah I think that’s kinda me

@britfrazer2910

7 ай бұрын

Makes sense really, we saw how bad he did trying to find a different job

@flariz4824

7 ай бұрын

"For some reason" as if most people obviously wouldnt want to go back to school days upon realizing how life actuallly is

Something you failed to mention, is when ever SpongeBob fails horribly at driving, he is nervous His nerves cause him to start driving recklessly, but when ever he is calm, he is able to drive

@mikethegoo

7 ай бұрын

The biggest example is probably when he drives with Tony Fast. He literally does it all right as long as he keeps thinking "Stay cool~"

@Explodinghairypotatocat

7 ай бұрын

​@@RepentandbelieveinJesusChrist5 mind your own business we don't want to hear about Jesus here we're watching SpongeBob theories

@thefatpuppers2651

7 ай бұрын

​​@@RepentandbelieveinJesusChrist5 "You shall not bow down to them or worship them; for I, the LORD your God, am a jealous God" Exodus 20:5 You worship a flawed idol,sit down

@mikethegoo

7 ай бұрын

@@RepentandbelieveinJesusChrist5 Okay... What does this have to do with the video?

@vitoriangamer7807

7 ай бұрын

⁠@@thefatpuppers2651Bro, sit down, we are talking about sponge Bob, also you are saying the Lord’s name in vain by mentioning him, in a SpongeBob theory video, you dare mess with the Lord’s grace by annoying people with it in such a place? A SpongeBob theory video? You want to spread the Lord’s greatness? Go to church

That could be a plausible theory. Part of SpongeBob might not want to get his license. One of Stephen Hillenburg‘s rules was that no matter what, Spongebob would never get his boating license. Stephen liked the way he and Mrs. Puff interacted and didn’t want the dynamic to end.

@maximoesco

7 ай бұрын

oh wow I didn’t know that. Actually really helps my theory cause of what I said about Spongebob not passing because he enjoys his relationship with miss puff. Thank u for sharing that and watching.

@StevenJones851

7 ай бұрын

that's cool the writer wanted it not to end

@cameroniacobucci

7 ай бұрын

@@StevenJones851 creator, actually.

@smokesterify

7 ай бұрын

The reason he's never allowed to get his license is because Nickelodeon wanted SpongeBob to be a child in school & Hillenburg wanted him to be an adult. Boating school is that compromise between Hillenburg & Nick.

@cameroniacobucci

7 ай бұрын

@@smokesterify Yeah, i’ve heard of that

As someone with HORRENDOUS test anxiety, especially with the teacher literally sitting next to you and taking notes, I can tell you from personal experience some people just drive ten times worse when they're being graded on it. This just feels like the cartoon exaggeration of what I went through, plus Spongebob's general upbeat attitude, not some malicious act.

@Sparky6Voltz

7 ай бұрын

Agreed

@Winona__bis.

5 ай бұрын

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@BendyDH

5 ай бұрын

I get this too, I get so nervous and mess up constantly if i’m being watched doing any activity. I do any task so much better alone

@zaiah9252

2 ай бұрын

Anxiety is a tough battle. But it is a battle worth fighting to control. Striving to lessen anxiety is key to success in life.

@tlst94

12 күн бұрын

What would've been like to always get your teachers arrested?

You missed how the way Mrs. Puff gives Spongebob his license in No Free Rides is by giving him a 10 word essay on what he learned in boating school, even going as far as to give him “What I learned in boating school is…”. All he had to say was “how to drive”, but he doesn’t even do that. He keeps trying to “change his answer”, but when Mrs. Puff gets the essay, it’s just doodles, an ink blot, and the words how and drive crossed out. He even scribbled out the word school for some reason. He even tries to tell his parents that he only passed because of an essay, but Mrs. Puff silences him.

@DreamWaker

7 ай бұрын

Yeah no. At this point it truely is Horrendous Test Anxiety.

