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While many know of the performance that shocked the world, few know of how it actually came to be. Host Kent Shocknek takes a deeper look at the making of everyone's favorite song, Sweet Victory.

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1. - Some call them a cultural phenomenon,

2. others a one-hit wonder.

3. But when a rag-tag group of underwater musicians performed

4. at the coveted Bubble Bowl half-time show,

5. they stole the hearts of millions,

6. including one humble newscaster.

7. I'm Kent Shocknek and this is Sponge Bob Docu-Pants.

8. During the annual Bubble Bowl halftime show

9. when the very earth opened up and from below

10. emerged a high-tech dome containing

11. anthropomorphic sea creatures holding musical instruments,

12. nobody expected much.

13. But in mere moments, the crowd would be entranced

14. by the sounds of "Sweet Victory".

15. - It was absolutely explosive.

16. I mean, you could really feel the energy

17. from the crowd just skyrocket.

18. - It was a blast and it wasn't expected.

19. We were just blown away by how good they were.

20. It may have been the greatest performance of all time.

21. And nobody knew who they were.

22. - Everyone knows that performance,

23. that perfection we all heard.

24. But in the early days, the band they were really a mess.

25. They never even came up with a name.

26. - The band was made up of several

27. unknown rookie musicians.

28. But at the helm was lead vocalist SpongeBob Square Pants.

29. - SpongeBob was a relatively new artist

30. but he did have some experience.

31. He mostly sang out of passion.

32. So he never really went out of his way to get discovered.

33. - This kid could take almost anything in his environment

34. and turn it to music.

35. - And it was good music, every time.

36. - He wasn't professionally trained,

37. he was just naturally talented.

38. He could do anything.

39. Give him a song and he could twist it

40. into any style of music.

41. - If SpongeBob provided

42. the heart and soul of the band,

43. then the brain came from the bands manager,

44. Squidward Tentacles.

45. - Squidward was a struggling musician.

46. I think for his whole life.

47. He was really, well he never gave up.

48. So I think that was his best quality as a musician.

49. - His thwarted ambitions led Squidward

50. to a life filled with crushing cynicism.

51. And then he got a phone call from a former classmate

52. and self-proclaimed rival, Squilliam Fancyson.

53. - Squilliam at the time was filthy, stinking rich.

54. He had everything Squidward wanted.

55. An esteemed band, spotless reputation,

56. and this gorgeous uni brow.

57. - Squilliam was a real piece of work.

58. He knew Squidward didn't have a band,

59. he just wanted to rub it in.

60. So he called him and asked him to take his spot

61. performing at the Bubble Bowl.

62. He knew it would just humiliate him.

63. - Oh, I'm sure Squilliam was pretty pleased with himself.

64. Hearing Squidward struggle on the phone like that,

65. bet he's not laughing now.

66. - Desperate to rise to the challenge,

67. Squidward used the few connections the had

68. to put together an unlikely group of potential musicians.

69. Among them were Sheldon Plankton, Patrick Star,

70. Sandy Cheeks, Poppy Pup, Eugene Krabs,

71. and SpongeBob Squarepants himself.

72. And just like that, they were on the road

73. to the Bubble Bowl.

74. - I don't think there was anyone

75. who's not a fan of these guys.

76. But what people don't understand

77. is that when they first started out they were terrible.

78. They had no rhythm.

79. A lot of them had never played a musical instrument before

80. and they had no chemistry with each other.

81. - Anytime this group would get in a room together,

82. it was madness.

83. There were too many big personalities.

84. - Who did these guys think they were?

85. A bunch of amateurs acting like rock stars.

86. I mean Squidward that guy had to have

87. a whole lot of patience.

88. - Squidward was old school.

89. He didn't even consider mayonnaise an instrument.

90. That caused some tension.

91. - The direction the band

92. was heading didn't look good.

93. Their biggest obstacle was proving

94. to be their lack of any musical talent whatsoever.

95. - You can never tell what's gonna work and what isn't.

96. It just turned out that unfortunately

97. there just wasn't much of an appetite

98. for ungodly, horrible music.

99. It was just a star that didn't have much of a following,

100. unlike today.

101. - The band was at a low point.

102. But it was only getting lower,

103. until they finally reached an all-time low

104. when a tragic accident shook the group to its core.

105. - You never find more beloved flag twirlers

106. than Fred the Fish and the other flag twirler.

107. - The flag twirlers were a couple of characters.

108. They weren't this central focus.

109. I guess you could say, they weren't the main characters.

110. They didn't have to be.

111. - It's dangerous, twirling.

112. That's why most bands don't have flag twirlers.

113. But Fred and, they both knew the risk.

114. - With the Bubble Bowl performance fast approaching,

115. Squidward had begun to feel the pressure.

116. In turn, he let that same pressure fall

117. on the flag twirlers.

118. And eager to meet their leaders expectations.

119. the flag twirlers, the heart and soul and gills of the band,

120. twirled their last flag.

121. - It was hard to keep going after that.

122. Everyone was devastated.

123. I'm sure Squidward somewhat blamed himself.

124. But it wasn't his fault really.

125. He couldn't have known.

126. - Yeah after that they really tanked.

127. I mean I didn't think they get could any worse.

128. But a couple of days later,

129. everything just fell apart.

