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The Fly of Despair SpongeBob Card

Dad’s Take on The Fly of Despair

Look at this thing – it's basically a glorified zipper with delusions of grandeur! You're telling me the Flying Dutchman's best player is some floating fastener that got so fed up with Squidward's whining it decided to banish him? Great, now we've got interdimensional office supplies playing sports – what's next, a stapler at shortstop?

About The Fly of Despair

Vanquishing as a floating zipper in the Flying Dutchman's ship, the dimensional realm. When to a nightmarish interdimensional sick of Squidward's constant complaining, he banished the ornery octopus to the Fly of Despair. He was eventually freed from that awful place, and he reappeared in his home, only to be whisked back to the Flying Dutchman's ship!

— 2025 Topps Chrome SpongeBob

Manifesting as a floating zipper in the Flying Dutchman's ship, the Fly of Despair was a portal to a nightmarish interdimension of Squidward's constant complaining. He banished the ornery octopus to the Fly of Despair. He was eventually freed from that awful place, and he reappeared in his home, only to be whisked back to the Flying Dutchman's ship!

— 2025 Topps Chrome SpongeBob

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