Stephen Hillenburg

Stephen Hillenburg - Wormholes

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"Wormholes is one of the two short films (the other being The Green Beret, which is found on KZfaq) created and produced by Spongebob Squarepants creator Stephen Hillenburg at CalArts in 1992. Aside from it and The Green Beret having been exhibited internationally in such festivals as Annecy, Hiroshima, Ottawa, Oberhausen and the Los Angeles Animation Celebration, Wormholes has not surfaced online in any form." - From the Lost Media Wiki
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@SpeedyBlueManYT 3 жыл бұрын

I don't get it

@ses2735 3 жыл бұрын

I think it’s about life through the eyes of the fly, all the alphabetic numerals and formulas were the thoughts of the fly and his comprehension, and maybe when the cow shits it’s the formula for Co2 or whatever else is in cow shit

@mariguana7918 3 жыл бұрын

Me either. He said it was about the theory of relativity.

@guilldea 3 жыл бұрын

I don't know if there's much to get but there are several mentions to relativity, the formulas you see are part of them. Relativity states (among other things) that the passage of time and measure of space we perceive is different depending on our velocity, the faster you move the "slower" time moves for you and space appears compressed in the direction of travel (of course we don't experience this in our daily lives since you'd have to be moving at velocities close to that of the speed of light). You can see that compression illustrated in the cows for example

@bryandiel6773 3 жыл бұрын

Think Einstein, then you will get it!!

@PenjaminFranklyn 3 жыл бұрын

Sometimes we don't have to look for the meaning in everything.

@tymime 5 жыл бұрын

The inner machinations of my mind are an enigma.

@noaharce6921 5 жыл бұрын

Probably the most appropriate use of that quote I have read.

@Gentle_Spirit777 3 жыл бұрын

-Patrick Star

@unibunnii5520 2 жыл бұрын

Woah

@elijahreeves4890 2 жыл бұрын

*thought bubble of a box of milk spilling*

@tiahnalorin9167 2 жыл бұрын

YES! 👏👀

@xaviermyers3638 5 жыл бұрын

Part of this is definitely inspiration behind the episode where spongebob gets off at the wrong bus stop

@Username-ng8jy 3 жыл бұрын

@@londonjackson8986 yeah I mean. The dude with one eye looking out the small window. Weird creatures just residing. I can see it.

@jesseholliday3480 3 жыл бұрын

"rock bottom" yes, strong rock bottom vibes

@ses2735 3 жыл бұрын

Being that it’s the flies perspective on the outside Foreign world? Like how sponge bob reacts to being in an entirely different setting

@megalisa830bright6 2 жыл бұрын

Yeah! The episode is called, 'Rock Bottom'! XD

@harmonetheanimationaddict4419 Ай бұрын

Only Rock Bottom is way less trippier compared to this.

@nickvids5344 5 жыл бұрын

Nickelodeon: (sees this) ... “Stephen, you’re hired”

@nolimit6377 5 жыл бұрын

No, it was Joe Murray who saw this and hired him. Nickelodeon didn't have much to do with Rocko, it was fairly hands-off.

@iambored678 4 жыл бұрын

@@nolimit6377 Haha yeah, isn't that crazy though? Even from the couple of shorts Stephen put out you can tell there's a lot of talent and smarts behind it. I'm happy Murray saw that, too.

@d4isyy_lowzz 3 жыл бұрын

When you realize Nickelodeon is as greedy as mr krabs and didn’t care about Stephen dying

@OakTreeIsaac 2 жыл бұрын

@@d4isyy_lowzz Or it could’ve just been bad timing of the announcement of the reboots.

@harmonetheanimationaddict4419 Ай бұрын

@@nolimit6377So what you’re saying is that this short is indirectly the reason SpongeBob happened.

@wuffalo 5 жыл бұрын

I noticed that some of the buildings are almost identical to the ones seen in spongebob.

@ramirocaorlin4613 4 жыл бұрын

Yes it is!!! The buildings's shape and form from this short and "the green beret" influenced the houses and buildings in spongebob.

