1. - What if I told you that true
strength comes from within.
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2. That beneath this
seemingly hard shell,
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3. lies a tender, delicate,
and vulnerable crustacean.
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4. And what if I told
you it was all
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5. about to crack.
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6. Tonight, we'll explore
the tale of an athlete
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7. at the top of his game
and just how far the fall
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8. from the top can be.
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9. But, the story of
Larry the Lobster
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10. can't be measured in
mere sets and reps,
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11. it's measured in heart.
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12. I'm Kent Shocknek and this
is "SpongeBob Docupants."
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13. Ah, Goo Lagoon, a stinky
mud puddle for you and me,
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14. but, to the residents
of Bikini Bottom,
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15. a wonderful, stinky mud puddle.
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16. - Goo Lagoon was
the place to be.
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17. It was tranquil, relaxing,
people just want there
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18. to have fun.
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19. But, some people had a
different definition of fun.
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20. - Locals, SpongeBob
SquarePants and Sandy Cheeks
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21. were having a relaxing afternoon
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22. when one simple question
started a chain of events
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23. that no one could see coming.
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24. - "You guys wanna
lift some weights?"
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25. Of course that's
what Larry said.
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26. Now this guy, this
guy was a machine.
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27. Always training, always
putting in the work.
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28. Now his idea of a day
off was exercising,
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29. but, just at the beach.
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30. Man, to me, that sorta
dedication is inspiring.
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31. But others, well, they
didn't see it that way.
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32. - Kent] Reluctantly,
SquarePants agreed
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33. to turn his day in the
sun into pulse-pounding,
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34. high-stakes,
weightlifting showcase.
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35. - This wasn't just
a casual workout,
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36. there was a crowd.
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37. People were watching,
people were cheering.
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38. I don't think SpongeBob knew
what he got himself into.
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39. I was like wait, are they
in the same weight class?
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40. Was he somehow pre-registered
for this competition?
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41. It was very confusing
to say the least.
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42. - Sandy was a good
sport about it.
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43. After all, a mammal's
strength is the real deal
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44. and she banged out
a few reps with ease
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45. and the audience loved it.
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46. But, Larry, always
the competitor,
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47. grabbed the biggest
barbell out there
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48. and cleaned it
right over his head.
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49. Perfect form and
the crowd ate it up.
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50. - Larry was just amazing.
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51. He made it look so easy.
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52. At one point, he even wedged
a bar in between the bleachers
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53. and lifted the crowd itself.
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54. You just have to see
it to believe it.
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55. - When all eyes finally
shifted to the simple sponge,
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56. he assumed the position
above his barbell of choice.
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57. A stick, and—
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58. - He
ripped his pants.
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59. In front of the whole
beach.
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60. I mean, can you imagine
how embarrassing
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61. that must have been.
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62. I mean the guy was
trying to lift up
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63. an entire stick with two
marshmallows attached,
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64. for Neptune's sake, I
mean, cut him some slack.
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65. - I was embarrassed
for SpongeBob.
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66. I mean he's surrounded
by these muscle heads
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67. and one of his closest friends,
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68. and then this happens,
it was humiliating.
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69. At least he took it in stride.
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70. - Unsure of
what to do next,
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71. SpongeBob proceeded
to rip his pants over
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72. and over again
throughout the day.
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73. A simple coping
mechanism designed
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74. to mask the inner
turmoil and devastation,
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75. Larry's innocent
proposition seemed to bring.
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76. - Now look, I don't
know this for sure,
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77. but, I bet that
this was the moment
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78. that the rivalry between Larry
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79. and SpongeBob
really got started.
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80. I mean Larry one upped
SpongeBob in front
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81. of the entire beach.
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82. SpongeBob just wanted to be
loved and adored by everybody
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83. and this ripped pants debacle
really put that into question.
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84. - Look, you can't take this
sorta thing personally.
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85. Larry is a competitor.
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86. What else do you
expect him to do?
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87. In life, there's
winners and losers.
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88. That day Larry won,
SpongeBob lost.
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89. End of story.
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90. - But, it's not
the end of this story.
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91. As time passed, the
wounds of that fateful day
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92. at Goo Lagoon began to heal,
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93. but when a new business
venture put Larry the Lobster
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94. in hot water, the pain of
the past would rear its ugly
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95. and proud head once more.
