SpongeBob Movie Goofy Goober Guitar Mandela Effect

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About

The SpongeBob Movie Goofy Goober Guitar Mandela Effect or SpongeBob Movie White V Guitar / Peanut Guitar Mandela Effect refers to a Mandela effect where users believe SpongeBob SquarePants plays a white or purple v-shaped guitar or, by some accounts, a star-shaped or double guitar during the "Goofy Goober Rock" scene at the end of The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie when in reality, he plays a peanut-shaped guitar. The effect was noted online as early as 2019 and went viral on TikTok in late 2022.

Origin

On November 19th, 2004, The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie was released in theaters. At the end of the movie, SpongeBob plays guitar during a rock performance of "Goofy Goober Rock." The earliest known upload of the clip to YouTube,^[1] posted on November 16th, 2008, shows SpongeBob playing a peanut-shaped guitar (shown below).

On August 1st, 2019, Redditor EDOARDOMASTER made a post to /r/MandelaEffect^[2] claiming that he and many others remember SpongeBob playing a v-shaped guitar rather than a peanut-shaped guitar. The user also shared an Imgur^[3] screenshot of a Spanish Facebook post making the same claim. The Reddit post gained over 480 upvotes and 200 comments, many agreeing that they don't remember the guitar being peanut-shaped.

One comment^[4] under the post links to a clip from the episode "Band Geeks" (shown below) where Sandy Cheeks plays a purple v-shaped guitar during the performance, believing people are confusing the two scenes.

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On December 13th, 2022, TikToker^[5] @swift71_ posted a video recording the "Goofy Goober Song" scene from the SpongeBob movie and expressing shock over the peanut guitar, saying he remembers SpongeBob with a white v guitar, garnering over 2.9 million views in two days (shown below). Some of the top comments agree with the user, while others say he's thinking of "Band Geeks."

@swift71_ #spongebob #mandelaeffect ♬ original sound – Swift71

TikTokers posted numerous videos about the Mandela effect over the following days. On December 14th, TikToker^[6] @jazzy_j_wolf posted a video where she plays the scene off of the original DVD and it's still a peanut guitar, garnering over 4.5 million views in a day (shown below, left). On the same day, TikToker^[7] @koncreterose99 posted a video claiming to remember the white guitar over a Photoshop of SpongeBob playing a white v-shaped guitar, garnering over 150,000 views in a day (shown below, right).

@jazzy_j_wolf #stitch with @Swift71 This has made me lose my mind. It was a white guitar with like two heads, this is freaking mental mate! #spongebob #mandelaeffect ♬ original sound – Jazzy_J_Wolf