Is The Spongebob Movie A Retelling Of The Odyssey?

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  @shadyblazeblizzard · 2 months ago · pinned

  To everyone bringing up the Hero's Journey, before you comment, please watch the video. It's addressed.

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• KL

  @klingerdrake · 2 months ago (edited)

  when I first learned about the Odyssey and got to the wind bag part, the first thing I thought off was "wait, the Spongebob Movie thing came from here?"

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  @PrettyAnimated · 2 months ago

  So Spongebob and Patrick were the "Sea people" constantly mentioned in the movie. A brilliant homage by Nolan!

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  @linusblindfold · 2 months ago

  <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iGxpMFuOYrI&amp;t=743">12:23</a> are we gonna gloss over that spongebob and patrick had to resist the goofy goober theme song? That seems like the ACTUAL parallel to the sirens.

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• JU

  @justinukah7441 · 2 months ago

  Never thought after over two decades to hear SpongeBob and The Odyessey being compared together

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• ER

  @ericspenceri9449 · 2 months ago

  You could also argue that Plankton is the stand-in for Polyphemus, as he too is a cyclops, and the real catalyst for the Spongebob movie&apos;s plot. (he tricks Neptune into thinking Krabs stole his crown. Hence, a cyclops is responsible for invoking the wrath of the sea god)

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  @SethAbercromby · 2 months ago

  As a literary analog for the epic, I would argue Plankton is meant to share the role, him inviting the wrath of Neptune on Mr. Crabs mirrors the prayer Polyphemus makes to his father. But the physical threat of the cyclops locking the crew in his cave is represented by the diver.

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• HO

  @honeynutreviews332 · 2 months ago

  Larry the Lobster would absolutely change the tides of the Trojan war

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• NU

  @numbuh1507 · 2 months ago (edited)

  We had Barbenheimer, now get ready for Spongyssey

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• LE

  @LemonyOatmilk · 2 months ago

  Media Literacy Final Boss

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• XE

  @Xenogaming82 · 2 months ago (edited)

  It does have the same plot points, The Hero who’s on a journey far from home, The angry God, The helpful goddess, A bag of winds, A siren, A Cyclops, And last but certainly not least David Hasselhoff………..What? You don’t remember Odysseus riding on the back of the majestic Hasselhoff? What version of the Odyssey did you read?

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• DA

  @dangerber23 · 2 months ago

  Unskippable vid title

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