Top 10 Times SpongeBob Squarepants Broke the 4th Wall

watching this show is like watching an aquarium they know we're out there hey guys it's Phoebe with watch mojo today we're counting down our picks for the top ten fourth wall breaks in Spongebob Squarepants we're taking a look at some of the funniest moments of self-awareness in Bikini Bottom let's get to it number 10 the confused family I made it outside nothing can stop me now remember this ending where Sponge Bob sandy and Patrick encountered someone in a gorilla suit spongebob asks what the ape is doing underwater in the first place and the primate hastily rides off into the sunset on a horse sure why not George they're on to us let's get out of here however immediately afterward we zoom out to a real-life family sitting on their couch watching the episode and looking even more confused than we are before finally shutting the TV off it's like the show itself predicted the audience's reaction to this bizarre ending and decided to beat their viewers to the punch it works perfectly with the family's hilarious reaction and shows that the series rarely takes itself too seriously number nine the trusty slab while on a tour of the surface SpongeBob and Patrick end up visiting an eerily familiar restaurant the trusty slab if it wasn't already obvious this is the surface world slash live-action counterpart of the Krusty Krab and its employees are all human equivalents of Sponge Bob Squidward and mr. Krabs [Applause] sir could you please order something there are a lot of people waving here some of us have live naturally there's also a live-action Patrick and Sandy as trusty slab customers and a humanized plankton as the restaurants biggest rival all these humanized duplicates are portrayed by the characters voice actors and they not only showcase their acting skills outside the recording booth but also how they perfectly replicate their characters mannerisms the restaurant for the hungry customers out there until it's if only SpongeBob and Patrick could see the connection as weekend number eight you just struck another pedestrian ah the French narrator the seldom seen jacques cousteau like voice that helps set the scene at the beginning of an episode and reads the time cards Ilia again at the Bikini Bottom boating school today is once again the day of SpongeBob's boating school exam however it can be a dangerous job for example while setting the scene for SpongeBob's boating test he accidentally ends up right in the little square dudes path spongebob quickly approaches and then BAM he accidentally runs over the poor narrator we even get a brief shot of the unconscious storyteller in dis camera Mel importantly this is the last test for the year and if spongebob does not pass this one it means another whole year thankfully the narrator survives the accident but it just goes to show that not even he can escape the series zany slapstick he's definitely a lot safer as a disembodied voice lapin oh nothing spongebob you just struck another pedestrian number seven spongebob rides the bubbles another staple of this series is all the bubble wipes where a huge wall of bubbles floats across the screen as we transition from one scene to another well it's definitely a dazzling sight in the episode born to be wild it has an even more practical use spongebob fears for Bikini Bottom safety when a biker gang starts riding into town he needs to warn everyone and decides to take the shortcut what is the shortcut you may ask hitching a ride on the bubble wipe which takes him directly to the next scene inside the Krusty Krab it's comforting to know that spongebob can rely on going meta in a state of emergency I better take the shortcut number 6 the narrator quits a newly unemployed Squidward has been living with spongebob until he can get back on his feet and while spongebob is saintly optimistic the French narrator isn't so patient he reads to title cards showing how Squidward's been mooching off of his neighbor for months leave weeks later but on the third card so much time has passed that the producers had to hire a new narrator once Frenchy got tired of waiting so much data that the old narrator got tired of waiting and they had to hire a new one thankfully Frenchy comes back a few episodes later but you know it's bad when even he can't stand Squidward's freeloading anymore coincidentally it was at this sudden departure that spongebob finally snaps and tries to shoo his lazy neighbor away way to stand up for Frenchie little square dude it's already contaminated by the bad lemon won't work hmm that's two things in this house that won't work number five Squidward's pain every so often a character will have no one else to talk to you but themselves but they'll look directly towards the camera to keep us in the loop with what's going on now I'll be able to get a krabby patty the simplest way possible by in one instance after Squidward gets his eardrum shattered from a cruel prank he looks directly at the camera and confirms that he's in horrible pain he assures us that he's not faking it but we were already convinced the poor guy had tears in his eyes for Neptune's sake