How SpongeBob has Continuity

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Tidalpat

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I'm tired of people shooting down every idea, suggestion and question with "SpongeBob has no/little continuity so no," so I made a list of how SpongeBob has continuity, so you have no excuse for saying "SpongeBob has no continuity" in response to some theory/question, and you actually try and engage in a conversation.
There is, of course, still broken continuity in SpongeBob, I'd just rather that not be everybody's go-to explanation.

  • Signs of continuity outweigh unexplainable continuity errors - Some famous continuity errors are fire underwater, but I'm not talking about that, because the fire could actually be acid. No, what I mean by "unexplainable continuity errors" is stuff like SpongeBob's bones, sometimes being present and other times not. There are more instances of continuity in SpongeBob then there are these. Sure, there are smaller inexplicable errors, but those aren't really noticeable unless you're paying attention. For every Mr. Krabs' confusing navy life, there's a Plankton's Pet, Glove World R.I.P., and Bubble Buddy Returns
  • Episodes that affect the show overall - This one is kind of obvious, because of how most of these episodes are introductory episodes. But just because they are doesn't mean they don't count. Episodes like these include Tea at the Treedome (new major character), Plankton (new antagonist), Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy (new recurring characters), and also episodes like Christmas Who? (Christmas comes to Bikini Bottom, not being present in the first season) and Krusty Love (Mr. Krabs and Mrs. Puff enter a relationship). Along with this, newer episodes Glove World R.I.P. (Glove World never appears again), Plankton's Pet (Spot is a new character in the show), and possibly Scavenger Pants (SpongeBob, Patrick and Squidward are brothers now) also change it.
  • Smaller references - This is another obvious one, but smaller references to previous episodes prove SpongeBob has continuity, like SpongeBob referencing Suds in Whelk Attack, or SpongeBob appearing to outgrow his fear of sea bears as seen in him not being afraid of them in Married to Money. You might think these are just small references and easter eggs for fans with prying eyes, and you'd be right. But they do prove SpongeBob has continuity, because why else would there be things such as the hydro-dynamic spatula, the Strangler's fake mustache, and the IM-RDY license plate in Sharks vs. Pods? Cosmetics?
Those are my three biggest reasons why SpongeBob has continuity, I'm sure there are smaller reasons but I'm not going to just say something like "Character development - Squidward is slowly getting nicer, Patrick is slowly getting dumber."
 
There was an episode where Larry didn’t know who Spongebob is so what continuity are you talking about
 
Coffee_lover said:
There was an episode where Larry didn’t know who Spongebob is so what continuity are you talking about
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He could have easily forgotten him, we hadn't seen them interact much prior.
Besides, that's one reason, and I already said SpongeBob has broken continuity, but that's not even one of the bigger problems.
 
I definitely think that SpongeBob has continuity. Question: Do you believe that. Endings of episodes where places/people are destroyed/different part of the broken continuity or are they fixed off screen. Ex. Sandy fixed SpongeBob and Squidward off screen after the events of I Was a Teenage Gary
 
Could just be a timing thing, no rule states every episode happens after each other, a lot of continuity errors happen (like Patrick not washing his hands, or not having a sister) could be solved by the fact that it just hadn't happened in that point in time yet.
 
FinnDinner said:
Could just be a timing thing, no rule states every episode happens after each other, a lot of continuity errors happen (like Patrick not washing his hands, or not having a sister) could be solved by the fact that it just hadn't happened in that point in time yet.
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About Patrick having a sister, in the episode Patrick said she was lost so maybe they had just rekindled and Patrick forgot about her before then. That or the fact the Patrick generally has a terrible memory.
 
SonofMnemosyne said:
About Patrick having a sister, in the episode Patrick said she was lost so maybe they had just rekindled and Patrick forgot about her before then. That or the fact the Patrick generally has a terrible memory.
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Yeah that would work better, I am curious about an explanation for SpongeBob's bones. In Rock-a-Bye Bivalve he can bend all over the place, yet in I Had an Accident he breaks all of them, I don't get it.
 
FinnDinner said:
Yeah that would work better, I am curious about an explanation for SpongeBob's bones. In Rock-a-Bye Bivalve he can bend all over the place, yet in I Had an Accident he breaks all of them, I don't get it.
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SpongeBob's bones are just broken continuity where nothing can really explain why.
 
Tidalpat said:
his bones break lots of times and take awhile to grow back.
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Wouldn't that really really hurt? In RABB he was really happy. Also he tends to be able to stretch all over the place, I don't think rubber bones are THAT flexible.
 
FinnDinner said:
Wouldn't that really really hurt? In RABB he was really happy. Also he tends to be able to stretch all over the place, I don't think rubber bones are THAT flexible.
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Well, he is a sponge with regenerative and aesexual reproductive properties.
 
Tidalpat said:
Well, he is a sponge with regenerative and aesexual reproductive properties.
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Yes, but when his butt broke, he was in serious pain, if that was true, than he could just grow back his butt, but he had to go to the hospital.
 
The most obvious one I can agree with is the smaller references, which are generally treated like easter eggs. My stance on the show having continuity is that it doesn’t need massive arcs or changes. It’s great if all the episodes could exist in the same bubble, but after so many years that’d be hard to justify.
 
I think that SpongeBob has continuity, but episodes are out of order in the "timeline". So the episode where Larry doesn't know SpongeBob could just be his first time meeting him, and episodes that took place before that where Larry and SpongeBob knew each other just happened after in the timeline.
 
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