@bryandiel6773 3 жыл бұрын

yup, saw that too

@robbambino 5 жыл бұрын

For those of you who don’t understand this video Stephen Hillenburge was representing Albert Einstein’s famous theory. The theory of relativity. This short film was what got Hillenburge noticed by Joe murray who was the creator of rocko’s modern life.

@IcyDiamond 3 жыл бұрын

Huh interesting

@sivarttravart934 3 жыл бұрын

Hillenburg* but thanks for sharing this information!

@cursorguy 3 жыл бұрын

It was also a comic Hillenburg made while working at the Ocean Institute of California that inspired him to create Spongebob

@SpeedyBlueManYT 7 ай бұрын

Oh now I get it

@harmonetheanimationaddict4419 Ай бұрын

And the rest is history.

@grongy6122 5 жыл бұрын

That's some great hand-drawn animation.

@Zulf85 5 жыл бұрын

@urandeit tet nah - some of the zooms, perspectives and detail show growing skills to me

@boppob1343 5 жыл бұрын

@@londonjackson8986 Its pretty great considering he only used paper and pen

@MortisMedia 5 жыл бұрын

It's a real treat to be able to see this rare footage. Thank you so much!

@seanjenkins4459 5 жыл бұрын

Fancy seeing you here dood

@belenramirez995 4 жыл бұрын

OCEAN MAN TAKE ME BY THE HAND TO THE LAND THAT YOU UNDERSTAND

@LoneFifteen 4 жыл бұрын

A well-regarded scientist who really just wanted to make art. There's a good lesson to be learned here about dreams, sometimes the best path isn't the most conventional one. If he hadn't taken the physics classes he did in college and had gone directly into art, he likely never would've produced the masterpiece that would eventually win him his most well-remembered and profitable accomplishment.

@bwe1004 9 ай бұрын

Snfy

@Zed-ti9uj 9 ай бұрын

What the hell are you on about? His background is in marine biology.

@ZootWorld1 5 жыл бұрын

Wish we would've seen more stuff like this from him.

@ZootWorld1 5 жыл бұрын

@@londonjackson8986 I and many others were aware he made these well before his death, and I think it's great that Stephen's early work is finally being appreciated by the general public and is available to everyone.

@ZootWorld1 5 жыл бұрын

@@londonjackson8986 London Jackson I didn't say Spongebob fans in particular, but fans of obscure or experimental animations were aware of this short. Regardless, like I said, that doesn't matter now, as Stephen's early work is now available for everyone to watch.

@voidofspaceandtime4684 5 жыл бұрын

@@londonjackson8986 A death always brings more attention to someone's work. That's just sadly how it works out.

@DanzigFan-vq3zf 5 жыл бұрын

London Jackson Except that Green beret vid didn’t have the intro or credits

@boppob1343 5 жыл бұрын

This is literally an episode from Spongebob, look up Rock Bottom

@shawnhayes1259 5 жыл бұрын

The equations that keep coming up are the ones that describe relativistic time dilation and length contraction, two phenomenon that are shown taking place here.

@staters_college_tagers 5 жыл бұрын

really? that’s rad my dude, i didn’t even know that

@boppob1343 5 жыл бұрын

thats so cool

@cuyospartan02 3 жыл бұрын

I guess it makes sense, he was a scientist after all

@robertsides3626 5 жыл бұрын

I feel like I'm gonna die in 7 days.

@Chody1227 5 жыл бұрын

oh you will.

@garretthenderson2803 4 жыл бұрын

you dead yet?

@frothingbubbles 3 жыл бұрын

rip

@JM-tf4nk 3 жыл бұрын

Lmao

@rideout2718 3 жыл бұрын

Rest in rip

@iambored678 4 жыл бұрын

3:05 I see the classic "Bottomite" Spongebob houses (tall cylindrical metal structures). I also see clouds made into shapes, which Hillenberg later uses in Spongebob with the flower clouds.

@isaiahromero9861 2 жыл бұрын

This is beautiful, I already loved spongebob for being the intelligent, funny, and accessible show that it was, but wow, hillenburg was a true artist, I wish he would've made more like this

@SlamTomatoCartoons 5 жыл бұрын

5:38 gives me serious flashbacks of the Nowhere scene from SB-129. I love how this and Green Beret feel very much like prototypes of SpongeBob's one of a kind sense of humor.

