Poll of the Day > Should the SpongeBob franchise just end for good?

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Gr8M8
07/24/21 6:14:56 PM
#1:


I say...


The spin-offs aren't that good, and only the original creator did SpongeBob right.

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JixHedgehog
07/24/21 8:14:51 PM
#2:


I attended a Spongebob panel one year at SDCC, a kid approached the Q&A line and the crew were all giddy that someone so young came up to ask a question.

He asked "When will Spongebob end?"

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Gr8M8
07/24/21 8:20:35 PM
#3:


JixHedgehog posted...
I attended a Spongebob panel one year at SDCC, a kid approached the Q&A line and the crew were all giddy that someone so young came up to ask a question.

He asked "When will Spongebob end?"
As soon as The Simpsons ends.

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Krazy_Kirby
07/24/21 8:59:26 PM
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was never good
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LinkPizza
07/24/21 9:02:12 PM
#5:


It was suppose to end after the first movie. And the creator left after that. But other people wanted more money and kept it going. Which is why things changed. They the creator came back for a little to try and fix things, IIRC. But then does some time after. I remember watching a video about it
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Mead
07/24/21 9:13:32 PM
#6:


If kids are watching it and enjoying it then why should they end it?

one of my nieces loves the show and she is only 5

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Muscles
07/24/21 9:24:49 PM
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It should have ended after the movie, it got a lot worse after that

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LinkPizza
07/24/21 9:34:56 PM
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Muscles posted...
It should have ended after the movie, it got a lot worse after that

Because Stephen Hillenburg left after that. He made the movie to be the end of the series
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Sarcasthma
07/24/21 9:39:37 PM
#9:


Mead posted...
If kids are watching it and enjoying it then why should they end it?

one of my nieces loves the show and she is only 5


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Gr8M8
07/24/21 9:41:52 PM
#10:


Mead posted...
If kids are watching it and enjoying it then why should they end it?
Because there are better kids' shows to watch than SpongeBob, post-movie.

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Gr8M8
07/24/21 9:43:15 PM
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LinkPizza posted...
Because Stephen Hillenburg left after that. He made the movie to be the end of the series
He wanted the show to end after season 3, but no, Nick had to keep it going.

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demonfang178
07/24/21 9:47:26 PM
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JixHedgehog posted...
He asked "When will Spongebob end?"

And how did they respond?
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Gr8M8
07/24/21 9:50:58 PM
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demonfang178 posted...
And how did they respond?
Probably "no comment."

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Sarcasthma
07/24/21 10:14:46 PM
#14:


Gr8M8 posted...
Because there are better kids' shows to watch than SpongeBob, post-movie.
I'd rather not gatekeep kids' shows. It seems like a pretty NMB thing to do.

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Gr8M8
07/24/21 11:28:03 PM
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Sarcasthma posted...
I'd rather not gatekeep kids' shows. It seems like a pretty NMB thing to do.
Well, this franchise has to end, to pay respect to SH.

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Sarcasthma
07/25/21 12:07:19 AM
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Did he ask for the show to stop after he died?

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Mead
07/25/21 12:23:56 AM
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Sarcasthma posted...
Did he ask for the show to stop after he died?

how could he?

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Sarcasthma
07/25/21 2:24:35 AM
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Mead posted...
how could he?
Ghost science

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JixHedgehog
07/25/21 6:17:06 AM
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demonfang178 posted...
And how did they respond?

The audience laughed then there was a moment of awkward silence amongst the crew, they let the kid know about the dedicated crew, what was coming up in the show and that there were no plans on ending the series

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Wanded
07/25/21 6:33:18 AM
#20:


span it out to 1 season per 5 years while amassing actually good scripts and jokes


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ParanoidObsessive
07/25/21 10:08:15 AM
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I'd say the show should end, but that's mostly because I've been saying that for like 20 years now. Mainly because I have zero nostalgia or affection for it (it didn't come on until I was already in my 20s). It mostly exists outside of my awareness 98% of the time.