This video made me realize how much of a public menace Spongebob can be.

this would actually make sense because before the episode “No free rides” He was obviously weekly paying for Boating School until No Free Rides when the police forced Mrs. Puff to give him free driving lessons So not only is he getting away free almost every time He’s also not paying Mrs. Puff for everything he puts her through He KNOWS exactly what he’s doing

@maximoesco

7 ай бұрын

woooah i didn’t even catch that, that adds so much to the theory knowing that thank u for sharing. Spongebob is smart he definitely KNOWS what he’s doing, poor ms puff haha.

@skoop651

7 ай бұрын

he has anxiety, it's really that simple spongebobs not as smart as you think

@_vka_

7 ай бұрын

@@skoop651 oh spongebob..WHHHHYYYYYY?

@dariusdafigga

Ай бұрын

You’re an idiot if you really believe this

@rubhertoes

19 күн бұрын

In one of the later episodes he says that he pays $100 a semester, which is insanely cheap haha.

This proves my theory that old SpongeBob always felt like it had something more to it then it seems while new spongebob is just random nautical nonsense

@maximoesco

7 ай бұрын

the passion in the beginning of the show was unmatched

@soha4686

7 ай бұрын

Well I mean the theme song does promise us nautical nonsense...

@Flabbergastedsnake

7 ай бұрын

But noutical nonsense be something I wish!

@leoalper4530

7 ай бұрын

"If nautical nonsense be something you wish, then drop on the deck and flop like a fish".... You must do what Captain orders...

@darthvader0219

7 ай бұрын

I wonder if him “pretending” to drive a museum that he did not know was being driven by someone else counts as nautical nonsense

I would argue it is more a problem of anxiety rather than knowledge, which he has. This anxiety when driving specifically a boat is the real problem. Of course, the add up of him enjoying theory class too much to leave it might be another reason.

That’s a plausible theory there. If I were Mrs puff, I would expel and ban spongebob from my school. I know she made a vow to never give up on students, but I don’t see why she can’t make at least one exception.

@maximoesco

7 ай бұрын

it sucks she can’t, little dude makes prison seem like heaven for her hahaha.

@schoo9256

7 ай бұрын

I think at one point the police forced her to give him free lessons so I think she's still operating on that basis

@montanajackson3713

7 ай бұрын

@@schoo9256 That’s another problem I want resolved, the police themselves need to be apprehended so puff can be free and expel spongebob.

@dazedd-fi4yx

Ай бұрын

cuz its a vow

It's anxiety. He can do everything well until he's examined or is placed in an environment of anxiety

I think what this video actually proves is he isn't faking his fails, I think he's prone to stress and anxiety, and Mrs puffs and some others end up stressing him out during his tests, but when he's calm or in his element he's a better driver.

Bro just has insane driving anxiety LMAO

11:33 “SpongeBob drives perfectly” My brother in Bikini Bottom, he’s literally driving in the middle of the road lmfao

@xlamb7460

7 ай бұрын

lol

@mikethegoo

7 ай бұрын

"My brother in Bikini Bottom" That's gold XD

@fishyfishyfishy500akabs8

7 ай бұрын

My brother in Bikini Bottom that road though is miserably small. Even if he did drive on the side he’s gonna still partway be in the middle

@redpheonix1000

7 ай бұрын

"My brother in Neptune" I have nothing else to add. Just thought that might sound better instead lol

you don't need a license to drive a sandwich.

I'd make one alteration to the theory, which is it not being on purpose, but rather a subconscious anxiety. My guess is that he does genuinely want to pass, but at a subconscious level he realizes that if he ever did it would mean he would graduate and therefore would no longer be able to attend boating school. Attending boating school is one of his greatest joys in life. Therefore, whenever he's in a position to pass a driving exam he starts getting really bad anxiety which leads to his driving skill diminishing greatly. He isn't consciously aware of this, he knows about his anxiety but can't quite figure out why he's getting it and probably just assumes he's getting nervous about the exam itself. Attempts to cheat also make him feel guilty, which works in tandem with his anxiety to help ensure he can never pass because it gives him both a conscious guilt that makes him feel like he doesn't deserve to pass paired with a subconscious lack of willingness to pass to begin with. If this perspective is correct, it would mean that Spongebob's mental prerequisite to passing the exam would be for him to accept moving on in life and leaving boating school behind him. Only then will his anxiety go away, allowing him to calmly pass the exam.