considering what Squidward tends to go through on a daily basis it's easy to feel sorry for him but it's kind of sad watching him reach out to the audience for sympathy like this bill and what is this for it's for my place my surgery number for underwater physics with their new life on the run SpongeBob and Patrick take a brief moment of comfort around a campfire we can never go home Pat more wanted man will spend the rest of our lives running however Patrick quickly points out what a lot of us are wondering how can they start a fire if they're underwater before Patrick can even finish the question the fire immediately goes out but at least it's warm around the fire how could they be being a zany surreal cartoon means that the series doesn't have to obey the laws of physics but it's a lot funnier when they decide to point out their own inconsistencies and the perfect timing for this jokes punchline made it even better this wouldn't be the last time the series calls out its own logic but it never stops being hilarious I'd sure like to go to this party but I can't read the invitation meanie whoever sent this obviously has no idea about the physical limitations of life underwater number three Squidward's eleven minutes of misery Squidward you nose will definitely not fit in oh why are you to see eros know about fitting in thanks to his burning curiosity Squidward ends up trapped in the middle of kelp forest with SpongeBob and Patrick voltage will they live shut your half-wit pie halls [Music] [Music] realizing he's now living his worst nightmare the cephalopod asks himself why every 11 minutes of his life is full of misery any longtime viewer knows that SpongeBob's adventures usually have an 11 minute runtime and Squidward always seems to know that 11 minutes is all it takes for something to go awry I'll give him a week I'll give him 11 minutes there's a lot more truth to his whining since in a lot of episodes our poor grouchy neighbor ends up suffering in one way or another it tugs at the heartstrings to see that he's able to count the minutes of his own misery should I have the spaghetti or that turkey then how about the soup number two the talking ceiling throughout the Krusty Krabs training video the omniscient narrator explains the ins and outs of the restaurant to potential new employees you are now employed by one of the most successful restaurants in bikini bottom but it didn't get that way overnight because the store closes at 6:00 aside from a few small interactions no one really questions the narrator's existence until Patrick enters the scene now we move from behind the scenes to the front lines where we'll examine the most important aspect of the industry the customer or as we like to say the crust emerge are you against the minute he hears the narrator speak Patrick is frightened by the talking ceiling and tries to warn Squidward only to have his concerns brushed off just make friends with a paneling we can't say we blame Patrick wouldn't you find some disembodied voice coming from the ceiling kind of unsettling not all of them are as soothing and iconic as the French narrator does this mean I get to make a krabby patty now no you can't make a krabby patty without understanding the phrase poop regardless it's always a treat to hear the voiceovers acknowledged by the characters even if it is out of fear before we unveil our most self-aware number-one pick here are some meta honorable mentions how do you expect us to go up to the surface we won't be able to breathe alright all secondary characters come with me here we go one hour later just a few more seconds of mental preparation and I'll be painting this wall two hours later I'm getting to the painting three hours later joy may finally have found a place where I can be thousand impressions later would you please stop imitating me it is starting to get very annoying number one mr. Krabs versus the orchestra sure that's a bit overeager but you gotta learn to roll with the punches oh and don't bring anything on a boat wild clam fishing spongebob accidentally hooks mr. Krabs millionth dollar on his line suddenly dramatic jazz music starts playing and Krabs is terrified at what will happen oh no smog Rob quick reel it in can't you hear the music that's a 4/4 string Austin all no in d-minor every sailor knows it means death frantic Krabs manages to find a live action orchestra playing the music and begs them to stop to no avail later on he actually manages to use the orchestra to draw out the monstrous clam and save his beloved dollar having the characters acknowledge the background music is hilarious enough but to try and stop it or use it to their own advantage is ultra meta it's like they want to change the whole episodes narrative oh [Music] it almost makes us wonder how much control the characters have over their lives who knew a show about a sea sponge could have so many subtly comedic moments what do you guys think let us know in the comments or tweet me at Phoebe underscore WM and check out this video [Music] [Music] [Music] you

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Length: 12min 52sec (772 seconds)

Published: Fri Feb 14 2020