gronkey · 159 points · Posted at 14:37:25 on September 16, 2015 · (Permalink)
relevant bit from wikipediea:
"In 1997, while pitching the cartoon to Nickelodeon executives, Hillenburg donned a Hawaiian shirt, brought along an "underwater terrarium with models of the characters", and played Hawaiian music to set the theme. The setup was described by Nickelodeon executive Eric Coleman as "pretty amazing". When they were given money and two weeks to write the pilot episode "Help Wanted", Derek Drymon, Stephen Hillenberg, and Nick Jennings returned with what was described by Nickelodeon official Albie Hecht as, "a performance [he] wished [he] had on tape". Although executive producer Derek Drymon described the pitch as stressful, he said it went "very well". Kevin Kay and Hecht had to step outside because they were "exhausted from laughing", which worried the cartoonists."
[deleted] · 84 points · Posted at 16:34:35 on September 16, 2015 · (Permalink)
"Which worried the cartoonists" just dusts that whole paragraph with icing sugar.
jakielim · 4 points · Posted at 00:23:59 on September 17, 2015 · (Permalink)
I imagine this playing the entire time they were laughing.
SpongeBob was originally going to be named SpongeBoy, and the series was to be called SpongeBoy Ahoy!, but these were both changed, as the name was already trademarked.
In choosing a replacement name, Hillenburg felt that he still had to use the word "Sponge", so that viewers would not mistake the character for a "Cheese Man"
"did someone order a hydrodynamic spatula? with port and starboard attachments. and let's not forget about the turbo boost. can you believe they only have one in stock?!"
Man...spongebob is so proud about his spatula that if a spatula making company made a spatula with the same name...i'd buy it and I d probably carry it around with me.
MindCzar · 2 points · Posted at 23:03:21 on September 16, 2015 · (Permalink)
Get it from Spatula City (Spatula City)!
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 19:23:09 on September 21, 2015 · (Permalink)
My mother, a primarily Spanish speaking person, would put on spongebob for the kids, and not recognising the sponge part of his name was what he was, called him el queso (the cheese) 7 year old me lauded long and hard the first time I heard that.
I could've sworn that I remember seeing an early Spongebob commercial (before the first episode) where they called him Spongeboy instead of "-bob". I told friends this and no one believed me. I thought I'd imagined it. Maybe I was right?
Yup I would say that's a false memory because there's no way an advertisement would have came out for it before they finished deciding on what the name would be.
I still remember pleading to stay up to watch the premiere. For some reason that was at 9pm or something and I think it started off the O-Zone hour. I was sitting on the floor and I took my shirt and stretched it over my knees and tucked my arms in to rest in my sleeves. I remember a big green O.
I've wondered for years what this stupid SpongeBob thing was, it just looked completely dumb to me. That is until I watched an episode last week with my 4 year old nephew. It's fucking hilarious.
GaryOakz · 157 points · Posted at 12:05:52 on September 16, 2015 · (Permalink)
Oh boy, you have a world ahead of you my friend. Please watch 'No Weenies Allowed'. Still one of my favourite episodes of anything ever.
[deleted] · 25 points · Posted at 18:34:01 on September 16, 2015 · (Permalink)
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I still have my daughter's SpongeBob DVD collection. When I retire and weed is legal in my state, I'm going to spend the first few weeks getting baked and watching SpongeBob.
It's a cartoon about a sponge that lives in bikini bottom. His neighbor is a pink starfish. A crab irritates everyone. An obnoxious squid thing with a nose that looks like a penis occasionally shows up.
This is rather twisting the characters to get the intended 'meaning'. Mr. Krabs is a crab because crabs are a common sea creature, and he doesn't generally irritate people. At least, that's not the point of his character. He's greedy.
Also, Squidward's nose does not look like a penis. Come on, get your mind out of the gutter!
As for Bikini Bottom, that's a clever pun based on it being at the bottom of Bikini Atoll, and the fact that it's a type of swimwear. I'm doubtful that SpongeBob being a sponge tampon is intended either. It's possible, but I don't think that most women go swimming during a period with a sponge tampon in the bottom of their bikini.
Joekw22 · 1 points · Posted at 19:02:40 on September 16, 2015 · (Permalink)
Holy shit
[deleted] · 17 points · Posted at 13:04:48 on September 16, 2015 · (Permalink)
Spongebob and Adventure Time are two of my favourite TV shows even though I'm like twice the age of their target audiences.
Dack9 · 23 points · Posted at 14:06:31 on September 16, 2015 · (Permalink)
Adventure Time isn't much of a kids show. My Wife's young cousins don't understand it at all. They don't like it because "it doesn't make any sense and it's dumb". We laugh ourselves half to death and they just don't get it.
And some parts of it are really, really dark.
