Film Theory: The Secret Ingredient of SpongeBob's Krabby Patty! (SpongeBob SquarePants)

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    Spongebob Squarepants was a childhood favorite of many. It's an underwater adventure with great songs and memorable characters. Even more memorable is the big mystery at the heart of Spongebob's job at the Krusty Krab. You guessed it Theorists, today we are uncovering the SECRET INGREDIENT of the Krabby Patty recipe! Hold on to your Squarepants, this is NOT what you expected!
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  • @magic593
    @magic593 Před 4 lety +4720

    “Mr.Krabs is not a master chef”
    Mr.Krabs: *peels and entire potato at once with no mistakes*

    • @arcanonn
      @arcanonn Před 4 lety +145

      Gordon Ramsay: 0o0

    • @tusatuna9903
      @tusatuna9903 Před 4 lety +102

      In that episode it was a story that he told which wasn't true soooooo

    • @New3DSLuigi364
      @New3DSLuigi364 Před 4 lety +63

      How do we KNOW it's not true. . .
      Maybe he changed some aspects. . . like how the Other Crew Members looked; just to appeal to His Employees, by likening the other characters in his story, as Pre-existing Characters!!

    • @coltonwilliges1140
      @coltonwilliges1140 Před 4 lety +7

      I thought that was a coconut lol

    • @kindal5671
      @kindal5671 Před 4 lety +5

      I thought it was a burger bun

  • @onebottleofwater9487
    @onebottleofwater9487 Před 4 lety +1580

    Matt: "There is NO secret"
    Me: *Kungfu Panda flashback *

    • @felixmunoz3668
      @felixmunoz3668 Před 4 lety +26

      Love osu! But wasn’t there an episode where sponge bob and krabs looked at the list and realized that they didn’t have the right ingredients to make the sauce?

    • @theultimateantihero
      @theultimateantihero Před 4 lety +8

      That scene got me triggered 👀

    • @m.plaenk9924
      @m.plaenk9924 Před 4 lety +4

      I see what you did there...

    • @luna.midnight8026
      @luna.midnight8026 Před 4 lety +1

      Yes.

    • @mirkeer814
      @mirkeer814 Před 4 lety

      ,i,m:8’i8’kkPlasma kkk

  • @sarcasmic9338
    @sarcasmic9338 Před rokem +64

    Matpat: "We treat nothing as sacred"
    Diet coke: Am I a joke to you?

    • @JacobL228
      @JacobL228 Před 3 měsíci +2

      Store Brand Diet Cola with Citric Acid: You are now.

  • @bryanegelhoffsanimationtec257

    Well, the formula isn't how the patty is put together, it's the spices and herbs put into the meat.
    The episode Friend or Foe explains that the formula was created when several different ingredients fell into the meat Mr. Krabs uses, thus creating what he called, "the perfect patty batter."
    So the formula actually hasn't been solved!

    • @iansarmiento23
      @iansarmiento23 Před rokem +5

      What can be deducted in the formula was that it included seaweed sauce, dried kelp, chum, and glass bottles.

    • @chumuheha
      @chumuheha Před rokem +3

      but in that same episode it shows that Krabs and Plankton have differing recollections of that same event. so it may not have even happened at all.

    • @bryanegelhoffsanimationtec257
      @bryanegelhoffsanimationtec257 Před rokem +6

      @@chumuheha yeah, but Karen said what actually happened, since she was a security camera back then.

    • @tayloranderson7547
      @tayloranderson7547 Před rokem +4

      For real life it should been solved

  • @plushmoviestudios8004
    @plushmoviestudios8004 Před 5 lety +9967

    your next spongebob theory should be how Plankton stays in business

    • @sillybilly23
      @sillybilly23 Před 5 lety +149

      LOL

    • @cheddohernandez8436
      @cheddohernandez8436 Před 5 lety +258

      Get roasted plankton

    • @bentice5911
      @bentice5911 Před 5 lety +325

      Prostitution pays well in many places.

    • @FirstnameLastnamee
      @FirstnameLastnamee Před 5 lety +616

      Well, chum is just ground up fish. So plankton could easily get that for free, all he has to do is find already dead fish and put them in a bucket. His only employee is his computer wife Karen, and you don’t have to give an AI money, meaning that whatever little money plankton earns, he gets to keep. Plankton also doesn’t need to eat food or worry about food and water bills, since plankton eat light and they live underwater. He pays his electric bill and rent by.. well, he doesn’t. The chum bucket is literally a bucket

    • @ANG3LM1301
      @ANG3LM1301 Před 5 lety +57

      Arms dealing

  • @FangirlShayla
    @FangirlShayla Před 5 lety +4275

    “There is no secret ingredient... To make something special, you just have to believe it’s special.” -Mr. Ping, Kung Fu Panda

  • @cabecadeprego8772
    @cabecadeprego8772 Před rokem +10

    the Sponge on The Run movie basically confirms this since they did a whole song saying that the reason why everyone loves Krabby Patties so much is because Spongebob cooks them in a pratically flawless way

  • @covagotnext8337
    @covagotnext8337 Před 2 lety +10

    Your theory gets more and more believable, the longer I watch the video. I feel like this c po old be very true in the spongebob universe but the writers probably set it up perfectly like that, unintentionally

  • @bigmac6822
    @bigmac6822 Před 3 lety +1837

    “The McDonalds brand is about reliability”
    “Sorry the ice cream machine isn’t working”

    • @jenica7838
      @jenica7838 Před 3 lety +70

      Exactly, it reliability doesn't work

    • @sentinel7672
      @sentinel7672 Před 3 lety +56

      I think I remember hearing somewhere that McDonald's ice cream machines aren't actually broken down all that much: they just take a lot of work to clean and the workers just claim they're broken because they're too lazy/busy to clean them at that exact moment.

