There seems to be some misunderstanding so I'll state this to avoid any further confusion: - No I do not hate this song and I think it fits for the show as many of you pointed out - Associating the song with a traumatic experience could be an good explanation for this and I appreciate outside opinions on this topic - I beg of you to watch the whole video before you comment cus I'm seeing a lot of rage and asking questions that I answer in the video - Dissonance doesn't mean having "no melody", but more like having an unsettling melody. A lot of the music homies pointed that out But yeah I just felt the need to point somethings out and correct myself a bit. Have a good day boys 👋

Personally, I wasn’t really creeped out by the outro and I always thought it was silly and well-fitting for the show

I never thought it was creepy I thought it fit the show pretty well

Your mind likes to find patterns, and if it can't fully understand a pattern it freaks out a little. Dissonance basically trips a wire in our brains that's _supposed_ to alert us to something potentially concerning, even when there's nothing really wrong there.

The song is the auditory equivalent of the shower suddenly losing hot water

Never knew people thought this was unnerving, I find it kinda nostalgic. The music also gives a feeling of “whew, what a day!”

Honestly, I never knew this creeped people out. To me it just sounds like chill beachy tunes. Something I would hear in a gift shop or something. I like it alot. In fact it's kinda nostalgic.

Average SpongeBob fan: the outro is so creepy!! Me: 💃💃💃🎶🎶🎶

I think part of it is the almost jarring shift from cartoon antics to calm, uninterrupted music. Cartoons usually have other sounds playing over music, like characters talking and sound effects. Then in-between just that brief period of music on a static screen as the credits go by, before you're immediately thrown back into the next show. Strange moments of quiet are kind of unnerving, it's like how you know you're in danger if everything suddenly goes quiet in a forest. And there's the obvious negative association of the cartoon being over of course. It's especially unnerving if you're watching it on a dvd or vhs, which is likely if the credits song is left to play instead of cutting to an advertisement, because it means the dvd is over, which can be especially unnerving at night time because you're just left in darkness afterwards (this is probably why some people also recall being frightened by the background music on dvd menus, it's a similar jarring shift.) It is very similar to the liminal space thing, it's an area that's meant to have people and sounds left briefly empty and quiet for a moment.

I never knew that the outro was distressing, i was jamming out to this music throughout my entire childhood Edit: same

the song sounds a bit too calm and relaxing when you’re just watching it in the dark or by yourself, it kind of gives you the “you should look behind you” feeling

I absolutely LOVE the outro for SpongeBob. So nostalgic, so goofy, it captures the attitude of the show so well, and it's SUCH a BOP. I'd just be absolutely JAMMIN' at this is a kid

I was always scared because my mom set a timer on my tv i dont know if anyone else can relate to that but hearing the outro and then your tv just turning off randomly would just scare the shit out of me especially after the monkey costume episode

The outro actually calms me down. Every time I hear it, I get Nostalgic. It's weird that people are disturbed by a song I'd call calming.

I saw someone explain this that perfectly explained it for me. Imagine you start watching spongebob at 5pm. After hours of watching and the outro plays, you realize it's 8pm and you look around and you're alone. It feels creepy realizing that, which is why it felt creepy for me.

I remember how eerie and chilling the outro music was for me as a kid. The chilling thing was i watched spongebob on dvd and sometimes fall asleep and when id wake up hear the outro music repeatedly playing, still gives me chills.

I have no idea why this song creeped me out so much. I didn’t have a bad memory associated with it and nothing traumatic happened to me during the time I watched it in my life. The unsettling nostalgia makes the most sense in my case. I definitely think that SpongeBob outro is liminal music to me. This video described it perfectly. I would always turn off the tv when the outro played in the dark and I got that sinking feeling of dread

A perfect example of unnerving cartoon outro music is the one from Courage the Cowardly Dog. That one is peak compared to Gumball or Spongebob

Spongebob creators: How about we make a goofy but calming song for our outro? People: *Intense shivering*

Intresting that this song had this effect on so many people. I always found it very calming and lighthearted. Kind of like it was saying "We had fun, but now its time to unwind. Get ready for sleep."