Though it mostly existing entirely outside of my awareness of it (except whenever my niece and nephew used to visit, because they were kids in the 00s/10s and would watch it constantly) is also why I don't really care whether or not it ends. If it runs for another 100 years it wouldn't overly affect my life all that much.



Mead posted...
If kids are watching it and enjoying it then why should they end it?

one of my nieces loves the show and she is only 5

To be fair, your niece also has 20+ years worth of repeats she can watch.

She could watch for nearly 100 hours straight and never see a single episode twice.

So it's not like she would necessarily even know if they stopped making new episodes tomorrow.

(and honestly, kids watch TV shows over and over and over anyway - for most kids, repeats actually make a show better, not worse)

The usual argument for why it should end though is because it's been running so long everyone involved is kind of burned out, they've long since run out of worthwhile jokes or stories, everything's become kind of formulaic, and none of the new episodes they're cranking out are anywhere near as good as the original ones. So a lot of people feel like it would be better just to mercy kill the entire thing before the declining quality just turns the whole mess into something people resent or remember poorly as opposed to something you think of fondly.

People cite The Simpsons as the archetypal "It should have been cancelled years ago" show (with Family Guy getting a fair amount of the same criticism these days), but when it comes to Spongebob Ren & Stimpy might be a better comparison. That show had a brilliant start, but started going downhill after only 6 episodes, bottomed out somewhere in the middle of the second season - and then got appreciably worse once they kicked John Kricfalusi (who created the whole thing and voiced Ren) off the show. By the end it became such a mess that I rarely think of Ren & Stimpy being a "great" show these days, and talk of a new revival of it doesn't excite me as much as it fills me with a dull sense of dread over how utterly terrible it will inevitably be.

Spongebob's already passed a few of those hurdles itself (with its original creator leaving, then coming back, then dying). If even fans of the show who grew up with it in the 00s/10s are saying the show has long since passed the point where it's worth watching, maybe it would be better off stopping.

Not that Nickelodeon will ever allow it to stop. As this point I assume that even if Tom Kenny, Bill Fagerbakke, or Clancy Brown retire or die they'll just recast their voices and keep going. Or find some way to use a computer to just generate new dialogue from old sound clips in some sort of dystopian future nightmare. A thousand years from now, the only things left will be sentient cockroaches and Spongebob.
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Gr8M8
07/25/21 1:35:10 PM
#22:


JixHedgehog posted...
The audience laughed then there was a moment of awkward silence amongst the crew, they let the kid know about the dedicated crew, what was coming up in the show and that there were no plans on ending the series
Sounds like what's happening with The Simpsons.

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Gr8M8
07/26/21 11:43:43 AM
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Does anyone know that Nickelodeon often cancels shows that aren't SpongeBob?

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EvilMegas
07/26/21 11:54:55 AM
#24:


"This kids show needs to end because I(an adult) don't enjoy it anymore"

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Muscles
07/26/21 1:54:25 PM
#25:


EvilMegas posted...
"This kids show needs to end because I(an adult) don't enjoy it anymore"
I was still a kid when it went to shit and thought they should have ended it then

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EvilMegas
07/26/21 2:12:12 PM
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No one cares about your opinion on anything, Muscles. Certainly not me.

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Metalsonic66
07/26/21 2:22:29 PM
#27:


EvilMegas posted...
"This kids show needs to end because I(an adult) don't enjoy it anymore"
Have you ever seen Spongebob?

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EvilMegas
07/26/21 2:23:58 PM
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Yes. Obviously.

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Metalsonic66
07/26/21 2:25:11 PM
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So then, you're aware that the show has always had jokes that appealed to adults as well?

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EvilMegas
07/26/21 2:28:54 PM
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That doesn't change the fact that it is and always has been a children's show.

Even shit like Clarence has adult themed jokes.

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EvilMegas
07/26/21 2:29:20 PM
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Even Baby looney tunes.