    • @jenica7838
      @jenica7838 Před 3 lety +6

      @@sentinel7672 Thank Zeus for small lies, amirite?

    • @jenniferyankee7730
      @jenniferyankee7730 Před 3 lety +9

      Understandable, have a nice day

    • @oops5173
      @oops5173 Před 3 lety +15

      the ice cream machine is reliably broken all the time.

  • @deadcool3227
    @deadcool3227 Před 4 lety +2056

    I feel like they're gonna reveal what the secret formula is in the final episode...if Spongebob ever ends.

    • @YanZ_Edits
      @YanZ_Edits Před 4 lety +125

      Dead Cool technically the first spongebob movie could be considered how spongebob’s story ends chronologically

    • @deadcool3227
      @deadcool3227 Před 4 lety +65

      @@YanZ_Edits yeah that makes sense, since that was the only version were Neptune looked different, and the fact that they never bring it up again.

    • @YanZ_Edits
      @YanZ_Edits Před 4 lety +74

      @Dead Cool also the fact that it’s the only story where a 2nd Krusty Krab exists and the only story where Spongebob would become manager, reaching the peak of his employment in the Krusty Krab

    • @deadcool3227
      @deadcool3227 Před 4 lety +6

      @@YanZ_Edits yep

    • @FunBoxGamingPOG
      @FunBoxGamingPOG Před 4 lety +39

      I would rather never know the secret Krabby Patty formula than seeing Spongebob end.

  • @tempisk
    @tempisk Před 2 lety +6

    Just getting to see how the editing has improved over the years is just great ( it’s still great here btw )

  • @dxvworld1831
    @dxvworld1831 Před 2 lety +8

    "Maybe the real secret formula are the memories we got along the way"

  • @ShonaMcCarthy
    @ShonaMcCarthy Před 3 lety +4307

    Alternate theory: The secret that makes the Krabbi Pattys so good is actually Spongebob. His high integrity and extreme love of his work means that he produces burgers at a level of quality that no ordinary person ever would. The secret formula is a mcguffin that only exists so that Plankton will keep trying to steal it instead of simply abducting and/or recruiting Spongebob. It's why he's the only fry cook, and why The Krusty Krab was never franchised even though Mr Krabbs is so money obsessed, and why the product failed once they tried to mass produce it in factories, and why the Krusty Krab has to practically shut down whenever Spongebob can't work. No other employee will have the same passion Spongebob has while working for so little as Spongebob does, so Mr Krabbs can never simply replace him.

    • @viofifteen4771
      @viofifteen4771 Před 3 lety +283

      For real! It was love all along. Nice theory

    • @gladioluss2919
      @gladioluss2919 Před 3 lety +231

      Unless im mistaken, i remember an episode where mr krabs speaks of a former employee who is not spongebob
      Seriously tho, correct me if im wrong 😅

    • @PurpleMoon799
      @PurpleMoon799 Před 3 lety +138

      technically plankton did "take" spongebob away after mr krabs lost a bet in one of the early seasons.

    • @melissacooper4282
      @melissacooper4282 Před 3 lety +142

      @@gladioluss2919 you're not mistaken. I can't remember the title of that episode but there was a fry cook who used to work at the Krusty Krab before SpongeBob came along. SpongeBob thought that the guy was going to replace him until he found out that the Original Fry Cook went into business on his own.

    • @kolbyst-jean1086
      @kolbyst-jean1086 Před 3 lety +44

      Melissa Cooper I believe it’s season 5 ep 2 “The other fry cook” is the title

  • @chatteringbox7583
    @chatteringbox7583 Před 5 lety +1888

    Good ol' Steven Hillenburg...
    The Stan Lee of Nickelodeon.

  • @NeverBeenToBrisbane
    @NeverBeenToBrisbane Před rokem +12

    Whatever the secret ingredient is, it has to fit within the price point of a Krabby patty. I highly doubt Mr Krabs would lose money

  • @dragonfirede554
    @dragonfirede554 Před 2 lety +11

    Can I just say this guy would be an amazing lawyer in an advertisement court case

  • @aeyenthelobster4858
    @aeyenthelobster4858 Před 4 lety +3385

    everyone knows the krabby patty secret formula is in area 51

    • @thehiddenninja3428
      @thehiddenninja3428 Před 4 lety +37

      2 months left!

    • @aeyenthelobster4858
      @aeyenthelobster4858 Před 4 lety +40

      @@thehiddenninja3428 I think plankton is also gonna go to area 51

    • @HackJax
      @HackJax Před 4 lety +3

      Fhfdzu$hjdtyfghsfhghxfghz why is Area 51 memes popular

    • @Tyriggitty
      @Tyriggitty Před 4 lety +5

      I didn't go to area 51 and learn the secret Krabby Patty formula I know cuz I'm the one who created it it's crab meat duh.

    • @kaiden_404
      @kaiden_404 Před 4 lety +1

      Aeyen The Lobster omg

  • @0ccasional_j035
    @0ccasional_j035 Před 3 lety +881

    "Telling you your favourite cartoon characters are addicted to cocaine is like my favourite pastime"

  • @SpaceCowboyJimmy
    @SpaceCowboyJimmy Před rokem +14

    Nah brother krabby patties are made of crab Evidence: Few krabs in the show, Krusty Krab is a crab trap, and mr krabs eats a krabby patty and say, "Oh so that's what I taste like."