@rebeccahermosillo6

6 ай бұрын

Sheesh that's deep! Makes sense to me though - like how some people will sabotage a good relationship whenever it starts to get serious. Kind of interesting to apply in this scenario!

While the theory is interesting, I think it just boils down to Spongebob being so anxious during the exam that he makes some very obvious mistakes. I have myself wasted 2 years on repeating the exam because I was impossibly anxious. I had decent driving skills and I routinely had lessons with my instructor and everything was fine, but when it was time to take the exam, I got very anxious from the exam itself, from having to wait in line half a day to actually take the exam, and from having the examiner sit next to me. The last one was very serious for me because I'm terrible with people in general and having someone I don't know sit next to me and watch how I drive is extremely nerve wracking. In Spongebob's case he knows Mrs Puff quite well at this point, so that's not the problem, not to mention he doesn't have social anxiety, but I think he is just that much nervous because it's an exam

SpongeBob is canonically a great driver, this is shown multiple times, the reason he tends to fail so miserably on the driving test is due to his nerves. This is why SpongeBob is able to drive perfectly with the help of Patrick’s presence as his best friend talking into his head helps keeps him claim and collected. This is also why SpongeBob is able to drive the crabby mobile perfectly fine as he’s not under the pressure a driving test would put him under. Great video though, really well put together, like 👍🏻

@OscarGarcia-bq6iw

7 ай бұрын

There is also an episode where SpongeBob is driving a semi truck full of grease and spilling it in front of the chum bucket with Mr krabs

@chiliarchy8902

Ай бұрын

I think he’s still a reckless driver. We get to see what he thinks of himself as the driver with a license… in a dream scenario of episode “Sleepy Time”. What better way to know why he’s failing his tests… than visit his sleeping mind? He is driving like a racing game (looks like he’s flooring it), then he freaks out over not having a license. The dream conjures up a license. He is charmed by the license, distracted by it, WITH THE FOOT ON THE GAS. So a perpetual acceleration while he’s looking at the license and overindulging himself in vanity. Once he reaches the bumpy road and crashes, he has a momentary epiphany… “Always wear your seat belt.”Seat belts are mandatory, but safety is a broader term. Slowing down or pulling over to admire your recent possession is more safer for SpongeBob and everyone else. In other words, I think that epiphany is all for naught. Why is this important? This is SpongeBob’s mind in a dream. It answers the question: What does he think of himself, if he’s a driver with a license? Episode: “Sleepy Time”

In the pizza episode, he drives perfectly, backwards, all the way to the middle of nowhere.

Idk WHY there's so many dislikes. 😭 It's a well made video and you got some solid points. I wish you would go into why Spongebob acted so strangely towards Squidward in the boating class episode.

@maximoesco

7 ай бұрын

i really appreciate it! honestly wish i would’ve too. spongebob definitely had a vendetta against squidward constantly crashing into him hahaha.

@halloweencostumezombie

7 ай бұрын

wdym there is literally only 4 dislikes

@luigibros644

7 ай бұрын

How do you know how much dislikes this videos has

@_vka_

7 ай бұрын

@@luigibros644its a google extension

@halloweencostumezombie

7 ай бұрын

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It really does seem more like the case that Spongebob does better when he's relaxed. The boating test itself puts a lot of anxiety on him, but when Patrick has his back, when Spamton looking fish tells him to relaxed, when he can't see all the things that were making him anxious, he does very well.

