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This was amazing to watch. At first only its wing was caught and it couldn't get close for the bite. After awhile the spider came up with a strategy to web it one part of its body by one.

Saw this on another sub and thought this would be hilarious here. The rules are:

Ask a WKUK related question and then edit it after I answer, the more depraved and funny the better.

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I was watching this episode again after not having seen it since I was a kid, and I noticed something. SpongeBob knew he was dealing with the Strangler the entire time he was with him. I'll go over screenshots from the episode and explain my reasoning. Each number corresponds with the one in the post, if it doesnt have a number its grouped with the one before.

1. This will be a quick recap before he meets his "bodyguard." The episode starts with SpongeBob clocking in on time 100% of the time. This will be important later.

2. After reporting the Strangler, he now knows the situation he's in. He has an escaped murderer hunting him down and needs protection.

3. SpongeBob now realizes that he's on his own. No one in town is going to help him. Even the tough guys in town are running away screaming, "Hold me!"

It's at this point that SpongeBob comes up with a tactic I'll nickname the "Break and Take." First, he needs to break the Strangler. Then he needs to take him to jail. At this point, SpongeBob goes out and...

4. Finds the Strangler. I believe he was comparing pictures to make sure he had the right guy. We then see him point out that he knows he's with the Strangler by mentioning the fake mustache receipt that still has the tag hanging off of it.

5. Here, he's giving the Strangler the perfect place to strangle him: his house. No one can get in, and he can't get out. You couldn't ask for a better location with no witnesses. This part is just me having fun, but I like to think SpongeBob was laughing at his own diabolical plan here.

6. Now that the Strangler has the perfect place, he just has to wait for the perfect moment. SpongeBob is stalling for time here, but why? Because he needs time for the invitations he sent out to reach everyone and for them to get ready. Think about everything he does: he goes grocery shopping and stalls at every product, goes to the dry cleaner and delays as much as he can there, and even tries on perfumes just to buy more time.

7. This is the smoking gun for why I believe he knew the entire time. He slips up here and calls him "the Strangler." He knows it's him. He drops the act for a second when he gasps, but quickly regains his composure and goes back to pretending he's oblivious.

8. Here he's adding to the "break" part of his plan by sticking his cleats into the Strangler's eyes for as long as he can. It's just another thing driving the Strangler closer to insanity.

9. Look at how he's slowly opening the door and explaining everything. He's letting the people inside his house know that he's coming.

10. A party for being on time 100% of the time? How convenient. This was supposed to be a surprise party for him, right? Nope. He sent out the invitations so everyone would come to his house, ensuring he wouldn't be alone and could finish his plan. Also, if you're on time 100% of the time, why would you throw a party for it? It's something you do every day. He just needed an excuse to gather everyone together, and this was it.

11. Just another "surprise" party. More time where he isn't alone with the Strangler. But this raises the question: how did he know this would work?

12. Because everyone will do anything an invitation from SpongeBob tells them to do.

13. Here you can see that the "break" part is working. The Strangler genuinely doesn't want to be around SpongeBob anymore. Half of the plan is complete. Now SpongeBob just needs the second half to "take" him in.

14. If the Strangler was getting away on a plane, why would SpongeBob follow him? Because he's not safe yet. As long as the Strangler is free, he's still in danger. He has to finish his plan. He waits for the perfect moment, when the prison is directly below the plane.

15. Was he looking out for his bodyguard? Or was he using him as a parachute so he could guide himself straight to the jail?

16. Now SpongeBob is finally safe. The Strangler doesn't want to be anywhere near him anymore, and he probably won't even try to escape because it would mean risking another encounter with SpongeBob.

I think this episode was genius in its subtle story telling.

Re-watching this movie today has such a different vibe when you know what is about to happen to these cadets. First off, I couldn't help but laugh at the scene where Payne just takes a pistol out and fires it into the air while on a school campus and no one really seems to have a problem with it besides the few scared kids. Imagine making that scene today.

But that isnt the biggest part though, this movie was made in 1995, pre 9/11, pre Afghanistan, post Vietnam. The only real conflict these cadets would have heard of happening in their lives would be the Gulf War and Desert Storm, conflicts that (thankfully) are not known for their bloody death tolls. These cadets would have been in a time of peace. Graduating in peace with no war to fight.

Paynes operations were covert and no one would know the things he was doing as they were for elite soldiers.

Let's focus on Cadet Alex Stone, our mis guided leader of the group who finds a father figure in Payne and shapes himself up to be a military leader. He was the oldest of the group, presumably in his last year at the school, meaning he will turn 18 soon. After the events of this movie he would have officially entered the military and had 5 years of training before 2001. It's very realistic that he could have been some of the first boots on the ground in the invasion of Afghanistan. All of them could have served in Iraq or Afghanistan, even the lovable orphan "Tiger" that Payne adopts would have had every chance to fight in Afghanistan for almost a decade, he could have even fought in Iraq depending on how old he was in the movie.

The hopful ending for these children is now replaced by one in a war torn area of the world worrying about IED'S, dead friends, and PTSD from the horrible things they will see in their time of service.