  • @TheMaskedRacoon1
    @TheMaskedRacoon1 Před rokem +6

    French salad dressing is the secret formula! It makes cheeseburgers taste delicious! Also, how the cheeseburgers are made: first the bun, then the burger, then lettuce, then cheese, then tomato, then onions, then pickles, followed by French dressing and then mayonnaise and then top bun. If you want it spicy, add jalapeños below the pickles. Cheddar cheese is even better.

  • @pspspspspspspspspspspspspspss

    Imagine if they open a real Krusty krab restaurant and the whole spongebob series was just a huge commercial

  • @YaGirlZero
    @YaGirlZero Před 5 lety +401

    Telling people our favorite cartoon are addicted to cocaine is like cocaine for Mat

  • @Phuckseeds
    @Phuckseeds Před rokem +1

    6:57 "But what he is, is an expert business man."
    The visual completely confirms this.

  • @discipleoftheLordJesusChrist

    we all know that "love"
    is the secret ingredient that
    spongebob puts in the krabby patties.
    he just wants his customers to eat
    and experience the best burger.

  • @drewski1664
    @drewski1664 Před 5 lety +371

    Telling you that your favorite cartoon characters are addicted to cocaine is like my favorite pastime - MatPat 2019

  • @vaseante2026
    @vaseante2026 Před 5 lety +361

    Yo is this like in kung fu panda. there is no secret in the noodles

  • @markkelsey371
    @markkelsey371 Před rokem +1

    Didn’t plankton and Krabs create the recipe together? That would tell me plankton has first-hand knowledge of the object of his pursuit.

  • @maenad1231
    @maenad1231 Před rokem +1

    2:10-3:10
    In the Hashslinging slasher episode the secret sauce is also mentioned. However it’s possible the secret sauce is also some type of marinade used for the patties

  • @Handington
    @Handington Před 5 lety +234

    Well, two things. First, in Friend or Foe, we see Mr Krabs create the formula by accidently adding a bunch of ingredients to the patty batter when they fell in, and it made the burger taste perfect after many failed attempts. Next, in the SpongeBob movie, which is cannon, Plankton steals the formula and is able to turn his burgers into being as good, so there is a real secret ingredient. However, Mr Krabs has created fake formulas before, so you'd be correct in thinking that one was gibberish.

    • @Handington
      @Handington Před 5 lety +1

      XD That would have been good too!

    • @petelee2477
      @petelee2477 Před 5 lety +1

      He also went home to find another hiding place when he found out that squidward knew the location of the formula.

    • @pop-jw3mc
      @pop-jw3mc Před 5 lety +1

      Yeah suck on that mat pat

    • @ricardobravo4205
      @ricardobravo4205 Před 5 lety +1

      Handington and sponge out of water the pirate manages to make patties using the stolen formula

    • @samuelregular3888
      @samuelregular3888 Před 5 lety +1

      Well.
      It's canon, not cannon, but I'm just nitpicking here, so don't mind it '-'

  • @prmetim3z522
    @prmetim3z522 Před 5 lety +1715

    @MatPat, see normally I'd agree with you, but on this topic I can't for many reasons. Firstly, in Mr Krabs' flashback from season 1 or 3 about his history with Plankton, he clearly shows how he creates the Patty by mistake after knocking a bunch of ingredients into a mystery meat pot. He tastes it and he's shocked at how good it tastes so he writes down the ingredients and markets it the next day. He's not a master chef, he was an intermediate chef at best and just happened to stumble on to a master recipe.
    My second point is remember in another episode when they run out of pattys? Mr Krabs and SpongeBob are talking in the kitchen and Krabs tells SpongeBob to just make a fresh batch, but since it's been so long since either of them have made a Patty from scratch, they've both forgotten how to actually make one so SpongeBob and Patrick go on a train heist to go to a super secure bank where the real formula is stored. As a side note, it's also been shown that Krabs apparently licensed the formula for the Patty to another company to mass produce them for him and gets them delivered via armored truck as seen in another episode but I forget which.
    Lastly, if the recipe is a huge placebo as you claim it to be, why is it that every time Plankton manages to make a good burger, or take over the sea, it's only after he gets and reads and forgets apparently (for the sake of plot) the Krabby Patty formula? He's not an idiot, if he read it and found out it's a placebo like the dragon scroll in Kung Fu Panda, he'd say so... loudly.
    My point is, I think the placebo theory is too much of a cop out. Hillenburg may have made something that is harder to find than the holy Grail, garden of Eden, Atlantis, and the library of Timbuktu combined, but I believe that it is there somewhere. It just doesn't add up that it would be a placebo, or else that's one hell of a reality warping placebo.

    • @mattchewhensley
      @mattchewhensley Před 5 lety +88

      This needs more upvotes. It's exactly what I was thinking while watching the video

    • @Lena-tt7dg
      @Lena-tt7dg Před 5 lety +87

      Pr!me Tim3z someone’s been watching their spongebob

    • @robro_1030
      @robro_1030 Před 5 lety +62

      Yeah, I was thinking about that Krusty Krab origin story too. Maybe we can look at what droped into the pot to get an idea of what the formula could be?

