How The Design Of Spongebob Has Changed Over The Years
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 28 พ.ค. 2024
- Spongebob Squarepants was Nickelodeon at its absolute best. The animation studio has changed since the show first aired yet Spongebob Squarepants episodes still rule the network. Now there's rumors that Kamp Koral will be a full series in the future. Even still, it will be the work of Stephen Hillenburg in his full run that will be talked about for as long as animated shows make it to TV. In that process Spongebob Squarepants has changed and this is a look at how.
#Sponebob #Nickelodeon #BikiniBottom
Is Spongebob one of the best animated shows of all time? Where does it rank?
Its pretty high up there :)
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Super high
wow im early so i guess i'll be annoying
@@icecreamhero2375 Yeah, but just like any other show, there's *somehow* kids who don't understand some SpongeBob references.
it is one of the best ive watched it since i was little
I would definitely have it up there with the loony tunes, simpsons, and scooby doo.
Spongebob lost his..
**I M A G I N A T I O N**
This comment is gold and couldn't be more true lol
I can actually see and hear this text. HOW ??!!!
I didnt hear the normal voice in my head, i heard spongebob telling squidward that all you need is a little *I M A G I N A T I O N*
Why did I literally get this sentence within 2 seconds 😂
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Seasons 1-3 of Spongebob are god-tier. There's a reason 99% of the Spongebob memes we see online are ripped from those episodes. The content was just better.
Joseph R. what about season 4
Agreed. I was about 6-7 after the sponge bob 1st movie came out and I started noticing that it just wasn’t the same after the movie and I thought it was just myself getting older.. but as I got older I understand now why it stopped being good... flanderization
@@worthplayingfor2197 better then season 1 but not as good as 2 and 3. For me atleast.
Nah, I think its because the demographic is bigger
The other one percent, Spongemock, is from a season 9 episode. Meaning Stephen Hillenburg was working on the show for that one.
The old SpongeBob was likable smart and joyful
Modern SpongeBob is a crack addicted sociopath
I like the modern spongebob
"Crack addicted sociopath" XD
It's funny becuse it's true.
@@redpanda6497 yes in the true way is sometimes crazy
old spongebob was the best they had good jokes like a little clip that would make you laugh you know they changed patrick too he use to be a great pal but they turned him into a jerk now squidward only has one emotion also crying is over used in the new ones they just make spongebob seem like just a baby in the older seasons he was perfect
@@soda_can732 Maybe use your, instead of ur. LOL.
Oh hey, do you remember when Patrick wasn’t extremely dumb, or when Squidward was happy and not getting tortured all the time, okay maybe when sandy actually knew karate instead of only being a scientist, even when Spongebob didn’t burn your eyes?
yes remember . oh good times
oh yeah, and did you know, that you copied that from about 6 comments before you?
Adventure Bros took the same idea; expanded it.
@@ritodaman but i still agree with u, modern spongebob is not how it was and never will be...
@@ritodaman ok boomer
I liked spongebob's color before. He was a warmer shade of yellow. Now he's a damn highlighter
Next he gonna be like the sun
Lmaooo he's neon yellow now. The old ones were easy on the eyes
Yeah. There is something special about the warmer, laid back colors and movements. The colors now are way too bright in my opinion. And the movements are way too crazy.
Agreed. That warm look is cuddly. He just gets more and more highlight with time, too much!
Cora Draws ikr I liked season 1 to season 5 but now it's just so bright and I hate it for some reason.
The darker, hand-drawn look made the show more laid back
Facts
Yeah it added to the whole atmosphere
@@lugi25 there's so many little details added in there by hand. It looks more human. You can almost see the sketch lines under the heavy dark lines. It doesn't look like modern cartoons is what I'm saying, it looks like my childhood.
Kevin Luper yeah, it had a whole warm and live look, over the 'perfect' looking animation the new one has, it has no character and the characters themselves are also bland now
@@lugi25 the whole show is a shameful shell of the amazing show it used to be.
The facial expressions in modern SpongeBob look disgusting
THANK YOU
Yeah
Yh, so cringy
Ikr
Yep
When Steven Hillenburg left , that’s when spongebob got annoying. Before even adults would tune in to watch.
It’s still not as bad as what happened to Cartoon Network
yeah cn messed up when teen titans go was created
Seasons 1 - 6 werent annoying
@@theannoyingorange1769 Season 5 and onwards was very annoying
@@KingGuy oh no it Is Bad.
When I’m 115 years old and on my death bed I’ll still laugh at “how many times do we have to teach you this lesson old man?!”
Same except I'll be laughing at, "You like krabby patties don't you squidward"
mine will be
Spongebob: "I slipped on an ice cube and got covered in booboos."
Doctor: Mmmmm...booboos aye? I think you need THAT hospital
Spongebob: "Weenie-hut General?!"
I always felt really bad for the old man.
@@kei.13 He still loves the young people though.
Life is gonna be crazy in 110 years
Old Spongebob was an ADULT with (sometimes) childish behaviour.
The newer SpongeBob is basically what would happen when you employ a 6 year old to work at their favorite burger joint.
LMAOO EXACTLY
Honestly, just his voice from the first episode especially made him sound like a sly son of a gun that knows how to have fun once in a while. "Bring it around town. Bring it arooooooooouuuuuuuuund toooooowwwwwwwwn." Hell yeah.
@Mark Reagan jealous that you're born in the fucked up delusional generation
@@mariekano9730 bruh
Ha! So I'm not the only one that remembers that hes supposed to be an adult. What happened in the mind of the creators that turned him into what he is
i think what made season 1 so good was that it was a chill in a way where we were just watching some adults live their lives in the ocean.
