The Spongebob Squarepants Show

Most would agree that SpongeBob Squarepants is one of the best animated shows of all time. Since 1999, it has brought us countless laughs with hilarious characters, genius writing, plus 2 movies. But, there’s a fine line between SpongeBob eras. After The SpongeBob Squarepants Movie (2004), the show went through some obvious changes. These changes affected how the show would be viewed. From 1999 to 2004, known as The Golden Age of SpongeBob, thrived on TV. Stephen Hillenburg, the creator of the show, worked on the show with his crew of writers, making a show that pleased all. Their writing gave us unique characters, such as Patrick Star, a starfish who wasn’t exactly smart. But, he wasn’t only reduced to that one trait. Hillenburg’s writing gave depth to all of the

Now, with new writers, the show has changed. The characters, who were so in depth, now only had 1 trait. SpongeBob and Patrick were dumb, Squidward would always be annoyed, Sandy was smart, Mr. Krabs was greedy, and so on. These blatant deductions of audience’s favorite characters were recognized by the community and not taken lightly. The seasons after the 1st movie were much less critically acclaimed, and more hated than anything else. Also, the sense of humour changed with the new writers. The new seasons relied on “gross-out humour”, or an attempt to disgust the audience while also making them laugh. But audiences did not laugh at the revolting imagery that was supplied by the episodes. The episode The Splinter focuses on SpongeBob getting a splinter in his thumb. The entire episode is full of disgusting imagery that makes people squeal. It is 11 minutes of eye torture. Also, when the writers attempted to write an actual joke, they generally fell flat. Consequently, the new episodes of SpongeBob got received