    • @goob214
      @goob214 Před 5 lety +24

      Pr!me Tim3z *thoughtful nodding* Valid points

    • @moveslikemacca
      @moveslikemacca Před 5 lety +19

      Do you know about the Theorist subreddit? I think you would enjoy yourself there haha

  • @RealHyperHedgehog
    @RealHyperHedgehog Před rokem +3

    That’s what I’ve always thought the Krabby Patty secret formula was, even since I was a kid.

  • @RaphBlade7
    @RaphBlade7 Před rokem +3

    What if the ingredients text is actually a form of Lorem ipsum used by the writers to keep the formula as vague as possible to the audience!

  • @mediocreandworse59
    @mediocreandworse59 Před 5 lety +312

    *The secret ingredient to the Krabby Patty formula is*
    HOOPLA

  • @Iraxvii
    @Iraxvii Před 4 lety +694

    Mr. Krabs even got me talking. Crazy how a fictional character got me helping his market.

  • @MellowLol
    @MellowLol Před rokem +2

    If food theory was made around the time of this video, this would definitely have been a food theory video

    • @caca8367
      @caca8367 Před rokem

      thats what i was thinking, or he would attempt to make it

  • @Navnos7
    @Navnos7 Před rokem +1

    I remember as a kid buying a magazine from Clan, the channel that screened spongebob and other cartoons in my country (Spain), because it had the krabby patties (burguer cangreburguer in Spain) formula, and just getting completely traumatized when I read that it had crab sauce over the patty.

  • @just-a-silly-goofy-guy
    @just-a-silly-goofy-guy Před 5 lety +1357

    I’m honestly shocked you haven’t done this one before

  • @Haminations
    @Haminations Před 5 lety +6368

    The secret ingredient is actually love ❤️

  • @megangossett2254
    @megangossett2254 Před rokem +4

    I've always thought that the secret formula was that MR. Krabs made the patty out of crab hence why they call the burger the crabby patty and MR. Krabs didn't want anyone to know so he says that there's a secret ingredient even though he's practically telling every one by calling it a crabby patty

  • @kakDeluxe
    @kakDeluxe Před 11 měsíci +1

    How does his videos age so well??
    When you open this video, you cannot tell the difference from one from recently.

  • @monickacharya8234
    @monickacharya8234 Před 5 lety +436

    *Plankton has joined the chat*

  • @manuelrivera9166
    @manuelrivera9166 Před 5 lety +257

    *Plankton has entered the chat*

  • @iansarmiento23
    @iansarmiento23 Před rokem +2

    Wow, I was genuinely excited for the answer, and then Mat started talking about marketing half way through the video.
    The answer can probably be found in the episode Friend or Foe. It contains seaweed sauce, dried kelp, chum, and some other ingredience in glass bottles that fell in while plankton stormed out.

  • @lillemonbeatz3818
    @lillemonbeatz3818 Před rokem +2

    The secret is in the patty, it's made out of crab meat, in one episode mr krabs takes a burger from an orange child fish, bites a bit and says, "so that's what I taste like", which makes sense, because crabs are cannibals. And if it's real, that the patty is made out of crab meat, it makes sense why it's called "krabby" patty or "Krusty krab"

  • @josephdevine8040
    @josephdevine8040 Před 3 lety +937

    “Mr Crabs is NOT an expert chef”
    *plays clip of him peeling a potato in ONE PEEL while SPINNING IT ON A CLAW LIKE A BASKETBALL*

  • @kadenmr2677
    @kadenmr2677 Před 5 lety +452

    1:03 Flashbacks to how “Sweet Victory” wasn’t shown at the Super Bowl.

    • @Clonesoldier501
      @Clonesoldier501 Před 5 lety

      Thank god it wasn't.

    • @Blurdboy
      @Blurdboy Před 5 lety +8

      The super bowl couldn't FIRMLY GRASP sweet victory

  • @thisisthisis542
    @thisisthisis542 Před rokem +1

    I accept Alex Bale’s theory that it’s pearl’s dead mother. She was so huge that crabs has practically an endless supply

  • @scrungis
    @scrungis Před 2 lety

    This felt like a film and a food theory at the same time

  • @enderteimant740
    @enderteimant740 Před 4 lety +1680

    Are you sponsored by Chum Bucket or something?

  • @mrpay4444AYypIgEDLbwfZm4kjaQk

    *The real formula is under Mr krabs mattress.*

  • @skepp136
    @skepp136 Před 2 lety

    Even tho this is like 3 years old, this should be a food theory episode

  • @snerpnerp3251
    @snerpnerp3251 Před 2 lety +1

    Teacher: remember to show ur work!
    Matpat:

  • @fruitsbasketissweet
    @fruitsbasketissweet Před 5 lety +139

    Here's a giant hole in this theory. In the episode "Friend or Foe", Karen says that when Krabs and Plankton were kids and had their own restaurant together, they had a falling out and ended up tearing a recipe. Plankton got a tiny portion that only said "Chum" while Krabs got the rest of the recipe.
    Now a really interesting Spongebob theory would be on Old Man Jenkins. The various incarnations, all the odd things that happen to him (he literally got poisoned in the episode I mentioned), etc

    • @sofg573
      @sofg573 Před 5 lety +2

      Bonderito this is what I thought of while watching the episode too

    • @joshpeterken8514
      @joshpeterken8514 Před 5 lety +4

      I thought of this too. With the movie as well (how could Plankton recreate the Krabby Patty if there is no formula?), this theory doesn't work at all.

