SpongeBob Cartel

"SpongeBob Cartel" is the cartel started by Spongebob and Patrick after being fired from the Krusty Krab. They specialize in methamphetamine, PCP, heroin, and prostituation. Peyote is also occasionally produced by the SpongeBob Cartel. It is the plot focus of the critically acclaimed HBO series Spongebob Cartel. 
 which ran from 2073-2100 
=== Plot ===
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n the year 2073, Patrick, after being involved in a ransom in downtown Bikini Bottom, had a near-death encounter and developed PTSD afterward and severe depression. Afterward, multiple friends of his convinced him to seek therapy, but Patrick refused. One day during a deep slump, SpongeBob decided to bring Patrick a Krabby Patty laced with a little something good. Patrick, not especially desiring to see SpongeBob during this time of grief, ate the burger up. Little did he know it contained 300 ug of acid, leading to an amazing trip that brought him down a road of self-reflection. This bout of self analyzation led him to fix his act, and he got a job at the Krusty Krab. But he craved more of what he had that night, and that's when him and SpongeBob starting getting a little too in to it. They began seeking out harder and harder drugs. Patrick became a frequent smoker of marijuana prescribed to him by his psychiatrist on the job, which eventually moved to a more serious cocaine addiction in order to keep him awake. Spongebob and Patrick became frequent smokers on the job, and mostly got away with it, until July 18th, 2079, where Mr. Krabs found their stash on the job.
Mr. Krabs promptly fired Spongebob and Patrick, while smoking all their weed with Squidward after their leave. After being fired, Spongebob and Patrick both fell into a state of despair once again. Squidward, seeing this, decided to pay Spongebob's suburban New York home a visit while Patrick was over. Squidward decided to give SpongeBob and Patrick something a little more; a bit of heroin. He would go on to explain that if they wanted to make money, the cartel would be a good place for them. Patrick and Spongebob, with their spirits now raised, decide to go into the drug dealing business as a means of making money, and promptly name their black market organization the Spongebob Cartel. The market goes on to has one of the most powerful, feared and influential drug cartels in the entire world. Propiarating in methamphetamine, PCP, heroin, and DMT, and sometimes peyote, the market has made a name for it's strong, authentic and unbeatable hard drugs. 
=== Critical Reception ===
Spongebob Cartel has received widespread critical acclaim and is frequently regarded as one of the greatest television shows of the 2070's and of all time. It has received 24 Primetime Emmy Awards, 7 GLAAD Media Awards, 3 HALO awards, and won American Idol and Favorite Family Show at the 2084 Kids' Choice Awards. In the year 2099, Entertainment Weekly, Rolling Stone, and TV Guide ranked Spongebob Cartel as the greatest show of the 21st century. All seasons on Metacritic and Rotten Tomatoes have a 100% rating. Leonhard Praxilaus of Common Sense Media gave the show a 4.5, calling it "most exquisite, and a fantastic satire of the War on Drugs." In 2104, the film was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant."
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