Its been proven in multiple episodes that hes a good driver he just has severe test anxiety and freaks out under pressure.

Interestingly, the episode, Tutor Sauce, offers a subtle reason why SpongeBob keeps failing his drivers test. In the episode, Krabs teaches SpongeBob how to drive, but whenever SpongeBob failed, Krabs didn't blame him and tries another method, no matter how unorthodox it was. Compare that with Mrs Puff, who acted like a jerkass whenever SpongeBob failed his test.

There’s also an episode where Mrs Puff comes to the conclusion that SpongeBob is terrified of the driving course at her boating school, so to ease his mind, she takes him to a abandoned road where she tells him to remember that there’s nothing but the road and it would’ve worked, had Mrs Puff not crossed city lines in the middle of the test

Short answer. So the boating school plot can keep going

Maybe SpongeBob needs his jellyfishing glasses on for his driving test.

I always thought that 230 points was either sarcastic or throwing Spongebob a bone: He wasn't going to pass anyway.

In Patrick's defense, he was driving within the speed limit without panic, and it that driving test, there are no other cars around. If I remember right, there isn't even a stop light

We also can't forget that when SpongBob drove the patty wagon in the first SpongBob movie, he drove that thing *FLAWLESSLY* , hell Patrick himself commented on that fact before Spongbob started the engine. And in other episodes, Spongebob was shown to know how to maneuver other vehicles like a chariot. So it could be possible that another reason why he keeps failing is because he's just not comfortable driving an actual boat.

SpongeBob needs to be legally banned from driving, but Bikini Bottom has a very flawed legal system

11:29 she tried to kill him because SpongeBob ruined her life and then made light of it, not wanting to kill him would be relatively unreasonable in that situation.

The more concerning thing is that he isn’t even getting mad or depressed over the fact he continues to fail, in fact, it almost seems like he feels happier the more he fails 0:01

He has severe boatal anxiety.

Spongebob may have an adrenaline issue too. this means may just have an overactive flight/flight response to the act of driving.

Didn't he drive the auto-Burger in the movie? Doesn't it count as a boat?

Him finally passing the test and rolling up to Sandy's to ask her on a date should be the series finale.

I think it's simple: SpongeBob loves it when Mrs. Puff inflates herself. The more he fails, the more he sees her inflate.

You know what's weird? In the episode Spongebob Longpants, when Spongebob drove so badly but the instructor passed him just because his pants was long. But when he switched back to his short pants, the instructor ripped his license. This is very weird, as the length of your pants doesn't have anything to do with your driving skills whatsoever. It could be a silly story the creators made, or it's a law in Bikini Bottom that you must have long pants to drive the test. But then you realize that most of Spongebob's classmates don't even wear pants at all, so it's pointless. Another thing is in the episode where Spongebob drives blindfolded. In reality, you can't really drive blindfolded because you have to see the road to concentrate. But when Spongebob wears his blindfold, he somehow drives really good. And when he took his blindfold off, he's scared at driving and fails miserably. So maybe Spongebob is scared of the road, but he has a special ability to detect things around him when he's blindfolded. I'd say it's a unique superpower, but again maybe it could be just a silly story made by the creators.

Oh, and let's not forget about "Mrs. Puff gets fired". He can't even see when Patrick's pants, and yet again. He failed his driving test, twice.

13:40 Based on Spongebob's license and when that episode took place, 2000-2001, we can conclude that Spongebob was about fourteen-or-fifteen years old. That being said, when the show premiered in 1999, we can conclude that based on his date of birth of 1986 that Spongebob was at _least_ thirteen years old. People talk about Spongebob being childish in the earlier episodes, and thats because he _is_ childish - he was a Teenager living on his own. The Age of Adulthood may be different in Bikini Bottom compared to the rest of the world but this explains quite a bit. That being said, Spongebob should be round about thirty-eight at this point in time(2024).