@spongebobmiscellaneous 3 жыл бұрын

Beautiful comment.

@theyakkomanguy7522 3 жыл бұрын

For a CalArts animaton project back in the 90s' this looks great especially when it's coming from the creator of SpongeBob SquarePants! R.I.P Stephen Hillenburg 1961-2018 We will always miss you down here in the deep blue sea

@Xylem1 5 жыл бұрын

This could've easily been a music video for The Residents.

@mrlevinielsen 5 жыл бұрын

Xylem1 I approve of your pfp

@quiet216 4 жыл бұрын

Or Tool.

@NotARevenant 5 жыл бұрын

RIP Stephen Hillenburg We miss you.

@theorangeengine8841 2 жыл бұрын

Love it. This is the beauty of animation. The ability to let your imagination run wild and play with reality. It may be impossible to interpret but there is creative genius in this. Steve obviously upped his storytelling game with SpingeBob but there is a certain reckless abandon in all of his work which is what makes it special.

@JJ_Animation86 5 жыл бұрын

This short reminds me of the animations done by Don Hertzfeldt and Bill Plympton.

@quandaleprogg 3 жыл бұрын

But with we live in grass mixed with in

@heckarockstick802 2 жыл бұрын

Holy shit I love Don hertzfeldt

@tavvyprods1275 5 жыл бұрын

It just blows me away how this wasn’t found earlier.

@UncleMemphis 2 жыл бұрын

The way he stitched together all of the footage at the end to illustrate the flies life starting over, blew my mind.....Now it makes sense why Spongebob was so creative

@alexanderjackson9239 3 жыл бұрын

I love this! Animation is so smooth and satisfying to look at! Steven Hillenburg was one of the kings of animation, right up there with Hanna Barbera, Tex Avery, and Chuck Jones, just to name a few! RIP Stephen! 🙏🏼

@jacomaniaassuperdriveminion 10 ай бұрын

Anyone can be an artists, especially Stephen Hillenburg who was a marine biologist before creating SpongeBob. This film is basically Albert Einstein’s theory of relativity.

@OttomatedOutput 5 жыл бұрын

Nearly did a double take when I saw this. Holy crap! I've been looking for this for ages!! So happy that it's finally been found!!!

@wagsternatormemez5968 5 жыл бұрын

3:54 It's Squidward!

@noboom7385 4 жыл бұрын

No it isn't.

@hotdesertroks889 3 жыл бұрын

@@noboom7385 It is

@zdproductions3903 3 жыл бұрын

Maybe an early prototype

@bellamafiaquackafellarecor7770 3 жыл бұрын

Looks more like the inspiration for the Rock Bottom bus station teller

@pythonfan1 4 жыл бұрын

R.I.P., Stephen Hillenburg.

@IsisNiko 5 жыл бұрын

i don't know if there is any meaning to this, but to me it honestly feels like a parody of the endless monotony of a roadtrip through middle america. especially with the repeating parts and the focus on the passage of time. have no clue what the fuck the math is about though lmao

@GumballForAPenny 5 жыл бұрын

As Shawn Hayes mentioned above, the maths shown relates to relativistic phenomena, especially length contraction and time dilation which are both shown in the film. These effects would be noticed when traveling at really high speeds like the driver.

@ILiekTrains2024YEG 3 жыл бұрын

R.I.P Stephen Hillenburg

@Chainesu 5 жыл бұрын

R.I.P 😢

@trijosh5208 4 жыл бұрын

That was amazing Stephen, Rest in peace!

@harmonetheanimationaddict4419 Ай бұрын

As crazy as SpongeBob is, I was not expecting Hillenburg’s early work to be so trippy.

@Hugh-td6nb 9 күн бұрын

I mean…. Dude listened to ween,

@jimjohn1740 2 жыл бұрын

thanks for dredging up the college work of this famous man. and RIP stephen hillenburg

@JoseDaPrimo 5 жыл бұрын

Wow thank you Rachel and Mr. Jacques for this unique short film animation

@matthewbrown9336 5 жыл бұрын

Thank you for uploading this.

