Top 10 Reasons Why SpongeBob SquarePants Sucks These Days

The Top Ten
1 Change in Characters Personalities

Squidward is a guy that hates his life and would just isolate himself from the entire world
SpongeBob doesn't make good lame speeches, but just goofs around with Patrick and cause trouble to Bikini Bottom (but mostly Squidward).
Patrick isn't funny and is boring and nowadays breaks stuff.
Mr. Krabs... A big villain and if you look at season 2's Welcome to the chum bucket's song, that was a good moment for him, even though he can't sing though well, but hey, he's old. I mean, in SpongeBob, you're fired, which is using so many episodes, including no weenies allowed, any episode SpongeBob gets fired, krusty dogs, pizza delivery, and more, he just fires SpongeBob over a damn nickel!
Sandy is still good, other then squirrel records. But nowadays she only focuses on science. Where's her old Texas lifestyle?
Plankton is now used as a torture plot hole to get hurt.
So there you have it.

SpongeBob used to be a child at heart. Now he has a child's brain.
Patrick used to be not so bright, but a great friend. Now he's an absolute idiot.
Squidward is the same, but he used to sometimes get what he deserved. Now he doesn't.
Mr. Krabs used to be a good boss who cared a bit too much about money. Now his lifestyle revolves around nothing but money.
Sandy used to be a Texas-loyal tomboy. Now she's just a boring scientist.
Plankton used to be a villain who'd always overlook something important. Now he's a whiny scapegoat.
Mrs. Puff used to just be frustrated by SpongeBob. Now she wants him dead.

Need I say more?

Mr Krabs was a greedy money loving nice Father like person to SpongeBob who had a heart from Season's 1-4, but from Season's 5- he's been a horrid, evil mean money loving bad guy who doesn't care for anyone.
SpongeBob turned from nice, and funny with a heart, to a creepy, annoying, weird stalker.
Patrick turned from weird and lovable, funny and had wisdom sometimes, but his stupididy was funny, to a mean horrible heartless jerk that pissed people off and tortured people a bit like Mr Krabs. And he was annoying to much when trying to be funny like he used to.
Mrs Puff turned from caring, sweet and got annoyed by SpongeBob sometimes, to a horrid person that wanted to kill SpongeBob. Gary, Sandy, Plankton and Squidward are the only good Main Characters left to be honest.
So yeah Patrick, Mr Krabs, SpongeBob and Mrs Puff have changed for the worst nowadays.

Everybody just became a phyco criminal in their own way... Well... You know, I wouldn't care because it's just a stupid show but there are kids watching! And what it showing is really really bad and ugly! I mean... It's not for kids anymore! Too much unappropiatte scenes and humor... I'm not talking about sexual things... I'm talking in general! I don't like the fact that my little sisters watch this thing which teach us... To bully whoever is different (like squidward) to be greedy (mr krabs) to be jealous about others success and want to out them down (plankton), to work worse than a donkey and worship our boss (spongebobm who is even addicted to his job, and that's sick in my opinion), or like that acting stupid and ignorant must be cool (everybody)

Yes, spongebob really sucks!

2 Bad Writing

This makes things like Sword Art Online's writing look flawless (and I love the show to be honest). Compared to SAO, SpongeBob (well, at least Modern SpongeBob) now has bad writing and tries to rely on stupid morals, toilet humor, and torture porn episodes, and is objectively more bad when it could have stayed the same way it was with its writing in previous seasons before the movie. Way to go, Paul Tibbitt.

I think Zeus Cervas should be sacked! Bring back Jay Lender, Walt Dohrn, Kent Osborne, Merriwether Williams, Peter Burns, Sherm Cohen, Aaron Springer the writers who wrote so many of the pre-movie episodes, should return! Paul Tibbitt should have stayed as a writer, rather than promoted to producer, he wrote so many great episodes e.g. Rock Bottom, Chocolate With Nuts, Sailor Mouth, Ripped Pants etc. So why does everyone on here hate him as he wrote over two dozen classics.