Murgie · 9 points · Posted at 16:26:42 on September 16, 2015 · (Permalink)
Don't you ever compare Spongebob Squarepants to Adventure Time you son of a bitch! Spongebob runs circles while simultaneously pissing on that piece of crap show!
h00zn8r · 1 points · Posted at 20:54:48 on September 16, 2015 · (Permalink)
Wrong. First three seasons. I kept waiting for it to get good, never did. Its not the worst show ever but it definitely doesn't make the top 100, whereas i would place Spongebob Squarepants in the top 10.
h00zn8r · 1 points · Posted at 22:19:05 on September 16, 2015 · (Permalink)
Oh, dude, you dropped out right before it really got good!
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 20:12:50 on September 16, 2015 · (Permalink)
It's harder to do than crying.
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 20:19:00 on September 16, 2015 · (Permalink)
So they needed more space to build momentum for some hardcore laughing because the building was only big enough for/zoned for crying? Is this the idea?
Jesus christ. How old are you guys? I fucking know it's a haiku. That's all he does. It's not special, since he's everywhere.
"username checks out, can confirm, huckberryfin". Wow really? Awesome, guy. Thanks for the confirmation and the checking out of his username. What about posting a relevant XKCD while you're at it?
I was 16 when the show came on, so I was already over the cartoon phase, but I'll make an exception for Spongebob. It's hilarious for a "kid" show. Weird to think the show is 15 years old already.
[deleted] · 6 points · Posted at 19:08:18 on September 16, 2015 · (Permalink)
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X_1010_ · 5 points · Posted at 19:43:58 on September 16, 2015 · (Permalink)
I think it's all bout the intention. It was "good" because it was intended to be funny. If they were pitching a documentary, or a drama, stepping outside in order to laugh would be a very bad sign.
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 01:22:47 on September 17, 2015 · (Permalink)
There is no one chemical, it's a complex (and when I say complex I mean holy fucking shit u wot m8) system of electrical and chemical gradients.
I remember seeing adds for Spongebob before it came out and thought "This looks so stupid". Despite this my brothers and I watched the premiere and it was hilarious. I specifically remember the first time I laughed at the show was when he was struggling to lift weights with his stuffed-animal barbell, then he drops the weight and it floats down and makes a squeaky noise as it hits the ground.
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 17:55:45 on September 17, 2015 · (Permalink)
I've been a huge SpongeBob fan since my kids got me into it in the early 2000's, such a fantastic show.
type_E · 1 points · Posted at 14:28:41 on October 4, 2015 · (Permalink)
Even though I'll agree Spongebob went downhill after the first movie (maybe the first movie even set up all that would be wrong, with overly childish goofy goober and overly grim and dour and totally mood-killing Plankton), I find the idea that the new episodes are SOOOOO bad that you'd rather get robbed and raped than watch them... a bit much. Also, Wikipedia only gives a passing mention to the whole decline thing, so it makes me wonder if it's really that big of a deal.
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 13:36:09 on October 5, 2015 · (Permalink)
I still like the newer ones, one of my kids prefers them while the other likes the older stuff.
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gronkey · 159 points · Posted at 14:37:25 on September 16, 2015 · (Permalink)
relevant bit from wikipediea:
"In 1997, while pitching the cartoon to Nickelodeon executives, Hillenburg donned a Hawaiian shirt, brought along an "underwater terrarium with models of the characters", and played Hawaiian music to set the theme. The setup was described by Nickelodeon executive Eric Coleman as "pretty amazing". When they were given money and two weeks to write the pilot episode "Help Wanted", Derek Drymon, Stephen Hillenberg, and Nick Jennings returned with what was described by Nickelodeon official Albie Hecht as, "a performance [he] wished [he] had on tape". Although executive producer Derek Drymon described the pitch as stressful, he said it went "very well". Kevin Kay and Hecht had to step outside because they were "exhausted from laughing", which worried the cartoonists."
[deleted] · 84 points · Posted at 16:34:35 on September 16, 2015 · (Permalink)
"Which worried the cartoonists" just dusts that whole paragraph with icing sugar.
jakielim · 4 points · Posted at 00:23:59 on September 17, 2015 · (Permalink)
I imagine this playing the entire time they were laughing.
Mynameisnotdoug · 14 points · Posted at 18:45:29 on September 16, 2015 · (Permalink)
relevant link
Foxtrot3100 · 2 points · Posted at 19:28:29 on September 16, 2015 · (Permalink)
Thanks Doug
joebillybob · 1 points · Posted at 20:18:30 on September 16, 2015 · (Permalink)
MY NAME'S NOT DOOOOOUG!
RowdyRondaRousey · 4 points · Posted at 20:47:07 on September 16, 2015 · (Permalink)
Okay, okay, your name is fucking QUAIL-MAN, I get it... sheesh.
joebillybob · 3 points · Posted at 20:53:38 on September 16, 2015 · (Permalink)
This is what I was referencing.
Milhouse99 · 102 points · Posted at 11:38:56 on September 16, 2015 · (Permalink)
I wonder if it was that episode when the sardines overrun the krusty krab
mdewlover · 79 points · Posted at 15:28:56 on September 16, 2015 · (Permalink)
That is considered the pilot so maybe.