    • @fullorganicalchemyst2715
      @fullorganicalchemyst2715 Před 5 lety

      I could easily be wrong here, I haven't seen this episode in a long time so don't take this as me attacking you. But I'm pretty sure I remember the friendship between Plankton and Mr. Krabs being revealed to have been a fictional story.

    • @joshpeterken8514
      @joshpeterken8514 Před 5 lety +1

      @@fullorganicalchemyst2715 the two stories told earlier in the episode are false but in the end Karen tells the real story

    • @Inkyink
      @Inkyink Před 5 lety +2

      Well I wouldn't blame him for missing it. There are so many episodes of Spongebob after all.

  • @lazymorris5293
    @lazymorris5293 Před 5 lety +301

    Wasn't there a episode when it was a flashback when Plankton and Mr Krabs worked together and Mr krabs accidentally knocked ingredients into a pot to make the secret formula?

    • @Ishtanbul.
      @Ishtanbul. Před 5 lety +6

      We must look at at it

    • @ivohbyronkuizon5430
      @ivohbyronkuizon5430 Před 5 lety +15

      Those were basic sauces but we know for a fact that the krabby patty was made with chum

    • @freddythesavagefan4229
      @freddythesavagefan4229 Před 5 lety +18

      That was powerpuff girls

    • @dogeboi3431
      @dogeboi3431 Před 5 lety +15

      I have a disk on that. Yes that did happen and the people loved it even thought he didn't tell them there was secret sauce or anything. I might be wrong but this theory does have a lot of holes.

    • @phottiogames56
      @phottiogames56 Před 5 lety +6

      They were also inside the jar so there are crushed glass on the patty.

  • @ZackMorrisDoesThings
    @ZackMorrisDoesThings Před rokem +2

    I randomly decided to research this topic last night and thought of this theory. Apparently one of the show's creators clarified that the formula is intentionally in jibberish to keep the audience from seeing it. That said, I think marketing could still be the source of the Krabby Patty's success since we know for a fact that Mr. Krabs is ironically a horrible chef and made the original batter by accident. Supporting that is the fact that the few times the Chum Bucket has been successful are also the few times where Plankton had a better gimmick or marketing campaign than Mr. Krabs, and even turned his rival's own word-of-mouth strategy against him in one episode.

  • @The_Infamous_Boogyman
    @The_Infamous_Boogyman Před rokem +1

    The secret ingredient is shredded receipts so Mr Krabs can evade taxes

  • @hanaismail6118
    @hanaismail6118 Před 5 lety +1103

    But there's a couple flaws...in the season 9 episode 'Salsa Imbecilicus', we see that at the very end of the semester, the day of everyone's graduation from Bikini Bottom University that Mr. Krabs has devised the Krabby Patty's secret formula. It's also shown in ' Larry the Floor Manager' that bodybuilders who have never tried the krabby patty fall instantly in love with it, and that in many instances we see that Bikini Bottomites follow the sweet smell of a Krabby Patty. Not only those points, but it is also mentioned that there is mayonnaise in the Krabby Patty burger in 'Planet of the Jellyfish.' That may also be made of crab since in The Netherlands, the show's name for Krabby Patties means "Crab Burgers."
    In the episode 'Selling Out,' when people eat the synthetic Krabby Patties, they immediately notice the difference in taste, further proving the fact that there is a secret formula.
    I love Matt, his theories, and his channel, and this is my first time actually doing something like this, but these were just a couple of things I noticed and found out.
    Help Matt see this message!! Thanks

    • @yicheencheung4266
      @yicheencheung4266 Před 5 lety +8

      You should go work for film theorie iam form the netherlands btw

    • @d_estroyz5685
      @d_estroyz5685 Před 5 lety +16

      It's just a fucking show

    • @anthonynorman7545
      @anthonynorman7545 Před 5 lety +61

      @@d_estroyz5685 says a person watching a film theory video...

    • @user-db9iz4xk6l
      @user-db9iz4xk6l Před 5 lety +11

      So it is a cocain after all?😄

    • @ydimkthis
      @ydimkthis Před 5 lety +15

      Well he does say that it’s about brand. People convince themselves that krabby patties are the best. And no one realized there was anything different about the synthetic patties until mr krabs freaked out about it.
      I think a better argument would be when squidward made the patties because sponge bob was off somewhere. And the time when sponge bob brought new rich clientele.
      Anyway, I think the secret is really spongebob. He’s a good fry cook. 🙂

  • @brandi8907
    @brandi8907 Před 5 lety +2425

    The secret recipe is love... duh

  • @sarvente2234
    @sarvente2234 Před 2 lety +1

    Thank you for this video Mat

  • @halogamer6187
    @halogamer6187 Před rokem

    "Poseidon Powder might be cocaine", how very family friendly MatPat, great script

  • @lanemesser9297
    @lanemesser9297 Před 5 lety +1445

    I CRACKED THE CODE!!! the second formula had secret sauce but it was missing tomatoes, mustard, and ketchup. I believe that you get secret sauce by putting tomatoes, mustard, and ketchup in a blender and mixing the up.

  • @Ziraya_
    @Ziraya_ Před 5 lety +194

    in the first spongebob film where Neptunes crown was stolen, Plankton actually stole the formula and started selling krabby patties. If it really was marketing wouldn't had Plankton just sold them after the movie anyway ?