I think Nickelodeon doesn't give the writers enough time writing an episode now, so maybe that's how we get bad episodes. But for some gems like "Sand Castles In The Sand" or "It's A SpongeBob Christmas" maybe the writers wrote those episodes in their free time.

The one reason I got back into anime. I watched Sword Art Online, and it's a million times better than what Modern SpongeBob is now. After seeing what SpongeBob has become, I'm glad my parents took out cable. Sigh, shows have really gone downhill these days.

3 Gary Almost Getting Eaten by Puffy Fluffy and SpongeBob Blames Gary for It

Seriously, SpongeBob is an idiot in this episode! He got Gary a roommate, which enraged the audience. He blamed Gary for ruining his enchiladas, which enraged the audience. Then, right when Puffy Fluffy is about to kill Gary, Spongebob said "Put puffy fluffy down! " WHICH ENRAGED THE AUDIENCE! This is why Spongebob is unlikable, even the youtube poops of good episodes are better then this piece of demon crap. Viacom, you should ban this episode.

A sane writer would have SpongeBob follow the lady's warnings, get a safer pet, and if that safer pet caused Gary trouble, he wouldn't blame Gary for it, but instead the other snail. Zeus/Casey are not sane writers.

He clearly saw Puffy Fluffy about to eat Gary, and then he says "Gary, you put him down right now! " Even a mentally ill person could see that!

That was pretty harsh I mean SpongeBob changed in this episode and liked the demon Puffy Fluffy more then Gary he was a dim-witted jerk.

4 The Toe Nail Scene

This makes House Fancy my least favorite canon episode. Still not as nightmarish as Squidward's Suicide, but that doesn't have to do with modern SpongeBob.

Pretty disturbing, but people should stop hating on this episode because they clearly only HATE this episode because of this scene.

I can usually handle gore (like dissect a cane toad in science without feeling sick) but I can't handle this. That's how bad it is

5 The Idea of Nickelodeon Continuing The Show After The Movie

Compare Disney Channel to Nickelodeon. So which one has better shows. So if Nickelodeon were to cancel SpongeBob Nick would go straight into the crapper or find another show to woo like Breadwinners or Pig Goat Banana Cricket (which has coloring that looks like vomit). And if Nick did cancel SpongeBob children could go watch Gravity Falls (which is the only good cartoon that came from Disney). But wait Disney stopped making Gravity Falls sadly. And the poor poor children would be stuck watching Pickle And Peanut (Which is the show made by a mentally ill weirdo. So that's what would happen if SpongeBob was cancelled.

In my opinion. I think the show gotten even worse after the second movie. Spongebob just jumps around, and completely annoying lots of times. It's now for 5 year olds only. Whereas the older seasons were at a balance with their humor. The seasons after the first movie were still tolerable even though you have "A Pal for Gary", "The Splinter", and "One course Meal" (actually I used to like it a lot but now looking back it was just sad). But after the second movie it went further downhill and I hardly watched Spongebob. I do like the old references from older seasons in recent episodes like the return of Bubble Bass, Frankendoodle, and others. But it still has a long way to be back to normal and enjoyable. Nickelodeon has spent to much time with this show. I do really missed the shows from the late 90s to mid 2000s. Nick has gone downhill with this. Only 3 shows regularly come on Nick: Spongebob, Loud House, and Henry Danger. Henry Danger is okay and The Loud House is good but it's not ...more

It was a good idea but I noticed some things about SpongeBob and other characters I despise. 1. Mr Krabs and total selfishness. He hordes all the money and customers to himself while Plankton gets nothing. Sure his food may taste like it came out of a cow's ass but hey I feel sorry for him. In "One Course Meal" Plankton isolates himself and almost kills himself. 2. SpongeBob always abusing Squidward. Honestly I think SpongeBob should get the fact that Squidward does not want to play, deal with SpongeBob, Or be friends with him. In one episode Squidward almost killed himself. If I had to deal with that I would probably move already. 3. The Sin Theory. There has been a theory wear the characters represent the 7 sins. SpongeBob - Lust, Squidward - Wrath, Patrick - Sloth, Mr Krabs - Greed, Plankton - Envy, And Gary - Gluttony. Frankly I was upset when I figured it out. 4. Suicide Jokes. So what I know is that Nick thinks that suicide jokes are "Funny". That's all I'm saying about that. 5. ...more