401king · 23 points · Posted at 15:58:46 on September 16, 2015 · (Permalink)
I thought the first episode was when spongebob made a the bubble stand and gave lessons for .25
mdewlover · 26 points · Posted at 16:07:57 on September 16, 2015 · (Permalink)
That's from the first season but it's not the pilot.
Broking37 · 8 points · Posted at 16:19:33 on September 16, 2015 · (Permalink)
Mdewlover? More like sboblover
RowdyRondaRousey · 1 points · Posted at 20:47:45 on September 16, 2015 · (Permalink)
OH DIP!
Shanix · 4 points · Posted at 17:01:08 on September 16, 2015 · (Permalink)
Yep, that was the episode.
itsasecretoeverybody · 6 points · Posted at 16:50:01 on September 16, 2015 · (Permalink)
Anchovies...
Frosted_Anything · 13 points · Posted at 19:13:28 on September 16, 2015 · (Permalink)
Vertical video of a horizontal screen. Absolute garbage.
TheMistySimba · 3 points · Posted at 01:03:33 on September 17, 2015 · (Permalink)
http://imgur.com/uoufVzB
immski · 2 points · Posted at 21:55:59 on September 16, 2015 · (Permalink)
The video gave me cancer
SHIT_DOWN_MY_PEEHOLE · 1 points · Posted at 22:19:12 on September 16, 2015 · (Permalink)
MEDIOCRE
InfectedP0tato · -2 points · Posted at 21:42:56 on September 16, 2015 · (Permalink)
Not on mobile
trexrocks · 422 points · Posted at 08:34:38 on September 16, 2015 · (Permalink)
Cheese man sounds pretty good, IMO.
GuyOnZeCouch · 142 points · Posted at 15:38:29 on September 16, 2015 · (Permalink)
I believe it was the pilot episode; Mr Krabs refers to SpongeBob as "SpongeBoy, me Bob".
suugakusha · 78 points · Posted at 16:32:13 on September 16, 2015 · (Permalink)
Was that right after he made the hunderds of krabby patties for all those sardines?
"Batten down the hatches, Mr. Squidward! I want my mommy, Mr. Squidward!"
SuperToastingham · 46 points · Posted at 17:26:44 on September 16, 2015 · (Permalink)
"did someone order a hydrodynamic spatula? with port and starboard attachments. and let's not forget about the turbo boost. can you believe they only have one in stock?!"
SoManyNinjas · 34 points · Posted at 17:47:34 on September 16, 2015 · (Permalink)
"Whooo's hungryyy"
things that bother you, never bother me...
GolgiApparatus1 · 9 points · Posted at 20:09:46 on September 16, 2015 · (Permalink)
meep
soplias · 3 points · Posted at 02:52:59 on September 17, 2015 · (Permalink)
meep
RubberDong · 4 points · Posted at 20:31:52 on September 16, 2015 · (Permalink)
Man...spongebob is so proud about his spatula that if a spatula making company made a spatula with the same name...i'd buy it and I d probably carry it around with me.
MindCzar · 2 points · Posted at 23:03:21 on September 16, 2015 · (Permalink)
Get it from Spatula City (Spatula City)!
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 19:23:09 on September 21, 2015 · (Permalink)
I understand your weird Al UHf reference.
SHIT_DOWN_MY_PEEHOLE · 2 points · Posted at 22:19:52 on September 16, 2015 · (Permalink)
No that was the episode with the squeaky boots
golapader · 8 points · Posted at 20:00:50 on September 16, 2015 · (Permalink)
See i always figured Mr. Krabs was so elated, he got his words mixed up. Cause plenty of times in the series he said "SpongeBob, me boy"
AphoticAlma · 189 points · Posted at 14:37:28 on September 16, 2015 · (Permalink)
My mother, a primarily Spanish speaking person, would put on spongebob for the kids, and not recognising the sponge part of his name was what he was, called him el queso (the cheese) 7 year old me lauded long and hard the first time I heard that.
scotch_dick · 109 points · Posted at 15:27:24 on September 16, 2015 · (Permalink)
I am the cheese, I am the best character on this show
setthebartoolow · 22 points · Posted at 16:55:18 on September 16, 2015 · (Permalink)
What a reference.
MajorNoodles · 31 points · Posted at 15:46:44 on September 16, 2015 · (Permalink)
Are you better than both the salami and the baloney combined?
XeroAnarian · 15 points · Posted at 18:31:15 on September 16, 2015 · (Permalink)
Wacky Delly, yeah! Wacky Delly YEAH!
HelmSpicy · 11 points · Posted at 18:08:38 on September 16, 2015 · (Permalink)
Thank you so much for bringing back this memory. You are seriously my hero today.
burningsquash · 5 points · Posted at 20:12:05 on September 16, 2015 · (Permalink)
And the cheese stands alone.
NancyHicks-Gribble · 3 points · Posted at 20:26:09 on September 16, 2015 · (Permalink)
I HATE BOLOGNA!!! BLBHGJJLKJPHF
kevinbaconjames · 14 points · Posted at 16:13:45 on September 16, 2015 · (Permalink)
It is good to laud your mother
RubberDong · 5 points · Posted at 20:32:24 on September 16, 2015 · (Permalink)
Greek moms call every cartoon character Micky Mouse.
oh_no_aliens · 3 points · Posted at 22:05:10 on September 16, 2015 · (Permalink)
I've always heard him called "Bob Esponja".