Don't forget that pizza episode when SpongeBob somehow knows how to drive a goddamm rock

Damn, the cops in bikini bottom are just as stupid as Patrick for always throwing Mrs. Puff in the joint when Spongebob was the one driving.

There’s actually 1 more thing to add to this. In one of the Patrick Show episodes, it shows Spongebob taking his first driving test AND he drives perfectly until Patrick starts distracting him.

Damn SpongeBob why you gotta get Mrs Puff thrown in jail so much 😂😂😂

I always though square brotha just had test anxiety, hence the ease when Patrick is there for moral support (because obvi he knows what he’s doing) 🤷🏻‍♀️

Let's be real. Eugene just wanted to see mrs puffs in the krusty crab uniform As someone who overthinks all the time i think SpongeBob suffers from anxiety and panic attacks so he'd be perfectly capable if he was able to stay calm. I know how that is with Lots of stuff

@maximoesco

7 ай бұрын

lmaooo he definitely did, he always trying to get with miss puff. And yes theory aside I think so too, it seems he has extremely bad anxiety.

🎶 I’m gonna get my drivers license and it’s only going to take one more year 🎶

halfway through this video i looked at the view count shocked! this video deserves more of them. your video format and editing are amazing! very well put together. keep up the good work!!

@maximoesco

7 ай бұрын

really can’t tell you how much that means to me, thank you so much

@Shienux

7 ай бұрын

wow your comment made me look at the view count too. 700 views?!? I really hope this Video blows up!@@maximoesco

I think it's just that he overthinks it more than anything and panics. The idea that he could fail is enough to make him panic and start making bad decisions, but when he's not pressured by a test is when he actually does well.

Nickelodeon wanted Spongebob to be school instead of being a fry cook/adult. They eventually compromised with him being in boating school to do some episodes in school. If he passed, he wouldn't be in school anymore. Great video though, keep it up!

I mean, I think this is more about anxiety than being malicious. It goes well every time, until Spongebob has a reason to be worried or stress out, at which point everything goes wrong

Dude I totally forgot Spongebob used to have a unicycle!

@maximoesco

7 ай бұрын

dude me too until i started making this video hahaah

I personally think Spongebob IS a good driver. I just think the moment he becomes self conscious about doing something like driving, he over reacts and crashes. He's like this with other things too actually... which is why I think He and Patrick are probably good friends, cus Patrick doesnt over think things and Spongebob can just do whatever with him.

SpongeBob really loves routine, he seems obsessed with it. Maybe destroying the school and getting mrs puff arrested is a part of that routine

@maximoesco

7 ай бұрын

honestly thats a really good theory! He practically has lived the same life since the first episode and seems the “happiest” in the show.

In the episode, Greasy Buffoons, when Spongebob and Mr. Krabs dump extra grease at the Chum Bucket, Spongebob is driving just fine. He asks Mr. Krabs, if dumping it was legal, even though he's driving without a license

The theory falls appart by applying Hanlon's razor: "don't atribute to malice what can be explained by stupidity" Bob consistently fails boating school not out of self-sabotage, but because he's a nervious wreck behind the wheel, and also his good driving isn't consistent, he also gets careless, you also forget the episode where he's all by himself in Bikini Bottom and forges a licence with Ms. Puff's equipment and steals a boat, he drives awfully. So I would rule out self-sabotage.

Test anxiety maybe. Whenever theres some sort of test he always freaks out

the amount of times you said ‘And then Mrs Puff goes to jail’ had me actually dying 😭😭

Part of me wishes they could drop the "Boating License" gag. Repetition only works but so much

@hopelessamaturerougeofhope4399

7 ай бұрын

I think that would be nice it was done with ash with him finally winning a Pokémon league so spongebob getting his license would be a huge impact

this is a dope ass vid and i hope u get the recognition you deserve

@maximoesco

7 ай бұрын

bro really appreciate it thank you

I always saw it as Spongebob can drive, he just has test anxiety. He can do everything perfectly in training but not when he knows that it is a test. I know plenty of people who have a license but don't drive because they are afraid to.