Nickelodeon would not end if Spongebob was cancelled. Spongebob is not the king of Nickelodeon its one of the stupidest cartoons that was ever aired on Nickelodeon. They could easily reboot something like Rugrats, Hey Arnold (They made new movies), Doug (original channel), The Wild Thornberrys and Rocket Power. Angela Anaconda was stupid guess what it only had three seasons. But Spongebob is going on and on.

6 Weak Plot-lines

Some plot lines are really amazing, but the people that make the little details and add them to the big plot just HAVE to mess things up for the rest of us, don't they?

In my opinion, some pre-movie episodes have extremely weak plot, like Nature Pants, but the detail people knew what they were doing that time, like the jellyfish jelly scene.

Nowadays plots are ridiculously produced. Some plots are flat-out boring, some are just scrapped halfway through the episode, and some have rushed endings.

Shuffle-boarding what more can you say?

Writer: hey gaiz, I got a GREAT idea for a new plot! It will focus on mr.krabs obsessing over a 'penny' that he saw spongebob pick up & for some reason doesn't believe him when spongebob says he doesn't have a penny.

Other writers:... well good enough no one can think of anything else. GREAT IDEA DUDE! Let's do it!

7 I Guess Crying Does Solve Your Problems After All

This line came from Stuck In The Wringer when Spongebob used his tears to melt the forever glue. Tears are salt water. They live in the Pacific Ocean. Oceans have salt water. Anyone else see the issue?

How many times, television is to entertain not to educate. What do you actually learn from Spongebob from Season 1 episode 1 nothing just comedy. Spongebob Squarepants is to laugh at not to learn.

Actually, it doesn't. He basically taught kids that if they cry, their problems will get solved.

This moral isn't supposed to be taken seriously, people! This is comedy! At least I'm understanding the joke while you guys are too serious. If this show taught perfect morals all the time and it was completely perfect and goody-two-shoes, this show would be preschoolers. So be quiet and stop taking stuff seriously all the time! It's annoying! 😡

8 Weak Humor

Who thought seeing someone being tortured for eternity was a good idea? that episode, where spongebob shows voilence to kids and he says "they like seeing me in pain" basically just sums up the audience. Spongebob back then was really that good. Now spongebob is really a dumb killjoy

SpongeBob SquarePants doesn't have the same feel to it as it used to. The humor used to be good, and now it's just sad. I miss the old spongebob, where the humor wasn't so dry and cringe worthy. Something really needs to change

The writer has no sense of humor at all. I mean Patrick was like: "Once upon a time there was an ugly barnacle" and became "Your genius is showing". It became super dry.

What completely turned me off from SBSP was this one episode... I don't even remember the spafics of it because the episode in whole was so HORRIFYING to me. Spongebob & Patrick were helping squidward move his couch. But since they 'didn't have their brains' they rammed it up against squidward's toenail & ripped it completely off. Thankfully it wasn't too graphic, because that alone MADE ME SICK! AND I WAS AN ADULT WHEN I SAW THAT EPISODE! I can only imagine like an 8 yr old watching that probably screamed their head off with that scene. That's NOT GOOD for a kids show. Gross 'humor' like that I'd expect from South Park or family guy, not a kids show.

9 Gross Out Gags

Duh! If gross out gags didn't exist in Sponge Bob, episodes like Face Freeze and The Splinter wouldn't be so terrible like they are!

Another infamous scene because of a gross out gag is the toenail scene in House Fancy.

In "Nasty Patty" it was actually funny. "Oops! I dropped it in the toilet! " "Well fish it out, and I'll dry it with me gym sock! " That was real comedy. They were aware of what they did and it was hilarious.

If you don't understand this one, watch these episodes: The Gift of Gum, To Love a Patty, Fungus Among Us, House Fancy, The Splinter, Pineapple Fever, Barnacle Face, Accidents Will Happen, and Face Freeze. You'll definitely understand.