1AmBobby · 1 points · Posted at 23:40:15 on September 16, 2015 · (Permalink)
Favorite comment of the day!
Belots89 · 34 points · Posted at 16:52:42 on September 16, 2015 · (Permalink)
"ohhhh so now the talking cheese is gunna preach to us?!"
looklistencreate · 18 points · Posted at 16:26:46 on September 16, 2015 · (Permalink)
I am the cheese. I am the best character on the show. I am better than the salami and the baloney combined!
suugakusha · 8 points · Posted at 16:33:13 on September 16, 2015 · (Permalink)
"Wa-cky Deli, yeah! Wacky Deli, yeah."
RowdyRondaRousey · 4 points · Posted at 20:49:04 on September 16, 2015 · (Permalink)
MAYO
[deleted] · 0 points · Posted at 12:40:20 on September 16, 2015 · (Permalink)
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JeebusLovesMurica · 1 points · Posted at 13:37:09 on September 16, 2015 · (Permalink)
Would've been pretty gouda if you ask me sorry
snoogans122 · 1 points · Posted at 16:15:27 on September 16, 2015 · (Permalink)
Well then we cheddar not ask you anything anymore...
HacksawJimDGN · 1 points · Posted at 13:00:50 on September 16, 2015 · (Permalink)
Not enough cheese if you ask me.
rapemybones · 1 points · Posted at 22:17:01 on September 16, 2015 · (Permalink)
I could've sworn that I remember seeing an early Spongebob commercial (before the first episode) where they called him Spongeboy instead of "-bob". I told friends this and no one believed me. I thought I'd imagined it. Maybe I was right?
Dipheroin · 3 points · Posted at 23:54:11 on September 16, 2015 · (Permalink)
Yup I would say that's a false memory because there's no way an advertisement would have came out for it before they finished deciding on what the name would be.
agrodiglett · 106 points · Posted at 09:29:52 on September 16, 2015 · (Permalink)
I still remember pleading to stay up to watch the premiere. For some reason that was at 9pm or something and I think it started off the O-Zone hour. I was sitting on the floor and I took my shirt and stretched it over my knees and tucked my arms in to rest in my sleeves. I remember a big green O.
GOATSQUIRTS · 41 points · Posted at 13:51:47 on September 16, 2015 · (Permalink)
It was after the kids choice awards!
whats_the_deal22 · 11 points · Posted at 16:10:15 on September 16, 2015 · (Permalink)
I think Nick premiered a lot of shows like that. I still remember the night when The Angry Beavers premiered after the kids choice awards.
STUFF416 · 6 points · Posted at 16:04:58 on September 16, 2015 · (Permalink)
I remember that night still! I hadn't even been planning on seeing the premiere, but after the KCA, the show came on and I was...hooked.
Presuminged · 178 points · Posted at 07:25:50 on September 16, 2015 · (Permalink)
I've wondered for years what this stupid SpongeBob thing was, it just looked completely dumb to me. That is until I watched an episode last week with my 4 year old nephew. It's fucking hilarious.
GaryOakz · 157 points · Posted at 12:05:52 on September 16, 2015 · (Permalink)
Oh boy, you have a world ahead of you my friend. Please watch 'No Weenies Allowed'. Still one of my favourite episodes of anything ever.
irish_toys · 100 points · Posted at 14:36:01 on September 16, 2015 · (Permalink)
The Band Geeks, Wormy, and Dirty Dan episodes are some of the best TV I've ever watched
Lucas_Berse · 50 points · Posted at 15:13:01 on September 16, 2015 · (Permalink)
i like the krusty krab training video...
dragon50305 · 38 points · Posted at 15:37:15 on September 16, 2015 · (Permalink)
"THE KRABBY PATTY SECRET FORMULA IS..."
[deleted] · 43 points · Posted at 16:10:56 on September 16, 2015 · (Permalink)
HOOPLA!
SoManyNinjas · 26 points · Posted at 17:49:49 on September 16, 2015 · (Permalink)
Kid gets hit with a fucking brick lmao
Shit is hilarious
[deleted] · 25 points · Posted at 18:34:01 on September 16, 2015 · (Permalink)
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dragon50305 · 7 points · Posted at 18:53:39 on September 16, 2015 · (Permalink)
episode ends
I might have cried a little
WeWereInfinite · 38 points · Posted at 19:01:58 on September 16, 2015 · (Permalink)
My Spongebob essentials list, some of the best episodes of any cartoon in history:
Ed_McNuglets · 20 points · Posted at 19:18:03 on September 16, 2015 · (Permalink)
No Krusty Krab Pizza?? whattttttt.
On second thought I'm not sure what that episode is called but it's my favorite.
furbiesandbeans · 3 points · Posted at 23:11:46 on September 16, 2015 · (Permalink)
The krusty krab pizza, is the pizza, for you and me!