And don't forget he drove the rock perfectly when he and squidward were stuck in the desert and drove the burger mobile in the 1st spongebob movie

I’m surprised this isn’t mentioned but the network wanted SpongeBob to be in school to make him relatable to kids, they ultimately settled on him never graduating driving school for the classroom environment.

So basically, there are awful drivers, and then there is Spongebob/BMW drivers.

SpongeBob is basically just a guy with huge anxiety. I can very much relate to this

It seems that he drives badly when stressed and prefectly when relaxed. Which raises some questions about why he's relaxed when driving blindfolded or in car-based combat.

I know it doesn’t count but “It’s not just a boulder it’s a rock” 🤣

Careful dude, your getting dangerously close to the truth, watch your back

@maximoesco

7 ай бұрын

😅😬

This heavily implies that Spongebob is a sociopathic lunatic intersting.

“Ahoy Spongeboy! How many times has Puff been tellin’ ya not to crash into me restaurant?!”

Hey, great video, i could listen to these video essays for spongebob anyday, but the fact that this one is pretty well put together makes it better

@maximoesco

7 ай бұрын

hey, thanks so much cody!

Did anyone forget HE'S DRIVING SO GOOD HE CAN DRIVE A ROCK.

SpongeBob just has anxiety with test taking, he also didn’t just admit to cheating there was much more to it than that.

Seems obvious to me that what SpongeBob has always lacked is confidence.

I appreciate your hours of watching, editing and condensing into 11 minutes and 45 seconds that Spongebob is basically exemplifying weaponized incompetence. lol

“You don’t need a license to drive a sandwich”

This was a BANGER! 💣. Great Job MAX

@maximoesco

7 ай бұрын

thanks bro!!

I think if you want to look at it really realistically, SpongeBob doesn’t want to leave boating school, but he also wants the license. SpongeBob is avoiding change.

This shows why SpongeBob is a maniac. He's bananas.

Even if it’s unintentional, lying for malice is evil. The new Spongebob seems to promote toxic behavior…

Love that you added the counter argument part, powermove for your credibility fr

I would also add that in the Pizza episode, Spongebob drives the rock he found perfectly even though it has invisible controls.

As you said, fun is key to Spongebob I believe he is a good driver when he does not realise the weight of the situation he is in Ofcourse you can make mistakes in a driving lesson but that flies out of the window if you take a test (it could be that in Picture Day he just nobrained the situation thus not caring about the other residents) And when Spongebob is told to "be cool" he immediately switches because he does not think of the drive to be daunting anymore and has fun from there Also a scene that could strengthen this argument is from "Pizza Delivery" where he seems incompetent to drive and drives in the complete opposite direction Because here the pressure of Squidward and maybe even the pressure to get the delivery done messes him up, but then after goofing around, he seems completely capable of driving a rock (something Spongebob clearly enjoys given how knowledgable he is about "the Pioneers")

"You dont need a license to drive a sandwich"

This is too well-done because i keep thinking of counter-arguments and forgetting this is satire

My theory is that SpongeBob makes mrs puff inflate on purpose because he has an inflation fetish

@maximoesco

7 ай бұрын

thats wild

Really love the video dude, it’s super well edited!! Hope you get more exposure soon, your content deserves it!!

@maximoesco

7 ай бұрын

thank you so much!!!

9:20 I do the same thing I can drive perfectly in a road that is empty because my anxiety is not giving me any signals of endangering someone's life and if you put me in the highway I would probably freak out stressing out and end up in a morgue. I feel spongebob to an extent has bad anxiety but remembers that other people are on the road which causes him to fail.

i think spongebob knows how to drive but not in practicality...