- squidward is just a normal adult who is sometimes cynical because he works minimum wage as a cashier. but even if he's cynical, he finds joy in different types of art (painting, sculpting, dancing, playing the clarinet, etc). and he was annoyed by everyone, but he did occasionally enjoy everyone's presence at times.
- spongebob was a little naïve, but he was still an adult. he likes "childish" activities, but they were just that, activities. he was still an adult and he acted like one. he just really liked his job. he was sad sometimes, but he wasn't a child.
- patrick was always a little dumb, but he's not a total idiot where he can't think for himself. he isn't a child. he's just some unemployed dude.
- sandy was a science wizz, but she also had a life outside of science. she lived in the ocean to study sea animals and she made genuine friends outside of science purposes. she was also athletic and strong (idk why they threw this plotline out)
- mr. krabs was always a capitalist monster lmao
overall they were just adults, but they've been shifted for spongebob & patrick to be the kids while everyone else are the adults. which is why the dynamics feel so off.
Mr. Krabs was way more likeable. And when he was too greedy he was able to learn his lesson.
Exactly, and to me the older ones are really easy to remember
Rest In Peace Stephen Hillenburg you’ve changed lives with spongebob
He’s definitely made unforgettable memories that we still relate to everyday growing up. That’s one thing new animators can’t get right. It’s the comedy.
R.I.P
R.I.P Stephen Hillenburg 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭
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The characters changed a bunch too.
Patrick got dumber
Squidward got meaner
Sandy got smarter
Mr.Krabs got greedier
and plankton was great AS usual.
also mrs puff got more psychotic
Mr. Krabs’ constant use of expression is perhaps one of the most noticeable of changes when I watch the newer shows. I was taken aback by just how many bizarre expressions he was making
I think Sandy didn’t get smarter, she got more “other”. It seemed like she knew less about the ocean or was less interested in learning about it. She became more of an outsider.
They just became characatures of tuemselves
Spongebob got more irritating and annoying and too childish. Spongebob from season 1-3 was the loveable sponge that everyone liked, after the movie around season 5, he became more irritating and annoying
this makes me sad because spongebob is 100% geared towards little kids now. he’s not even the same character anymore
Spooky yeah it sucks first few seasons were amazing tho
They make it so wacky with child humor, I mean it is a kids show but earlier seasons were suitably for all audiences
I thought I was the only one who noticed this a few years back. All spongebob characters use to actually be somewhat smart and witty, EVEN PATRICK! “The inner mechanizations of my mind are an enigma” LIKE COME ON THE PATRICK NOW WOULD NEVER SAY ANYTHING CLOSE TO THAT! All the characters were stupid yes, but actually competent in what was going on around them, and could defend themselves in unique ways that the characters now just can’t. Sponge bob is over barring due to the fact that the character don’t have any sense of wrong/right. Atleast the old characters could see when they did something, and build from there.
True
Dakota Kanouse almost every episode from the first few seasons is iconic and quotable
I knew they really fucked up the character on those later seasons when my 5 yr old daughter asked me if Spongebob has turned into a child, because now he behaves more and more like one, she got really confused!
In the first seasons he was very goofy sometimes yes, but had a more independent tone, with hints of intelligence and maturity of an adult as well, he also enjoyed life and freedom, had no fear of expressing himself, and pursued what he wanted with passion, even if he made mistakes, that didn't stop him from trying, and when down, his friendship bonds were always important to raise him up again. Thats the message I always got with Spongebob.
@@zachatck6567 why is this person a boomer? All she said was her opinion and what she took from the show. A boomer would just dismiss the show as a dumb kids show, which s1-3 was more than.
@@zachatck6567 fuck off you little prick
Time Dolphin
shut the fawk up, this comment is nice
also stop using words you only learnt yesterday
Your hate makes me happy >: )
Time Dolphin i think u gotta take a break off the internet kiddo, wheres ya parents?
The comedy of seasons 1-3 was just much more sophisticated. A show that children can watch, but adults can relate to as well.
Lol remember when sandy was more than just the smart scientist?
When she actually did karate and stuff?
She doesn't do karate anymore??
Wait, she doesn’t do karate anymore whattttt
Remember when she didnt force a texas phrase in every sentence
I haven't seen it in so long! She doesn't do karate anymore???
She built a rocket to go to the moon in the first season, that’s a landmark to her character
I finally understand why krabs says "Spongeboy me bob!" In that old ass episode.
Zudexa what?! I thought he always said “spongebob me boy”
Vic is my queen he said both
Username 710
He does. But in the episode op is alluding to, Mr. Krabs mixes it up and says, “Spongeboy me Bob”.
Squeaky Boots
Username 710 it’s that one not the other one
I'll never get why people criticize season 1's animation. It's sooo beautiful and the best animation in my opinion
Mostly eyes untrained to the style of traditional cell animation. For a Zoomer or Gen Alpha kid who grew up with nothing but digital animation, viewing a program with the sometimes crude style of traditional animation is jarring and can ruin the immersion. To many though, that "crudeness" is what gives the characters and show life and energy.
I grew up with both digital and traditional animated movies and shows. It looked natural to me.
8:01 holy shit when he talks it matches with the fish's ._.
Also I believe the fish sounded similar in that episode! (Correct me if I'm wrong)
Whatttt
I liked Squidward a lot when he showed happiness and enjoyment, I’m sad to see him always angry and being tortured
Same
Me too
remember that episode he moved to a living community of other squidwards and at first was so happy but then became depressed with the mundanity of it all. Boy what a rollercoaster
Dylan Welch ya or that one episode where he got shocked and then was really happy and fun to be around. Those were good episodes
He became a torture porn
Love it or hate it, I think the original SpongeBob died with Mr.Hillenburg.