AdmiralAkbar1 · 1 points · Posted at 23:47:17 on September 16, 2015 · (Permalink)
The Krusty Krab pizza, is the pizza, absolutive-ah-ly!
h00zn8r · 9 points · Posted at 20:51:46 on September 16, 2015 · (Permalink)
Can't forget Sailor's Mouth
DerJawsh · 2 points · Posted at 21:30:31 on September 16, 2015 · (Permalink)
https://youtu.be/FPq165j9DgY?t=10
rogerrrr · 1 points · Posted at 19:20:46 on September 16, 2015 · (Permalink)
Girlfriend didn't watch SpongeBob as a kid. I am definitely bringing her back to my room tonight so I could show her these old episodes.
Blugenesi · 1 points · Posted at 07:00:58 on September 17, 2015 · (Permalink)
Yeah, I'm SURE that's all your doing
TheMistySimba · 1 points · Posted at 01:08:21 on September 17, 2015 · (Permalink)
Wet Painters is great. That kind of humor is why SpongeBob will always be my favorite show (even though I'm a bearded 24 year old man).
https://youtu.be/TZVy1PPQOhU
soplias · 1 points · Posted at 02:55:18 on September 17, 2015 · (Permalink)
It's so delightfully dark for a children's show, trying to hide the corpse of the health inspector from the police. Love it.
Wicksy92 · 1 points · Posted at 03:29:03 on September 17, 2015 · (Permalink)
Oh my god that fucking strangler episode
'He could be under this rock! Or this receipt for the phony baloney moustache emporium!'
raulcat · 14 points · Posted at 16:54:59 on September 16, 2015 · (Permalink)
And the one where he gets the seahorse. "I'll name her Grace, or Majesty... Or Debbie!"
babaganushh · 9 points · Posted at 15:21:18 on September 16, 2015 · (Permalink)
Who you calling pinhead???
OftenIncorrect · 1 points · Posted at 20:55:45 on September 16, 2015 · (Permalink)
Nothing makes me laugh quite as much as Shanghaied and The Bully. I reference those episodes too much in public
survyguy79 · 4 points · Posted at 02:10:39 on September 17, 2015 · (Permalink)
"But the only way out is through the .... perfume department!"
1theSqueeze · 23 points · Posted at 14:42:41 on September 16, 2015 · (Permalink)
"Weenie Hut General!?!"
GaryOakz · 30 points · Posted at 14:59:51 on September 16, 2015 · (Permalink)
http://imgur.com/DOfwrdq
eudamme · 1 points · Posted at 16:24:24 on September 16, 2015 · (Permalink)
Watch YTP
aprofondir · 1 points · Posted at 21:25:13 on September 16, 2015 · (Permalink)
Comm to save
Morsus98 · 23 points · Posted at 14:30:55 on September 16, 2015 · (Permalink)
Watch Band Geeks. It's an earlier episode, and is still one of the best. The early SpongeBob seasons are some of the best animated comedy ever.
hasmanystories · 26 points · Posted at 16:07:45 on September 16, 2015 · (Permalink)
"You know how people talk loudly when they want to seem smart, right?"
"CORRECT!"
A_Windrammer · 3 points · Posted at 01:24:12 on September 17, 2015 · (Permalink)
"That's his eager face."
survyguy79 · 1 points · Posted at 02:17:17 on September 17, 2015 · (Permalink)
"Is mayonnaise an instrument?"
soplias · 2 points · Posted at 02:58:46 on September 17, 2015 · (Permalink)
"Do instruments of torture count?"
Murgie · 9 points · Posted at 16:27:49 on September 16, 2015 · (Permalink)
Dude, Band Geeks was nothing short of fucking incredible when you think back on it.
Sourdust2 · 6 points · Posted at 15:41:47 on September 16, 2015 · (Permalink)
Band geeks is fucking awesome.
A_Windrammer · 1 points · Posted at 01:23:51 on September 17, 2015 · (Permalink)
Every single scene from that episode is perfect. Absolutely perfect.
[deleted] · 38 points · Posted at 12:29:08 on September 16, 2015 · (Permalink)
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Presuminged · 57 points · Posted at 12:48:26 on September 16, 2015 · (Permalink)
I'm 45 and have no children, I think I can be forgiven for having never put the cartoon channel on :-)
spartacus311 · 63 points · Posted at 13:51:35 on September 16, 2015 · (Permalink)
time to get fucking
JamesLiptonIcedTea · 11 points · Posted at 15:51:35 on September 16, 2015 · (Permalink)
Seasons 1-3 are pinnacle. There's probably some gold episodes after that, I never cared to continue watching.
digbick117 · 3 points · Posted at 21:41:35 on September 16, 2015 · (Permalink)
No, I wish. The original creator left after the first movie, and it's all downhill from there.
Feelnumb · 15 points · Posted at 14:22:19 on September 16, 2015 · (Permalink)
Please don't mistake this for hyperbole, cartoons are the greatest thing ever.