It worked in nasty patty only because it wasn't too painful to watch and no one ATE it, like in to love a patty.

10 Squidward Torture Porn

Your right... I used to like this cartoon but now is just like... It should be called ' torture in the sea by a yellow psychopath'... Damn sometimes it's even scary! When I'm bored and I watch the show I even get sad for squidward even if he doesn't exist but nobody wants to live a nightmare like that and it's not even funny... Seeing someone going so crazy and hate his life just for a mad psycho... Maybe in the next season he will kill himself to end the suffering and the show will end like 'that's all the story kids... Spongebob was a sick guy... But he never went to the madhouse... And now that's what happened... So be careful if there is any psychopath in your neighbor'

This should likely Number 1 in this list because I can't how much trouble SpongeBob gave Squidward. I wonder if Paul Tibbitt came up with the idea that the sponge ought to antagonize the octopus like there's no tomorrow. Sounds to me like it's true.

If I'm Squidward, I'd slaughter the hell out of SpongeBob, Patrick, Sam Star, Mr. Krabs, and all of my haters. And if anyone dares to punish for it, I'd make him, her, or them my next victim or victims.

The writers of this show love torturing Squidward...to the point where it's downright sadistic on their part. Leave the poor guy alone! No wonder he hates SpongeBob and Patrick and all those other idiots in Bikini Bottom! They constantly torment and abuse him and it simply isn't funny anymore. My sympathies lie with Squidward. The rest of Bikin Bottom can drop dead..except for Plankton and Karen.

In my opinion, creating a character who only exists to be tormented by the other characters just to get a cheap laugh automatically makes any show bad. It's even worse when the characters tormenting him/her get little to absolutely no repercussions or comeuppance whatsoever.

The Contenders
11 Every Character in the Show Cries too Much

Like in the old spongebob they cried but not intill it gets annoying and takes up the time in the episode such as in spongebob your fired he crys for a long time! Also, all that glitters is not gold he crys and its very annoying and stupid!

It's not just SpongeBob that cries too much. Every character on SpongeBob SquarePants cries too much.

It's so annoying

12 Mr. Krabs Is Greedy

Ever since one course meal, pero olé have hated him, he become a nasty money lover.

But in the old seasons, he cared not only for money, but for everyone else. You see how he cried when SpongeBob ate the pie bomb? And when Pearl got fired? That's the Krabs I want.
One course meal and new seasons rewend him.

I used to like mr Krabs he used to be funny but nowadays he's just a heartless cheapskate who only cares about money! He even fired SpongeBob in that one episode called SpongeBob your fired all for a NICKEL!

I love how Mr. Krabs used to actually be funny in the old series but now he's just mean in the newer series.

He's always been kinda greedy, but now his only personality is greed.

13 Mr. Krabs Is More Evil Than Plankton

Mr. Krabs is getting away with the evil rotten things he does (most of the time)because he doesn't have a conscience and he has no shame. This criminal scum would sell his own mother for a nickle in a heartbeat! He could care less about SpongeBob and does not appreciate his hard work or his loyalty. Mr Krabs has no problem cheating and overcharging his customers and his a horrible father to his daughter Pearl. He makes Plankton look like a saint in comparison. Mr Krabs is pure evil! Enough' said!

I'm with all of you who side against Mr. Krabs. He really is worse than Plankton. Can you believe how mean and nasty he is? Hell, he's probably the greediest guy in fiction. In fact, he's so greedy that he makes Ebenezer Scrooge of A Christmas Carol, the Grinch of How the Grinch Stole Christmas, and Scrooge McDuck of Disney look like generous heroes.

Due to my hatred of that crab, I wish that Squidward and Plankton murdered him and get rewarded for it instead of punished.

Mr. Krabs has quickly become one of the most easily unlikeable characters in the show, and retarded SpongeBob supports the prick. The writers just exaggerate his lust for money to the point where he doesn't give a single damn about anyone or anything as long as he has at least a penny. A penny. I think Plankton deserves to have the Krabby Patty formula way more than this ass.