It's not a boating school episode, but the pizza delivery episode shows that Spongebob can actually drive a rock perfectly while boats confuse him

Spongebob fails because spongebob wants to tap miss puff

@maximoesco

7 ай бұрын

:000

i love the whole thing ending with "maybe I'm just overthinking"

An awful driver is someone who drives under the speed limit cracked me up haha. Winter is all I have to say to that.

I just thought he had something against the white and red boat before and after the episode where SpongeBob was alone and was haunted by a boat with the same type of boat since he's mostly seen crashing that boat. Even when he was alone he still crashes into everything hoping the boat would break but it didn't.

Stephen said that SpongeBob was never allowed his license, so it could just be that.

@darkzeroprojects4245

7 ай бұрын

Which is why I think making so many episodes of boating school is a waste of time and frustrating.

@matthewradtke9573

7 ай бұрын

@@darkzeroprojects4245 I mean I liked them all as a kid. Can't remember the last time I watch SpongeBob, so my opinion might be different now

I really forgot how often Ms Puff goes to jail in this show, it's almost on par with Kenny dying in South Park.

Bro is tryna rationalise spongebob like its real life.

This man can’t drive a boat but he can drive a whole burger

@maximoesco

7 ай бұрын

im saying lmaoo

@alexvaughan1013

7 ай бұрын

You don't need a license to drive a sandwich.

@charlottenanasikakwenin2024

7 ай бұрын

​@@alexvaughan1013bro he means he knows how to control burger and not a real car dummy

Thank you,I appreciate the time you must put into these 👌👍👏😊

@maximoesco

7 ай бұрын

Thank you mary! I appreciate you always watching and delivering ur kind words it means a lot :D

@marypettyfer4640

7 ай бұрын

@@maximoesco Thank you 😊

As inept as SpongeBob may seem on the surface, just realize that he is still better at driving than ever tesla driver out there.

Imagine getting a free car with your liscence, that's crazy

Overthinking cartoons made for children be like:

More like the writers ran out of ideas in 2005

I think it’s stress. When no one is watching him or he has a another goal (like getting away or going somewhere) he drives fine, but when his only goal is to drive well he can’t. He also can’t drive well when people watch him, maybe because of stress.

I'm hoping in a future canon episode Spongebob will be revealed to actually be evil.

I don't doubt our good ol Sponge's intelligence.. he's a sponge! He soaks everything up. :3

@angel9162009

4 ай бұрын

Oh, SpongeBob IS smart. He just (often naïvely) sees the good in everything, so the mean spirited people of Bikini Bottom see him as dumb.

this is a great video! It’s really well edited! Keep up the good work! 🎉🎉🎉🎉

@maximoesco

7 ай бұрын

thank you so so much!! truthfully means so much to me

Mrs Puff keeps getting locked up is sending me💀

spongebob was made during a time where cartoons always had some sort of cat and mouse dynamic. so simply all it could be is that outdated form of storytelling, and they cant break it in the newer episodes.

Remember me when ur famous man

@maximoesco

7 ай бұрын

haha i don’t know about getting famous but I appreciate you, if it happens i will remember you the wu society

@thewusociety6061

7 ай бұрын

@@maximoesco 👍

@Jonathan-kv3rn

7 ай бұрын

​@@maximoescoI believe in you your content is amazing so I think you are gonna get famous

That’s not even a “theory”. You didn’t explain the thesis until halfway through the video. I think this video had potential but came short. Also you didn’t mention the dream episode where he a has a license.

Okay but the subtitles on the chalkboard was editing gold lol

@maximoesco

7 ай бұрын

i appreciate that haha 👨‍🏫

What I learned in boating school is ~~how to drive~~ Mrs. Puff exists purely to justify the continuation of her own personal hell.

It's just the bible rules.

2024 kids: hes just a fry kid 2000 kids: h is a *GOD*

Dude made a thesis about a cartoon, and I couldn't be happier about it. Nice video.

I completely agree with you. If I was writing a couple of future episodes of this show, that would be the case. In the final season, good things would happen to him after earning them.

When you are so bad at driving That you become good at it