ShitsCrazyMan · 4 points · Posted at 19:02:19 on September 16, 2015 · (Permalink)
Ya dun goofed
Deenus · 5 points · Posted at 14:24:44 on September 16, 2015 · (Permalink)
Cartoons aren't just for kids and having a kid isn't the only way to discover that. Better late than never.
Angrant96 · -3 points · Posted at 15:37:39 on September 16, 2015 · (Permalink)*
Just be careful that you don't turn into those guys who get scarily invested into children's shows.
Edit: Here they come!
aarghIforget · 3 points · Posted at 21:50:32 on September 16, 2015 · (Permalink)
Hey, I manage my pony habit quite well, thank you very much!
spazturtle · 2 points · Posted at 21:03:33 on September 16, 2015 · (Permalink)
Or he can if he wants because what TV shows somebody enjoys has no effect on anyone else.
tweakingforjesus · 6 points · Posted at 17:00:11 on September 16, 2015 · (Permalink)
I still have my daughter's SpongeBob DVD collection. When I retire and weed is legal in my state, I'm going to spend the first few weeks getting baked and watching SpongeBob.
JeebusLovesMurica · 19 points · Posted at 13:40:52 on September 16, 2015 · (Permalink)
Oh, sir, thinking Spongebob was pure stupidity was surely a fault. There's comical content behind the nautical nonsense
okifenoki · 10 points · Posted at 13:52:50 on September 16, 2015 · (Permalink)
Be somethin you wish
TurloIsOK · 6 points · Posted at 14:03:27 on September 16, 2015 · (Permalink)
Drop to the deck and flop like a fish.
tweakingforjesus · 11 points · Posted at 17:06:26 on September 16, 2015 · (Permalink)*
It's a cartoon about a sponge that lives in bikini bottom. His neighbor is a pink starfish. A crab irritates everyone. An obnoxious squid thing with a nose that looks like a penis occasionally shows up.
The imagery is not lost on adults.
Flyingpigfriend · 4 points · Posted at 20:28:17 on September 16, 2015 · (Permalink)
It was on me until you just pointed it out
your-opinions-false · 3 points · Posted at 00:47:10 on September 17, 2015 · (Permalink)
This is rather twisting the characters to get the intended 'meaning'. Mr. Krabs is a crab because crabs are a common sea creature, and he doesn't generally irritate people. At least, that's not the point of his character. He's greedy.
Also, Squidward's nose does not look like a penis. Come on, get your mind out of the gutter!
As for Bikini Bottom, that's a clever pun based on it being at the bottom of Bikini Atoll, and the fact that it's a type of swimwear. I'm doubtful that SpongeBob being a sponge tampon is intended either. It's possible, but I don't think that most women go swimming during a period with a sponge tampon in the bottom of their bikini.
Joekw22 · 1 points · Posted at 19:02:40 on September 16, 2015 · (Permalink)
Holy shit
[deleted] · 17 points · Posted at 13:04:48 on September 16, 2015 · (Permalink)
Spongebob and Adventure Time are two of my favourite TV shows even though I'm like twice the age of their target audiences.
Dack9 · 23 points · Posted at 14:06:31 on September 16, 2015 · (Permalink)
Adventure Time isn't much of a kids show. My Wife's young cousins don't understand it at all. They don't like it because "it doesn't make any sense and it's dumb". We laugh ourselves half to death and they just don't get it.
And some parts of it are really, really dark.
Murgie · 9 points · Posted at 16:26:42 on September 16, 2015 · (Permalink)
FALL
Terror_from_the_deep · 4 points · Posted at 15:10:08 on September 16, 2015 · (Permalink)
Yeah, Adventure Time is a mushroom, a tasty tasty mushroom.
Arimer · 2 points · Posted at 15:28:05 on September 16, 2015 · (Permalink)
Spongebob and Teen titans go are my two go to children s cartoons.
AlanSmithee94 · 1 points · Posted at 20:23:29 on September 16, 2015 · (Permalink)
I've watched Spongebob and Regular Show with my son for years - both of them are brilliant.
el_loco_avs · 1 points · Posted at 13:59:25 on September 16, 2015 · (Permalink)
Only twice? lol
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 14:01:40 on September 16, 2015 · (Permalink)
16
el_loco_avs · 8 points · Posted at 14:11:45 on September 16, 2015 · (Permalink)
Yeah I'm beyond 4x the target age. I still ocassionally stick around when it's on.
You were born the year Spongebob started I think. That's crazy.
exvampireweekend · 4 points · Posted at 15:30:31 on September 16, 2015 · (Permalink)
I'm pretty sure the target audience of adventure time is like 13-17
SerGriffin · -6 points · Posted at 17:49:17 on September 16, 2015 · (Permalink)
Don't you ever compare Spongebob Squarepants to Adventure Time you son of a bitch! Spongebob runs circles while simultaneously pissing on that piece of crap show!
h00zn8r · 1 points · Posted at 20:54:48 on September 16, 2015 · (Permalink)
Found someone who's never watched Adventure Time
SerGriffin · 2 points · Posted at 21:21:18 on September 16, 2015 · (Permalink)
Wrong. First three seasons. I kept waiting for it to get good, never did. Its not the worst show ever but it definitely doesn't make the top 100, whereas i would place Spongebob Squarepants in the top 10.
h00zn8r · 1 points · Posted at 22:19:05 on September 16, 2015 · (Permalink)
Oh, dude, you dropped out right before it really got good!