I remember waking up to this playing on several occasions, sometimes when I wasn't even watching spongebob, and it seemed to go on forever. Like 10+ minutes, to where in my dream it felt like I've been hearing it for hours. Super disconcerting to wake up to.

I didn't know people were creeped out by this song. It's one of the most nostalgic and comfy songs from the series imo

As a kid, it always felt like a rarity whenever nickelodeon actually plays the outro of SpongeBob, instead of skipping the credits and replacing it with an ad for the next show in their channel. So whenever I do get to hear the outro song, it always felt so special.

The song always disturbed me as a kid because the only time it ever played on TV was after the grotesque episode where everyone fuses together. For the next several years it's all I could think of when I heard the song and the episode still haunts me.

always for some reason when i would be at my grandma's, i had always watched spongebob on a disc. Every episode would have this song, and it creeped tf out of me. thanks for covering it, i felt like i was weird that whole time.

It's crazy how people get creeped out by the music. It's always been a really joyful and goofy song to me. And I, to this day, enjoy listening to it.

They never felt creepy to me personally, but listening to them alone, they do certainly feel very... off.

the song sounds like the musical equivalent of what i could imagine a bad acid trip is like. the universe bleeds and all that is left is abstracted existence. syrupy and drunk. very cool.

Interesting video. me personally, it was the end credits song for Hey Arnold that used to give me shivers😭😩it was a groovy tune but eerie and spine chilling also, yet I don't ever see videos of others speaking on that one. I see why you feel the way you do with this song though💯

Bro tripping i be jamming out at the end 🕺

The outro was a bop for me, haha. However, one of their production songs, "The Lonely Stranger", has bothered me FOR YEARS. It's one of the worst earworms to ever get, imo, so listen at your own risk if you decide to look it up. Another unnerving one would be their production song, "Shock." It's crazy how much horror music was used in Spongebob. Imagine that music being used in liminal horror imagery, ESPECIALLY with that haunting reverb. God forbid someone use "Satanic" from Ren & Stimpy's production soundtrack.

The sound feels like your in the 90s at your grandma's house and there's a lamp and your eyes are like in the 90s camera lenses and then your just watching the end.

Personally this isn’t creepy. It makes me feel nostalgic and calm or happy :) I remember the 2010’s and the 2000’s these shows we’re our childhoods.❤

I honestly couldn't understand why the outtro theme was "creepy" until you explained it under the context of liminal spaces. I normally watch TV in the living room where there's a lot of open space and usually at least one person nearby, but this video reminded me of my experiences watching Spongebob as a kid, where I basically watched it on a small box-shaped TV in a smaller, more enclosed room. I think it just hits different depending on where you're watching and what's going on around you, cause the end credits really do a good job of making you feel hyper aware of your surroundings once your attention's pulled out of the show, and if you're watching alone in an isolated environment, then yeah, it'll probably feel a bit weird or unnerving. By the way, I'd also like to add that I don't normally write comments on youtube, but I thought this video was really interesting and I wanted to share my own thoughts on the matter. Remembering how the end credits made me feel during my childhood is such a weird experience and I completely forgot about that feeling until just now lol.

My personal theory: Spongebob episodes often end on disturbing jokes or scenes that could be interpreted as cliffhangers (a sea rhino about to maul Squidward; Spongebob and Squidward transformed into snails; Bikini Bottom destroyed by a worm or a bomb; etc.) Maybe some kids who grew up watching the show were disturbed by an episode's ending and associated that feeling with the credits song which played immediately afterwards.

This song has also always made me feel unnerved, never knew others felt that way

The song is a certified good classic. I never thought it was off-putting

I had no idea people found it creepy, my dad told me he really likes the song so I never looked deep into it or thought it was creepy. Very interesting though!! I can actually see how it creeps some people out

Never creeped me out back then tbh, but now listening to it again I can def see why it’s creepy

I never thought either the Spongebob or the Gumball outros were creepy, but I can definitely see now why it feels that way. I definitely feel like the music has a very empty and liminal feeling, especially since it can loop so easily over and over without changing tune. If I sit and listen to it now, just on its own, I definitely feel something in me start to feel unsafe or freaked out, slightly almost like I'm about to go insane. It's very interesting to me now that I've found this video. I think maybe if the outros had lyrics to break up the jangly tunes that potentially it wouldn't have as much of an impact.

