Son Goku vs Spongebob Squarepants

Goku vs Spongebob
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Written by	Taser Lad
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Move well, Study well, Play well, Eat well, Rest well!

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This Battle is a Tribute to Akira Toriyama and Stephen Hillenburg.

Description

Dragon Ball vs Spongebob Squarepants! Always with a smile on their face these two cheery icons of anime and cartoons face off! Will the Sayain from Earth be defeated by KAH-RAH-TAY! Or will Mr Squarepants have the worst day ever? ...Look lemme have fun alright!?

Intro

Still Ain't Beating Goku

Vince: Son Goku, The Cheery Sayain from Earth!

Frank: And Spongebob Squarepants, The Happy Go Lucky Sponge from Bikini Bottom...not gonna lie this is definitely one of the weirder ones we've done.

Jack: Sure life can be stressful but these two would argue that it's okay to life live as happily as possible. To try and have as much fun as possible and have a smile on your face! Plus they're icons of anime and cartoons so it feels like a fair comparison.

Vince: May as well have some fun today! Sponge vs Sayain time to throw our hat into the ring. Just so everyone knows we will be basically mixing all versions of Dragon Ball Super including movies, manga and anime. However, stuff like GT and Heroes will not be included. For Spongebob we'll be pretty lax except for crossover scaling.

Frank: Makes a lot of sense. Let's get into the Death Battle!

Goku

Bardock Falls

Vince: A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away there existed the Sayains. A warrior race who lived for combat. Known across the cosmos for being planetary invaders that annihilated whole populations without a second thought.

Frank: Even despite the Sayain's power they were still under the thumb of the tyranical Lord Freeza...basically Emperor Palpatine but with lipstick.

Jack: Freeza may have had control over the Sayains he still feared that one day they would revolt. Not helped by the fact that there existed a legend of a "Super Sayain". So he didn't take any chances and destroyed the Sayain's home planet.

Pop-Up: While this was later retconned as Freeza being ordered by Beerus to destroy Planet Vegeta...I honestly hate this retcon so imma just ignore that thank you very much!

Vince: However there was one Sayain named Bardock who had a bad feeling about Freeza's intentions (It used to be future vision but that was retconned to Bardock just being smart). So on a hunch he decided to send his son Kakarot to a planet called Earth so that he could be safe.

Frank: Heeeeeey isn't this just like Superm-

Stop Music

Jack: WOW REALLY!? I HARDLY NOTICED!

Frank: ...Alright jeez man no need to be a dick.

Jack: *Sigh* Look I'm sorry mate that was a bit much. We good?

Frank: Yeah we're good.

Vince: Nice conflict resolution skills. Now this is what happens when we don't release an episode in nearly 3 years.

Kid Goku Theme

Frank: Well anyway Kakarot's ship landed on Earth and was found by an elderly martial artist named Gohan. Gohan adopted the child and named him Son Goku; problem is that he was a little asshole. Nothing a good brain trauma from falling down a cliff can solve am I right?

Jack: W-We can't say that legally can we?

Vince: Don't drop your babies down cliffs. Just because it made Goku into a sweet baby doesn't mean that it'll do the same for yours.

Frank: Well they lived a peaceful life till Goku suddenly turned into a giant fucking monkey and unknowingly crushed Gohan to death. The rest of Goku's childhood was spent alone in the woods forced to fend for himself. That sounds pretty sad I know but Goku doesn't mind!

Jack: This however changed when one day a girl named Bulma...ran him over...and shot him. Now if that isn't an amazing first impression then I don't know what is. Now Bulma wasn't just faffing around the woods for the craic she was in search of the mythical Dragon Balls, Seven spheres that when gathered will grant any wish!

Vince: Thanks to some lies on Bulma's side Goku decided to tag along. Neither knowing that this would begin the decades worth of adventures that both...and more specifically Goku would go on.

Frank: Because of his training by Grandpa Gohan and his naturally superhuman Sayain physique Goku was able to blow through any challenge that came in his way. But when he was 12 year old he started training under (the gross) Master Roshi's Kame-Sennin-Ryu school. This training already pushes regular people into superhumans so Goku's aforementioned super strength became ridiculous! To the point where he would only be trained by Gods from now on!

The Dragon Theme

Jack: Through this training Goku became a master of Ki or Chi. Ki is basically life force energy that all living beings possesses. Manipulating ones Ki allows for Goku to do things like read minds, Move shit with his mind or of course shoot it out of his hands in the form of blasts or beams!

