About

Patrick Hates This Channel is an exploitable scene from SpongeBob Squarepants, which became a somewhat popular target of YouTube video parodies.

Origin

The scene originates from the SpongeBob Squarepants – Season 2 – Episode 26b Squidville, which aired March 6, 2001. In the scene, SpongeBob, and Patrick Star end up destroying Squidward's house. When the remains of Squidwards house fall down, amongst them is a television. The TV runs a commercial, which interests Squidward, but Patrick closes the TV, and declares "I hate this channel.".

The first video parody, and a demonstration of the scene's exploitable nature, was made by a YouTube user named shark890, and was uploaded on YouTube July 24, 2009. The original parody recieved over 40 responses.

Popularity

The popularity of the YouTube videos varies greatly between around 10'000 views, and over 600'000 views. A search on YouTube with the specific phrase "Patrick Hates This Channel" yields around 150 results, and a similar search using Google, yields approximately 27'600 results.

Video Examples

External References

^[1] YouChew – Patrick Hates This Channel

^[2] FadWiki – Patrick Hates This Channel

^[3] SpongePedia – Squidville Episode Transcript

^[4] FanFiction Wikia – Patrick Hates This Channel

^[5] SpongeBob Wikia – Squidville