Top 10 Reasons Why SpongeBob SquarePants Doesn't Deserve to Be Ranked #1 on Best Nicktoons Lists
Controversial as this opinion may be, you simply can't deny it.The animation style is pretty much just a lack thereof
The writing is Rocko but with WAY less creative improv
The character cast is only barely tolerable at best
The humor is largely just a dull and tame version of its predecessors; whenever it tries to prove itself otherwise, it almost always comes across as being just plain cringy and forced
The soundtrack is great but still lame overall when compared to most of 90s Nick (Ren & Stimpy and Rocko most especially)
The show's overall run is one of Nickelodeon's worst to date
Camp Lazlo, while still a great (shameless kiddie) show in its own right, was horribly disappointing coming from Joe Murray (the creator of Rocko),
Buzz On Maggie actually had a potentially REALLY interesting and creative concept and setting (cartoon sitcom about weirdly attractive flies that live in a literal garbage dump while persistently dreaming of being rich and famous all the while) but wasted it in favor of making itself one of THE most ridiculously clichéd and stereotypical tween girl shows to ever exist (if nothing else, at least my horrifically disgusting Maggie X Flecko brain-fetish fanfic fixed that),
Johnny Test was basically just horribly butchered Dexter's Laboratory but with a really badly executed imitation of Spongebob's "LOL, so random" humor thrown on top of it,
Fish Hooks was literally just boring tween Spongebob,
and Coconut Fred was Spongebob without any of the redeeming qualities
And of course, Nick completely ignores its history regardless
(at least Rocko's going to be featured in the upcoming Nicktoons movie, I suppose, but it still DEFINITELY doesn't make up for how the channel treated his show, let me tell you)
Though it didn't really kick off action-wise until the Earth book, Avatar was a shining example of children's western anime done right through and through; Invader Zim speaks for itself; Rocko is often claimed by its fans to have jumped the shark in Season 4 just because it became more kid-friendly when compared to the first three seasons, but I can assure you that those fans are exaggerating quite a bit to say the least; seriously, what is Spongebob's excuse?
"Kids know d*ck" - Wayne's World
Now THAT'S an accomplishment right there (shudders)
Also, it's theme of life constantly beating down on the main character by Hey Arnold and Rocko (and, looking at it from the perspective of the babies' parents, Rugrats as well)
"IT'S GOT CHICKEN LEGS! " - Gir
As well as, in many ways, more relatable
Meanwhile, Rocko's legendary Wacky Delly episode gets censored just for having a sentient (technically male) piece of salami hit a (technically female) piece of baloney a few times with a telephone (did I mention that the Nickelodeon moderators are quite nearly as bad as the YouTube ones at times, as in the guys that allow scum like the Paul brothers to be featured in YouTube Rewind, but not actual top-tier YouTubers like I Hate Everything because they think that his content is "controversial" when the only thing about it that really fits that description is other people's ridiculously overblown reactions to it and how incredibly pretentious he is in general? )