Somebody in Bikini Bottom really, really, really loves Superfractors.

A quick look at eBay -- and only eBay -- shows nearly 40 completed auctions for those golden 1/1s from 2025 Topps Chrome SpongeBob SquarePants and the prices would pay for many a Krabby Patty.

How much? Well, the top card sold for a cool $50,000 -- and it's not alone. And, well, that one might not even be the biggest card of the bunch from the recent Topps release.

Keep reading for a rundown of the cardboard monsters living in pineapples boxes of Chrome under the sea.

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What's Buzzing: Dodgers advance in MLB postseason, NFL Week 5 is here, MVP chatter, a grading question, a SpongeBob thread and ... Living Set NBA?

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1 -- The MLB postseason threads are here

2 -- NFL Week 5 is upon us

3 -- Talking Topps Now and Living Sets

4 -- A grading question 

5 -- A SpongeBob thread

6 -- Still pondering the MVP ... 

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What: 2025 Topps Chrome SpongeBob SquarePants trading cards
Arrives: Oct. 1
Box basics: Five autographs or sketch cards per case -- 12 packs per hobby box (12 boxes per case); seven packs of four cards per blaster box (40 boxes per case)
Checklist: Click here
Odds: Click here
Order: Click here (when live)

What's buzz-worthy: Topps' mission to Chrome the world reaches the realm of the square yellow sponge living in a pineapple in the city of Bikini Bottom on the floor of the Pacific Ocean at some point soon.

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Ballpark foods on baseball cards are fun (and coming soon from Topps), but Fictional Foods can be pretty cool, too.

That's the name of a couple collections from Baltimore-based artist Joshua Budich that can be found via Gallery 1988 in Los Angeles.

Some of the prints are sold out -- sadly, his tribute to Pulp Fiction's Big Kahuna Burger is already among those -- but other prints can still be nabbed by collectors and they're worth a look.

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