Matt investigates the theory that Spongebob Squarepants is based on the real life nuclear testing of Bikini Atoll. Credits: https://www.buzzfeed.com/bfmp/videos/152781 Welcome to the BuzzFeed Unsolved Network! This channel is your one-stop destination for all things mystery, conspiracy, supernatural, true crime, and everything in between. Subscribe here: http://bit.ly/2zuaR06. MERCH: We've got it! SHOP NOW: https://bzfd.it/2MDBk2d MUSIC SFX Provided By AudioBlocks (https://www.audioblocks.com) Licensed via Audio Network STILLS A child skipping rope on the rainbow fumiko Inoue/Getty Images VIDEO Beautiful view of holiday foldable sponge Bob figure on blue sky and white clouds background. Sweden. Alexander Shapovalov/Getty Images 95th Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade Tomas Abad - Footage/Getty Images Bikini Atoll map zoom afu34/Getty Images Close-Up Beautiful Shot Of Waves Splashing Underwater - Oahu, Hawaii Footage of the World/Getty Images Aerial view of nuclear explosions in space, mushroom clouds, nuclear war Wheatfield/Getty Images Huge nuclear bomb explosion, weapon of mass destruction Wheatfield/Getty Images Female IT Engineer Working and coding Program at Night commandoXphoto/Getty Images Atomic explosion - atomic weapon test Able Reflex Technologies/Getty Images Atomic explosion - atomic weapon test Able Reflex Technologies/Getty Images Boeing B-17 drones fly through atomic mushroom clouds during the Able Day tests of Operation Crossroads. Discovery Access/Getty Images Hydrogen bomb mushroom cloud from sea Grinberg, Paramount, Pathe Newsreels/Getty Images Small fringed jellyfish in the dark of underwater world of deep sea animal TwilightShow/Getty Images Stephen Hillenberg at 2017 Princess Grace Awards Kick-Off Event Getty Images Video/Getty Images Princess Charlene of Monaco, Stephen Hillenberg, Tom Kenny, Bill Fagerbakke, Sirena Irwin, Dee Bradley Baker at 2017 Princess Grace Awards Kick-Off Event Getty Images Video/Getty Images Princess Charlene of Monaco, Stephen Hillenberg, Tom Kenny at 2017 Princess Grace Awards Kick-Off Event Getty Images Video/Getty Images "Gilda," first atomic bomb in US's Operation Crossroads nuclear weapon tests, detonates at Bikini Atoll Grinberg, Paramount, Pathe Newsreels/Getty Images Graphic animation of route to drop first test atomic bomb on Bikini Atoll in Operation Crossroads Grinberg, Paramount, Pathe Newsreels/Getty Images Japanese fisherman affected by radiation from US hydrogen bomb test on Bikini Atoll receiving treatment in hospital in Tokyo Grinberg, Paramount, Pathe Newsreels/Getty Images SpongeBob SquarePants, Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade, New York City, 2016 Tomas Abad - Footage/Getty Images Child draws animated cartoon characters timelaps Bojsa/Getty Images 1969: PLANKTON: HD: MACRO: VS Tiny animals moving w/ jerky movements, round ones drifting, CU Translucent puffs floating. MICROSCOPIC: PHYTOPLANKTON: VS Diatoms, CU Cluster of long cylinder organisms, larger cluster moving positions. HBO/Getty Images Planes Prepare For Takeoff Before Bikini Atoll Atomic Weapons Test Grinberg, Paramount, Pathe Newsreels/Getty Images Chipmunk eating sunflower seeds mu_mu_/Getty Images PAN Camera captures the Thanks Giving Day Parade and balloons which are moving through Manhattan skyscrapers. Toshio Sasaki - Footage/Getty Images Castle-Bravo Hydrogen Bomb Test The Archives Project - Footage/Getty Images View of Several plankton / Guanacaste, Costa Rica Tba/Getty Images WS ZI CU SpongeBob SquarePants parade balloon on Thanksgiving Day parade, New York City, New York, USA MADO Productions - Footage/Getty Images 'The Spongebob Squarepants Movie' World Premiere WireImage House/Getty Images 1946 AERIAL atomic bomb explosion in water at Bikini Atoll, part of Operation Crossroads / newsreel Archive Films - Editorial/Getty Images B/W 1946 atomic bomb test at Bikini Atoll as a part of Operation Crossroads / newsreel Archive Films - Editorial/Getty Images B/W 1946 wide shot atomic bomb test at Bikini Atoll, part of Operation Crossroads / newsreel Archive Films - Editorial/Getty Images