SpongeBob SquarePants
TV Show • 1999 • Animation Report
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shelbytismz
The show is almost entirely animated, thus there are no animals to be harmed
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RidleyMathers
scallops are karate chopped by spongebob to protect Patty
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41
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warshwallow
In "The Great Snail Race," SpongeBob places immense pressure on Gary to train for the race, shouting at him and eventually pushing him to exhaustion. When Gary crashes and explodes like a car during the race, SpongeBob hugs him in remorse, and the battered Gary instantly recovers upon seeing a cute snail.
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Yes
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TheSquidinator
Dried remains of sea creatures are often used to represent the characters "above land". Mrs. Puff's husband was killed and turned into a lampshade.
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DoesTheMonsterDie
In "Have You Seen This Snail?", a character is implied to have been eating snails -- analogous to cats.
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7
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DesjeanJack
In the season 11 episode Ink lemonade A big Spider appears and at the end of the episode a bunch of spiders crawl out of squidward''s mouth also in the Season 4 episode Ghost Host a bunch of spiders crawl out of spongebob's eyes
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DoesTheMonsterDie
One scene from "Your Shoe's Untied" has SpongeBob be constricted by his shoelaces, which have morphed into snakes. His surroundings slowly begin to melt as this happens.
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36
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DoesTheMonsterDie
One episode, "Wormy", uses closeups of a horsefly accompanied by a loud buzzing noise to carry across how terrifying a butterfly is to the characters.
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DoesTheMonsterDie
The Season 7 episode One Coarse Meal uses Mr. Krabs manipulating Plankton's fear of whales as a plot point.This is played unusually seriously and Plankton is driven to madness because of this. Krabs has the tables turned on him near the end, as he is forced to face his own deathly fear -- a mime.
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Lilac
Spongebob stalks squidward while squidward is bathing.
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DesjeanJack
Kind of in the Episode Cuddle e. Hugs he experiences a trip from eating a krabby patty and hallucinates a big giant hamster
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27
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Lilac
There is an episode about a whole town getting addicted to grease, and another about being addicted to kelp juice, which could be perceived as analogous to alcohol
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Azmtrx
Some of Plankton's inventions traps intruders. This happens only a couple times.
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7
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Pantalones
S3
E41
SpongeBob and Patrick end up in Goo Lagoon and can't swim. Patrick pushes SpongeBob underwater several times while trying to escape drowning. It's not malicious, just out of panic and stupidity.
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2
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1
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Pantalones
SpongeBob feeds his friends a tainted Krabby Patty so they will also see his giant hamster friend.
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jdpamv
S3
Vague but there’s a reference to “drop the soap.” “Doubloons, don’t drop ‘em.”
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Pantalones
In the episode "The Bully" a fish named Flats tells SpongeBob he's going to "kick his butt." He does hit SpongeBob several times but SpongeBob, being soft and spongy, isn't hurt. Flats eventually exhausts himself and collapses, leading people to think SpongeBob actually beat Flats up.
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4
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kipuwu
Squidward gets tortured a lot and sometimes it can actually be disturbing to watch (i.e Ink Lemonade)
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16
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CJ16
No hanging, but in one episode Squidward alludes to hanging himself for a gag
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hyperjenb
Squidward chokes on his clarinet in a couple episodes. A health inspector chokes on a fly and passes out in "Nasty Patty."
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15
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hyperjenb
Many episodes, but usually very cartoony. In "Spongebob Meets the Stranger," Spongebob steps on the Strangler's eyes with cleats causing the Strangler to scream in pain for an extended scene. Mr. Krabs sometimes detaches his eye stalks, in one episode they explode.
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7
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SiRenfield
"MY LEG!"
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1
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K1TT3N1417
Nothing serious, but in the Halloween episode, Spongebob is shaved, and at the end of the episode, it is revealed Patrick shaved off all his sponginess and has his brain exposing.
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5
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0
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Pantalones
All the underwater characters asphyxiate and start gasping if they go on land or into Sandy's dome without water helmets. This happens in multiple episodes.
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2
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Pantalones
The health inspector is knocked out multiple times
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BongoBC
Spongebob cracks his knuckles in an episode which shows a closeup of his fingers broken off. This is done for comedic effect and isnt gruesome.
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DoesTheMonsterDie
Two episodes, "The Splinter" and "House Fancy", are reviled by the fandom specifically for this reason, including the level of detail gone into finger and toenail injuries.