My grandmother would get mad everytime it played while i was just dancing and clapping, just vibing to the music.

when i was younger, the spongebob outro was never unsettling but i've had to get multiple mris as a teenager at a children's hospital. since they usually took about an hour and you had to stay completely still, they offered to let you listen to music or watch something from a selection of dvds they had. there were a couple spongebob dvds and i chose one for one of my scans. but in the process of setting me up with an iv and getting the machine going, they forgot to press play on the dvd so the main menu selection screen music, which was the same music as the outro, kept playing on a loop i was too shy and nervous at the hospital to say anything so i listened to the loop of the outro play for about 45min while the machine periodically told me to inhale and hold my breath. now, the song feels like torture

I actually liked it, I myself never found it creepy. Also SpongeBob never had a bad song. Campfire , ripped pants, BANGERS , ma boy ain't ever had a bad track

imagine being in a dark, long hallway and the spongebob outro starts playing and it’s even more echoey going thru the hall. or a slowed down version of the gumball outro with static in the background.

Completely forgot that this song was slightly unnerving to me as a kid. It always felt like limbo after the craziness in the episode.

I've watched Spongebob for 18 years now, and I find myself humming this song frequently. Never found it creepy at all, I actually find it extremely catchy

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="320">5:20</a> I still live near my old elementary school and they have a nice park so I visit sometimes and I’ve looked through the doors before at the empty halls and it’s actually creepy but the outro songs never creeped me out. Maybe it’s because I didn’t have cable and wasn’t able to watch these shows as a kid 😅 I had the first three seasons of SpongeBob on dvd though and that’s all you need 😂

The cuddle E. Hugs scared the shit outta me ngl.

It never really was distressing or disturbing. It does give a little, strange feeling, but I think that was more about that it does feel like an "end"

It isn't the music itself that feels unnerving. It's the overall theme of where you listen to it. I feel like the yellow/white background at the end with the tune of the outro really sets the way of your feelings toward the music. The background makes it feel like the typical old/fancy antique vibe if that makes sense and the music fits perfectly with that vibe. If you take the background away and put something else, unless you're really focusing on the song, you aren't gonna feel quite unnerved compared to when you listen to it with the casual yellow/white background. It also depends on where you're at when you listen to this song. If you're in a dark room listening to this, the wavy-ness of the background and the uncomfortable melody will put a intense, unnerving feel. Overall, this music is only unnerving with a certain, particular setting. Otherwise it feels like a genuinely normal themed spongebob soundtrack.

How it feels to me is like I’ve overstated my welcome just slightly, like the SpongeBob characters were alright with me watching the show but now that it’s over and the credit music starts playing I’ve unknowingly wandered into the background of the show and I’m very much not supposed to be here…

The song creeps me out for two reasons: 1: when I watched SpongeBob on Sunday nights, this would make me uncomfortable for the upcoming school day. 2: Some of the instruments used in the song, not just SpongeBob, but it sounds like toys from my basement. This makes my uncomfortable because my basement was extremely large, dark, and scary.

I genuinely love this song, I never knew that people had this reaction. I thought the song sounded pretty natural.

I was never feeling creeped out by this song as a child, but Spongebob episodes' ending always had a more emotional effect on me than any other Nicktoons did. I think the closing theme and its musical notes made me more sad and empty, like the fun was over. It psychologically made me want to watch more Spongebob episodes. I never knew how to explain this. It personally became a little eerie to me after Stephen Hillenburg passed away, and it also made me reflect to my childhood and the people I had in my life back then who are no longer here with us anymore. I still love it as much as I love all the classic episodes!

lol i always thought it was catchy and loved it! It’s a banger 🔥🔥🔥

There are some SpongeBob DVDs where if you don't hit anything, the song loops for hours, and there were days where I'd hear it all day long and it was pretty unnerving after a while, like it bothers my natural flow of thoughts and makes me feel confused to a small degree.

