

On April 11th, YouTuber PigPigGamer posted a video explaining the creepypasta, garnering over 234,000 views in a month (shown below). On March 28th, 2023, YouTuber VibingLeaf posted an extended video inspired by the creepypasta, garnering over 677,000 views in two months (shown below, right). On March 31st, 2022, YouTuber Ivan! posted a video creating the image of SpongeBob, garnering over 100,000 views in a year (shown below, left). On April 2nd, 2021, YouTuber Carlos 505 posted a video reading the story, garnering over 140,000 views in two years. On July 19th, 2013, YouTuber MrAvgnfan12 posted a video that claims to be footage of the bootleg, garnering over 91,000 views in 10 years (shown below). On October 24th and 29th, 2012, DeviantArt users DanteVergilLoverAR and Hakama-goru posted fan art of the creepypasta. The story became increasingly popular throughout the 2010s and early 2020s, inspiring videos recreating the supposed bootleg, fan art and other content referencing it. The current whereabouts of the tape are unknown, and many who stare at this image for a long enough period of time claim to see SpongeBob blink… Spread Loose, comes with header only, like new condition. Of these 5 individuals, 2 have committed suicide, 1 has gone missing, 1 refuses to comment on the tape, and the last hastily agreed to give paranormal investigators the tape shortly after being interviewed about the suicide and disappearances of the other 3 persons. Yellow vinyl painted up in classic Spongebob colorway Both heads included. The bootleg tape itself was found in December 2004 by a group of 5 teenagers from the city rummaging around in a trash can within an abandoned mental institution. The audio seems to be a heavily distorted version of the audio from the original episode, with loud, droning buzzes occasionally interrupting it.

Other than the image, the rest of the video is composed of incomprehensible jumbles of colors, static, or just black screens. This image was taken from a split-second frame in a corrupted bootleg of the SpongeBob SquarePants episode "Dumped".

According to the story, if you stare at the image long enough, SpongeBob will blink. The creepypasta claims that there was a corrupted bootleg of the SpongeBob SquarePants episode "Dumped" found in an abandoned mental institution trash can in December 2004 that consisted only of a still image of SpongeBob with no mouth and wide, bloodshot eyes. The creepypasta text was reposted to LostEpisodeCreepypasta.Fandom on December 11th, 2013. The video gained over 8,100 views in 12 years. GIF and Sponge bob will blink in the original picture.On October 8th, 2011, YouTuber Trumuzicfan192 posted a video reading the "SpongeBob Bootleg Episode" creepypasta, providing a link to creepypasta.wikia in the description that now leads to a blank page (shown below). This was the text in the 4 Chan post of the same image. The current whereabouts of the tape are unknown, and many who stare at this image for a long enough period of time claim to see Sponge bob blink." Of these 5 individuals, 2 have committed suicide, 1 has gone missing, 1 refuses to comment on the tape, and the last hastily agreed to give paranormal investigators the tape shortly after being interviewed about the suicide and disappearances of the other 3 persons. The bootleg tape itself was found in December 2002 by a group of 5 teenagers from the city rummaging around in a trash can within an abandoned mental institution. They can also have some nautical nonsense along the way Whether fans squeeze the SpongeBob SqueezeMe Fart Plush or the Patrick SqueezeMe Burp. The audio seems to be a heavily distorted version of the audio from the original episode, with loud, droningīuzzes occasionally interrupting it. Yellow and porous and plushie is he Fans of SpongeBob SquarePants can take SpongeBob and his best pal Patrick anywhere they go with the official SpongeBob SquarePants Plush Collection. This image was taken from a split frame VHSin a corrupted bootleg of the Sponge bob episode 'Dumped.' Other than the image, the rest of the video is composed of incomprehensible jumbles of colors, static, or just black screens.