Pop-Up: Goku also has the ability to sense Ki effectively allowing himself to be immune to stealth attacks...unless the opponent can lower their own Ki signatures.

Vince: Even handier that Goku despite being a little socially inept is actually a really quick learner. Consistently copying other people's moves after only seeing em once! Good thing too because as Goku's life continued his villains started getting stronger and stronger so he needed new ways to combat against them.

Frank: Like Kiai a move stolen by King Piccolo where he uses Ki to generate shockwaves by punching the air. Solar Flare blinds foes, The Spirit Bomb generates energy from everything around him including the Sun and uses it as a weapon against only evil people.

Jack: Goku can lock onto a Ki signature and teleport to them using Instant Transmission. While he does have to be familiar with the Ki signature to do it; But when he can feel that familiar Ki he can teleport to different realms like King Kai's world and the Kaio-Shin Realm.

Vince: But the most popular of these techniques is the Kamehameha! A powerful ki blast that I have tried to do an embarrassing amount of times throughout my life.

Frank: Yeah me too.

Jack: Oh 100% I tried it a lot too!

Vince: Oh...well that's good. Well anyway while Goku may have not invented the Kamehameha he certainly perfected it. To the point where he came up with multiple variants such as making it a barrage attack, Bending it and even one where he fires it out of his feet!

Frank: While the Kaio-Ken definitely served as a way to upgrade himself against stronger opponents it was against Freeza where he found a much more reliable upgrade against opponents with the legendary Super Sayain form!

The Dragon Theme

Jack: Multiplying his base power by 50 it is an absolutely monstrous boost in power. But he doesn't stop there adding on two other levels with Super Sayain 3 increasing his power by 400 times!

Pop-Up: While Akira Toriyama later stated that he thought the 50 times multiplier was an exaggeration and he more intended for it to be a 10 times multiplier. This respectfully does not make sense. Goku during his battle with Freeza was Kaio-Ken times 20 (and was losing which is a farcry from when he turned Super Sayain as he essentially dominated Freeza). Which as the name suggests is a 20 times multiplier. So suggesting that Super Sayain is only a 10 times multiplier doesn't make much sense.

Vince: These boosts in power allowed him to keep up with multiple world ending threats including the aforemention Freeza, Cell and finally Majin Boo. After Boo was defeated the world was at peace for a while...but because of Dragon Ball Evolution another threat arrived...the God of Destruction Beerus.

Frank: Beerus was by far the strongest dude Goku had ever fought. Easily defeating even Super Sayain 3 without effort. So to keep up he did a ritual with six morally righteous Sayains to transform into the Super Sayain God!

Jack: Not only does this form make him even stronger but it introduced Goku to God Ki. Which is basically just upgraded Ki which regular Ki users can't sense. In general it opened up the entire Universe for Goku and his friends so that they'd be taking on Gods and beings from different universes...as you can expect Goku was very excited!

Vince: Excited enough to not only weaponise God Ki to create new techniques such as the God Bind or learn some old classics like the soul trapping Mafuba...or if you're uncool the Evil Containment Wave. He even managed to mix Super Sayain into Super Sayain God...becoming a Super Sayain Blue! What did you think we were gonna use that old name?

Frank: But most powerful of Goku's techniques...or well most bullshit is the HAKAI! Sorry it's fun to say...

Jack: While Hakai can easily turn objects into dust it doesn't stop there! Because it can go as far as destroying the targets soul essentially erasing the target from existence! But see Goku is far from being a master of using it and he'll freely admit that; which explains why instead of being instantly erased like when Beerus used it, Goku's version of it slowly erases the target.

Pop-Up: Goku has a shit ton of techniques and abilities that I don't have the space to mention naturally. So here is an entire list of techniques that Goku has used throughout the entire series.

Ultra Instinct

Vince: He hasn't just learned offensive techniques but also defensive. Such as creating forcefields or even the ability to slowly heal himself while Super Sayain God has shown a similar ability but hey may as well have multiple options.

Frank: But even despite all this power...Goku still hit a wall. He still wasn't letting himself be truly be free in movement during a fight. Essentially he was being weighed down by his mind. Even with all of his teachings before Goku mainly focused on gaining power. But after getting in touch with those teachings again he learned his greatest ability...Ultra Instinct!

