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SpongeBob End Credits Are Scary refers to posts and memes claiming that the end credit song of SpongeBob SquarePants is scary, has a creepy vibe and scares or makes children uncomfortable. The concept of the SpongeBob credits being scary has inspired online discourse and posts throughout the late 2010s and 2020s, with some finding the idea ridiculous and others trying to determine why it might be unsettling. Some of the earliest comments about the song being scary can be found on YouTube uploads of the song, where fans of SpongeBob describe feeling uneasy when the credits would play.

Origin

Some of the earliest known comments about the SpongeBob SquarePants end credits song being scary can be found under a YouTube^[1] upload of the end credits uploaded by YouTuber USAMarine81 on July 11th, 2008.

One top comment by eman5230, made in 2017, reads, "I used to get a weird feeling when this came on when I was a kid." Another by Phantanatomy reads, "There's something equally eerie and relaxing about this tune…like you can go to sleep to it but if you wake up to it you'll be scared shitless."

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On October 23rd, 2019, Redditor Starman926 made a post on the /r/MusicTheory^[2] subreddit on the topic of the song being creepy, gaining over 500 upvotes and 120 comments in seven years. The top comment, left by a now-deleted user, attempts to explain in theory why the song causes discomfort in some.

On May 28th, 2026, X^[3] / Twitter user @Ottososwag posted a video of someone screaming while watching the end credits under the caption, "Scariest credits ever," gaining over 12,000 likes and 1.7 million views in five days.

That same day, X^[4] user @effyyyuhhhh posted, "theres no way people were actually scared of the spongebob end credits," garnering over 9,600 likes in five days.

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