    • @christianx1z
      @christianx1z Před 5 lety +10

      maybe he was zapped with an amnesia ray lol

    • @abellinns4013
      @abellinns4013 Před 5 lety +6

      Wouldn't he remember the formula anyways?

    • @mjbf20
      @mjbf20 Před 5 lety +45

      Hellingburg said the movie is chronologically the end of spongebob. Every episode or other movie takes place before the first movie.

    • @flowerbloom6047
      @flowerbloom6047 Před 5 lety +1

      Abel Raregroove maybe the formula is really forgettable

    • @Ziraya_
      @Ziraya_ Před 5 lety +1

      Abel Raregroove He just used them to get everyone to wear his helmets, he probably just made a few batches

  • @thewolfstu
    @thewolfstu Před 2 lety

    Coming across this vid again and I can say...
    What about the episode that talks about Plankton's and Krab's past business efforts? In this earlier episode it shows Mr.Krabs accidentally spilling a bunch of ingredients into a vast of hamburger meat and coming up with his Secret Formula.

  • @isnt_itkingstar
    @isnt_itkingstar Před rokem +2

    in spanish, when spongebob lists the ingredients he mentions krab when putting the patty

  • @tylermo8367
    @tylermo8367 Před 5 lety +567

    Next theory: How much money does Mr. Krabs have?

  • @collskies
    @collskies Před 4 lety +1443

    I'm just here to see how many people said, "ThE sEcReT iS cRaB mEaT iTs In ThE nAmE!!!"

    • @ShonaS
      @ShonaS Před 4 lety +48

      yo same, like they say crabs is the only crab, but then there's that episode when crabs went to the cheapskate contest, with like 50 other CRABS, and theres larry

    • @collskies
      @collskies Před 4 lety +23

      @@ShonaS If were talking about Larry, its Lobster Patties in that case, which still sound tasty AF

    • @dx8976
      @dx8976 Před 4 lety +14

      Amal Chamchaoui
      Holy-

    • @mechasentai
      @mechasentai Před 4 lety +11

      It's cannibalism!!!!! Lol yeah sounds legit.

    • @noimsquidward7327
      @noimsquidward7327 Před 4 lety +10

      @Amal Chamchaoui yes he has man I don't remember what episode but he has been in the crusty crab.

  • @gamingplayeronline6761
    @gamingplayeronline6761 Před rokem +1

    Alternate Alternate theory: The secret that makes the Krabbi Pattys so good is actually is a crab

  • @AshleyTheFighter
    @AshleyTheFighter Před rokem

    6:15 matpat out here figuring out how the writers decided to write a bit for the episode is more meta than the concept of this episode

  • @madcowboy5700
    @madcowboy5700 Před 5 lety +404

    Idk if this is true though... In one episode, I don't remember the name, they ran out of Patties and lost the formula, so Mr Krabs who doesn't know the formula by heart asked SpongeBob to make the patties since he remembers it cause he reads and uses it all the time, but SpongeBob makes himself forget it so he can't be made to give it to someone,they spend the rest of the episode to get it back. Mr Krabs needed the secret formula to make one, this proves the theory wrong, I like this theory but my SpongeBob knowledge is too much

    • @shanesams6942
      @shanesams6942 Před 5 lety +34

      At least he didn't fall into the cocaine bait. It also ruins my idea that it was just a strange kind of meat

    • @ferhanthefox4688
      @ferhanthefox4688 Před 5 lety +9

      Oh yeah that was an episode but im not sure if bobby made himself forget it

    • @TheDaniCalifornia1
      @TheDaniCalifornia1 Před 5 lety +4

      They just have to found the bottle where the formula is, in a lot of episodes they show it, so maybe it your theory is wrong

    • @VideoGameGyrl
      @VideoGameGyrl Před 5 lety +16

      Plus im pretty sure in another episode they say that Plankton and Mr Krabs made the secret formula and then mr. Krabs run off with it or something- i remember it but i forget what episode.

    • @worthplayingfor2197
      @worthplayingfor2197 Před 5 lety +2

      PaceTry that is one example I thought of but maybe it's to keep up the ruse idk

  • @yoshikagekira2350
    @yoshikagekira2350 Před 5 lety +478

    "ITS LOVE! THE SECRET INGREDIENT IS LOVE!" -The Spongebob Movie: Sponge out of Water

    • @christroyer69
      @christroyer69 Před 5 lety +6

      I thought it was from the episode where pearl was going through something (sorry my spongebob knowledge is a little rusty)

    • @jasperkt6838
      @jasperkt6838 Před 5 lety +11

      That’s canon

    • @joshuavogel2562
      @joshuavogel2562 Před 5 lety +4

      Christopher Brijalba I guess you could say that your Krusty Krab knowledge is a bit KRUSTY

    • @ronald4life1
      @ronald4life1 Před 5 lety +5

      thought it was plankin...

    • @ericktheking123
      @ericktheking123 Před 5 lety +1

      I knew it

  • @jenniferdoherty1289
    @jenniferdoherty1289 Před 2 lety +1

    In "The Great Patty Caper," at least 2 ingredients are confirmed: flour, barnacle shavings. And 2 possible ingredients are salt, and turmeric.

  • @Yesimaminordealwithit
    @Yesimaminordealwithit Před rokem +1

    I have one leading theory: Mr. Krabs uses other crabs to make his patties. You never see crab relatives or any other crab in the show, just him. Even when he eats a Krabby Patty, he says: "Hmm.. so that's what I taste like."