Mr. Krabs is basically what you get when you turn Heathcliff into Sugou and Plankton is what you get when you turn Sugou into Heathcliff. In other words, now Mr. Krabs is more evil than Plankton.

14 Awful Musical Numbers

They are so painful nowadays, they make Justin Bieber and Nicki Minaj more reasonable choices in life than the so called "musical numbers" these days.

Also for the good songs don't forget "The Very First Christmas." Nowadays they don't make good songs anymore, though.I.E. The Rodeo Song, It's High Time We Get on Tour, any song in Atlantis Squarepantis.

Man older songs had some damn good rhythm and catchy lyrics. I think they started becoming terrible when Atlantis Squarepantis aired.

The musical doodle was stupid, but managed to make me laugh. But it's still not as good as The Krusty Krab Pizza Song.

15 You Actually feel Sorry for Squidward, Mrs. Puff, and Plankton Now

SpongeBob tortures Mrs. Puff to the point to where she wants to kill him, Squidward is more annoyed with SpongeBob's and Patrick's shenanigans now than before the movie, and Mr. Krabs drives Plankton to suicide. Not only that, but Mr. Krabs freaks out when Plankton has only ONE customer.

I always felt sorry for Mrs. Puff being tortured by that idiot Sponge Bob.

16 Paul Tibbit

You know he wrote many episodes for the first three seasons, right?

But he didn't used to be producer, meaning now he has more say in what happens.

Everyone is so harsh on this guy, he wrote some fantastic episodes e.g. Rock Bottom, Ripped Pants, Sailor Mouth, Chocolate with Nuts etc. He should have stayed as a writer. :(

17 Plankton Attempting to Commit Suicide

Plankton is number 1 on the top ten villains what!? Look at this episode! Mr. Krabs has to beat Plankton 100 to 1 from this episode. I mean, Plankton just reached the breaking point!

And the fact that SpongeBob still helped Mr. Krabs in the end makes me want to strangle him. And maybe torture him by using him to wash a cactus like Patrick did in Suds.

Moral of the episode: If you have an enemy that you want to get rid of, psychologically abuse them for several weeks until they eventually commit suicide.

Mr Krabs is an arrogant selfish who keeps all the customers and money to himself. I think Plankton needs to be the one with the good food not that selfish!

18 Boredom

A lot of episodes these days are just dull. I know with a good episode, I am able to watch the whole thing uninterrupted. With some of the newer content, I either need multiple sittings on Youtube or something else to do when the episode plays.

Boredom, probably grown out of it.
Kids shows look different when you grow up. Plenty of adult cartoons nowadays.

This show has started creeping into the boredom factor since season 5, but it didn't succeed until season 6.

19 Characters Becoming Unlikable

SpongeBob: An annoying idiot that you just want to punch in the face.

Patrick: He went from a hilariously dumb character to a complete ass who bullies anyone in his way.

Mr. Krabs: A greedy restaurant owner who would put his daughter into prostitution for money and has a criminal record longer than the Eric Cartman and Grunkle Stan combined.

Sandy: She used to be a genius that could solve as many problems as you need, but that's also her downfall. She only cares about science and I bet if she saw Steven Hawking, she would beat the crap out of him for being smarter than her.

Why, why whatshisname that replaced Stephen Hillenburg. Just give us the things we all enjoyed in old SpongeBob. The jokes, the characters, the overall feeling that you experience while watching. Instead, we get cliche, lazy characters that you want to punch in the face, no jokes that made old SpongeBob enjoyable to watch, and lots of torture for Plankton and Squidward. Just NO. None of this, please.

Pretty much I guess Sandy is pretty darn likable. Squidward I feel bad for as he should be treated better. And Gary is just a pet snail. What I am saying is these three characters should be likable or left alone or something. But SpongeBob does not suck

Actually, the only character who are pretty much likeable are Squidward, Plankton, Mrs. Puff, and Sandy whole the rest are mostly jerks.