Nuggets TV true😔
what? hillenburg died a year ago, spongebob died around season 5?
@@Moonlakes no i mean, since Mr. Hillenburg died, the SpongeBob we knew and loved changed
Edit: wait wdym SpongeBob died at s5?
@@vicky69420 yeah i know that you meant that and thats wrong because the spongebob we knew and loved changed in season 5.
did you even watch the video?
hillenburg died LAST YEAR, there were barely changes on spongebob since then..
@@Moonlakes you don't get me! I mean, spongebob's behaviour started to slowly change through time, I dont mean the design.
Now you might say that this video is for designs and what am I doing here saying that, but, that's the only thing came in my mind to comment
Thank you, Stephen Hillenburg, for giving us such an iconic show full of jokes, memes, and characters that we all love
The old dark animation style is so pleasing and satisfying
i really cant stand the "screaming and crying humor". that's what it seems to have evolved into.
You get the first 2-3 seasons and the movie. Then the creator steps down and there's not as much inspiration. The show was done at that point, but because the brand is at its peak they can't just throw it out. They turned it into a different type of cartoon. I wouldn't say they targeted a younger audience as Spongebob has always been a kids' show, but they certainly alienated an older audience by reducing the show to something they could keep producing.
Spongebob actually had shreds of maturity in the early seasons that were contrasted by his more childish qualities. This gave him an appeal to both young and older audiences.
Just a mirror of current society.
"Devolved" might be more fitting.
They also destroyed the balance of qualities in the characters Squidward and Spongebob and they become almost fully one dimensional. There has been great video essay about that but I forgot the source.
Edit: It was EmpLemons "There will never ever be another cartoon like SpongeBob Squarepants"
@@IronMan-tk8uc WE LIVE IN A SOCIETY
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""constantly crying or laughing in a pool of his own stupidity""
me
Lol same
Lol limao me tooo
Jesus christ shut up cringy teenagers
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willy johnson damn that name is very unfortunate buddy
When you realize spongebob was originally used to teach marine biology...
"Look what they did to my spongboy" ~ Mr Hillenburg
Look how they massacred my boy
@@FF-ds9xw spongeboy*
Rest In Peace
Stephen Hillenburg
You will always be remembered
Harrison Williams 😭
Longclaw 😭
Market Thorns what happened to him?
He was number one
Melanie Horowitz He died of Lou Gehrig’s disease.
“Large Teeth are for side characters”
*Timmy Turner starts sweating*
Nooblife101 so people are still talking about mlaatr POEPLE ARE STILL TALKING ABOUT DANNY PHANTOM. IF YOUR A MCU FAN YOU WILL STILL BE TALKING ABOUT IRON MAN
Nooblife101 wait it did?? I haven't watched it since like 3 years :(
Jian Asher Danny phantom ended in 2007...
Nooblife101 eh I love the show still :3
Bugs bunny as well
Why do I feel like people ignore the fact that Spongebob and Mr Crabs tried to cover up a murder
I actually think that episode was pretty good tbh
@@thatdogeguy9108 that was one of my fav episodes tbh
@@Kali-po4ou same
Nobody ignores that.
@@Kali-po4ou it's that nasty patty episode r8?
Honestly, if spongebob ended at like season 5 or 6, it would have been the perfect show and I personally would have been fine with that other than to see what the show would turn into.
I agree
I feel like it would be better off ending at five. Six was just... bad.
@@Skia_Woodling Right now, SpongeBob is Nickelodeon's cash cows and upcoming spin-offs like Kamp Koral
@@Skia_Woodling To be fair season 5 is where the downfall was noticeable
it should've ended with the movie. 5 and 6 are pretty bad.
As the graphics get "better"...
The content gets worse
TH-cam 100
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Good sir, these words are the greatest truth ever. Especialy for Call of Duty and Assassin's Creed. Amen.
This is suprisingly accurate for video games too
NANCOK umm what? No way :D
Remember that episode when Squidward made SpongeBob cry during April fools. The fact that the audience were like "oh shit" the moment we realized Squidward took it to far really means a lot to me. Showed how while the show is meant to have fun it can be taken serious whenever it wanted to and that was amazing.
My favorite example of this along the same line of thought was the Spongebob Christmas Special, where, after a full night of caroling and almost 24 hours of Squidward's raw cynicism, it seems like Santa Claus isn't coming, and so Squidward gloats, having been validated, and Spongebob, crestfallen, gives Squidward his gift that he made for him, because he didn't want Squidward to be left out when Santa came. That day, Squidward was the only person to receive a present on Christmas, and was by far the only one who didn't deserve it, and when that moment hits both the audience and the characters, it hits hard. The ensuing fallout of of a guilt-ridden Squidward making amends for his awful behavior is both one of the funniest and most heart warming sequences in the whole series. It serves as a pitch-perfect reminder to us that while Santa Claus may not be a real person, he exists vicariously through all of us, and our collective good deeds and good will to men.
I remember the explosive pie episode where Squidward thought Spongebob was actually going to die so they spent the whole day together. It was so sad as a kid to watch and it showed that Squidward does care about Spongebob even if he annoys him
Boop what is the episode
What about that episode where Squilliam wanted Squidward to fill-in for him during the Bubble Bowl? That episode was amazing!
@@PowWowChikaBowWow6902 SWEEET VICTORY!!
funny how the more they tried to make him cuter, they made him less bearable to look at. season 1 spongebob is definitely the most charming and adorable
I can stand seasons 1 - 9, but then Season 10 (aka 2019- Present) I can’t stand. It reduced Patrick to a idiot. Spongebob is stupid. Sandy is just a dumb scientist. Mr. Krabs is cheap and greedy. Squidward is used as a plot device. Plankton’s plans are lazy. Episodes like “The Nitwitting” make fun of people with mental disabilities. The plots are crap. The humor now revolves around gross-out humor and facial expressions. Sorry if I sound like a boomer, but it’s the truth.