Jack: Ultra Instinct is much more than a simple transformation. It essentially changes Goku's combat style. Allowing him to move with...well instinct. Dodging attacks without thought. One of the more interesting abilities provided by Ultra Instinct is the ability to control Goku's own chi allowing him to create a giant avatar.

Pop-Up: Because as mentioned Ultra Instinct is also a technique it can be mixed along with other transformations such as Super Sayain God allowing for the unconscious dodging without the issue of stamina that the UI transformation has.

Vince: Alright so it's about that time we get into how powerful Goku is. Because we have a lot to explain we bring you...THE SUPER DUPER SCALING ROUND!

Frank: P-Please hear us out...

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SUPER DUPER SCALING ROUND:

Dangerous Mind

Jack: In a previous analysis we talked about the importance of charged up attacks when it comes to Dragon Ball scaling and why characters up to the Boo saga shouldn't be able to survive planetary explosions. That's more groundwork for the more important question, is Goku Universal? In our opinion we don't think so.

Vince: Now this is definitely a touchy subject but we may as well just throw our two cents in. Especially the most famous of these feats, Goku's clash with Beerus. Now we're not gonna pull out the "it was mostly Beerus doing it" or "the Earth was okay" excuses. Instead we wanted to more bring up the important fact that it is immediately contradicted by the fact that Elder Kai states how Goku and Beerus would also be destroyed if the Universe were to go. Even Whis mentions how he couldn't even stop it.

Frank: It should be noted that the manga version of this fight throws a wrench into Universal Goku and Beerus even more. See in the manga the clash happens literally on Earths and there is no mention of either Goku or Beerus using nullification like in the anime. Especially since we actually see a battle where Beerus is going all out against someone of similar power to him, Champa and as you can see they don't come even close to replicating that same level of destruction so tbh it seems a lot more like an outlier to us.

Jack: Actually speaking of Beerus and Champa fighting, in the Anime it's stated that their battle would not only destroy Universe 7 but also Universe 6 at the same time! Sounds a lot more solid right? Well there's a bit of an issue. See that purple aura that surrounds them as they fight? Well we actually see in the exact same scene that whatever touches that purple aura becomes brittle which to us at least is akin to the Hakai technique. This is backed up by how Goku and Vegeta back away from it. So not only is it less from actual physical strength and more Hax but also by how slow it's moving it's more of an overtime type feat.

Vince: You get the idea those feats have holes in em but even the concept of Dragon Ball characters being Universal...at least the main cast...is very frequently contradicted. For one Goku and Vegeta are consistently shocked at the prospect of Zeno being able to destroy the universe at all. Even the narrative itself disapproves of any of the cast being Universal as Moro even after absorbing the energy of Merus (an Angel) was only going to blow up the Galaxy ...which is treated as really shocking.

Pop-Up: There's also the obvious fact that it is such a drastic boost in power compared to what he's capable of doing even with Super Sayain 3. We have been shown that too much of a boost in power can actually negatively effect the body of the user. As we see Moro had amplified his henchmen so much that his body eventually gave out while Goku's body is obviously trained better to handle amplification than Moro's minion, it is unreasonable to assume that a transformation could amplify his power trillions of times over wouldn't have that same effect on him.

Frank: But yeah like the last time we talked about Dragon Ball; We are not trying to act like we're smarter than anyone who does believe these feats. If you believe in Uni or beyond Goku that's cool and of course there are contradictions to our arguements. It's not air tight because Dragon Ball despite popularising power scaling...has really contradictory power scaling itself. This is just what makes sense to us.

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The Meteor

Jack: Even despite all of this Goku is still astoundingly powerful. To the point where he is easily one of the strongest beings in his Universe. Between Z and Super Goku has gotten so much strong that he was not impressed by the power of Dabura (a dude who is as strong as Cell) and believed that he could one-shot Cell himself. This is the same Cell who in his Super Perfect form gets to around 50 Teratons of TNT!

Pop-Up: As determined in Cell vs Garou (It'll come out one day I promise)

Vince: So essentially by Super Sayain 3 Goku should at least 400 Teratons of TNT! But as you can guess since Super Sayain 3 has long since been surpassed so has this level of power. Like when he went all out against Moro and punched him so hard that it created a shockwave that goes ALL ACROSS THE WORLD.

Frank Alright Jack yerup!