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96. - Everyone was so excited
the day that Larry announced
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97. he was opening a gym.
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98. You should of seen the
swarm of flacid muscles
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99. and sagging flesh
that gathered outside,
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100. it was disgusting.
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101. Larry was thrilled.
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102. It was this culmination
of his lifelong dream
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103. to have a place that he
could workout every day.
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104. - Larry really did things
right in opening up a new gym.
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105. He had state-of-the-art
equipment,
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106. intense and demanding
group classes,
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107. and only offered
lifetime memberships.
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108. See to him, you
don't just join a gym
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109. for a period of time,
you join for life.
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110. Now in hindsight, that might
have been his biggest mistake.
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111. - At the grand opening, Larry
let everybody in for free.
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112. You should have seen
Mr. Krabs that day,
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113. he thought the
equipment was free
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114. and started trying
to pull it all out
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115. which was classic Krabs,
but, needless to say,
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116. the members of Bikini Bottom
were hyped about this.
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117. The gym was packed
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118. and it couldn't have gone
much better for Larry.
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119. - As droves of
would-be BuffPants' flooded
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120. into the facility,
Larry recognized
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121. a familiar face attempting
to open the gym doors.
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122. His former rival,
SpongeBob SquarePants.
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123. - Personally I was
shocked that SpongeBob
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124. would show his face
at Larry's gym.
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125. Now the last time he
was in this situation
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126. with heavy weights and Larry?
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127. It really didn't work
out so well for him.
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128. It was a bold move.
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129. - SpongeBob couldn't even
get through the door.
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130. He pulled and pulled, but
it just wouldn't open,
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131. turns out it was
an automatic door
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132. and you had to step on the
floor mat to activate it.
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133. But still, this display of
weakness was a rough start
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134. for this new chapter.
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135. - This is when I first
realized that SpongeBob
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136. was just as much a
competitor as Larry.
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137. Now most people would have
been done with fitness
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138. after ripping their
pants like SpongeBob did,
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139. but not this kid.
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140. Now he was back and
he was ready for more.
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141. - Inspired by
SpongeBob's determination,
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142. Larry the Lobster took
him under his claw
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143. as his fitness protege.
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144. Together, they would
embark on a journey
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145. that would test the true
strength of them both.
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146. - Larry has three major
rules if you train with him.
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147. Always be hydrated.
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148. He says it all the time.
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149. It's one of his core
fitness beliefs.
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150. So right away, he
put a water bottle
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151. in SpongeBob's hands and he
never let him put it down.
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152. The kid was soaking it all up.
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153. - With a move that
was sure to salt the wounds
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154. of memories past, Larry's
first training session
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155. with SpongeBob began
with a familiar exercise.
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156. - This one was shocking to me.
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157. Larry put SpongeBob right back
on the spot with this one.
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158. But, instead of a stick
with two marshmallows,
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159. this time it was,
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160. a cotton swab with two
cotton balls attached,
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161. which was a punch to the gut.
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162. The crowd was a little
bit smaller this time,
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163. but I bet you every single
one of them was wondering,
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164. is this guy gonna
rip his pants again?
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165. - Candidly, I kinda wanted
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166. to see SpongeBob
rip his pants again.
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167. Don't get me wrong, I love him
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168. and I would never wish
anything bad upon him,
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169. but, the irony of
the whole situation
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170. would have just been hilarious.
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171. Instead, Larry handed him
a cotton swab dumbbell
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172. and it was so heavy that it
flattened SpongeBob's arms
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173. and pinned him to the ground.
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174. Larry definitely had his
work cut out for him.
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175. - You don't
know the half of it.
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176. - You just had to see it, yeah.
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177. - As the weeks passed,
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178. Larry soon learned the
struggles of running
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179. a small business firsthand.
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180. His insistence on members
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181. signing lifetime
contracts resulted
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182. in mountains of paperwork.
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183. His resolve was tested.
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184. - Look, Larry solved most of
his problems with his charm
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185. and his muscles.
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186. But, you can't just
bench press paperwork
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187. and expect your
business to stay afloat.
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188. I mean he was drowning.
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189. He lost sight of why he opened
the gym in the first place,
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190. to have a place for himself
to workout every day.
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191. He wasn't doing that.
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192. - It was pretty rough seeing
Larry at the gym at this point.