I completely agree
Right! Even kids hate it! My 8 year old brother can’t STAND it
This entire comment has been Spongebob from season 7 to 12 (Except 11, since that one was made by Hillenburg for the most part). Honestly the only good Spongebob content is seasons 1-3 and the 2 movies. The rest is trash.
At first i was like people must be exaggerating, the new episodes can't be THAT bad. But i tried watching one episode, god damn it was like i was watching an Oggy and The Cockroaches episode, it's *too* bright, the plots are almost non existent, the script seems like it was written by a bunch of middle schoolers. Literally only children would be able to enjoy them
Preach
I’m glad I experienced season 1-3 as a kid and not the newer ones
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sadly i was born in 2008 so I basically am only familiar to the newer ones better than the old one
Same I miss the time when I was in bed listening to spongebob singing THE KRUSTY KRAB PIZZA aaa those were the days
Oh my god. Stop fucking complaining about a cartoon, why do you even care so much? You're all talking about it like it's some serious topic, way overreacting. What's the big deal?
Anonymous 0057 just leave.
I remember commercials in between episodes they would have the animator/creator quickly show you how to draw a character. I remember clearly that spongebob was a top heavy rectangle and not overly perfectly square.
Bewm Bewm yes just like that !! It was so cool ! Plus to see it drawn was nice when everything out now is cheap computer made animations by the thousands. My kid watches crap like that on Netflix or TH-cam and I have to turn it off, it’s bad quality in every single way
I REMEMBER THIS
I remember that toooo!!
Bewm Bewm no I talk a lot so I totally get it lol essay away if need be. But yes I loved that show too, and my sister being a little older she had me watch things like Freakazoid, animaniacs, Ren and stimpy, teen titans, darkwing duck, etc. and the new animation is big heads with big eyes, round face no chin, like the movie Brave and countless other examples
Moxy Girl my friends dad created Ren and stimpy!
Also, spongebob had an adult singer sounding voice when he sang in season 1 (ripped pants) but in later seasons he is known for being a terrible singer (striped sweater, and in the episode Model Sponge, he sings badly) and don’t forget about when he sings sweet victory and goofy goober rock - that was the season 1 type of voice
I dunno man. I liked his voice in the Spongebob Musical.
I think I can speak for everyone who grew up watching seasons 1-3 Spongebob from 1999 to 2004. that it was pure magic
and gold. Once Steven Hillenburg left it was never the same. Season 4 was the last pretty solid season to me.
After that I try and block out the rest. No matter how much modern Spongebob tries to be "funny" it will
always live in the shadow of what made the show so great to begin with. Spongebob used to be a show made for everyone
now it's just a show made for kids.
The start of Spongebob was the best. The show went downhill with sillier storylines and Patrick became a mean bastard instead of the dumb friend.
Then what's the point of squidward then
he got DUMBER not meaner.
dellol Yea
Examples?
Ronen Salathe Yeah Patrick really isn’t mean
Czar17 _ Watch Pet Sitter Pat
In the old Spongebob, Patrick was way smarter than he is now. Thats a common theme i see in a lot of modern cartoons. The characters are dumber and use juvenile humour and i honestly don't like it. Say what you want about Adventure Time, at least it's one of the only modern cartoons aired on tv that had a set plot near the middle
Yeah, too bad Adventure Time tried so hard to be RaDiCaL
Gravity Falls, Samurai Jack : "am i a joke to you"
@@breadlast It's early days it was just about adventure with colourful characters and humour with mysteries and lore, now since cartoon network got woke, it also became woke
@@haruyanto8085 Wait, do you mean it's become politically correct? Granted, I haven't washed the show in years(since season 4 or something like that), but isn't it(or was it) good?
Yeah, the only thing I can think they might be referring to is that Marceline and Princess Bubblegum are exes, which was already hinted at since season 3
Throughout the shows runtime, i, being a beig spongebob fan, watched spongebob with sheer dedication, even after it’s golden seasons.
While i did notice the drop in quality, i still continued enjoying the show because i did notice that while it was different, there still was a bit of cohesion of the original show. However, that bond i had with the show was growing thinner and thinner by each episode. Piece by piece, i noticed how much spongebob changed from his original state into something unnerving and, at times, disturbing.
It was mainly 3 things i noticed that seemed to be the biggest changes of spongebob: story, personality, and quality.
The story, to start off, was rather simple in the first seasons, but people enjoyed nontheless. This was mostly due to how relatable this stories actually were, there was the first episode where spongebob tries to get a job, something anybody nowadays can relate to. There was the episode where spongebob and patrick visit their tv show/superhero idols, mermaid man and barnacle boy, which anybody would love to meet their idols.
And lets not forget the episode where spongebob was simply playing with a piece of paper. One of my most favorite episodes. All of these episodes felt relatable because they did things people would do or would want to do. Just cartoon-ified.
As the seasons went on, though, that relatability started dropping pretty fast. The series turned from, spongebob makes a bubble blowing stand and spongebob and patrick play with bubbles, to spongebob and patrick and in a tiny submarine floating around in squidward. The show was built up by how relateaboe the show could be, and now it seems to be falling apart from how unrealistic it is now.
The personality has to be the biggest part, as well as the most noticeable, to the shows downfall. Everybody’s personalities seem to change from being pretty relatable kinds of people, to overexaggerated qualities of them.
