The Spongebob Deaf Theory

A viral question thats been going around tik tok about spongebob is, "is squidward deaf?". see while watching the bubblestand episode a lot of people notice that the moment the big bubble in the end, squidward lost his hearing...

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[wildrosetarot]

I think his musical abilities depend on his confidence. If he feels good, he plays well. If he's nervous or insecure, he plays horribly.

[gdawgmainguy]

Being tone deaf is very different from being deaf.

[lighthouseraven]

A lack of fingers can also hider someone's ability to learn an instrument with finger holes.

[Torivic]

What Squidward plays the clarinet poorly on purpose? So he would unload his frustrations about Spongebob's annoying noises, so Spongebob and Patrick would eat their own medicine?

[Bytheway-]

I honestly think he's not mean. he's just stuck between two dumbasses. I feel you squiddy.

[MarxistMomentum]

Don't worry Squidward. You're not tone deaf, you're just cursed!

[Paisenfree]

Squidward can't hear himself because his inner musicality is of such magnitude that it drowns out the actual sounds.

[redengine]

this theory is just as valid as laws of physics to spongebob

[SpadesNeil]

This is easily debunked. Squidward has put on a great performance in the past, but only when he's actually confident and in the zone for it. Most of the time he's too focused on becoming famous to really let his talent shine through. He's anxious.

[DanielLynchYT]

1:52 that part is because he is very hurt from the fall.

[RicecubeVR]

There was a whole episode dedicated to spongebob and patrick annoying him by making a lot of noise

[JamesR]

Oooh a theory.
"There's a theory going around TikTok"
And I am immediately uninterested and know this theory is bunk.

[randnew]

The bubble incident *was the curse* & him being garbage at playing as a kid was before he learned & got better up until the bubble incident

[BlaketheBlock]

theres also an episode called best day ever where squidward gets his own concert and actually appears to do a good job since the crowd applauds him at the end when spongebob gets in

[darkeye]

The issue of Squidward has a simple answer: EGO

Squidward is a HUGE narcisist, he geniunely thinks that he's the only one in the right and everyone else is just a petty hater. We can see this in multiple episodes, one clearly when spongebob mockingly imitates squidward saying "Everyone else is wrong", at what Squiward replies "Well, that's correct"

We can also see this in his art, Squidward is actually a great artist, dominating all kinds of techniques, but ALL of his paintings and sculptures are just self-portraits. Squidward is his own muse, only seeing beauty on himself, the reason why people hate his paintings as nl one likes a narcissist, and also his face is canonicaly considered ugly so that's another reason.

This is why Squidward has never improved, he can't take criticism, he thinks he's just missunderstood and that one day someone will share his selfish artistic vision, instead of trying to take what people advice to him and try to do a geniune improvement, as he has geniune skills but he gets stuck on mediocrity due to his huge ego.

Also explains the moments he played nicely, he wasn't thinking on himself for once, he was doing it for others, or was happy after helping a friend, or tried to compete with his friend/rival. He wasn't playing just for himself for once, and this guves us the key that he needs to open his eyes and start seeing the other people that surround him, great artists portray their surroundings and how they interacted with their enviroment, not just about themselves.

[Invalid-userk]

Okay so there's a deaf guy. Interesting theory. Squid sounds good till he lost his hearing.

[calebfoster]

The curse is when he's frustrated like his ancestor was. When he is content, he plays well

[royalfool]

No I don’t think it’s a valid reason why he’s not good at the clarinet sometimes and good at it other times. I think it’s more likely due to his emotional state and connection to the music just like the two octopi that were observed with the speaker.

[Ganymede]

THESE THEORIES ARE ONLY GETTING CRAZIER AND WEIRDER

[Zacharydotson]

Squidward has skill issue not tone deaf