There is something wrong with the SpongeBob timeline: #spongebob
SpongeBob Timeline Inconsistencies:
When SpongeBob was watching the Sports Channel in front of Gary, he was specifically watching a USFL game played in 1985.
(It was the Houston Gamblers vs the Tampa Bay Bandits about 1 hour into the game where John Reaves throws a pass to Joel Blunk against the Houston Gamblers.)
This is important because this SpongeBob episode came out in 2001. The game took place in 1985 making it 16 years old at the time.
While it is possible SpongeBob could have been watching a Re-Run, SpongeBob performed for another USFL Game in the Band Geeks Episode between the 1985 Tampa Bay Bandits vs the Memphis Showboats game. And that happened in real time.
The Problem here is that according to his Driver’s Licenses, SpongeBob was born in 1986.
Another issue is the SB-129 Episode, When SpongeBob and Squidward travel exactly 2,000 years into the future, they entered the year 4,017. And that Episode aired in 1999, meaning SpongeBob should take place in the year 2017 when it first came out.