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5
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Pantalones
Mr. Krabs chokes Patrick. In another episode, SpongeBob chokes Mr. Krabs while shouting at him and shaking him.
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30
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2
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anonymousthefiftieth
Yes, in some slapstick scenes.
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supernintendo64
We only hear it off-screen and the character emerges mostly unharmed.
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Lilac
There are numerous times where spongebob either almost falls off a cliff or does, but he survives each time.
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hyperjenb
The Flying Dutchman burns Squidward multiple times during "Shanghai'd".
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warshwallow
At the end of "Slimy Dancing," a young boy is shown convulsing and drooling on the ground, and his mother panics and dials for help; however, the boy gets up and tells her that he is only practicing a new dance move called "The Cramp".
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DoesTheMonsterDie
Characters occasionally bury themselves alive for various reasons -- to promote their restaurant, to prevent themselves from laughing, etc.
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onibaitkat
Eating fingers in a cartoon way
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superslug
Plankton often gets squashed but it’s not graphic and is played for comedic effect
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warshwallow
"To Save a Squirrel"'s plot revolves around SpongeBob and Patrick being trapped in a cave and trying to eat the other, and I believe SpongeBob says something like "it's eat or be eaten here..."
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6
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Pantalones
The splinter will haunt your nightmares. Also the episode with Mermaid Man's belt features some body horror on Squidward. He is cut in half, set on fire, and skinned.
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TheSquidinator
In "Hooky", a kid's shoes can be seen near the hooks, which implies that he was killed by fishermen. Patrick mentions a kid being there earlier.
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Pantalones
SpongeBob bets his soul to the Flying Dutchman to save Mr. Krabs.
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Yes
3
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Pantalones
Mrs. Puff's husband was turned into a lamp. Thr flag-twirlers crash into a blimp.
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kipuwu
Not a child's toy but Patrick destroys Spongebob's toy in "Yours, Mine, And Mine".
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0
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Pantalones
Mrs. Puff's husband is shown dead, having been turned into a decorative lamp.
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20
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invaderlum
in "sandy's rocket" spongebob and patrick capture every citizen of bikini bottom and keep them in the rocket. in "cephalopod lodge" spongebob and patrick kidnap squidward in an attempt to make him join their cult-like group.
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10
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HelloCharlotte
Plankton leaves Karen temporarily for Karen 2, a sleeker model
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1
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Pantalones
There are multiple instances of Squidward taking a bath or shower and then SpongeBob shows up to bother him.
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Yes
32
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6
DoesTheMonsterDie
The Flying Dutchman, the ghost of a pirate, is a recurring character.
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Mbfly
During an episode, a creepy Squidward figure, referencing a fan creepypasta, is shown as a jumpscare
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0
Yes
4
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Pantalones
S2
E27
In "Prehibernation Week" SpongeBob holds a safety/disposable razor and proclaims "I am a man!" He doesn't do anything with the razor, it is gone in the next scene.
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Sammy6403
In the episode “Plankton”, Plankton attaches something to SpongeBobs brain to allow control over his body.
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RidleyMathers
Krabby the Klown is in the building!
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Pantalones
In one episode Patrick and Spongebob are fighting and wind up in their underwear. They stop fighting when they notice Spongebob has pink underwear and Patrick has yellow. Patrick states the underwear were white when he bought them, implying he peed himself.
In another episode Patrick eats too much snow and needs to pee. Squidward refuses to let him in to use the bathroom so Patrick pees himself.
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Azmtrx
Sometimes you'll hear bones crunching when someone gets ran over, one ocassion where someone's mouth is stretched out. Realistic vomiting is heard in Spongicus (Season 6).
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Azmtrx
Two cases that weren't mentioned:.
Plankton's Regular- Mr. Krabs makes a fish eat a krabby patty, and he throws up off screen. You see a red puddle under him for a few seconds. It's not graphic and just looks like water.
Spongicus- Plankton feeds a woman some chum as a snack, and she immediately throws up. It's not shown, but the sound can be triggering. This only lasts a couple seconds.
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Pantalones
Patrick drools so much in his sleep it overflows his mouth and leaks onto SpongeBob. The residents of Rock Bottom spit when they talk.
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Yes
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Yes
1
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10
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throwaway2468
What do you expect?
The show is an underwater setting, so there are no depictions of 9/11.
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11
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AlmightyKingPrawn
Every cop in this show is a complete idiot.