Rebuttals: 1. That’s clearly a different fish 2. Just because Patrick is stupid doesn’t mean he can’t or doesn’t know how to drive a boat. Also careless driving doesn’t mean he doesn’t know how to drive. It just means he’s being careless in his driving. Deliberately, I might add. 3-a). Mrs. Puff is actually the best boating instructor. She’s so good that 99.9% of people can pass. We have no evidence of anyone passing her class illegitimately (except SpongeBob. Continue reading). The Patrick situation can be due to bikini bottom laws. 3-b). If death is an expectation in taking your boating class, you probably shouldn’t be teaching boating class. This disqualifies mr shark guy from being the best. 4. The reason SpongeBob fails is because of jitters and subconscious mental block (maybe specifically in relation to boats). a) He passes when Patrick calms him down when they were cheating b) he drives extremely well when he was blinded by Patrick’s shorts when shark guy was the instructor. c) Even absent ms puff, he crashes the invisible boat mobile while being able to see. d) he successfully drives a rock to a customer’s house and to the Krusty Krab will full control and 0 accidents. (He ran squidward over but that was clearly for the gag and again, deliberate wreckless driving just means that he is being deliberately wreckless. Not that doesn’t know how to drive). e) he drives a boat successfully (and “passes”) when Mrs puff was able to calm his nerves saying something like “focus on the road. There is nothing but the road,” which he uses to hypnotize his self. He didn’t panic until he was broken out of his hypno state and realized he was on the highway and couldn’t see the road because of other vehicles. He was still able to flawlessly (and stylishly) dock the boat. 100% SpongeBob’s fault that he fails. It’s to the point that felon, Mrs puff, never seems to be able to justify passing him despite knowing that if he doesn’t pass, he will continue to be the bane of her existence forever.

11:55 the green fish could be there, to expand their license. like for larger "boats" with trailers or two wheeled "boats". which is also why he is bored during class, as he is qualified, but still needs to attend the class

I think it's ironic that Spongebob is good at so many things and won so many awards (especially in that one episode) but cant drive no matter what he does. Then Patrick takes it once and passes 😂 Actually, it was even Patrick who told Spongebob how to drive in Boating Exam! No wonder he passed on his first try 😅

One of Stephen Hillenburg’s golden rules states that no matter how hard SpongeBob tries, he’ll never get his license. So, they had to maintain the show’s status quo by doing this

SpongeBob is a constant victim of Cenepiede's Delima. He's really good at the written test, but once he has to do the physical part, he becomes nervous. This not only happens when he's boating, but also in the episode "Your Shoe's Untied" where he forgets how to tie his shoes when Patrick asks him to, and in the episode "Pickles" when Bubble Bass hides the pickles in the Krabby Patty and falsely accuses SpongeBob of forgetting to add them in the first place, causing Sponge to not only forget how to properly put together a Krabby Patty, but how to make breakfast the next morning.

you do know background character voices are always inconsistent right?

Viacom: i just wanted to bring some Looney Tunes irony not to create a whole theory buffet

“Drives her crazy” ha!

SpongeBob Lower Body Getting Smash with a Book 6:50 😂💀

Simple, SpongeBob never learn his fail and keep doing the same mistake.

I think SpongeBob has driving anxiety

3:47 nah shes just become batshit insane

Mrs. Puff should do driving lessons with SpongeBob. And she should do that with dual control boat, a boat with dual breaks and gas.

If SpongeBob did the test once a day, that means he's been trying for almost 3 1/2 melania

SpongeBob has intelligence but not wisdom so he can easily pass the oral test but can't apply that knowledge to the physical whereas Patrick used to be mostly wisdom with only rare moments of intelligence meaning if he was given the oral test he'd likely fail it but the fact Ms puff skipped it allowed him to use his wisdom to think on the spot and figure out what to do thus passing the test without actually becoming a good driver as he wasn't actually learning he was just improvising in a way that didn't translate from the controlled environment of the test into the real world

Mrs. Puff should be permanently removed from her job as a teacher cause I don’t like the way she treated SpongeBob like Crap or anything

Spongebob doesn't even need to drive a boat. As seen in the pizza episode he can drive a rock.

It always was strange to me, that there are no practice lessons in Mrs Puff boat school, just stray forward exams after the theory lessons.

There is an episode where after Spongebob failed,Mrs.Puff gets house arrested.

Fun fact! SpongeBob is a sponge

SpongeBob has this condition called anxiety issue driving. It’s preventing him from riding the boat, cuz he was feared. But Mrs puff can’t killed him because someone out there won’t let her get freedom and was forced to teach him until he passed. Solution: if he ready to ride the boat, Mrs puffs must create a drawing simulation to what it looks like inside the boat car. And teach them property which one come first.