    • @-.socks.-
      @-.socks.- Před rokem +1

      FINALLY SOMEONE ELSE THINKS THIS TOO

  • @davidkrcil9326
    @davidkrcil9326 Před 5 lety +418

    Me before watching the video: "Please don't go for the "There is no secret formula" cliché"
    The video: *goes for the "There is no secret formula" cliché*

    • @treehugger0241
      @treehugger0241 Před 5 lety +15

      At least they presented a believable and detailed argument instead of just going "lol what a twist".

    • @monroerobbins7551
      @monroerobbins7551 Před 5 lety +11

      At least he covered it well, and had actual evidence beyond ‘no consistency in ingredients revealed’.

    • @davidkrcil9326
      @davidkrcil9326 Před 5 lety +2

      @@monroerobbins7551 Well yeah that is true, but still. I've seen millions of videos explaining the exact same principle. Honestly I am not sure if the "evidence" is enough to justify making another video of this kind.

    • @monroerobbins7551
      @monroerobbins7551 Před 5 lety +1

      Dave, well, that I can agree with. I’m just trying to be optimistic.

    • @AwesomeJDO
      @AwesomeJDO Před 5 lety

      Thanks for saving me 14 minutes of my life lol

  • @tyhowell9085
    @tyhowell9085 Před 5 lety +253

    Here’s a theory what if the Krabby patty is selling crab

    • @vanessamejias388
      @vanessamejias388 Před 5 lety +20

      I also heard that the krabby patty restaurant is shaped like a crab cage....

    • @jessesm4583
      @jessesm4583 Před 5 lety +7

      I believe it's just chum with extra seasonings

    • @skepticalrebekah
      @skepticalrebekah Před 5 lety +4

      Just like how humans eat soylent green, no matter what you call it..

    • @zachdude7623
      @zachdude7623 Před 5 lety +4

      He even says when he tries a Krabby Patty "hmm, so that's what I taste like". So you are correct

    • @juanr0919
      @juanr0919 Před 5 lety +1

      Oh yeah I remember someone else saying that

  • @dika_hilman
    @dika_hilman Před rokem

    I always think the real magic about Krabby Patty is all the casts and crews behind the scene

  • @nextgenbatman04
    @nextgenbatman04 Před rokem +1

    I enjoy watching Mattpatt's videos and would love nickelodeon to continue working with him.

  • @yaboiseth3546
    @yaboiseth3546 Před 5 lety +273

    Hmmmm something’s missing...
    I know! The secret ingredient!
    *Salt*

  • @lazyninja1793
    @lazyninja1793 Před 5 lety +151

    This video is brought to you by the Chum Bucket: Come eat at the Chum Bucket, where we now will start selling Krabby Patties.

    • @AdamFord152
      @AdamFord152 Před 5 lety +4

      And a free Chum Bucket Bucket-Helmet for every purchase!!!

    • @PewPewBeets
      @PewPewBeets Před 5 lety +4

      WARNING: Chum Bucket is not responsible for any medical complications, both physical and mental, that result from eating raw ground up fish.

  • @romeorich2004
    @romeorich2004 Před rokem +1

    Mr.Krabs is just stashing Pearl’s Mother and that’s the secret formula

  • @aniyaharvey9710
    @aniyaharvey9710 Před rokem +1

    Can you do a video of every crime Mr. Krabs did and the punishment for said crime

  • @TweetTweet17
    @TweetTweet17 Před 5 lety +757

    The secret ingredient is...
    BIG
    MEATY
    CLAAAWS!
    Edit: Thanks for the likes and the very humorous comments!

    • @randomplayz4386
      @randomplayz4386 Před 5 lety +7

      Your right

    • @volksdude1970
      @volksdude1970 Před 5 lety +20

      WELL, THESE CLAWS AREN'T JUST FOR ATTRACTIN' MATES! COME HERE!

    • @CHWH283
      @CHWH283 Před 5 lety +5

      Tweet Tweet17 oh my. Who let this kid watch memes agian! (Jk I totally agree)

    • @Edgar-kq4st
      @Edgar-kq4st Před 5 lety +1

      matt pat should make a episode on avengers endgame

    • @otterpopgames0715
      @otterpopgames0715 Před 5 lety +1

      Is it just me or is that a Courtney (Project SNT) quite?

  • @Haley-_.Haybale-_.
    @Haley-_.Haybale-_. Před rokem +1

    did you notice that the crusty crab is shaped exactly like a crab trap, my theory is that the paty in the burger is made out of crabs and that is why mr crabs doesn't want anyone to know the seacret formula

  • @girlygirl_emilee
    @girlygirl_emilee Před 2 lety +1

    I think it’s actually made of crab and that’s why the building looks like one of those crab jail things. The reason mr crabs likes money so much is because the only way he is free from becoming a burger is to keep making money.

  • @themememaster6775
    @themememaster6775 Před 2 lety +2056

    According to the new movie Sponge On The Run, SpongeBob is the secret formula. (Not literally, of course, but he is the one that makes the krabby patties taste so good.)

    • @jerryseinfeld1988
      @jerryseinfeld1988 Před 2 lety +129

      I mean unless you're watching the meatcanyon SpongeBob video

    • @go460
      @go460 Před 2 lety +45

      @@jerryseinfeld1988 yeah, thats exactly what i was thinking lol

    • @MadChristoph
      @MadChristoph Před 2 lety +33

      So MeatCanyon's video is canon

    • @SarahTheBreadGod
      @SarahTheBreadGod Před 2 lety +12

      I got meatcanyon vibes from this comment.