Jack: Well it is somewhat tricky to calculate because the shockwave doesn't actually cause damage. However just for funsies we thought to use the usual shockwave formula. Using this we figured out that this punch exerted around 11 Petatons of TNT! Considering this punch was intentionally kept away from the ground it is highly likely that it would have caused widespread destruction across Earth.

Vince: This is even easier to believe because in his Super Sayain God form he managed to knock back Beerus'...well Beerus Ball technique. Which was stated to be able to destroy the Earth. By knocking out the attack it caused a massive explosion which completely eclipsed Earth. Despite this Goku and Beerus survived it without a scratch

Frank: J-

Jack: Yeah yeah considering the size of the explosion compared to Earth Goku would've had to survive over 7 Yottatons of TNT! Putting him at Large Planet in Super Sayain God. Meaning that at his strongest in UI Goku is most likely in the Large Planet+ area. Dwarf Star if we are reaaaaaaally pushing it!

Vince: But how powerful is Goku's charged up attack? Well we can obviously scale him to Cell's 1.058 KiloFOE Solar Kamehameha! So by Super Sayain 3 it's easy to assume that it'd be around 8.424 KiloFOE everything after that? Well...not gonna lie lads have absolutely no clue.

Frank: Now we can at least assume the multipliers for Super Sayain Blue (Along with Kaioken) and actually have at least some inkling for Ultra Instinct That's great and all but we have one massive issue...Super Sayain God is a complete mystery.

Jack: It has never been confirmed and to be honest any sort of guess would be fan fiction and speculation at best. But we can at least assume that it's in the Solar System range. Maybe Solar System+ if we're feeling really cheeky!

Vince: Goku is obviously extremely fast especially with Ultra Instinct. Once again we can obviously upscale him from Cell's Solar Kamehameha which by reaching the sun in 7 seconds; Coming out at 71c. But obviously this becomes childsplay as Dragon Ball Super continues.

Frank: Especially when you scale Goku to Gas. Now Gas was tricked by Goku into basically teleporting to a completely other planet. As pissed off as you would expect Gas flew back to where Goku was in about 20 minutes! You know usual things you do when you're really angry.

Jack: Now it's obviously never stated the distance that Gas travelled but we can at least assume it was inter-galactic judging by how Goku needed to use Instant Transmission 5 times to initially get there. For arguements sake we'll assume it's the distance between the Milky Way and Andromeda. Travelling 2.5 Million light years in 20 minutes gets to 65 Billion c!

Pop-Up: While Goku beating out Hit's Time Skip may seem like an example of Immeasurable Speed. It actually isn't as it's more Goku being so much more powerful than Hit that he simply negates his ability.

Vince: Goku may be quick but he isn't perfect. While his power is mind boggling his stamina is obviously limited. While he has learned to perfect Ultra Instinct charged up attacks can take a lot out of him and therefore make him a lot weaker to the point where characters weaker than him could get the jump on him.

Frank: While Goku has learned to have greater control of Ultra Instinct as time goes on the accuracy of the form actually decreases. There's also the simple fact that Goku like any other Sayain can't breath in space. So drag his ass outside of the atmosphere and it's all over! Funnily enough he actually doesn't seem to do well against gag characters like Arale.

Hello Hello Hello!

Jack: However I think when we discuss Goku's powers we forget what makes him such a great character. His determination and kindness make him an inspiration to millions of people. There's a reason why he is basically the mascot of anime in general!

Vince: He may be a very simple person there's a lot of lessons that we can learn from Goku and his adventures. Sure there's that push to always be a better version of yourself but also we can all learn from his ability to always look at life in the most positive way. Because it's not just his power that makes him such a Symbol of Hope in his world; But also his way of never losing his cool no matter what happens.

Frank: Goku will always burst past his limits and have a smile on his face. I think that's something we can all try to emulate from the greatest martial artist to have ever lived.

Goku: It's Goku. But Broly...you can call me Kakarot!

Spongebob

Maui Beach

Vince: Fun fact for the audience, only five percent of the ocean has been discovered. The other ninety-five percent is unknown...there could truly be anything down there!

Frank: On one hand there could be the lost city of Atlantis (With both Namor and Aquaman ruling it) or there could be Cthulhu chilling out waiting to enslave humanity...or there could be a lil town at the bottom of the ocean.

Jack: Bikini Bottom is normal enough...in terms of fish standards and even by our own standards if you think about it. They have cars, shops and even restaurants.

