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I always thought that rock bottom was supposed to be the deep of the ocean . Fish evolve to adapt to the dark and lots of the deep fish glow ...could be wrong though

If Plankton was really smart he'd be serving food to Rock Bottom

I saw this episode as a full metaphor of being at your lowest moment (Rock Bottom) and how difficult it is to get out. The whole episode shows Rock Bottom as this deep, dark, and scary pit that’s basically impossible to escape. After trying again and again to get out and failing, Spongebob decided to seek help but not even the professional tried to help. Being unable to communicate with others and his best friend gone, Spongebob was completely isolated. It was all hopeless until one random stranger performed one act of kindness that was able help Spongebob out of Rock Bottom and safely back home. Sorry for the long comment I can get carried away sometimes

You have to remember that Stephen Hillenburg was a marine biologist. Rock bottom is a dark portion of the ocean and if you don't know, various species of fish live in this near pitch black portion of the ocean. Not to mention the fish in these dark portions have extremely monstrous appearances, to the point where they look alien, similar to the rock bottom residence. What I'm saying is, rock bottom seems more like a version of a deeper part of the ocean rather than some radiation bullcrap.

I think Rock Bottom is supposed to resemble the deep ocean. Most fish glow down there due to not having little to no light.

When Spongebob quotes his grandpa, I always got the impression that he was adding on the "especially one that's going up at a 90 degree angle" and that his grandpa never actually said that.

Spongebob episodes with a creep element are honestly so cool. The vibes are immaculate, the style is incredible and immersive, and the storyline is childish enough but mature and well written to give a compelling plot that goes with the setting perfectly. Early Spongebob wasn't just a children's cartoon, it was a television masterpiece.

As a kid, the episode taught me that even in scary places at night, there can be good and kind strangers in it

I feel like you overlooked this too deeply lol

Rock Bottom just represents deep sea ecosystems. A lot of real-life deep sea fish look very weird/scary, so the way these deep sea fish are portrayed is very fitting. Also a lot of deep sea fish have bioluminescence, some even use it to attract prey. These fish glowing has nothing to do with radioactivity, it is simply because they are bioluminescent deep sea fish.

Rock bottom was the most terrifying episode from my childhood. Absolutely horrifying....the feeling of not able to go back home even after trying so much.

This makes me think of the gone episode where everyone, including his best friend Patrick had a national no spongebob day but they were gone for longer than that

All I can say is that most of these fishes are actual deep sea fishes like the anglerfish you can see serval times in certain frame and eels. This is known that in certain regions there are glowing fishes despite having no sunlight. Forgot the science behind that but alot of deep sea fishes are luminescent when exposed to lights that the cameras had. Very interesting stuff.

Several things, first off when a nuke explodes it doesn't make sharp angles it makes rounded edges basically a crater if you will ,second most of the fish resemble real life deep sea fish in the ocean ,third real fish can glow and make light using a process called bioluminescence which is a fancy way of saying they have bacteria living in specific organs that produce light ,also with incedental 211 it could be he started life as a frogfish otherwise known as a shallow water anglerfish and exposure to the radiation cause him to adapt and aquire the glowing bacteria conversely he could be a natural angler fish and it could be that this was a different member of the same species it's highly plausible we didn't see the majority of rock bottom and that this is just a bus stop on the edge of town and the reason the one laid it's egg on top of SpongeBob and the reason why none of them attacked him is because he isn't their major food source he is a sponge not eaten by most things

I love how this is a random theory about one random ass fish but this is literally so great

I thought the fish were bioluminescent or something like real life deep (and I mean DEEP) water fish. But it’s always fun to suspend disbelief for the sake of a theory ✌️💚

After watching this theory video through once, i went back and took a look at the Rock Bottom bus station exterior. Has anyone noticed it looks oddly like the rear-end of a nuke? As if that was the very spot a nuke was dropped and the shell either survived after the blast, or the mechanism that was supposed to set it off was faulty and so it never exploded, but instead just sat for years slowly leaking its radioactive contents into the surrounding water.

Incidental211 is a real one for helping spongebob out. He didn't have to, but he did anyway so spongebob won't end up like him.

Come on, are you serious. Steven was a marine-biologist, it makes obvious sense that rock bottom is simply an abyss. A nature abyss, which would explain the strange fish that adapted to its environment. It would also explain the 90 degree angle, as abyss usually go straight down. The fish aren't mutants, just evolved to their environment. And also, nukes have a hard time moving anything under water that isn't just water. And don't give me that excuse that we've seen abyss before in spongebob. You have to remember that abyss are deep and dark, and the ones in spongebob are shallow and light. What, not shallow you say? Even though it may look deep, you have to remember that the fish in spongebob are small, and we are seeing it from their prospective. Everything in the bikini bottom is made by fish, as well as the abyss sign. They must probably think that anything thats an underwater canyon is an abyss, as well as the ones that seem small to us. So there you have it, there's no big theory, its simply an abyss.