To each his own, though. Spongebob is fuckin dank
JDGallagher · 0 points · Posted at 19:57:40 on September 16, 2015 · (Permalink)
It's not that bad
red_sonya · 3 points · Posted at 17:31:15 on September 16, 2015 · (Permalink)
WHAT?!?! ....assumption is the mother of all fuck ups!!!
survyguy79 · 3 points · Posted at 02:13:24 on September 17, 2015 · (Permalink)
My favorite episode is the one where Mrs. Puff gives Spongebob extra credit on his boating exam so he can get the fuck out of her class.
"Nothing can stop me, not even .... EDUCATIONAL TELEVISION?!?! OH NO!"
doittuit · 2 points · Posted at 16:42:48 on September 16, 2015 · (Permalink)
You need to watch all episodes pre 2006. After that the material quality goes down a little bit.
[deleted] · 2 points · Posted at 19:13:14 on September 16, 2015 · (Permalink)
Watch the first four seasons. Anything after that was garbage.
I miss the old Spongebob. :(
A_Windrammer · 2 points · Posted at 01:21:17 on September 17, 2015 · (Permalink)
Just remember that the Movie was supposed to be the series finale.
93ImagineBreaker · 1 points · Posted at 17:00:17 on September 16, 2015 · (Permalink)
watch the earlier seasons newer ones suck from s1 to around movie/sea bear eps.
Rufiux · 1 points · Posted at 01:18:24 on September 17, 2015 · (Permalink)
Camping is one of the best.
[deleted] · 24 points · Posted at 13:52:48 on September 16, 2015 · (Permalink)
Why couldn't they laugh inside?
SusanForeman · 40 points · Posted at 16:22:04 on September 16, 2015 · (Permalink)
They initially pitched it as a serious documentary about the effects of nuclear fallout on waterlife
cameronbates1 · 1 points · Posted at 21:09:32 on September 16, 2015 · (Permalink)
BECAUSE BIKINI BOTTOM IS UNDER BIKINI ATOLL
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 20:12:50 on September 16, 2015 · (Permalink)
It's harder to do than crying.
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 20:19:00 on September 16, 2015 · (Permalink)
So they needed more space to build momentum for some hardcore laughing because the building was only big enough for/zoned for crying? Is this the idea?
Ryguy199018 · 12 points · Posted at 15:50:24 on September 16, 2015 · (Permalink)
I'm laughing just thinking about spongebob
HaikuberryFin · 190 points · Posted at 07:22:06 on September 16, 2015 · (Permalink)
I guess your saying
they absorbed the humor well?
That was a pore joke
cg4l · 48 points · Posted at 13:39:48 on September 16, 2015 · (Permalink)
:D
HinterWolf · 19 points · Posted at 14:02:38 on September 16, 2015 · (Permalink)
vaguely terrifying
Wermine · 8 points · Posted at 19:30:40 on September 16, 2015 · (Permalink)
:D
DeiLupus · 2 points · Posted at 17:15:15 on September 16, 2015 · (Permalink)
I'm just gonna soak in that joke...
clickclack23 · 30 points · Posted at 09:22:44 on September 16, 2015 · (Permalink)
Nice... username checks out
ValdemarSt · -8 points · Posted at 18:12:38 on September 16, 2015 · (Permalink)
Checks out on what?
DSpaceman47 · 6 points · Posted at 18:32:05 on September 16, 2015 · (Permalink)
Have you ever heard of a haiku
ValdemarSt · -10 points · Posted at 19:05:05 on September 16, 2015 · (Permalink)
Yeah. And i know it's HaikuberryFin. He's everywhere. This is nothing special. So there's not really anything that should check out.
Either way, welcome to reddit.
ovirto · 2 points · Posted at 19:30:04 on September 16, 2015 · (Permalink)
count the syllables in each line of his post
ValdemarSt · -3 points · Posted at 19:51:45 on September 16, 2015 · (Permalink)
Jesus christ. How old are you guys? I fucking know it's a haiku. That's all he does. It's not special, since he's everywhere.
"username checks out, can confirm, huckberryfin". Wow really? Awesome, guy. Thanks for the confirmation and the checking out of his username. What about posting a relevant XKCD while you're at it?
lawlocost · 6 points · Posted at 20:25:59 on September 16, 2015 · (Permalink)
Yeah but count the syllables.
imagetupengin · 3 points · Posted at 20:33:42 on September 16, 2015 · (Permalink)
He's not getting it guys. Count the syllables!!!
