SpongeBob SquarePants

**SpongeBob SquarePants** is one of the two overarching antagonists (alongside Mr. Krabs) of the fan webcomic *The Bikini Bottom Horror*.

He's a sponge living in a pineapple under the sea who secretly was the mastermind behind the events of the entire comic, planning to take over Bikini Bottom and paint himself as a hero.

## What Makes Him Magnificent?

* + After learning that Mr. Krabs is using a tortured Patrick Star clone for Krabby Patties, he purposefully undercooked a Krabby Patty and gave it to Patrick so he can gain the memories and pain of the clone ("The Tortured One"). He also made no attempt to rescue the clone from his torment.
	+ Knowing that he can regenerate from a single cell and that Patrick is a messy eater, he fakes his death as supposedly the first victim of Patrick's rampage and lets him and all the clones created rampage and murder countless people across Bikini Bottom, specifically planning to get Krabs and Plankton killed so he can open a restaurant selling the veganized Pretty Patties and run the only restaurant in Bikini Bottom.
		- His face as Sandy angrily leaves his restaurant has a sad look, implying he is remorseful for letting one of his best friends down. However, he may have only been sad at Sandy not sharing his vision rather than genuine remorse, since he was just shown gloating in Sandy's face about how he would rebuild Bikini Bottom and threatens to kill her (and anyone she told his secret to) if she does anything to stop him.
			* He also might be sad because he understands that he lost almost all his friends. However, yet again, it is left ambiguous so far.

## What Hinders His Magnificence?

* He is the complete opposite of **the original character** who is usually nice, sweet, loves his parents and friends, and good-hearted with everyone, this version of SpongeBob is absolutely evil, twisted, remorseless, dark, heartless and overall cares about nobody but himself.

## What Makes Him A Baddie?

* Noticeably, the entire rampage left so many citizens dead that the survivors had to create five giant walls to list all the names. Some of the fallen include Mr. Krabs (although Sandy admits he got what he deserved), Mermaid Man, Plankton, Larry the Lobster, Bubble Bass, Squilliam (as his spirit was seen during one of Squidward's near-death experiences), Karen and Barnacle Boy, most of whom were killed gruesomely.

* + When he meets The Tortured One inside his mind, who rightfully calls him out for letting him suffer (despite not actually knowing it), SpongeBob outright pulls the victim card by denying any responsibility of his involvement and lies by saying he didn't know.
		- He's also shown to be a dirty hypocrite, as he calls out the Tortured One that Mr. Krabs torturing him doesn't excuse his actions and claiming he's worse than anything Krabs has done to him, despite knowing of Krabs' crimes, yet refusing to bring him to justice or help the Tortured One out of his torment. Granted, it's likely that he's just pretending to call him out here and making himself look good in front of the others.
	+ While he does seemingly feel bad for killing the Tortured One, telling him he's sorry right before killing him, this was more likely a way of taunting him than actual remorse, as he seems unaffected by this action as evidenced that he never mentions it in his final confrontation with Sandy after she finds out about his true nature.
	+ Although he did spare a guilty Patrick and end the rampage by killing the Tortured One and all the other Patrick clones, it was out of pragmatism as he wanted to paint himself as the hero of the day.
	+ Though he created at least twenty-one clones of himself to help rebuild Bikini Bottom and doesn't try to hurt anyone there, it's only out of pure pragmatism and it's also implied that they could also help him create another Porifera in case someone tried to put a stop to his plan.
	+ His role in the Bikini Bottom massacre indirectly convinces Sandy to leave and return home to Texas, and thus he gets away with everything scot-free.