20 Season 6

The vomit inducing episode of where spongebob & Patrick wrecked squidward's toe nail is the start of it. Goes on from boring @$$ episodes that do nothing for the characters, nothing funny happens, & all around boring episodes.

They should call it Season Sick because it makes me (and other SpongeBob fans) sick.

When SpongeBob really went downhill.

21 SpongeBob Looks Different

Spongebobs eyes are WAY too packed together and smaller than spongebob from season 2 or 1. They are no longer proportionate or equal at least

I noticed that in some of the new episodes. The new clear animation they use makes them look like pointed blobs squishing their flesh at each other. Their facial expressions are exaggerated to such a ridiculous point that it feels like I'm watching a rehashed version of Face Freeze every time a new episode appears. Not only that but the animation has gotten lazier. I've noticed that their movements are less fluid and more sharp and quickish with an added bounce sound effect. It drives me insane.

I agree with the CONSTANT movements and over actions of characters. Older and more calm animation and colours were better.
I have to say if Patrick says squidwards is disgusting, he would look very detailed and all scrunched up with his fist moving.
Before, it was like he would just back up a bit and talk.
New Crappy animation am I right?

It's good to have expressive facial expressions but I guess spongebob really teaches you that there's a line between expressive and cringey over-the-top comedy fails... like spongebob stretches horizontally, and then vertically, and does a random spin before flying into the air and coming back down to just say something... utterly... unnecessary... it's so ridiculous in a way that's hard to explain. like all the extra stuff isn't needed for him to say a single word or two

22 Everybody is Stupid

Anonymousxcxc, I'm with you the whole way. To be prove it to you, I declare that Squidward, Sandy, and Plankton should team up against Spongebob, Patrick, and Squidward.

As for you, Goatworlds, I can't believe that you dumped on Squidward. SpongeBob provoked him into behaving like a jerk he (the sponge) because wouldn't stop irking him. I mean, wouldn't you do the same thing if you're in that situation?

Squidward is an annoyed person who can't stand SpongeBob (If I could choose anyone to live next door I would choose him! out of pity.) Plankton is a restaurant owner who just needs one customer while Mr Krabs hordes everything to himself. Gary has had the misfortune of dealing with the "new" SpongeBob. Mrs Puff needs to sue Mr and Mr. Sqaurepants. And Mr Krabs needs to loose his job and plankton takes over the Krusty Krab.

Well at least Spongebob and his friends are not stupid as Teen Titans Go! Cause Those Lazy Less Crime Fighting Superhero And Rip Off Of Other Stuff Titans Make Me Sick

They even make squidward & mr krabs stupid. The only non stupid people now r sandy & Karin. The rest mostly act brain damaged. Before, it was just mostly Patrick that was really stupid, with spongebob just being childish, but not too dumb. New episodes he's mostly as dumb as Patrick.

23 Lame Jokes

They use lame toilet humor now.

Bring back the adult jokes!

24 Stephen Hillienberg Resigning From The Show

Apparently, Stephen Hillenberg intended for the show to end after The SpongeBob SquarePants movie but Nickelodeon wanted the show to keep running because of the profits. Similar to how Jimmy Neutron and the Fairly Odd Parents were BOTH supposed to end after the Power Hour episodes but Nickelodeon forced the Odd Parents to keep going because of profits. (And petitions.)

That was a bad move. Stephen could've been running the show now and SpongeBob will be like Mario. But no, he put Paul "Ruiner of the Show" Tibbit.

Not a good reason. The new writers could have kept the same tradition as Stephen Hillenberg they just went a different way with no regard for the audience

He came back, yet some episodes are still bad. Spongebob's Place was horrible.

25 The Episode "A Pal for Gary" Exists

This is actually the worst Nickelodeon episode of all time, even worse than those in the Nick live action shows. And this is a reason why I hate SpongeBob SquarePants.

Spongebob clearly saw Gary's ' Pal' take shape into a demon but blames Gary for scaring him off when Gary clearly tried to save him! Oh god I wish he didn't

I saw a rerun of that show recently. They should rerun their good episodes instead of their bad ones.

This episode and the splinter were just terrible.

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