130. - On the night before the Bubble Bowl performance

131. tensions were high.

132. The band hadn't improved since their first day of practice.

133. And time had all but run out.

134. That would be all it would take

135. for the band to turn on each other.

136. - It started with Harold, he provoked Eugene.

137. Made some comment about his big meaty claws.

138. Then SpongeBob tried to intervene.

139. His heart was in the right place

140. but he came off as a little bit preachy.

141. - Squidward had no chance of calming these guys down.

142. Before he knew it, the whole band was in a full-on brawl.

143. They were using the equipment as weapons.

144. I heard SpongeBob was seen holding a dismembered arm.

145. They were acting like animals.

146. - Watching his band descend into total chaos

147. proved to be too much for Squidward

148. and at 10 PM he reached his own breaking point.

149. - He really laid into them.

150. He scolded them.

151. I think if Squidward had just been angry,

152. the band would have just brushed it off,

153. I mean, they were angry too.

154. But it was the disappointment

155. that really seemed to hit them.

156. They let him down.

157. - He said, that's it.

158. If you don't care about this, neither do I.

159. Don't bother coming back tomorrow.

160. - He said he was gonna tell everyone

161. that they all died in a marching accident.

162. Right after the loss of their flag twirlers,

163. it was a low blow.

164. But Squidward was in a low place.

165. - They had been given four full days

166. to simply become professional musicians.

167. And they had squandered all of it.

168. The band stared in disbelief as their fearless leader

169. finally gave up on them.

170. Until one hopefully little sponge in square pants spoke up.

171. - Remember, SpongeBob had musical experience

172. and he had the respect of the band.

173. He was the next best thing to a leader.

174. So I think it had to be him that would step up.

175. - What kind of monsters are we he said.

176. That poor creature came to us

177. in his hour of need and we failed him.

178. Hearing SpongeBob say that, that fired them up,

179. it inspired them.

180. They were like, maybe we can still do this.

181. - Ugh, I wish I could have been a fly on a wall that night.

182. Where they had that one last late-night rehearsal.

183. No one really knows what went down that night

184. but whatever happened, you can be darn sure

185. that it was magical.

186. - It was well after 10 PM

187. when the band began their final practice.

188. And they worked tirelessly through the night.

189. Learning to be musicians essentially from scratch

190. was a grueling process.

191. And it was only a matter of hours before their time was up

192. and they were forced to work with

193. whatever they had learned that that short time.

194. The following morning, the entire band showed up

195. bright and early at the annual Bubble Bowl

196. for their debut performance.

197. - Squilliam was really already

198. rubbing it into Squidward's face.

199. But when the band showed up,

200. well Squidward was more surprised than Squilliam.

201. - He had heard them the night before,

202. they weren't even close to ready.

203. I know Squidward was just like,

204. what are you guys doing here?

205. - But the time to back out was behind him.

206. And so the band of amateur musicians took center stage.

207. - Imagine being in that crowd, watching the game,

208. it's halftime, Maroon 5 finishes their set

209. and everyone's wondering who is gonna perform now?

210. - And then the ground opens up

211. and from the earth rises a glass dome

212. filled with a dozen or so humanoid sea creatures

213. holding musical instruments, I mean, yawn.

214. - But before you could get out of your seat

215. they start playing.

216. And suddenly you're captivated, everybody is.

217. - SpongeBob's unmatched voice led the performance.

218. Accompanied by Plankton on the keyboard.

219. The rest of the band slowly joined in.

220. Patrick on the drums, Sandy and Mrs. Pup on electric guitar,

221. and Eugene on the keytar.

222. - I'll never forget the look on Squidward's face

223. when he heard them play.

224. He was floored.

225. - The performance had an impact

226. on everyone who witnessed it.

227. And within a week it had skyrocketed

228. to the top of Bubble Bowl halftime show charts.

229. - I think it was such a success because it really was

230. the gold standard of music from then on.

231. But the band kind of realized

232. it's not gonna get better than this.

233. We are never gonna beat this.

234. - The group never performed together again

235. but its legacy remains intact.

236. Most of it members retired from the music industry.

237. Those who continued never swam quite as high again.

238. - SpongeBob and Squidward reunited to create

239. a clarinet, ukulele duet.

240. They eventually enlisted Plankton and Patrick

241. to form the band.

242. SpongeBob and Eugene even released a single.

243. They were all good but they never came close

244. to the magic of that "Sweet Victory" performance.

245. - It's not like they needed more success.

246. Some bands get a taste of greatness

247. and they desire more because they're desperate

248. to prove it's a fluke.

249. But not these guys because

250. they didn't get a taste of greatness,

251. they achieved greatness, they redefined greatness,

252. they set the new standard for greatness.

253. - That's why I say to people who call them one-hit wonder,

254. a one-hit wonder?

255. It was the only hit they needed.

256. Find me someone, anywhere in the world

257. who didn't love that performance, you can't.

258. - Today that fateful Bubble Bowl performance

259. is still talked about worldwide.

260. It lives on in replays, recreations

261. and in the memories of the thousands who witnessed it live.

262. While the bands success may have been fleeting,

263. the effect it's music had on

264. the hearts of millions will last forever.