    • @amesstarline5482
      @amesstarline5482 Před 2 lety +6

      @Garrett Smith This must be why Human Spongebob was called Jimbob.

  • @PizzaPowerXYZ
    @PizzaPowerXYZ Před 3 lety +832

    Mcdonalds: "We try to make our stuff reliable!"
    Mcdonalds ice cream machines: *"allow us to introduce ourselves"*

    • @BattleMedic112
      @BattleMedic112 Před 3 lety +15

      We *TRY*

    • @yahzeisanto8091
      @yahzeisanto8091 Před 3 lety +1

      I dont wanna like dis comment i will destroy this legendary number

    • @-lilyy.anaa-
      @-lilyy.anaa- Před 3 lety

      Omg so true where I live it once worked but overheated for to many orders like wth

    • @gingerboi8773
      @gingerboi8773 Před 3 lety +6

      Reliably broken

    • @PizzaPowerXYZ
      @PizzaPowerXYZ Před 3 lety +3

      @@gingerboi8773 THAT'S NOT MUCH BETTER

  • @beef4724
    @beef4724 Před 2 lety

    Matpat:THERE IS NO FORMULA
    Sponge out of water: *am I a joke to you?*

  • @williampavlik9734
    @williampavlik9734 Před rokem +1

    I think matpat knows there is a secrect recipe but he just can't find it out. So he says it doesn't actually exist!

  • @cd2105
    @cd2105 Před 5 lety +342

    I still don't get how either of the SpongeBob SquarePants movies would work without a formula

    • @m3ga756
      @m3ga756 Před 5 lety

      Same

    • @ShadwSonic
      @ShadwSonic Před 5 lety +31

      Agreed. Plankton actually finds, replicates, and sells Krabby Patties at least ONCE, so there MUST be a logic he cracked.

    • @chadbevin9877
      @chadbevin9877 Před 5 lety

      Lol

    • @Ayacakes95
      @Ayacakes95 Před 5 lety +2

      The movies are not cannon

    • @Troglodytarum
      @Troglodytarum Před 5 lety +4

      @@Ayacakes95 Are you special.

  • @morganwhite4537
    @morganwhite4537 Před 3 lety +553

    Possible Theory: How much money does Mr. Krabs have?

    • @starwarslov3r6
      @starwarslov3r6 Před 3 lety +8

      $0

    • @ravennaheart16
      @ravennaheart16 Před 3 lety +8

      @River Heinze maybe, but what if Mr. krabs has way more money than 1 million dollars,
      My guess is 5 million dollars

    • @imofficiallyinsane2312
      @imofficiallyinsane2312 Před 3 lety +2

      $400.000

    • @ravennaheart16
      @ravennaheart16 Před 3 lety +3

      @@imofficiallyinsane2312 holy carp, that's a lot of money than I could even imagine.

    • @staz_korragg7746
      @staz_korragg7746 Před 3 lety +4

      @@ravennaheart16 I wonder what he does with all that money

  • @chikky234
    @chikky234 Před rokem +1

    Remember that episode where the flashback shows the ingredients you mist it

  • @Jervis-JehanYvesLaurent
    @Jervis-JehanYvesLaurent Před 2 lety +1

    :D I remember this video 2 years later :P

  • @bababagelbrain
    @bababagelbrain Před 5 lety +178

    Don’t forget that Mr Krabs has 2 bottles with the formula, shown in a movie. The bottle that plankton stole could be the fake one , and the real formula could be somewhere else.

  • @alexherrera3571
    @alexherrera3571 Před 5 lety +119

    I remember seeing a theory video that said the secret ingredient was Crab

    • @Lawn_Clippings29
      @Lawn_Clippings29 Před 5 lety +1

      Me too

    • @mau3429
      @mau3429 Před 5 lety

      Medieval Hunter yes I did 2!

    • @yazanqadi2002
      @yazanqadi2002 Před 5 lety +1

      I heard about it

    • @Organic.smiles
      @Organic.smiles Před 5 lety +1

      Medieval Hunter that’s was on robot chicken

    • @andrewconard5922
      @andrewconard5922 Před 5 lety +3

      Yea but it was wrong. They showed a clip where Mr. Krabs was like: "So thats what I taste like." but it was taken out of context.

  • @giasands3814
    @giasands3814 Před 2 lety

    I'm pretty sure if I ever walk into a business class and the teacher says, "Okay, we'll be taking notes today on some videos," and they pull up Spongebob I'll die laughing.

  • @thephaneron3676
    @thephaneron3676 Před rokem +1

    You're probably right. How sacrilegious would it be if the Krabby Patty secret formula turned out to be Chum with added MSG? 🧂🤣

  • @operationsauce7511
    @operationsauce7511 Před 5 lety +97

    Rest in peace Stephen Hillenburg. You was love and will be remembered forever.

  • @overtflow
    @overtflow Před 5 lety +3461

    there is no secret ingredient - kung fu panda

  • @Mixscript
    @Mixscript Před rokem +2

    The only thing squidwared ate was lettuce and he was hooked and he wasn't interested in the mystery at all proving this theory wrong.

  • @user-mf2kl4jq1w
    @user-mf2kl4jq1w Před 2 měsíci

    Can’t believe it’s been 6 years r.i.p.

  • @SILENTS1X
    @SILENTS1X Před 5 lety +9060

    *_THE FBI WOULD LIKE TO KNOW YOUR LOCATION_*