How Do You Feel About Spongebob Now?

[Orange]

Just curious as to how you guys feel about Spongebob now, whether or not it's in a comparison to older episodes or just as a stand alone cartoon now.

Personally, I love the show now - but it has changed compared to it's "golden age". I don't think the show is as awful as some do now, but I think the main thing that the show lost when the old writing crew left was the cleverness. There were jokes in some of the old episodes that were just clever, and I don't feel you get that anymore. The one thing that I do love about the show is how they've been able to keep the entire voice cast, I think that's very cool. Of course, I'm sure the voice actors don't mind the payday

So, how do you feel about Spongebob now? Love it, like it, hate it, where do you stand?

[BayleyTiffyCodyCenaJudyHopps]

It's still funny so long as Spongebob isn't interacting with Squidward. A lot of the later episodes make Squidward look too sympathetic, when originally he was supposed to be a conceited jerk.

[willywonka666]

I've never watched it but it seems to be on ALL the time. Though now I think Phineas and Ferb is the most overplayed show on tv

[B'Cup x]

never been a fan of this outside of one episode where spongebob is ona date with the squirrel and starts drying out x

[Deleted]

Some of the old episodes were more solid, but the thing I enjoy most about it lately is the really subtle humor in it. Some of the quick, throw-away facial expressions and out-of-nowhere vocal tics they've given Spongebob are hilariously genius.

There are times when you can tell it's just the artists and voice actors having stupid fun with it, and that makes those small moments really enjoyable.

[xCompackx]

Mar 14, 2012 8:18:40 GMT -5 BayleyTiffyCodyCenaJudyHopps said:

It's still funny so long as Spongebob isn't interacting with Squidward. A lot of the later episodes make Squidward look too sympathetic, when originally he was supposed to be a conceited jerk.

I'm with you completely on that. Also, I find some of the jokes completely disgusting and unfunny. (That toenail scene in particular)

[theryno665]

Even if I don't watch it anymore, I can't ever hate on Spongebob for the sole fact that it probably made this man a millionaire:

[Cela]

I have never enjoyed it or figured out why people obsess over it, it's not that good.

[Ben Wyatt]

Mar 14, 2012 8:18:40 GMT -5 BayleyTiffyCodyCenaJudyHopps said:

It's still funny so long as Spongebob isn't interacting with Squidward. A lot of the later episodes make Squidward look too sympathetic, when originally he was supposed to be a conceited jerk.

Yeah, most of the time now, Squidward is just doing is thing before being interrupted by Spongebob/Patrick and their annoying shenanigans

[Deleted]

I hate to use Troper language, but Flanderization hit this show hard.

[Error]

Mar 14, 2012 8:18:40 GMT -5 BayleyTiffyCodyCenaJudyHopps said:

It's still funny so long as Spongebob isn't interacting with Squidward. A lot of the later episodes make Squidward look too sympathetic, when originally he was supposed to be a conceited jerk.

That is my only problem too.

[mayabristow]

I hate this show now. I mean how much longer can this show go on? I wish that it'd quit now before it loses all of its luster

[Ghostorm]

The show took a bit of a nosedive after season 3, but i will admit that season 7 is actually pretty damn good. Hopefully they can continue to improve the quality of the storylines and get back to the "Golden era" of Spongebob.

[Starshine]

It's kind of disgusting a lot of the time.

[Magic knows Black Lives Matter]

I still like it but damn, Spongebob can be a massive douche when he's dealing with Squidward.

[Deleted]

Having the series end with Squidward snapping and murdering Spongebob would make it all worth it.

[Cam]

The show died after Season 3 for me. The Movie was okay, but every series since then has been terrible.

It feels like a terrible cheesy knockoff of the original SpongeBob.

[Bones58]

Mar 15, 2012 2:04:28 GMT -5 Cam said:

The show died after Season 3 for me. The Movie was okay, but every series since then has been terrible.

It feels like a terrible cheesy knockoff of the original SpongeBob.

Not to mention spongebobs voice seem to go higher pitched after the movie.

[Deleted]

Every once in awhile they have a good episode, and I still watch passively in hopes I run into one of those, but now it's nowhere near as good. I think a lot of it is just the change in Spongebob as a character. When the show started he wasn't stupid, wasn't blatantly obnoxious, just oblivious to what was going on around him. He had good intentions and wasn't entirely stupid. Now...now he's just as stupid as Patrick is. Hell, they ALL are anymore short of Squidward, Karen, and Sandy.

I always say the turning point was the slide whistle episode. Spongebob and Patrick KNOW they're bugging the hell out of Squidward and yet keep on going, they are enjoying annoying Squidward. At least the other times they've bugged Squidward it either wasn't directly (the purpose wasn't to annoy him) or they were trying to help with something. Someone earlier said it best, now you sympathize with Squidward for being bugged by a blatantly annoying Spongebob instead of with Spongebob because he's innocent and Squidward is a stuck up jerk.

It doesn't help they've dumbed down the other characters to the point you could sum them and their entire shtick up with one sentence. The punchline of everything involving Mr. Krabs is "Money or STFU", Sandy pretty much serves to point and call everyone an idiot, Squidward is just annoyed, Mrs. Puff is mad at being alive. Hell, the only character that's consistently entertaining anymore is Plankton (at least when Karen isn't involved...see, Karen's funny cause she's a b**** I guess???).

And of course, there's the whole "I'm not 13 anymore" thing. I might still like it if I was younger.

[That Mickie Fan]

I still love Spongebob but alas the Older episodes were the best.