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193. He was always hunched
over at his desk
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194. and he was just typing and
typing, filing and filing.
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195. I was used to seeing Larry
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196. with this perfectly
chiseled physique
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197. and this time, let's just say,
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198. it wasn't perfectly chiseled.
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199. - It was true.
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200. After weeks of
neglecting his physique
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201. while trying to run a business,
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202. Larry the Lobster
had become, plump.
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203. But, the shock of this
realization would soon
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204. be undercut by
the transformation
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205. of his once rival turned
protege, SpongeBob SquarePants.
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206. - Remember, SpongeBob was in it.
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207. He was working out all the
time and staying hydrated,
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208. super hydrated, it was Larry's
number one rule after all.
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209. But, Larry, well, he seemed
to have forgotten SpongeBob
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210. was, well, a sponge.
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211. And sponges really
soak that water up.
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212. - He was huge.
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213. SpongeBob walked
through that door
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214. and he was twice as
tall, eight-pack abs,
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215. completely shredded, it was
stunning, he looked so good.
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216. It was almost too much
for Larry to take.
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217. - Imagine the scene.
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218. Larry, a guy who does
weightlifting competitions
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219. on the beach, is now
a weak, sagging mess.
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220. And SpongeBob?
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221. He's in peak physical form.
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222. All those feelings of
failure and weakness
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223. from Goo Lagoon, they got
completely turned on their head.
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224. - Realizing his time
was up as the alpha male
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225. of the gym, Larry attempted to
give his crown to SpongeBob,
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226. but, once again, the
crustacean was shocked
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227. at what transpired.
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228. - SpongeBob didn't
even want the crown.
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229. He didn't want this
new found strength.
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230. Sure, he gained a
bunch of muscle mass,
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231. but he lost the thing
that he loved the most
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232. and that was his ability
to work at the Krusty Krab.
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233. - Oh yeah, I saw it,
SpongeBob was too strong.
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234. He left the Krusty
Krab in shambles.
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235. He broke the griddle.
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236. He was flipping patties
onto the ceiling.
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237. At one point he even busted
through the kitchen door
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238. because his frame was so big.
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239. But, if this was the cost
of being a BuffPants,
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240. SpongeBob was not
willing to pay.
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241. - With a
teary confession,
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242. SpongeBob admitted he
didn't wanna workout anymore
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243. and missed his old life
at the Krusty Krab.
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244. In a moment of catharsis
for both Sponge and Lobster,
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245. the two shared a
bro hug, or brug,
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246. as SpongeBob coined it.
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247. - Look, Larry did not like
the word brug, all right.
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248. I just want that to be known.
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249. Wasn't a fan of brug.
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250. I don't really like it either.
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251. So, let's just stop
saying the word brug.
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252. - The brug provided
a sense of comfort
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253. for the pair as both had
been through so much change.
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254. However, it would soon be clear
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255. that Larry's true
strength never left him.
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256. - And what was Larry's
number one rule?
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257. Always be hydrated.
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258. SpongeBob had been guzzling
water for such a long time
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259. that by the time Larry's
claws wrapped around him,
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260. everything came rushing out.
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261. The mess was
inconvenient for sure,
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262. but, that brug,
changed everything.
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263. - SpongeBob was
completely wrung out.
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264. He shrunk back to his
normal size in seconds,
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265. it was incredible.
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266. Sure, Larry was still
pretty outta shape,
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267. but now that there wasn't
another alpha male around,
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268. suddenly he was back on top.
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269. - With his pathway
to glory now clear,
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270. Larry burst into
a fit of laughter.
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271. Laughter quickly
turned to crunches,
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272. and crunches quickly
turned to abs.
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273. His arms flexed with the
triumph of a man tested
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274. and his heart set on
never losing sight
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275. of the lesson learned.
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276. It's what's on the,
outside, that counts?
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277. - I think about that day
at Goo Lagoon all the time.
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278. I mean the confusion, the
sadness, the humiliation.
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279. But, now looking back, these
two weren't rivals at all.
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280. They just needed a good brug,
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281. a really good brug.
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282. They're just two underwater
creatures looking
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283. for their place to swim.
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284. For SpongeBob, it was
and always will be
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285. the Krusty Krab.
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286. And for Larry, it's the gym.
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287. But, either way, they
both will, forever,
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