@supermariosonicz7346 4 жыл бұрын

it's been 1 year since Stephen Hillenburg died:(

@shebendebenhubaduba6243 3 жыл бұрын

Its 3 years without him :(

@KamikazethecatII 5 жыл бұрын

This is a great find, thanks for uploading this.

@ahhahaha111 11 ай бұрын

This looks like an mtv bumper

@1970sSabresFan 3 жыл бұрын

My dream is to be an animator on nick to make Stephen hillenburg proud

@kg2131 2 жыл бұрын

Keep pushing and it'll come sooner than you think.

@usernameusersurname7223 2 жыл бұрын

It’s fascinating looking at other outlets that delve into Steve’s thoughts/ideals rather than the subtle ones we only have on Spongebob.

@stealthiestboy 5 жыл бұрын

Amazing job uploading this for everyone to see!

@tedunguent156 Жыл бұрын

It's about time dilation, relativity and physics.

@BlueMagicite Ай бұрын

Great stuff, Hillenburg was part of the experimental animation program in CalArts at the time. Another alumni from that program includes Henry Selick, the director of Coraline and The Nightmare Before Christmas. The inspirations from Fantastic Planet (a major inspiration for Pikmin btw!) are pretty neat to see here, would definitely recommend anyone find a way to see it if they can.

@bluebugaboo3344 4 жыл бұрын

For many years I was trying to find this! Thank you!

@londonjackson8986 5 жыл бұрын

Wow!!!! With The Green Beret, I knew what that story was obvious trying to be, it was a nice joke, and it had notable similarities to SpongeBob. But, I have no idea what Hillenburg thinking when creating this short, and that's no to say it's bad, just a what's the hell going, on short!

@GumballForAPenny 5 жыл бұрын

@LuciaLaVA 2 жыл бұрын

I'm convinced Stephen Hillenburg had knowledge of some Eldrich truth and managed to escape with his sanity, and that this was his way of conveying that Eldrich truth

@spammr 4 жыл бұрын

This feels so trippy.

@gal4xybr0 5 жыл бұрын

Thank you for uploading!!

@Wyatt3D 2 жыл бұрын

Watching this feels like I'm having a manic psychedelic meltdown lol. I agree with everybody on the Rock Bottom vibes. The unique building designs here also resemble many of the homes in downtown Bikini Bottom as well.

@MeSparkle4U 5 жыл бұрын

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR SHARING THIS!!!

@screenwatcher949 Жыл бұрын

it's about the chaos and entropy of life

@aliwinchester8794 5 жыл бұрын

Goodbye Stephen Hillenburg

@moshomaniac1 2 жыл бұрын

You have just entered...the intertidal zone!

@JNava 4 жыл бұрын

Do NOT, I repeat DO NOT watch this on shrooms. If you do watch at your own risk

@Unreissued 5 жыл бұрын

1:09 peep that thicq jelly

@byrongraves9277 6 ай бұрын

3:21 Running in the 90s be like:

@danielschultz6177 5 жыл бұрын

Steve sure had an.... interesting mind.

@lisettegarcia7013 3 жыл бұрын

For working on Rocko's Modern Life and being a Marine biologist, he did have a interesting mind.

@lisettegarcia7013 2 жыл бұрын

@Lil Toker because that was the truth. Before he made his own show, he taught marine biology and worked on Rocko's Modern Life. Maybe combining the two got him some ideas to make SpongeBob as success. I bet that was where he met Tom Kenny because he played Heffer on Rocko's Modern Life before SpongeBob. And did you know Chris Savino also worked on Rocko before he made The Loud House?

@FinAndo69 3 жыл бұрын

Really amazingly animated considering it was made with just a pencil

@freddyrichards878 5 жыл бұрын

Hey Richard Williams, I think you've got competition!

@Lucas-we1jk 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you, from the bottom of my hearth.

@sayaramorais7819 4 жыл бұрын

Tu é gay, mano?

@robhasahead8736 5 жыл бұрын

This is just amazing!