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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DoesTheMonsterDie
A villain is inducted in "tickle-therapy" to turn him good. The tickles are administered via a belt and work similarly to electro-therapy.
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warshwallow
In "Doing Time," Mrs. Puff is thrown into a padded room - solitary confinement - in a strait-jacket. She begins to hallucinate that the walls and floor are made of laughing SpongeBob faces.
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hyperjenb
"I Was a Teenage Gary" has characters get stabbed with a medicinal needle, however it doesn't look like a typical needle, instead resembling a conch shell.
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2
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DoesTheMonsterDie
The hospital is a common setting in the series. The episode "The Lost Mattress" has Mr. Krabs comatose in the hospital (from losing all the money in his mattress) as a plot point. This is played for laughs.
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DevinA
Spongebob has some behaviors and habits accociated with autism, and sometimes he is harmed, but only in a slapstick way
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Yes
30
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2
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Boop
Spongebob occasionally breathes heavily in a humorous manor when he is stressed out.
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1
Pantalones
SpongeBob dislikes his skinny physique so he buys "Anchor Arms" to look big and buff.
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emmaan01
The beginning of the episode "Squidward in Clarinetland" shows Mr. Krabs scraping a board, which aggravates everyone inside the Krusty Krab except (ironically) Squidward. It is very brief, but the sound may be very uncomfortable for some.
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16Dork01
No, but there are some minor suicide jokes and attempts (most notably in "One Coarse Meal" and "Are You Happy Now")
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0
Mrs. Puff seems to
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Pantalones
Squidward and Patrick have both demonstrated binge-eating. In the episode "Just One Bite" Squidward gorges himself on Krabby Patties until he explodes. Patrick likewise binges often on food. Their binge-eating is played for laughs but does sometimes harm them.
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hyperjenb
As mentioned above, a bunch of bodybuilders believe they were told they have a "bubble b**t in "Bubble Buddy" and later complain about feeling fat while chewing on celery.
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12
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DevinA
‘Graveyard Shift’
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0
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AlmightyKingPrawn
Squidward in "Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy IV". Also a fish playing a castle guard in "Dunces and Dragons".
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warshwallow
In "Wishing You Well," the characters are trapped at the bottom of a well (Squidward actually mentions his own claustrophobia, to which SpongeBob and Patrick humorously believe is a fear of Santa Claus).
In "Buried in Time," the characters are briefly trapped in a cluttered time capsule.
In "Truth or Square," the characters spend a good amount of time crawling through air ducts and trying to escape.
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0
as far as i know, there's nobody with canon/implied DID
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supernintendo64
In "One Coarse Meal", Plankton lays down on the street with the intent of getting run over. Then in "Are You Happy Now", a very depressed Squidward is pulling up a rope, but it turns out to be attached to a bird cage.
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jdpamv
It’s possible that Plankton and Mrs. Puff have a mental illness but it’s unlikely.
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2
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14
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K1TT3N1417
In an early episode, SpongeBob is dancing to Jellyfish Jam, and there are colorful effects.
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DeenGray
The episode Sailor Mouth is about cussing, but all the cuss words are censored with dolphin noises
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0
1
AlmightyKingPrawn
If I remember correctly, a lot in "Goo Goo Gas".
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10
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0
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Pantalones
In the episode "All that Glitters" SpongeBob looks DIRECTLY at the screen and speaks to the audience. It's also very zoomed in so he takes up most of the screen. In "No Free Rides" SpongeBob is driving and hits the "cameraman." The view angle changes to looking up at SpongeBob from the ground. Several times Squidward mentions "11 minutes," which is the run time of each episode, such as "the longest 11 minutes of my life" or "I give him 11 minutes." There are also several instances where characters will comment on background music, like the orchestra in the episode where a clam eats Mr. Krab's dollar.
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0
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Pantalones
Several episodes feature babies in passing. They are in strollers/just background characters. The episode "Goo Goo Gas" features the main cast turned into babies by Plankton. One episide features a fetal SpongeBob. He is shown as awake/sentient inside his visibly pregnant mother.
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Yes
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25
Yes
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DoesTheMonsterDie
In "Pet or Pests", a stray worm goes into loud, painful labor. The actual birth is never shown, but the next time we see the worm, their babies are squirming in what seems to be afterbirth. There is no blood involved in the scene -- the afterbirth is snail slime.
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Yes
0
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Yes
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Yes
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jdpamv
Some people think of Squidward as an antisemitic stereotype because of his nose and voice but these claims are very dubious at best.