Perhaps it’s the odd contrast between the end credits and the rest of the show. SpongeBob and Gumball are both incredibly bright, goofy characters, with colorful, goofy worlds. After so much energy, the slow, not in-your-face tone of the end credits almost hits you with a whiplash from how different it is from the rest of the show. And you connect that to stuff like being in a room late at night, or when the day is ending, giving you that sense of nostalgia. My two cents at least.

The only distress it causes me is the fact the episode is over 😭

The only reason that this song scares me is because it means the episode is over

sounds like relaxing at the beach more than anything tbh, ppl are trippin

Personally, I don't think it's just the music that is unnerving. When I was a kid, once the outro for the show had ended, I was left with a sinking silence that filled the room with a black/static screen since it was on VHS. The music is creepy not just because of how it sounds, but the dread of knowing what comes after. When reality once again hits. At least, that's how I felt about it.

A lot of these show outros we grew up with seem to share this feeling of sadness and finality to a show that wasn’t even over yet. I never remember feeling creeped out by any of these, but I do remember a strong feeling of sadness when the episode ended. Adventure Time’s “come along with me” credits always made me feel like the show was all over and was finally coming to a close, despite that not happening for another six years.

I was never and still am not frightened by this song. I find it soothing and fun. I love it

All I can say is, I honestly enjoyed the music (only kinda) but what scared be is that when I was at my grandmas house watching it, I got a headache from it, and OHHHHHHH the plankton united screen at the very end gave me deep chills. So, it’s unsettling in different ways.

It's creepy listening to it now that we're talking about it being creepy, but it never creeped me out as a kid

anyone else not disturbed by it and just vibe and dance with it? 💀

This song always sounded like an empty artificially happy void of endless fun masking hidden depression. Characters don't age, they just stay where they are endlessly...thats the feeling I got from it. Just imagine SpongeBob and patrick laying on the beach for eternity, nothing to do but the same jobs and lives forever. They are trapped. This feeling is stronger at night with nothing to do aftwr watching.

It just feels like Spongebob theme song: When you left your tv show at night and your at bed all light closed and the song is still playing its creepy Or Washing the dishes at night an suddenly the outro just played out of nowhere The amazing world of gumball: Some clowns that is approaching you or your house

I remember this. It isn't outright "Scary" but rather a little unnerving. Like it kind of relaxes you but at the same time leaves you feeling unsettled. But a calm kind of unsettled. Idk, it's hard to explain. Also, it's nostalgic in both a way that's pleasant and dreadful at the same time. Like you wouldn't want to listen to it in a dark room alone.

This song was always a relaxing bop to me and still is to this day, I don’t see why people think it’s creepy

When I listen to it I only imagine an npc simply rotating around and moving back and forth without moving their legs and then just spazzing out XD

No NO. The second this video ended I got an ad about SPONGEBOB.

The song creeps me out because the episodes (well the newer ones) are very chaotic, loud, and full of “wacky” things but then you just get this “still” image of flowers while that weird tune plays in the back. It always made me feel empty and like something “bad” is coming. I always kinda thought of it like a bad omen. I also think this kinda “resonates” with the old episodes. The old episodes were filled with so much care, funny jokes, and “love” and when that song played it just felt like as I said “empty”. This song just feels so “nostalgic” in a way like I’ve “heard it before”. It kind of reminds me of a “liminal space”, empty, dark, cold, and lonely.