Spongebob started off being a fun-loving, optimistic, energetic person with a creative and playful behavior. Now he’s pretty much a child that seems to have a rather creepy obsession with squidward and has his intellegence and sense of right and wrong turned down dramatically. After episoeds like the one where he and patrick try to go to a summer camp, but accidentally get on a prison boat instead and, throughout the whole episode, believe they areat summer camp, or a more recent one where squidward manages to convince spongebob and partick that some random people have bought their homes and that they are now destitute and living behind the krusty krab in a home they built from trash, it’s pretty clear that not only is spongebob becoming an idiot, but the whole show is season by season.
And worst part is, spongebob isn’t the only one with a personality change. Patrick changes from being the lovable idiot that does some smart things, to just being an idiot, and honestly, a jackass in some episodes. Sandy started as a pretty smart little air-breather that knew karate and was all texas tough, and was turned into a mad scientist, which i don’t recall any of the original season’s episodes to have anything she did relatedto her becoming a scientist, apart from that one episode where spongebob and patrick hijack her rocket.
Honestly, her personality change had to be the least noticable compared to theothers, but the fact it was changed anyways is a bit of a no no.
The last thing on mind would be the quality. And yes, while the quality of animation grew, the quality of how it was animated droped, if anyone could understand what i mean.
The movement of the characters was simple, if a person moved even the slighted, it was done in a simple manner. Nowadays, shows can’t go 2 minutes without anything stretching out of proportion, bouncing sporadically or even just deforming itself in a manner it wasn’t supposed to be.
Take the episode “face freeze”, the hands-down worst episode i’ve seen and the one where i really noticed the decline of the show.
The episode had probably the simplest, and most uninteresting plot i’ve seen, with spongebob and patrick make faces at each other until their faces get stuck in their grotesque forms. That episode had the worst quality of plot, performance, and animation i’ve ever seen. A solid minute or two was just frames of spongebob and patrick in the weirdest forms imaginable and, to this day, makes me feel ashamed of how poor the show has become.
From the first 3 seasons, the use of changing a character’s appearance for humor alone, or “morphing comedy” as i have dubbed it, was not present without good reason to. In the episode where spongebob eats a rancid sundae and gets bad breath, there’s a moment where spongebob looks deflated from how sad he’s feeling from being secluded from everyone, and it felt ok to do, because spongebob was sad and was showing it physically as well as emotionally, whereas nowaday, a character can’t move a few feet without bouncing to and fro for no apparent reason.
In fact, i’ve seen a couple of shows do this sort of thing, now just spongebob. I used to like wathcing the amazing world of gumball when it came out, but i noticed over time that in the later season, the characters just can’t seem to sit still and have them makes obscure faces or odd gestures that would make them out of place. It was a simple, sort of relatable show of a talking blue cat’s life and the silly shananigans that would occur after trying to do simple tasks.
And it’s that one words that keeps appearing “relatable.” That’s the one thing that made us love the show much more than any other.
The show had stories that people could relate to, characters that we could relate to, and the characters would move in a way that felt almost natural. That’s the reason spongebob is losing itself, it’s lost it’s relatability. Anyone, even nowadays can relate to playing around with a simple piece of papaer and letting their imagination go wild, but nobody can relate to the episode where spongebob and patrick get toy propellers that let their freaking brains fly around in the sky. (Seriously, who makes this stuff?)
I think that, while spongebob has made plenty of mediocre to out right terrible episodes, i don’t think it irredeemable, there may still be a shot to bring it as close as to it’s golden seasons, if it simply toned down the speratic behavior, changed the characters back to their relatable selves, and simply made stories that people could closely relate to in real life. I’m not saying it’ll suddenly get better over night, but it might over time.
And, thinking about it, it’s kinda funny. All these people tried to do what hillenburg did, and still failed, because all he did was try to make the show as relatable as possible. Seems something a lot of shows nowadays are missing.
No. What you're experiencing is exaggerated nostalgia. I have watched the new Spongebob and I must say the episodes have become more nuanced and have more personal subplots. Early Spongebob was more plying it safe with goofball antics with occasional "mature" humor. Im just tired of people nowadays feeling that kids d how's are to be tailored specifically for their tastes.
@@neonfroot ok bot
@@neonfroot I mean season 4-10 are good/okay but you are overdoing it.
Honestly, the early seasons’ designs, and the early concept art are my favorite designs for almost all of the characters. I especially love how squashed and grumpier Squidward looked. And the goofy, misshapen eyes and different sized pupils on Spongebob did a great job showing his character.
And now Nickelodeon is making a SpongeBob spin-off which is against Mr. Hillenburg's wishes.
Can't wait to see the hot garbage those money-grubbing jerks come up with.
Now I honestly hope at the very least the crew (who are perfectly aware that they know SH would have never agreed with this) would try to do their best to make the show good so that it wouldn't do more damage to the franchise but that's kind of a hard ball to throw
Lmao
Yayo' Ariowibowo i feel like they should make it as shit as possible so it would be canceled
Floating Sunfish really? What is it?
@@jackdominguez207 it's suposed to be a prequel or something
He was a childish person. But he had different emotions.
And now he's just annoying child now.
You clearly haven't watched post sequel Spongebob because if you did then you know they actually made him close to his original self again
ECHICAGOBEARSDBZ
Well barely anyone has all they do is play the 2018 shit
They either play episodes from 2015-2018 or play 1999(preferred) and they hype up every new episode then I watch it and I’m like
What the fuck was I even hyped for
I have low low low low expectations for spongebob meets plankrab
I had very high expectations for SpongeBobs Big Birthday Blowout but that was the biggest disappointment of this year
And I found out my gf never really loved me this year so that’s saying something
@@elijahechicagobearsboyd5734 Yeah I wish more people knew this. Season 10, 11, and 12 have all been pretty great.