Vince: Well saying there's a wide selection of restaurants is a bit of a fib. There's the Chum Bucket ran by Mr Sheldon Plankton. Haven't really heard good things about that place. What I have heard good things about is the Krusty Krab and in particular their signature dish the Krabby Patty. The fry cook of the place is apparently really nice his name is-

Frank: WHO LIVES IN A PINEAPPLE UNDER THE SEA! SPONGEBOB SQUAREPANTS! ABSORBANT AND YELLOW AND POURUS IS HE-

(Frank is yelling the theme song for Spongebob)

Jack: I would stop him but it's cute to see him so happy.

Pop-Up: Spongebob was actually originally going to be called Spongeboy, That's not all as the show was as such going to be called Spongeboy Ahoy! Here's what he was originally going to look like, cute but I'm glad we got Spongebob.

Marching to Honolulu

Vince: Everyone knows exactly what this positive Sponge gets up to. He works as a fry cook and earns enough of a living to have adventures with his best friends like Patrick, Sandy and most important of all...Squidward.

Spongebob: Bye Squidward, Bye Mr Krabs...Bye Squidward...

Patrick: You said bye Squidward Twice?

Spongebob: I like Squidwad.

Frank: Too bad Squidward's a total dick and finds Spongebob to be more of an annoyance than a friend. God actually can we talk about how much of a dick he is? Like yes dude we get it you don't like your job but c'mon man you don't need to act like you're better than everyone you know?

Pop-Up: According to Spongebob's Voice Actor, Tom Kenny, Spongebob is actually autistic. I can't actually begin to tell you guys how happy I was when I saw this clip!

Jack: Yeah...uh...totally (Big tone shift from Goku isn't it folks). Well anyway Spongebob is a simple man who loves his job but also has simple hobbies like jelly fishing or Karate-

Frank: Wanna try that again?

Jack: Oh sorry, Kah-Rah-Tay! Even despite his goofy smile, kind personality...and overall Sponginess don't underestimate him. Because while he may not look it, Spongebob is an absolute powerhouse!

Grass Skirt Chase

Vince: I think another thing to call him is a genetic anomaly. His aforementioned Sponginess allows him to manipulate his body in ways that reach into shape-shifting. It's actually so malleable that blunt force...just doesn't have any effect on him. Even when a bully was punching him for days on end...Spongebob didn't even flinch and just went about his business...almost like he was made of a Spongey material!

Frank: Speaking of Spongey material he's very absorbent. To the point where he can literally absorb things like electricity and send it back out again. But even if his body takes too much damage no problem he can just regenerate himself. However his regeneration goes beyond the likes of Deadpool or Wolverine as he has consistently come back from nothing!

Jack: Okay enough beating around the bush. Toon Force. I know that made a few of you shudder from just saying that but it is an important factor here. He can do the usual stuff like making things appear out of no where, Breaking the Fourth Wall you know the usual. But he takes it a bit farther by manipulating the plot.

Vince: Well saying it like that probably gives the wrong connotation. See we're not saying that Spongebob is like Bugs Bunny where he can just take away people's powers or such. From the examples of Spongebob manipulating the plot (that we have here in front of us) it looks more like an accident on Spongebob's part rather than any purposeful manipulation.

Frank: But you know what he does do on purpose? Reality waaarpiiiing and he does it using the POWER OF FRIENDSHIP! I know this sounds like I'm bullshitting you guys but I'm deadly serious. It genuinely manipulates the world around Spongebob as shown when it made Mermaid Man young again.

Jack: That's not too hard to believe especially since Imaginaaaaaaatioooon is a genuine mechanic in Spongebob's world. Spongebob himself describes it as being able to turn a cardboard box into a spaceship, or a bucket of sand into a castle or most impressively make Squidward believe that he's great artist! All I'm saying is that if Spongebob listened to the Secret he'd be unstoppable.

Pop-Up: Spongebob has also been shown to be able to kill inanimate objects, interact with people's inner narations and send things outside the plane of reality.

Agua

Frank: This imagination doesn't stop there as he's shown to be imaginative enough to wield some wacky weapons. Like his trusty spatula. Sure it's great for cooking but it can also be used like a sword and is even sentient. He's also managed to weaponise bubbles...no seriously. They can explode...yes explode with fire and all. To the point where he even caused mass destruction to Kelp City. Shit he can just send a fucking bubble cruise missile! So hypothetically you could be nuked by Spongebob's bubbles!