Im fairly sure the frightening factor in the song is due to the awkwardness of sitting while watching a faded floral yellow and white background that has an old feeling to it, the song playing in a loop making it feel longer stretching the time, the song feeling goofy but yet so strange, all that paired with the fact that as a child your parents probably left you watching tv by yourself in your room could fill you with a sense of insecurity and discomfort

I had a few VHS tapes of looney tunes and after all the episodes played, it would just be a blue screen rolling the credits with absolutely no sound. Just the mechanical sounds of your VCR and light tv static. What made this worse was the Porky Pig VHS had the one where he goes to wacky land and that episode is a trip gone bad. So imagine that being the last episode and then you’re left sitting in silence as the credits roll

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The most disturbing thing about hearing that song is knowing that the episode is over.

I never found this song even slightly creepy. It's musically sound, quirky, and in theme with the rest of the sound track.

I have think that the sponge bob outro along with the amazing world of gumball songs where really happy and silly, never thought about them the way you portray it.

The thing I remember from the outro theme is when someone made a video of the outro theme playing in a empty mall that’s closed for the night & it was the full outro song

Was genuinely surprised by this because I always liked the song and would've never described it as "creepy" or "unsettling", but this video did make me remember that as a kid I had a friend who told me this song made him "feel weird" and I was just confused as to what he was saying, but after watching this and now knowing that for some people the song is creepy and/or unsettling I think I now finally after all these years know what he meant.

The ending has never creeped me out, but it always gave me this weird feeling like it doesnt belong. It doesnt help that it would rarely play on tv, so when it did randomly get left in it would feel strange. Edit: Im actually pretty sure the reason its always felt weird to me is the background + the music

Dude, how is this disturbing in any way, shape or form. It sounds good💀💀💀

Imagine hearing this song start playing when you're alone in the house and tell me that wouldn't scare you

I don’t know how people found this creepy, it’s an absolute banger of a way to end the episode

I never found it creepy. I’ve always found it quite “goofy” if you will, basically just fitting for the goofy cartoon it was made for.

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Firstly, the outro music of Spongebob never creeped me out per say, but because I sleep with a Spongebob DVD on every night the outro music does make me uncomfortable in the sense where I hear it, it means the credits are on and I'm feeling like "Oh man, I have to restart the DVD". Secondly, to be honest, I LOVE the rap song you made out of the song in <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="444">7:24</a> That was awesome ! 😀

I think another reason the SpongeBob outro creeped people out that wasn’t mentioned in the video (or at least why it creeped my out) was the fact that it feels so final, the show basically telling you that the “fun’s over” and pulling you back into reality It also helps that if you were watching the show alone at night, the theme was the last thing you heard before being plunged into the dead silence of your house (It was the anticipation of the silence that would really scare me)

Man I don’t know why anyone finds it creepy. I always found it relaxed and calming.

I saw another video like this. I didn’t know it was that big of a deal, I actually really enjoyed it

It was only creepy when you were watching SpongeBob alone at night

This song never felt creepy to me. Really it just caused me to space out, in a way I didn't like. It was like a weird form of hypnosis. It would cause me to just notice feelings on my skin, and it made me think back on the spongbob episode badly.

I think the creepiest thing about the song is that the pitch wavers continuously, giving it a haunting vibe.

This song never once creeped me out. It fits with the wacky nature of the show.

The song is creepy ? Bruh... That song is a property of childhood nostalgia. )))

To me, the fear wasn't in the song itself but rather how on VHS and DVD it'd just go black afterwards, nothing. and being a kid at night, nothing is more terrifying.

As a kid with pretty bad anxiety that got worse at night, hearing the outro music to a show was upsetting because it was a period of time where the show I was using to distract myself-- usually just trying to calm down long enough to fall asleep-- was over and I'd be alone with that nasty feeling of dread in my chest. It followed me into my late teens, when the little jingle at the end of the podcast I was listening to would make me tense and uncomfortable. It was just a little reminder that reality, and the things I was trying to distract myself from, wasn't actually going away. Morning would come and I'd still have to come back to them eventually. ...I thankfully don't have to feel that crippling anxiety about my problems anymore now that I'm taking medication and seeing a therapist for it, ey, uh-- if you related to any of this take care :'3

personally this song is nostalgic for me and i used to occasionally listen to it on loop while just relaxing or something

I remember being a kid, and vibing and dancing to this song every time it played.