I would assume because: 1: He's a sponge; 2: Short arms and legs

15:03 In the truest sense of the word xD

The biggest reason behind this is because of one out of the three BIGGEST rules the creators of the show had which was that SpongeBob is to NEVER get his license

Why is he so underrated

I gotta drive carefully as a good driver not be irresponsible like SpongeBob is

She probably gave him 230 points for not killing anyone during that entire backwards driving segment where he destroyed the course.

Ok so SpongeBob drive Mrs.Puff and Squidward crazy , Patrick Drives Squidward crazy , Plankton drives Mr.Krabs crazy , and Mr.Krabs Drives Plankton crazy, Squidward drives Squilliam crazy and Squilliam drives Squidward crazy The only two most normal characters in the show are Sandy and Larry and the Police Officers. Oh and SpongeBob’s cousin Stanley drives SpongeBob crazy because he destroys everything So a lot of sea creatures drive each other crazy.

I remember an episode where Mr Krabs and Plankton have to take Mrs Puff's test and in it SpongeBob actually completes the course, only to crash into Plankton and Mr Krabs causing a huge explosion.

My argument is that Patrick is qualified because how many people with a license still speed or run lights

well if he passes they cant keep using the boating school plot for episodes

9:45 no, cuz it was just her imagination 😅

Obviously, this time I fought SpongeBob was dumb. now, I realize that SpongeBob is smart

1:08 technically Patrick placed a walkie-talkie INSIDE SpongeBob through one of his holes on the head, and they covered it with a tall hat so Mrs. Puff would not know SpongeBob was cheating on the driving test, which she had seemed to be fine with as it would mean she would NEVER have to teach him EVER AGAIN!

Bru, your content is hella underrated, GJ

The fact that SpongeBob supposedly has hair (yellow apparently, so not his eyelashes) even though we can’t see it slightly disturbing.

The one time Patrick was nice to SpongeBob in the modern era in Driven to Tears, Patrick is usually a terrible friend nowadays, sure, he rubbed it in SpongeBobs face that he passed, but that doesn't mean he didn't attempt the test for the right reasons

She also gets to maintain the record of the test having a low pass rate because of SpongeBob’s constant failures. It creates an illusion of weeding out the weak with high standards, which is a big factor in accreditation of schools.

At this point, he should just stick to driving rocks

I'm sure she passed Patrick because she realized, "Oh god, not another one"

This a debunk Alex Bale's theory, right?

Sponge successfully drove the Invisible Boat.

Love these videos!!! Keep up the good work 👍👍

The reason why Spongebob keeps failing his Boating test in Mrs. Puff's Boating School is because Stephen Hillenburg said that it was a plot device making him permanently fail a Boating test by preventing him from passing the test, in fact that if Spongebob passed the Test the series will be over, that's it! Plain and Simple!

How did Patrick know how to drive?

When someone ask me why I don’t drive I compare my driving to SpongeBob

If you get a DUI or DWI, you may have to take court ordered driver improvement programs to get your DL reinstated. I have a possible theory that is overlooked: Spongebob may suffer from PTSD while being in a vehicle earlier in his life. He may have suffered a very traumatic episode to fail his driving test so many times!

I've rode in countless cars in my life, it doesn't seem like a hard thing to do. To drive a vehicle. But driving is a different experience than riding. And I might be in the same boat as SpongeBob....uh...not, literally.

Mrs Puff: (breathes) Bikini Bottom Police: YOU’RE GOING TO JAIL FOR A LONG TIME!

Yo, I think you’re thinking some of the stuff. Maybe everybody else just passed the test because they do good in the test and after they take the test, they stop following the law and rules in real life drivers

Because SpongeBob thinks that all vehicles are toys to him. No wonder he keeps failing.

Mrs. Puff: *commiting crimes to try to get rid of Spongebob not knowing that Spongebob has PTSD*

Mr Krabs makes a better teacher showing how he had SpongeBob drive a tanker truck full of grease in the episode. Greasy Bafoons.

SpongeBob can cook Krabby Patties perfectly, but he can't even drive a boat perfectly.

I truly hope one day, when Spongebob ends, it ends with Spongebob inheriting the Krusty Krab, and finally, FINALLY.........getting his Drivers license and driving home in his new boat. Picture it. He finally earns his license. He drives around town, and one last time he heads home. He heads inside, laughs with joy, and the camera focuses on one final shot....of a Pineapple under the sea.

in “greasy buffoons” i swear spongebob was driving a truck! how was he able to do that but still can’t get his license😭

SP should get a court excuse to drive with his eyes closed.