I have been waiting for someone to make this a theoryyyyyyy OMG Rock bottom is my favorite episode and o LOVE your theory’s :D

I was thinking as a child it was like the Mariana Trench or something. Anyway nice video! Keep up the good work!

I also liked the fact in the episode that when SpongeBob was in line to know when the next bus is coming, that during the 1st part of the scene when he said 3rd is good, that the angler fish from finding Nemo makes a cameo LOL

I’ll give you the sentient (sapient?) soil, but the glowing, odd-looking fish are representative of the types of sea life that live in deeper parts of the ocean, a lot of which look more and more bizarre the deeper they are and many of them possessing bio-luminescence, which is why these fish are glowing. Stephen Hillenburg himself was a marine biologist, so he probably just found these deep sea creatures fascinating and wanted a way to incorporate them into his show. Sorry if I sound like I’m spoiling your fun here, just wanted to spread a bit of knowledge that might be overlooked on this one.

I personally think the two towns just don't like eachother that much since they are so different. The red fish could be a mix of bikini bottom and rock bottom roots. So he might have been more accepting and a reason why he speaks both languages. Since he resides in rock bottom he probably mainly uses that language and understands certain words or phrases from bikini bottom(Just a thought)😂

i lowkey thought it was just bc they’re deep water fish and glowed bc it’s mad dark but i like this way better

Even deeper conspiracy theory of rock bottom: Spongebob and Patrick were addicted to drugs and eventually hit "rock bottom". Patrick was able to rehabilitate and get out while spongebob was stuck in addiction no matter how hard he tried to get out of "rock bottom". As he's down there he sees the horror of what drug addiction can lead to, hence all the deep sea fish that are different and scary to him. Realization hits him as he does not what to become like that. In the end he eventually overcomes addiction and becomes sober, being able to get out of hitting rock bottom in his life and being stable again, and able to go back to his normal life. But then Patrick goes back to rock bottom claiming that his coming back to spongebob, but in reality he's going back to drug addiction hoping spongebob is there still so they can continue their horrible lives in rock bottom of their lives.

Clearly this guy hasn’t heard of the deep dark ocean

Considering that the Mariana Trench and Bikini Atoll exist in the same part of the world, I interpreted Bikini Atoll as "Bikini Bottom" and the Mariana Trench as "Rock Bottom". The Mariana Trench is the deepest part of ocean in the world. The creatures in the episode have a lot of similarities with deep oceanic species

People think it's cap, because of "Ugh"(Aka prehistoric times)but I don't think so. He's right, it's because of radiation. Few million years later, the nuke created rock bottom but kinda, not affected bikini bottom. Idk but it's a good theory.

Your video is the closest thing to spongebob theory series that i used to like a lot,while also you have your own personality, keep it up, i like this video

Assuming your theory about the Rockbottomites being dead were true, I really doubt "Incidental 211" (Where did that name come from?) was dead the first time. His death being, for one example, what made him forget his native language, makes more sense to me than him being dead the whole time. Perhaps he died soon after getting Spongebob out of Rock Bottom, but I feel like he was alive during that first episode.

I love the Rock bottom episode and I believe that the red fish must be from the bikini bottom. Also I didn't know that Squidward went to rock bottom in a newer episode I never watched.

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Rock bottom fish looks exectly like deep sea fish where you can't or you will die

Did he not notice that the bus station is a nuke converted into a building?

Rock Bottom is representing an area in the abyssal zone…the deepest, darkest part of the ocean that gets no light whatsoever. A lot of the scary-looking fish inhabit there. Very great vid! Rock bottom is a great episode

As someone with a psych degree: I think that rock bottom is addiction and that red fish that helps SpongeBob speaks different at first because he’s an addict but knows he has no hope of recovering unlike SpongeBob hence why he helps SpongeBob and later on he speaks different because his addiction fully took over

The way he says “Rock Bottom” will forever live in my mind rent free.

