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DJs1062 t1_ja7dj66 wrote

And in the meantime his PTSD drives him insane, murdering his fellow crab buddy's for crab burgers within a restaurant that is literally a crab trap.

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Smug-Potato t1_ja7ueex wrote

It's at Bikini Atoll, known nuke test site...he was pre-cooked from the nukes.

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DasMahName t1_ja8gmf3 wrote

What if it is not that that he was boiled alive but used the shell of his dead boiled eaten discarded comrade, but usually people will just break the shells into unrepairable pieces so idk

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Yorspider t1_ja8jzr2 wrote

Nah he just dropped a coin in the fryer, and couldn't wait for it to cool down.

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Froggie3845 t1_ja8saaf wrote

I’d say his shell isn’t red due to the fact he was boiled, but instead that it is due to the fact that he is most likely a red ghost crab.

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YahYahY t1_ja8xe0t wrote

Ah no I don’t think so, it’s just a cartoon and red is the color most people and kids associate with crabs.

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Ragtime-Rochelle t1_ja940op wrote

No it doesn't. Red crabs exist. I live near the beach. I see them all the time.

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_Katrinchen_ t1_ja9dv8j wrote

Are you perhaps thinking about Larry the Lobster? Krsbs can be red narurally. And Larry is probably red because it's more recognizanble for the kids

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PB4UGAME t1_ja9e5dz wrote

Replying to Joneskind (#2,054,652)

I just want to point out this line from the linked page:

>"This species is commonly nicknamed the Pearl of the Pacific Northwest."

What's Mr. Krab's daughter's name again? Oh yeah, Pearl. 🤔

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jonathanlink t1_ja9j4oz wrote

Would expect nothing less from the hardest screw who ever walked a turn at Shawshank.

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Reefer-eyed_Beans t1_ja9jcsm wrote

Replying to F0lks_ (#2,054,014)

Kept waiting for the "theory" part of it... didn't really pan out lmao. Interesting observations kinda. But once the "because"s and the "why"s start... holy shit is that a nonsensical cluster fuck of gibberish haha I mean just read the "TL;DR". So I'm gonna have to disagree with you about the depth of that rabbit hole lol.

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UnfinishedProjects t1_ja9knz8 wrote

Replying to jsw9000 (#2,054,043)

Animators: aww man I made this look realistic and you can barely tell what it is.

Other animator: just make it look like the cooked version everyone knows what that looks like.

TV Conspiracy Theorists: I HAVE A NEW THEORY

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rogthnor t1_ja9m4tr wrote

There's a reason he warned Patrick and SB away from those hooks

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becomesaflame t1_ja9rsne wrote

You're thinking of lobsters my dude. Crabs can be many colors in the wild, including red

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Hoodzpah805 t1_ja9s8a5 wrote

Makes sense since his Krab Shack is the shape of a lobster trap.

Maybe it’s like the end of LOST and they’re all just dead sea creatures.

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jhbedsole t1_ja9t5yo wrote

Replying to fancybigballs (#2,051,582)

That would put Mr. Krabs at 4 years old during the first Bikini Atoll nuclear test. Maybe that’s what turned his shell red, along with making all the animals sentient and anthropomorphic?

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Initial-Effect2453 t1_ja9vgd0 wrote

At least Mrs. Puff wouldn’t have to worry about Mr. Krabs meeting the same fate as her husband

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peeniebaby t1_ja9vsat wrote

And since spongebob is square he must have been sliced up by a knife or something

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todudeornote t1_ja9xf3g wrote

The OP needs to turn down the heat in his/her shower if this is the thought that comes to mind.

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CharmingMistake3416 t1_ja9yx7h wrote

He boils himself from the inside because he’s always stressed and angry.

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ogresound1987 t1_jaa07vd wrote

Or he's some kind of commie plot to turn kids into friends of stalin

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suyuzhou t1_jaa0m7t wrote

Whoa, careful there! Mr.Krabs might call you a racist if you continue your train of thoughts

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upvoter222 t1_jaa0u0s wrote

It also means that if you throw him, he will change direction as needed to hit the nearest kart.

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K1NGLyonidas t1_jaa3ls6 wrote

It would have cost you $0 fucking dollars to say that…and now my childhood has been ruined. Take my mf upvote…

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KawaiiSlave t1_jaa3qjy wrote

Can't be true. He molts his shell in one episode, and he's still red afterwards.

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GelatinousCube7 t1_jaa6qvf wrote

He saw how much he was worth on a platter and did it willingly.

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aKnightWh0SaysNi t1_jaa7816 wrote

Have you not actually watched the show? He literally gets steaming mad on a regular basis.

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asyoucommandstan t1_jaa878k wrote

Yeah...it's bikini bottom.

Several thermonuclear weapons were detonated there.

He was boiled while still in the ocean. Which is probably why he survived.

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MobileStrawberry t1_jaab0gh wrote

He saw how much lobsters make in on the dinner table so he made his great escape and had to cash in

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elizabeth498 t1_jaab5st wrote

And now I imagine Skeletor running offscreen after dropping that disturbing little factoid.

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4649onegaishimasu t1_jaabhhb wrote

"Native to the Caribbean and Indonesia, the scarlet reef hermit crab is named for its brilliant red body."

So... not so much.

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-meriadoc- t1_jaadw89 wrote

Replying to djsedna (#2,077,588)

How is this not close to a shower thought? Daydreaming about sponge Bob in the shower doesn't seem unlikely. Just because OP isn't correct doesn't make it not a shower thought. I'm sure people make incorrect assumptions in the shower all the time.

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pokerforfun t1_jaaf6jv wrote

This is one of the dumbest shower thoughts in weeks. Feel bad for your idiocy and then go read a book.

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lindre002 t1_jaahzfe wrote

Spongebob is also rectangular, meaning he was actually a manufactured artificial sponge that was from a factory.

Seriously guys

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Cockroachens t1_jab867o wrote

They live in the water underneath a beach at a location based on a real place. A nuclear testing site. Maybe the blast of one nuclear weapon was so powerful it heated up the water and boiled Larry, but he's still alive.

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