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Metalsonic66
07/26/21 2:30:44 PM
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EvilMegas posted...
That doesn't change the fact that it is and always has been a children's show.
Yes, it's a kid's show. But it has never been "just a kid's show"

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Raile
07/26/21 2:58:38 PM
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Should have ended a long time ago.
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Mead
07/26/21 3:00:21 PM
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Metalsonic66 posted...
So then, you're aware that the show has always had jokes that appealed to adults as well?

that is true of many kids shows

seriously though if you dont like a show anymore just stop watching it

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Metalsonic66
07/26/21 3:04:13 PM
#35:


Mead posted...
seriously though if you dont like a show anymore just stop watching it
There's nothing wrong with expressing dislike for how far a show has fallen. People have been doing that for the Simpsons for like two decades

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Gr8M8
07/26/21 3:11:25 PM
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Raile posted...
Should have ended a long time ago.


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EvilMegas
07/26/21 3:26:17 PM
#37:


Metalsonic66 posted...
There's nothing wrong with expressing dislike for how far a show has fallen. People have been doing that for the Simpsons for like two decades
The Simpsons isn't a children's show

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Gr8M8
07/26/21 3:27:02 PM
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EvilMegas posted...
The Simpsons isn't a children's show
But it's been running for so long.

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EvilMegas
07/26/21 3:28:11 PM
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Then people enjoy it. You should just stop watching it.

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Ogurisama
07/26/21 3:32:46 PM
#40:


Gr8M8 posted...
As soon as The Simpsons ends.
Simpsons will never end. They got stories for years.

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Metalsonic66
07/26/21 3:33:05 PM
#41:


EvilMegas posted...
The Simpsons isn't a children's show
That has nothing to do with my point at all.

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Gr8M8
07/26/21 4:09:25 PM
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Ogurisama posted...
Simpsons will never end. They got stories for years.
Yeah, long-recycled stories.

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EvilMegas
07/26/21 4:14:00 PM
#43:


Metalsonic66 posted...
That has nothing to do with my point at all.
We're talking adults not like children's shows and wanting them canceled because it doesn't suit their interests any more.

Then you brought up the Simpsons, which really had no point in our side conversation anyway.

The most logical thing to do is not watch whatever optional media you don't like. I don't know why this is even an talking point.

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Mead
07/26/21 4:17:16 PM
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Metalsonic66 posted...
There's nothing wrong with expressing dislike for how far a show has fallen. People have been doing that for the Simpsons for like two decades

and nobody is making them watch the simpsons and the show still has an audience that watches it and enjoy it

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Ogurisama
07/26/21 4:22:40 PM
#45:


Gr8M8 posted...
Yeah, long-recycled stories.
like
Marge becomes a robot,
Maybe Moe gets a cell phone, has Bart ever owned a bear?
Or, how 'bout a crazy wedding?
Where something happens and doo doo doo doo doo...

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rexcrk
07/26/21 4:59:12 PM
#46:


Couldnt care less.

Im not so petty that I want something to end because I dont like it.

And the quality of the show / franchise now literally takes nothing away from my enjoyment of the first three seasons and the first movie.

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KJ StErOiDs
07/26/21 5:01:23 PM
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I don't know how it is, so I couldn't say.

The only Spongebob I've seen was the last couple minutes of Band Geeks, and I doubt that's a good representation of the series.

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DiduXD
07/26/21 5:03:24 PM
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Gr8M8 posted...

Yeah, long-recycled stories.

I stopped watching Simpsons when Apu was cut. Once they bring back Apu, that's when I start watching again.
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Gr8M8
07/26/21 5:06:10 PM
#49:


DiduXD posted...
I stopped watching Simpsons when Apu was cut. Once they bring back Apu, that's when I start watching again.
Meanwhile, SpongeBob has Squiliam cut.

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Mead
07/26/21 5:13:24 PM
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I stopped watching Simpsons when Apu was cut.

Im sure the network is devastated

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