I think Rock Bottom language is just the same as Bikini Bottom with another accent and they weren't dead in the first season. However, it's possible they died when they grabbed that bus to Bikini Bottom because of the pressure change. In the case they were living abyssal fishes, it makes sense they rejected crabby patties since they are carnivorous. I came up with a similar theory: 1. Those fishes are living abyssal fishes in season 1. 2. Unlike most Bikini Bottom citizens, they age up and eventually die or are eaten by other abyssal fishes. These fishes don't have access to weed or non abyssal fishes, so they eat other abyssal fishes. 3. Once they are dead, their souls rise until Bikini Bottom that is their sky. That's why they are ghosts in the Krusty Krab. 3:33 Pearl doesn't have her hair.

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Feel free to correct me if I'm wrong, but I don't think this would be the case canonically speaking. 'Rock Bottom' most likely represents the dark, pitch black abyss of the deep ocean, which is filled with weird creatures in which some aren't even completely found out since the pressure down there is dangerous for anyone to be in. The weird, dark atmosphere reminds me of the 'Midnight Zone' of the ocean

I watched almost every theory you made and I just love them!

I just wanted to point out one thing, while I do agree some fish may have gained consciousness and human like societies from the radiation, various episodes show that many fish had consciousness and societies long before the bombings

These theory is insane!! I can't wait for the next one.

Imagine an entire town wanting to get rid of their only frycook.

Bro imagine this guys face when he finds out about bioluminescence

I think he was one of the friends of grandpa SquarePants just like Patrick escaped alone without SpongeBob he escaped without the fish so he maybe was caught by one of the weird fishes he lost hope and desire which made him brainwashed and maybe grandpa SquarePants just forgot about him which is probably very sad for me

Yeah, this theory is definitely way overlooked/exaggerated lol the bus that they took 's next stop was to drop the riders off at rock bottom and SpongeBob & Patrick didn't realize this. SpongeBob & Patrick just took the wrong bus home. Even though SpongeBob annoys the citizens of Bikini Bottom a lot of the time, he doesn't always annoy them though and some enjoy his company; so, I don't think the citizens would hire a random citizen/bus driver to purposefully strand him there.

0:57 Isn't that building look like a cartoonish atomic bomb?

What if the red fish is a mix of a bikini bottom fish and a rock bottom fish? He would grow up with his parent dialects and decided to live in Rock Bottom so his natural abilities can come to use.

the reason why the fish in rock bottom look the way they do is bc its the deep blue sea it has nothing to do with radiation, also angler fish glow at least some of them and its bc the bottom sea is dark also some of those fish look like irl fish

Bro incidental 211 fish is so cute when he gave SpongeBob his ballon back

That fish is totally hiding down there 😂 He saw how they live and was just like "yes"

You know, the anglerfish just said "thank you". That would not be difficult to acquire as a word from a different language. I would not even call it a language it is more like an accent, a dialect at best.

I’ve always thought that Rock Bottom was the ghetto of SpongeBob

if the citizens planned spongebob to be trapped in rock bottom, wouldn't that be unwanted because no one would be there to make their favorite burgers?

This was the most frustrating episode lmao

Congrats on 30k bro love the content and you! ❤

This is a good science-fiction-horror film idea. I'm now creeped out- something out of "Fallout"

Isn't that road that the abyss in the SpongeBob movie with all the monsters in it a 90 degree angle?

I've always been curious about rock bottom lore lol

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I Love this video, Keep up the good work....... I've always wanted someone to explain/make this theory- Rock Bottom was my favorite and it still is

It’s weird because in Nighy Patties the Rock Bottomite’s hated the Krabby Patties yet one season latter in “Food PBBFT! Truck” they all seemed to love them and have a yearly visit to the Krusty Krab.

You need to make the superhero theory about mermaid Man and barnacle boy. Bikini bought a mysteries was into something when they made a video about them. I think you need to look deeper into their origin man.

I remember that was one of my favorite episodes as a kid, I was fascinated by fish and sea creatures especially the deep sea creepy ones and had a lot of books about fish Also didn't had any idea there was another episode about rock bottom

Rock Bottom is just the depths of the dark waters with very scary looking deep sea creatures. It’s still really creative for this episode!

This episode is really unsettling and very memorable

I believe rock bottom was the only place hit by nukes causing them to transform into monsters. Alex Bales evolution theory is better and makes more sense but the theory rock button was hit by nukes make sense