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4
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jdpamv
Stephen Hillenberg claimed he made SpongeBob asexual because “it’s funnier that way.” The show doesn’t have any aphobia within it, however.
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24
0
lunala18
In the spongebob movie, Spongebob (an asexual) nearly dries out and dies in a gift shop.
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DevinA
Patrick cross-dresses in one episode and mr. krabs and squidward flirt with him
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Yes
27
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1
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DoesTheMonsterDie
An early episode has SpongeBob refer to his bubble buddy as having a "bubble b**t" which the nearby bodybuilders take as an insult and relate the incident to other affected individuals later.
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0
They're fish ☹️ they don't have race ☹️
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AlmightyKingPrawn
The episode "That's No Lady"... hasn't aged well, to say the least.
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3
Yes
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No
0
Yes
1
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Azmtrx
Actual answer: No.
But some fans think Mr. Krabs and Pearl are in a sugar-daddy type relationship. (This isn't ever declared in the show)
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Pantalones
They are cartoon, PG nude scenes but full butt cheeks are sometimes shown. SpongeBob spends the entire episode "Nature Pants" living naked in the wilderness with jellyfish. Spongebob and Patrick both get naked to avoid staining their clothes with paint. A table is used to tastefully censor full nudity in the episode "Hooky."
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No
4
Yes
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Boop
There are a few dirty jokes in earlier seasons that mostly go over childrens heads, such as Spongebob wearing underwear on his head with his nose sticking out, making it look like an erection. There's also an episode where Spongebob is trying to get Gary to take a bath and he says "don't drop them" and winks while he hands Gary soap- a reference to prison rape. In addition to this the town they live in is called "Bikini Bottom" and there is a character named "Sandy Cheeks" but neither of those things are overtly sexual. Unless your child knows something they shouldn't, the show is completely safe for them to watch.
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jdpamv
Squidward tends to ridicule SpongeBob for crying.
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Pantalones
In the episode "Chocolate with Nuts" a fish states he has a condition that gives him brittle bones and daily heart attacks. He is shown covered in bandages and surrounded by medical equipment. He is actually trying to scam SpongeBob but puts on a good act.
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HumanBeing
Mermaid Man canonically has dementia.
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Yes
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1
1
HumanBeing
Season 4 Episode 6 (Dunces & Dragons, a medevial themed episode), a character sings a song with this lyric: "I was the king's favorite fool, I made merry mirth and laughter. Then I told one bad joke and the king had a stroke and now I hang from ye ol' rafter".
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Yes
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Pantalones
In the episode "Can You Spare a Dime" Squidward is homeless after being fired. He is shown as living in a dirty cardboard box and begging for money.
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Yes
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1
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Azmtrx
I wouldn't really consider this a fat suit, but if anyone is worried about it: Spongebob dresses up as Patrick in "Big Pink Loser", and he wears suspenders that make him look larger like Patrick.
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Yes
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DoesTheMonsterDie
An episode revolves around whether Santa is real or not. He turns out to be real at the end, and appears occasionally throughout the series afterward.
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Yes
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No
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5
The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie (2004) serves as the ending of the series. All the episodes canonically take place before the movie, even the episodes from later seasons. The movie has a happy ending.
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Pantalones
There are usually cars honking and screeching tires whenever SpongeBob takes a boating exam. He tends to crash with massive colateral damage to the boating school, his teacher, or the general public.
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Yes
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DoesTheMonsterDie
In-universe, boats used as cars are crashed many times -- most of the crashes caused by the titular character and his terrible driving skills.
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Yes
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Seandc
In the band geeks episode, the flag twirlers are seen crashing into a airplane. However, this is purely a comedic effect and the characters reappear later in the episode. A plane also crashes into a fireworks factory in one episode, and in Club spongebob a plane full of food and supplies crashes into the forest, however this just a gag and no one is seen injured.
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Yes
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WesAndersonRocksMySocks
But in typical cartoony fashion, nobody is seriously hurt
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Yes
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jdpamv
Almost never but there is an episode where SpongeBob pokes Squidward’s exposed heart and blood shoots out. While there isn’t any actual blood the infamous toenail scene is gory.
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Yes
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0
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DevinA
Comic; no one dies
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20
Yes
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hyperjenb
A character in "Bubble Buddy" gets left buried in the sand at low tide and we see the water begin to encroach around him. He later appears as an angel. It is heavily implied he drowned.
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