Jack: Oh buckle up lads because Spongebob's weapons become significantly more useful than that. For example the Magic Pencil. A pencil that makes literally anything Spongebob draws come to life. Literally come to life. That's right Spongebob can be an all mighty creator of life...OR HE CAN BE A VITRIOLIC DESTROYER AND ERASE LIFE!

Vince: Nope. I didn't like that at all. Stop trying to make Spongebob into a horror villain please.

Frank: Don't you mean Eraser?

Jack: No I meant rubber. Sorry for my outburst there. Anyway you know what's better than a Magic Pencil? Well Magic Paper of course! Remember when we talked about Spongebob's accidental plot manipulation? Well the Magic Paper allows for it to be done purposefully! Anything that he writes happens. Whether it be teleporting his foes as far away as he wants or even just ending the story as Burgerbeard did, there's not really ever shown to be a limit to what this paper can do.

Frank: Although it's important to mention that Spongebob doesn't use the paper in this way so assuming he would in this fight is not exactly fair. What would he use it for? Well to create a superhero form for him of course (for marketing purposes) by the name of-

INVINCIBUBBLE!

Continue Music

Vince: Jeez 2 years and we still aren't any funnier...

Frank: I think if you're looking for top-tier comedy in a Taser Lad script then you're kinda at fault for disappointing yourself. Anyway, The Invincibubble obviously makes Spongebob much larger to the point where he is basically the size of a human being...instead of being four inches...wait how is he going to fight Goku if he's that short?

Jack: I think it's best we just kinda ignore that for the sake of fun. Anyway, The Invincibubble form allows Spongebob to basically create bubbles from his body. Bubbles that can even stop cannonballs! If that's not impressive enough he can literally send a whole wave of these bubbles that could eclipse an entire street.

Vince: During the greatest scene in any movie ever don't @ us, Spongebob accessed what can be best described as his GOOFY GOOBER MODE! Where he gets a really fucking sick electric guitar that he can play so well that it can actually shoot out fucking lasers!

Frank: Finally he has his Quickster form. Which allows him to run really...quick. Quick enough to a mountain and back so quickly it looked like he didn'y move! SO QUICKLY THAT WHEN HE RAN AROUND IN CIRCLES...he uhhh burned himself to ashes...great time for that regeneration to kick in.

Jack: But how powerful is Spongebob? It's a tricky enough question to answer (which again people may not agree with) but hey let's get into it!

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SUPER DUPER SCALING ROUND:

Oyster Girls

Vince: Just like Goku there's one massive feat that is massively important to bring up. The String feat. Where Spongebob unravels the entire universe...now this seems like a really impressive Universal feat...but personally we're not too big a fan of scaling him to it.

Frank: Put simply it's not a result of Spongebob being so powerful that he's destroying the universe...and more just using hax if that makes sense. But in terms of whether it scales to Spongebob's speed it becomes a bit more complicated. In our opinion simply yanking on the string is not really enough of a justification for him to scale to the absolutely crazy high results.

Jack: It is also really important to mention that ol' Spongebob has plenty of feats that through his imagination can create dreamscapes that can house not only stars but even entire galaxies which would get...well Galaxy level results. But this is another thing that we are not including.

Vince: Don't get us wrong these flights of fantasy are shown to be very real so that's not exactly our problem. Our problem is that it's one of those moments where Attack Potency doesn't actually translate into a fight. So yeah on paper Spongebob would be Galaxy level...but like that doesn't mean he can exert or even endure that much energy if that makes sense.

Pop-Up: I forgot to mention but that feat of Spongebob tilting the entire Earth while plumbing. This feat to me feels more like reality warping more than anything. Since it's not a feat involving Spongebob's own strength I'm treating it the same way as the dream feats mentioned above.

Frank: We'd be stupid to not talk about consistency with Spongebob too. See Spongebob is usually portrayed as being incredibly weak to the point where he can't even lift up teddie bears or marshmellows...yet he also helped Patrick pick up Squidward's house. Or how in the Spongebob Movie drying up under a normal lamp was seen as fatal...yet he also survives the heat of the sun?

Jack: So how do we handle this consistency? Well uhhh we're not. See not to sound like that bloke but Spongebob Squarepants is a cartoon. Unlike Dragon Ball which is more focused on consistency with power...Spongebob is more focused about being funny. So it'd be unfair to hold it to the exact same level of scrutiny. So all I'll we'll say is that we are basically treating it with a "if the feat is fine, any sort of continuity doesn't matter".

