Who Lives In A Pineapple Under the Sea? ~ Let's Talk About Spongebob!

Who lives in a pineapple under the sea? You guessed it.

Airing on May 1st 1999, Spongebob Squarepants was a wacky idea bout a sea-sponge that lived under the sea and with a whole bevy of characters along with him to have fun. The show was a major part of every child living in the early 2000's lives - including me. I won't take up a lot of time discussing how the show came to be and what-not but today, I will be focusing on how it used to be and how it is now. 

There is a massive difference between the older episodes and the newer episodes.  If you've watched the series from the very first days, I'm sure you can agree with me that it has changed. So, today, I'm going to be doing some things. I'll give you my opinion of Spongebob - old and new and some testimonials.

First, let's discuss my opinion on all of this... As I was looking up information to write this post, I found that Spongebob is going on to it's eighth season and there's a nineth season pending. Little fun fact: my favorite episode is the Band Geeks episode. Hands down. My favorite. Now onto graver things.

Okay, last month, I caught an article on Yahoo! and it was talking about how Spongebob is becoming a tired tv-show that just needs to be cancelled. And I agree. As I have said, Spongebob was a big part of my childhood and it use to be a funny show with awkward moments, funny facial expressions, and the humor slap-stick and something that I still laugh at today. Now, it is incredibly... disgusting. That's the only word I can find for it. Disgusting. The animation has become very grotesque and twisted. The stupid and slightly unnerving aspects of the show are exaggerated to the point where I think I ought to change the channel.  They seem to have ruined the shows uniqueness in their attempts to make it more appealing for a younger generation. Why is disgusting appealing?

How does this? 

And this?

Turn into this??
 

And this??









I'm sorry - but that is just disgusting. 

Don't believe me? Here are real testimonials from my friends! 

"In the beginning, it was all I watched. Then for like two years it got really cheesy and had too many songs. I got annoyed easily. And found myself changing channels not even half-way through. The episodes are getting better now that the people realize that older kids watch the show more than younger. The humor seems more directed to older kids, which is great. Spongebob is still one of my favorite shows ever. *laughs*"
-Meggie.

"I watched it when I was five and then my mom got P.O.ed at the animation so my mom banned it from my house." 
-Natalie

"Dude, I hate Spongebob. It should be banded and it ruins children's minds. Same story, same characters. The writers are running out of ideas."
-Dustin

"(<What do you think about Spongebob?) It's amazing. (What about recently?) He's more yellow. Have you noticed? He's way more yellow. There's no more Sandy. I haven't seen her as much. (Do you think it's funny?) It's sad. It's not funny anymore."
-Stephanie.

"It's gotten really stupid. It's not funny anymore. They must have gotten a new graphics person because the drawings are really gross sometimes and the show is full of awkward pauses and rambling. They just need to end it all ready. They've used all of the possible scenarios so they just need to end it. Squidward is an asshole. Spongebob isn't funny anymore and he's just annoying. I don't want to see Mr. Krabs naked."
-Megan

"At first it was kinda funny but as time goes on, it's stupid and even little kids think it's stupid. It's so stupid and perverted. There's a little too much butt going on."
-Jayla

"They've ruined it. They straight-up ruined it. It's so... different. It's making all the episodes stupid. They're running out of ideas. Even the voices have changed. Spongebob has become perverted."
-Kitsbe

Notice how they've pretty much said the same things? I'm sorry - but I have a hard time arguing when seven people have told me the same thing.

As for the future of Spongebob, I will happily await the older episodes reruns.

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Talley-ho,
Chels