I find this very far fetched. The deeper you go in the sea the weirder the creatures get and some of them actually glow. And it makes way more sense that Spongebobs grandpa simply knew about Rock Bottom because he has lived long enough to know about it’s existence instead of being left to rot down there. Also, I cannot imagine there being only 1 bus driver in the entire sea/area where Bikini Bottom is and the bus driver wasn’t shown in any of the busses that passed through. And how was he in all these different busses at the same time? The residents of Bikini Bottom are shown in some episodes with torches and pitchforks, so why would they plan something so extravagant if they don’t have a problem voicing their opinions otherwise? And lastly, why would they get rid of the person/sponge that grills the town’s best burgers? If there is a theory based on actual hidden hints that no one really payed attention to that’s great and believable. But this just seems like randomly taking something from the show and pushing one of trillions of different possibilities about what could’ve happened on it without anything that indicates something like that. To me the most logical theory is: Spongebob and Patrick accidentally stepped on the wrong bus, ended up in the deep sea which is obviously inhabited by very different sea creatures and Spongebob just has a bad day. 🤷🏽‍♀️ and maybe the same thing happened to his grandpa or someone he knows/knew. Edit: I wanted to add that I still enjoyed the video and I think it’s great to theorize, it makes the show way more fun! I will def check out your other videos.

Bro you are so well at making these vids man, and mostly I get bored with theory vids off anything but you always have me interested! You should really make other vids off real world theory’s. Great shit man

Thank you! This video answered my childhood question about rock bottom. Really fun to watch! ^^

It's meant to be like the Mariana trench a deep trench in the ocean, naturally formed and yes deep sea fish can make their own lights

Ah the nostalgia

Bro this Video was so high quality 💪 please more Theories :D

Those fish are definitely radioactive and not anglerfish! You did that fr!

That red fish at rock bottom is an actual angler fish, you say he doesn’t want to go to bikini bottom, well that’s because he can’t. He’s a damn angler fish. The pressure would kill him. The reason he forgot to talk normal, is probably for jokes. His voice was deeper when he said “you’re welcome” So his actual language is tongue Language, he only said you’re welcome as a joke. Kinda like a white man talking to a Latino in Spanish, thinking he can’t speak English. But the Latino speaks perfect English. The fish took spongebob as racist so he showed him he can speak perfectly and fluently. As for the other rock bottomers, well they’re deep sea creatures. Who knows what other ugly fishes lie inside the abyss, because fishes like that actually do exist. And you’d know if you studied marine biology. Those are just normal trench fishes. Nothing radioactive about them. As for the sand talking. That one I can’t explain. But maybe it’s for jokes too to show how eerie the abyss really is. But your theory could still work. After all, the nuke not only affected bikini bottom, but the entire ocean

I'll tell you what man. You made something out of nothing. Props. All of it non-sense, but you're presentation makes it work haha,great job!

No, it's made very clear that Rock Bottom is just a city at the bottom of a trench, where naturally, all the ocean life glows and looks scary. There's no deeper meaning behind any of that.

Huge issue. Nuclear bombs, even during testing are set off above ground level. Meaning the water would have prevented craters.

The wrighters can't just say rock bottomites hate Krabby patties then have them eat them a few episodes later

I binged all your theories And when I started, I thought this was going to be a joke channel because the theories were just kinda out there Now, idk if your channel was originally started as a joke, or if you just got better at writing over time, but I love how you have actual research into these videos now Only problem I have with the theory, but more so, I guess just an oversite of the show In "Food PBFFT! Truck" we see the Rocker Bottom Citizens eating normal krabby patties, but in "The Night Patty" they hated the normal krabby patties

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Great vid bro congratulations on 30k

I love these videos because the theories makes a lot of sense. Even though it’s just a show but it intrigues me because when you watch the show now all you think about is the conspiracies. 😀😭💀

I'm surprised he completely overlooked the fact tht the bus station was the actual nuke that hit

Vid was so good I had to rewatch

30k subscribers at the release of this videos, and a mere 10 days later you have nearly 36k. Good job man, your content is more than deserving of high views and recognition.

i never thought about this as a kid but maybe the fish and everything in rock bottom looks more strange because its deeper in the ocean? hence its name rock bottom.

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Bro I love the video keep up the good work

I think there's a theory bigger than any other. The Kenny the cat theory check it out. It's deep for sure.

Rock bottom is literally just suppose to be the deep sea, this video was unnecessary

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If he was really dead, wouldn't it make more sense for him to die after the first episode, explaining how he forgot his language? Another explanation would be that he had no problem blowing his cover to help Spongebob because he didn't expect to see him back, but after seeing him back WITH someone else he had to keep the charade and gaslight this fool into thinking he was an abyssal fish just like the others.

There are other 90 degree roads in Spongebob like the trench from the first movie.

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10:16 in your diagram for why they glow you show an intake of light, which would be strange because there is perpetual darkness in rock bottom. The effect we see is bioluminescence, and it is extremely common and not related to an increase in radiation.

The biggest problem when talking about bikini atoll theory is when you go back and watch the prehistoric SpongeBob episode.