@@somerandomuser6808 they aren't really that great. The characters are way too expressive, Patrick is just plain stupid, the jokes rarely land, and there are way too many references
@@yeah2961 in your opinion. It has much more variety now (Squid Noir is legit an amazing episode), jokes do land a lot since some episodes are amazingly funny (Bottle Burglars, Plankton Paranoia and Karen's Virus), the animation is really good and the expressiveness makes it feel more cartoony and I like the references.
It might be just me but I like the season 1 design the best
It's not just you, I did too. Now Spongebob looks like orange American cheese
I like the season 2 design the best but season one is pretty good for being all hand drawn
I like the pilot design the best.
Walking small SpongeBob looks amazing it's hand drawn season 2 almost
Season 3 design is perfect
2001-2004 Spongebob design will always remain the best one for me.
8:01 did anyone notice his words match up perfectly with the fishes‘ mouth?
Had to go back and see lol
OMG it does...
He must've done it on purpose haha....
Nerdstalgic face reveal confirmed.
Deviction
You’re a fucking legend for realizing that
I was thinking only the green one but the more I replayed it I noticed it with the female to lmao
Just something comforting about the 90’s early 2000’s animation
A lot less... *Wackier?*
@@TAKirbyStar no it’s still wacky but I think he means the comedy and the nostalgia.
It just...... feels better
It was authentic and they actually had to draw frame by frame
Yes 💕
Old spongebob will always have my heart
Mine too
Yeah 😢
As an animator struggling with my personal work at the moment, I really needed that bit you did at the end - cheers mate.
i liked it better when the colors didn’t burn my eyes
MY EYESSSSS 🔥🔥
same
The first 3 seasons are legendary
@SeaLand Container in season 4 they used compressors on everyones voices. if you don't know what i mean it's when you hear people sounding really beefy on the radio, that's not their voice, that's a compressor making them sound like that. they really overdid that in season 4, making it a (in)famously loud show, which wasn't always in the first three seasons
@Greatest artist who ever lived the second and third seasons might have a little bit of that, but listen to the first season, voices sound more natural and quieter maybe?
@SeaLand Container Season 4 had a lot ov shit episodes
Lifeless web user No.
The darker colors and imperfect look of season one SpongeBob is ✨aesthetic✨.
9:38 Also, AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
10:30 when i saw that with the audio from the episode where squidward flyied to the surface in a bubble i burst into tears.
I finally have a word for what they did to the character ‘Cat’ in Victorious even though it’s not animated.
Are you referring to Ariana Grande?
Kevin on the office, andy on parks and rec, randy on south park, kelly bundy, homer simpson.. the list goes on
@@LatexKim794 And of course Ned Flanders, from whom the name is derived
@Luke T. Yeah family guy went down after season 3, and after season 4 it really went down. Completely retarded characters just aren't funny. I noticed spongebob and family guy didnt decline on quality due to bad plots, just the characters changed, and it ruined those shows.
Cosmo?
"The inner machinations of my mind are an enigma."
- Patrick Star
*milk spills*
Words of a former-genius
"Secret Box" episode
@@generalgrievous3731 yes
That is one of the best animated scenes ever.
The comedy is so hilarious in it.
Notice how Spongebob's voice from Season 1 to 3 is different when compared to season 4 onwards voice
@Angelina Heaton Oh thats nice of you telling that, thanks beautiful ❤
Thaneindra Naidu well of course people age
Angelina Heaton he’s only in his 40’s?
@@ghosttoast8610 he is 59
Tom kenny cant change that his voice changed a lot
When I was a kid, I always divided Spongebob into two eras: the one where his cheeks face outward most of the time as in 3:48 (the era I preferred), and the one where his cheeks mostly face inward as in 5:01. I clicked on this wondering if you’d mention that and it’s nice to find out that I was right.
Fans: Spongebob lost it's magic
Studio: That's just fancy talk
That's not fancy talk, this is fancy talk
Spongebob lost to what?
Was that a reference to the episode when they learned a bad word near the dumpster?
Greatest artist who ever lived Not until 4.
Rest in peace Steven we love you and miss you. Thank you for making our childhood great. We love and miss you.
@Greatest artist who ever lived in all fairness both creators made something that can last longer than many people can, however you are right, Steve does not get enough love at all
Greatest artist who ever lived but look how the spongebob intro was ruined during football
Greatest artist who ever lived You said we love and miss you twice.
Ikr rip :(
Movie Games the NFL right fucked him over. Thank god the Dallas Stars had awesomeness to honor him that’s why I love hockey.
10:28-10:38 got me in tears. 😢😞🕊️
SAME
old spongebob was so fun to watch. the colors were calm and complimated each other. the current spongebob... so bright
I preferred the first season's more muted colours. I like designs that don't feel the need to visually scream at me.
I agree
ironic profile picture , then
“Visually scream at me”
I love that and it describes my own feelings for these newer episodes.
I feel that spongebob for the first four seasons was adulthood through the lenses of an optimistic child. SpongeBob is more like just a kid now, but I think that’s what made the show special. Especially having Squidward as his foil.
I don't know I like seeing the errors on animation. Where you can see the small little mistakes that don't really take you out of the show. Like how every frame is different. I enjoy that so the first season is my favorite.
the newer seasons have totally removed aspects that the show started with, being jelly fishing and karate
Fletcher Parsons Seasons 4-9, absolutely. But the more recent ones have brought this all back.
kaitie648 do they still make new seasons/episodes?? Also what season is it on rn
Kira ofc, it’s like Nickelodeon’s only good tv show left on the channel.