LibertarianSocialism · 3 points · Posted at 20:31:16 on September 16, 2015 · (Permalink)
You're acting like your bones were shattered when someone tapped you with a stick. And yes, there's probably a relevant xkcd
GODDDDD · 2 points · Posted at 18:51:17 on September 16, 2015 · (Permalink)
His formatting is in that of a haiku(berryfin)
[deleted] · 6 points · Posted at 14:24:22 on September 16, 2015 · (Permalink)
I am never doing this again.
[deleted] · 4 points · Posted at 20:58:31 on September 16, 2015 · (Permalink)
....you're.
Scuttlebutt91 · 3 points · Posted at 17:20:20 on September 16, 2015 · (Permalink)
Holy fuck this is clever on multiple levels
avenger1011000 · -24 points · Posted at 11:09:07 on September 16, 2015 · (Permalink)
I'll give you a round of a-pores forit though
eudamme · 6 points · Posted at 16:23:08 on September 16, 2015 · (Permalink)
You tried...?
JustThyTip · 15 points · Posted at 14:14:58 on September 16, 2015 · (Permalink)
I've gained great friendships that started out with Spongebob references.
Ratman_84 · 7 points · Posted at 18:45:20 on September 16, 2015 · (Permalink)
I was 16 when the show came on, so I was already over the cartoon phase, but I'll make an exception for Spongebob. It's hilarious for a "kid" show. Weird to think the show is 15 years old already.
_OP_is_A_ · 8 points · Posted at 13:16:32 on September 16, 2015 · (Permalink)
Thumbnail looks like mall of America
Edit: it is.
[deleted] · 6 points · Posted at 19:08:18 on September 16, 2015 · (Permalink)
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X_1010_ · 5 points · Posted at 19:43:58 on September 16, 2015 · (Permalink)
I think it's all bout the intention. It was "good" because it was intended to be funny. If they were pitching a documentary, or a drama, stepping outside in order to laugh would be a very bad sign.
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 01:22:47 on September 17, 2015 · (Permalink)
There is no one chemical, it's a complex (and when I say complex I mean holy fucking shit u wot m8) system of electrical and chemical gradients.
whats_the_deal22 · 2 points · Posted at 16:11:23 on September 16, 2015 · (Permalink)
HAHAHAHAHA we're gonna be RICH!!!!!
sushipusha · 3 points · Posted at 14:46:00 on September 16, 2015 · (Permalink)
I fucking loved Rocko's Modern Life!
Spunky, Heiffer & the Bigheads!
JustThyTip · 2 points · Posted at 14:13:47 on September 16, 2015 · (Permalink)
How do you even pitch a show to a studio and network? That sounds like a very difficult meeting to setup.
firegecko5 · 6 points · Posted at 14:45:36 on September 16, 2015 · (Permalink)
I think some of them had previously worked with Nickelodeon on other shows, like Rocko's Modern Life.
VisVirtusque · 1 points · Posted at 00:43:52 on September 17, 2015 · (Permalink)
I remember seeing adds for Spongebob before it came out and thought "This looks so stupid". Despite this my brothers and I watched the premiere and it was hilarious. I specifically remember the first time I laughed at the show was when he was struggling to lift weights with his stuffed-animal barbell, then he drops the weight and it floats down and makes a squeaky noise as it hits the ground.
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 17:55:45 on September 17, 2015 · (Permalink)
I've been a huge SpongeBob fan since my kids got me into it in the early 2000's, such a fantastic show.
type_E · 1 points · Posted at 14:28:41 on October 4, 2015 · (Permalink)
Even though I'll agree Spongebob went downhill after the first movie (maybe the first movie even set up all that would be wrong, with overly childish goofy goober and overly grim and dour and totally mood-killing Plankton), I find the idea that the new episodes are SOOOOO bad that you'd rather get robbed and raped than watch them... a bit much. Also, Wikipedia only gives a passing mention to the whole decline thing, so it makes me wonder if it's really that big of a deal.
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 13:36:09 on October 5, 2015 · (Permalink)
I still like the newer ones, one of my kids prefers them while the other likes the older stuff.
Thopterthallid · -2 points · Posted at 20:30:43 on September 16, 2015 · (Permalink)
Spongeboy Ahoy would have been a better name.
niverbeauty · -21 points · Posted at 10:08:32 on September 16, 2015 · (Permalink)
Saving this for later...would be angry with myself if I don't.
marithefrancois · 33 points · Posted at 12:24:37 on September 16, 2015 · (Permalink)
http://i.imgur.com/kFOxSmk.png
davidtoni · -19 points · Posted at 19:10:22 on September 16, 2015 · (Permalink)
Interesting.
I've never even cracked a smile at that show, let alone actually laughed. It's like the Bob's Burgers for kids!
OK, OK, it's not that bad. "Bob's Burgers Bad" is reserved for only the worst.
Kardashians? Bob's Burgers bad.
Thatguybehindglass · 2 points · Posted at 22:53:42 on September 16, 2015 · (Permalink)
Bob's burgers is hilarious.
NotTheMiracleGirl · 0 points · Posted at 17:12:51 on November 22, 2015 · (Permalink)
No its not