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Goofy Goober Rock

Vince: So essentially the key to figuring out Spongebloke's power we need to look at his best durability feats. In that regard Spongebob has pleeeeenty to work with. For example he and Squidward were literally in the epicentre of this pie explosion. Calories on that thing must be fucking crazy!

Frank: Now fun fact and some of you History Buffs might recognise that the explosion used in this clip was footage from the 1946 Nuclear Test called "Operation Crossroads", one of the first nuclear tests done on Bikini Atoll (where Bikini Bottom is based on). Now the reason this is important to mention because the bomb used in this test had a yield of 23 Kilotons!

Pop-Up: This is actually consistent because when Plankton was engulfed by this same explosion after trying to split the atom .

Jack: This nuke level power is actually really fitting because of The Flying Dutchman and that time he literally turned himself into a nuke and laughed off the explosion he created afterwards. However nukes are nothing compared to Spongebob's greatest feat! The Reef Blower feat...specifically when all the water that was sucked up in it exploded literally right on Spongebob.

Frank: Now did Spongebob suck up the entire ocean? Well that's actually a subject of debate too (which feels like a theme of today). I mean just by looking at the size of the bag the whole ocean couldn't fit in there right?

Vince: Well I mean not to be funny but Spongebob doesn't really follow the laws of physics so I don't really think it's fair to start assuming it does now! So I don't think it's that ridiculous for Spongebob to have sucked up the entire ocean. Which is really good for him.

Jack: It's actually a really simple feat to calculate. Considering the weight of the ocean and the speed at which the ocean exploded outward we figured out that Spongebob survived over 4 Exatons of Energy exploding literally right on his back!

Vince: Now if you're thinking "Aw Spongebob's a sponge water isn't gonna do much to him since he has absorbed large amounts of water later on" this is a fair criticism...except Squidward was there too and he survived the explosion without a scratch...now he was annoyed sure but he was fine!

Frank: Spongebob's got some real good speed feats too. For example he scales to his best friend Patrick who ran to the sun and back in a few seconds which actually gets a really similar result to Cell's Solar Kamehameha, 83.168c! Speed of Light stuff is actually really consistent too since not only do many characters have feats of dodging lasers. It's like Marvel Street Tier scaling all over again...

Jack: More impressively was Sandy Cheeks literally surfed from Earth to Saturn in an astounding 2 seconds which ranges from over 1800c to over 2300c! Remember that String feat? Well let's not forget that Spongebob literally climbed on the string from Earth to outside the galaxy in 2 seconds. At the least, the edge of the galaxy is about 923,330 Lightyears from Earth. That's (4.36769E+21 m/s) 14569045629560 times the speed of light!

Vince: Wanna know something even funnier? Spongebob was literally carrying the string that made up the entire universe...on his shoulder. All 10e+53 Kg of it...cartoons are crazy man.

Spongebob Intro Instrumental

Frank: It's kinda crazy to think that this guy has so much power...but he just works in a restaurant.

Vince: I think that's why Spongebob is such a comforting character for people. He's somebody who doesn't think too much about the negative aspects of life and instead focuses on what makes him happy. Whether it be his job or hanging around with his best friends...in a way it's a really good way of living life.

Jack: Maybe it's a little silly to look into Spongebob so much. But in a way it makes so much sense to think of him as the ideal way to live your life. To have as positive of an outlook on life as possible and surround yourself with the things and people that bring joy to your life without shame.

Frank: And when we live in a time where it's harder and harder to tune out the negatives thanks to the Internet...Spongebob really is somebody that we can all try and emulate.

Spongebob: But that's okay! Cus I did what everyone said a kid couldn't do! I made it to Shell City. And I beat the Cyclops. And I rode the Hasselhoff. And I brought the crown back! So yeah I am a Kid! And I'm also a Goofball! And a Wingnut! And a Knucklehead McSpazzatron! But most of all...I'm...I'm...I'm...I'M A GOOFY GOOBER!

Intermission

Sparking Zero Main Menu Music

Vince: Oh man this brings back memories! After nearly 3 years we have finally reached the stage where we are ready for a fight...to think it was Goku vs Spongebob that brought us back...

Frank: Feels fitting. Depression stopped us in our tracks so coming back with the happiest characters makes sense! Anyway enough trauma dumping the research has been completed and we're finally ready to find an answer!

Jack: Super Sayain or Super Sponge? Who will get the leg up?

Battle

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