@kaliahyarnell8435 Ай бұрын

Who recognized the squid wars lookalike?? This is crazy to see the beginning of what SpongeBob is and what started such a beautiful masterpiece.

@Patpatrick647 2 жыл бұрын

The start of a legend

@justanotherstupidanimat0r 3 жыл бұрын

Absolute art, rip stephen

@spongebobmiscellaneous 3 жыл бұрын

This video blows my mind. 🤯 Hillenburg sure was creative!

@kevsomeone 5 жыл бұрын

ngl I don’t understand the meaning behind this but the visuals alone are cool as hell.

@darksoles1305 5 жыл бұрын

That's what I've been trying to figure out

@ZeranZeran 5 жыл бұрын

Doing DMT, driving through a town in a place you've never been lol idk

@GumballForAPenny 5 жыл бұрын

@monsieurlemon 3 жыл бұрын

So this is End of Evangelion everyone's been talking about huh

@staters_college_tagers 3 жыл бұрын

hey i've been looking at comments on this for a whole two years now and i just want to tell you yours is my favorite from all that time. ty

@horrismusic928 2 жыл бұрын

Spongebob lore right there.

@supersmilyface1 Ай бұрын

Despite how wild this is, it kinda portrays the monotony of life pretty well, even though that's probably not what it was going for at all.

@staters_college_tagers Ай бұрын

Hey, I’d give the man some credit. He made the protagonist of his cartoon a fry cook for a reason.

@solomonjack8476 3 жыл бұрын

THe sound design is unbelievable.

@pablomartindelcampo8830 2 жыл бұрын

Masterpiece

@LeClusterFunk 5 жыл бұрын

This is so cool

@jeffmen8266 Жыл бұрын

2:39 this reminds me of that episode where spongebob had to work the night shift lol.

@PantaroParatroopa 5 жыл бұрын

My brain tingles.

@TheFitzy 3 жыл бұрын

Before This Clip: Ooh, so this was the clip that got Steven the job, let's watch After: What. Did. I. Just. Watch? (Something that Nickelodeon at the time would have accepted)

@1970sSabresFan 4 жыл бұрын

He did a really good job this these shorts

@barracuda7244 3 жыл бұрын

The internet really is amazing, isn't it? Thank you Nick!

@MapleMilk 5 жыл бұрын

Rachel, you hero!

@uglydollsandsonicfan4426 3 жыл бұрын

All legends have to start somewhere.

@NintendasticoAnimations 4 жыл бұрын

*I'M READY!!!*

@tyburvandeezo8218 2 жыл бұрын

2:18 Squidward prototype

@lismmelan1919 2 жыл бұрын

there is a lot of meaning in this

@ZebSanToons 11 ай бұрын

Before SpongeBob There Was Wormholes

@alpha_visi0n 9 ай бұрын

The guy looking out the window gives me Kaz vibes. That’s probably why Hillenburg picked him to be a storyboard artist in several episodes

@rae9954 3 жыл бұрын

This is amazing

@benwarshavsky4561 4 жыл бұрын

My fav episodes in spongebob were the surreal ones. I love this shit

@marcomango2400 3 жыл бұрын

Yeah me too

@jpegcrust 10 ай бұрын

this is amazing wow!!!

@gyrosplater 3 жыл бұрын

Wonder what his adult swim show would've looked like if he ever ventured toward this type of animation.

@franceskap3429 5 жыл бұрын

Rip

@Mahlaser_ 5 жыл бұрын

2:25 is so interesting

@minaminastheanimationfan7909 3 жыл бұрын

R.I.P Stephen Hillenburg :(

@nicholasdruce5346 3 ай бұрын

Reminds me of Bill Plympton

@PenjaminFranklyn 3 жыл бұрын

Brilliant.

@objectjon9015 2 жыл бұрын

The other side of Rock bottom Spongebob Didn’t see

@raresesamesegments8202 4 жыл бұрын

Finally you found a lost film.

@kirbythedarkmind 3 жыл бұрын

man, this is like the prototype of rocko and spongebob together because i see very things that reminds me to the rocko's modern life and spongebob squarepants.