It was revealed by Tom Kenny himself that SpongeBob is autistic so my theory is even though SpongeBob is very knowledgeable, and he is capable of driving a boat. He gets overstimulated when he’s actually behind the wheel, and thus all that knowledge is now basically scrambling in his head, and that’s why he freaks out. Ann just has to add a note. I am autistic myself, so I know exactly what that’s like.

Thanks for making this video it happys

The green fish sounds younger in that second appearance. Which lends credence to my own theory that all the episodes are out of order. You may be asking how it took that guy so long that he sounds way older when he finally passes in spite of Spongebob only failing 37 times.. But in the Season 4 episode Mrs. Puff You're Fired it is revealed that he failed over a million times, something which gets Mrs. Puff fired. At the end, his entire record was destroyed so it was like he never failed. And Spongebob being who he is wouldn't want to reignite the troubles that would get Mrs. Puff fired again (even though oblivious to him she probably would) likely just goes along with it and starts over counting. This also explains another inconsistancy since Patrick knew about Spongebob's Library well enough to hide in it despite not knowing about it in much later episodes.

SpongeBob doesn’t have the right balance of tension and relaxation behind the wheel. He keeps on panicking when behind the wheel

“ a theory based off of a theory is just science fiction” - NASA engineer JM @1:50

Spongebob keeps failing his test because HE CANT READ! He's a FRIGGIN SPONGE! SPONGES CANT READ!

Also, based on your information, maybe SpongeBob good at memorizing stuff like the theories of things, but sucks at practical things like actually doing it physically

Ms. Puff probably is a good teacher as she has a low failure rate (that one student being an expectation), and overall functions accurately to an American driving school that focuses more on ticking off boxes then teaching. Most drivers ed courses AT MOST last an entire summer break meaning that she probably had a limited time frame. Maybe they cut out the practice as we only see spongebob testing which is very different then practicing.

Business and more boating school episodes

What's sad is i have a similar problem, I study hard and am even good at driving However I cannot pass the theory test, i always end up getting one or two marks off. And i have taken it too many times now.

To keep that plot line going. The ultimate plot twist: He finally gets his license. All boats are converted into self driving vehicles.

Dude keeps having a panic attack whenever he gets behind the wheel

Ok but his license implies he has hair

Mrs puff really had enough after 1258100 tests💀💀💀

SpongeBob stupidly is the reason why he can't drive 😂

The running gag here is that because SpongeBob is an invertebrate, he is quite literally spineless. He is so spineless when taking his boating exam that he has no confidence in himself. Even though he can effortlessly pass his oral exam, he lacks the courage to perform during his driving test.

Cool Video.

8:40 Peugeot 407 spotted

anyone offering a service has a legal right to deny service. miss puff CAN stop teaching him

Underrated youtuber ❤

Doesn't really explain the Non-Boat Vehicles that he's an Actually Good Driver on those

"He's really booksmart, but doesn't know how to apply himself." That's basically me with riding a bike. I've tried to do it in the past, but every time fail to apply the knowledge correctly. It's gotten to the point where I don't even feel like touching a bike, since I'll probably just not correctly apply the knowledge and end up breaking something for, like, the tenth time.

The PTSD theory, I could certainly buy for SpongeBob. As far as the other explanations though, I don't think the green fish or Patrick were not ready to drive. I think they earned their passes. - For the green fish, the explanation can relate to SpongeBob's continuity or lack thereof. If continuity is a thing with SpongeBob, then we could say that the events of Hall Monitor happened before Boating School. If not, then they basically take place in two different universes. It's also possible that the writers simply just resused that same character model for Hall Monitor. - For Patrick, I think Patrick just got really cocky with his license and new boat. Season 4 wasn't exactly a good season for Patrick. There were many episodes where he acted completely brainless, and other episodes like in Driven to Tears where he got really cocky. And while there's only a handful of Patrick's a Prick episodes from Season 4, it still was a downgrade from the character he was in seasons 2 & 3. Or it could also be possible that he knew how to pass the test, but doesn't grasp the concept that the driving test applies to the real world.

So basically, No matter how hard he tries and no matter how smart Spongebob is, he'll not pass the test due to his mental state. That and Ms. Puff(no matter how many students have pass legit or not and given them license and no matter how legit and legal she is at teaching) is "practically" a terrible teacher. I kinda knew it from beginning as a kid but never believed it until now.(Yes i used to watch SpongeBob SquarePants as a kid. And i STILL do!)