Mhm
Fletcher Parsons I agree the newer seasons don’t match
Every character in the first 3 seasons had multiple traits that made them memorable in those episodes. For Example: Sandy is definitely smart, but we also know that she’s in great physical shape and is very skilled in karate.
Starting in season 4, many of the characters that we knew and loved began to change because most of their traits were taken away and instead only given one trait each.
- SpongeBob became goofy, childish, and extremely annoying.
- Patrick is literally dumber than rock and always eats everything for no reason whatsoever.
- Squidward is just grouchy and mean to everyone all the time.
- Mr. Krabs has become nothing more than a greedy, selfish crustacean and nothing else.
Sandy is now just an intelligent scientist.
All the characters are stuck with one trait and the jokes are often repetitive and stupid
“Look at him...square....the shape of EVIL!”
i absolutely hated his design after the first movie. even as a kid i realized his personality and design changes after the movie and i instantly was turned off. it just wasn’t appealing anymore and even worse, it was nothing like the preceding content that shaped my entire sense of humor
even as a kid I instantly noticed the changes in Spongebob's design and personality after the 1st movie
I hate how hes dumber
Same. And not only did I not like the design, but his voiced changed in the movie and after for some odd unknown reason, and I never liked it. Even when I tried to give the new episodes a chance, I still couldn't stand his new, more nasally voice. At least we'll always have the first 3 seasons
@@Huimangy Nailed it. It's a shame honestly, but at least we'll always have seasons 1-3.
Spongebob seasons 1-3 best
Every other season we will never defeat you
_"I don't know how to say it, but.. our old pal_
_Squidward, he's... he's... he's pushing up daisies!"_
_"Oh, I thought he was dead."_
King Luigi lmao!!! 😂😂😂😂 what episode is this from?
@@LuzMaria95 "Squidward the Unfriendly Ghost" from Season 1.
King Luigi thanks ☺️
Here lies squidward's hopes and dreams
@@christinarodrigues8640 Number 1 hat
Greenblat is a legend. Working on spongebob, dexter's lab and grim adventures of billy and mandy to name a few, his expressions gave life to many characters we love.
Even his own shows like harvey beaks, chowder and jellystone still hold that imagination and wacky designs. We need more greenblat these days.
Greenblatt should have been made showrunner for spongebob instead of paul
I always thought of the movie scene with the ice cream being him in distress and getting drunk on ice cream, despite that being impossible its alot more child friendly that alchohol
spongebob over the years:
hilarious
funny
cheerful
okay
less funny
annoying
irritating
The new spongebob is like meeting an annoying child XD
@@lolsieziml34h26 We basically became squiward tortellini
@JACQUEZ JOHNSON the new one is just dumb now tbh
New SpongeBob is more creepy, and dark jokes
dika I’d have to check that out then
There’s something so satisfying about watching cartoons back when it wasn’t computer animated. Idk. Can’t explain it
rugbyplayer9100 it’s nostalgic
It was more human
Yep
I think it’s mainly the fact that it wasn’t perfect, it had human error so,everything didn’t feel so stiff and awkward from using the same frame again and again to cut time.
I do agree. a hobby of mine is to go back to the disney rennaisance and analyse the sheer creativity and energy in their prime.
Fear of a Krabby Patty was the only episode outside of seasons 1-3 that I can truly laugh myself into hysteria while watching
I wonder why, let's look at who wrote it
What about Krusty Towers. It's from season 4. If you haven't see this one you should check it out. It's so good 😁
I also recommend burried in time and enchanted tiki dreams from season 7.
I've always felt this way and never knew how to put it into words exactly. Thank you for this video. It was brilliant.
Anyone else miss when they use to do the zoomups on something and it would be in intense detail like the episode about the butterfly. I have a very strong memory of that close up but not much about the plot of that episode. I think its because it scared me when i was young
Mani Rogers fucking terrified me as a kid!!! 🤣🤣🤣🤣
I would always turn the tv off when that episode was on because it made me cry
That damn sound the butterfly created was made of nightmares
I can’t recall that episode and now I’m highly curious
@@catteixeira18 Sandy had a pet caterpillar and had to leave town for the weekend so left spongebob and patrick incharge of her Tree dome. She told them what to do and they say "What about that" pointing to the caterpillar (already in a chrysalis) and she says "He doesn't do much". Then she leaves and while Patrick and Spongebob are looking after the treedome the butterfly hatches and they think it's a monster that ate the caterpillar. They then let it out. The zoomups of when the butterfly lands on their water helmets is a closeup of a real butterfly with a swarming bee sound playing. That's what everyone seems to be remembering. anyway spongebob puts it in a bubble then it floats around terrorising Bikini Bottom. Sandy arrives home seeing the whole of the city on fire then caps the butterfly in a jar and everyone comes out of hiding cheering for sandy saving them from the "Beast".
The thing is, "more expressive" is not necessarily always better. I think his design when he still seemed like a functioning adult in seasons 1-3 was best. Like you said, he was goofy but not always stupid.
@@emanatingf Yeah, I think seasons 2 and 3 were the peak of the humor and animation, but dang, season 1 was so good too. "1% Evil, 99% Hot Gas" xD
@@TayoEXE Oh cool I finally found my comment. Great. I'm proud of what I wrote. I thought it was lost.
on the term of more expressive not always being good, take the movie fish tale. it tried to have a very expressive and squash and stretch style, but looks horrifying if you pause on a close up of a character. another movie, like the madagascar series, pulled this off really wel
@@scurrvery Expressiveness worked well to Madagascar's advantage. The similar movie, The Wild, was like Madagascar, except without any real expression, and we all know how that turned out. Haha So yes, if it fits the tone of the movie well, I think it's fine. Fish Tale is a great example of when a studio doesn't really know what kind of vibe it wants to give off and so the characters just have ugly faces and expressions. xD
Spongebob used to be a show that had some really clever jokes and didn't just rely on making all the characters seem childish. The expressions that WERE made were just so perfect for the situation, like Spongebob's scared face when facing "A FLOATING SHOPPING LIST AAAAHHH." Not only is the joke funny, but Spongebob's reaction doesn't seem overdone, just funny to see and hear as well.
@@TayoEXE i feel like season 1 was good for nostalgiawise and scenery. season 2 is where explore the character’s more.
Wow, I really love how this smoothly segwayed into a beautiful little sentence for Stephen. Well done video!
That first thirty seconds made me subscribe. This is a PRODUCTION. Just wow. Also, this is not the first or even second time I've watched this btw.
I do watch the other non-spongebob videos too. You're a really good creator
Imagine the kids who had Steven as a teacher now looking at the show as adults thinking "my teacher made that"
I would be so proud and honored to have Stephen Hillenburg as my teacher.
@@aryayudha6414 ? when did he teach you
@@squiddyft.insecurities3549 "I would" means hypothetical. Not that he was this person's teacher.
@@TayoEXE okay? weird…
@@squiddyft.insecurities3549 whats so weird about it
To this day DoodleBob is by far the greatest character i've ever seen in an animation.
"mE hOY me nOy!"
I even saw DoodleBob at Anime Central... proof of best character
Same
I agree thats why i got him tattooed on me
That gave me nightmares when I was little
10:28 that brung tears up to the border of my eyes, RIP Stephen, you were a creative man
Spongebob's growing insanity is like the fall of simon into ice king, same voice acror too, so much crying and laughing, an absurd thought process
I kind of love that you can look at an episode and tell if it was earlier or later, not even just by the design and colors, but by the general feel, I love earlier episodes because something about the warmer colors and mic quality make it feel welcoming and familiar, it's like getting in a nicely made bed after a long day.
Yeah I miss old spongebob I stopped watching spongebob about a year or 2 ago
i also love how you would hear some “water” or “bubbly” sounds in the older season’s it really gives more “underwatery” (dk if thats a word LOL) effect which i really like! now they barely even add it they’re just squeezing spongebob too dry :(
Yup
I clicked wanting to know how much SpongeBob changed, but left with a whole therapy session.
i..
same
I love this video and the analysis you made
Amazing video. I really want more of this kinda stuff.
There was a voice change as well. Tom Kenny made his voice more high pitched later on probably to match with the script
It got higher after season 1, higher after season 3, somehow higher after the movie, and then got slightly lower around season 7 or 8. SpongeBob's voice is like a rollercoaster.
yeah i miss spongebobs man voice
the fact that people’s voice change over the years and he’s trying his best to still be able to do the voice also might have a little bit to do with it...
@@theharvardyard2356 Well when you have to voice episodes like one coarse meal, a pal for Gary, yours is mine, ceplapod lodge, a day without tears, Spongebob you're fired, petsitter pat, countless torture a specific character episodes and etc. Then why would you be proud?
Wait cou mean he must pitch his Voice?
Lol the German Voice Actor Santiago Ziesmer don't need that :D And he is a old man :D
I missed it when SpongeBob was handdrawing and the color not too bright it makes my eyes blind.
same bro
I honestly hated it
I’ve seen people diss the current animation style of SpongeBob, but to me, I think it has improved from the stiffness of the first season. It was quite long and expensive for the animators to make just ONE cel.
Animation styles change over time. Because the old animation style still exists, they just... don’t use it anymore. It’s not that deep. It’s still Spongebob.
Its the same with The Simpsons
Agreed
Spongebob is such a good animated tv show and nice video man :]
“squared corners are for villains”
Carl Fredricksen from Up: am i a joke to you?
Am I the only one who hates how it's animated now??? It's TOO animated and distracting to me. Like stay still for a second PLEASE.
too exaggerated
ariaelnotthemermaid YE S THANK YOU SOMEONE FINALLY SAID IT
It can be annoying at times, but I much prefer it to the dead stiffness of S5 through S8's episodes.
I agree with this
THANK YOU! its just too damn much..and it does not make whatever their saying funny at all
The show today is just based on gross "silly" faces every frame
KLS02 I’ve seen people diss the current animation style of SpongeBob, but to me, I think it has improved from the stiffness of the first season.
It was quite long and expensive for the animators to make just ONE cel.
Animation styles change over time. Because the old animation style still exists, they just... don’t use it anymore. It’s not that deep. It’s still Spongebob .
@@nickgadson266 Yes, but the faces the characters make are lowkey disturbing. If it were fluid but less concentrated in the "craziness" it'd be good.
Nicholas Gadson i don’t think people rlly care about the animation rather that much but rather the quality of the show
noodlili w/ hot sauce That’s fine, too.
Elvice OS Not really.
You just made my artistic journey better thank you.
1:14
Argargargarg. Spongeboy me Bob, I've overdosed on ketamine.
It's crazy how SpongeBob is still going on from 1999-2019 most shows don't do that.
I wish it died a hero
Simpsons
Dragonbal Z
they should end the show. they are trying too hard to be funny and its not working
Pokemon too
the old spongebob was better....
the new spongebob is imature and is now a highlighter
aldoish spongebob has always been immature
Yes , absolutely !!
Respect the creator dude you dont even know the real reason why the show is created
I found the new spongebob better cuz its funnier and i love funny cartoons.
@@shadowclones4669 chill. izza joke
i love the old way spongebob looked but now he's like as bright as a highlighter that was just opened !!!!!