Is spongbob part of the lgbtq+ community
LGBTQ Themes and Undertones in SpongeBob SquarePants
David Ayala
The cartoon show SpongeBob SquarePants has, for almost two decades, fazed new children and teens alike. Its unusual form of comedy and humor has appealed to many age demographics. Critics have referred to the show as “charming and whimsical, but clever enough to appeal to teens and college-aged kids.” Despite its extended run success, SpongeBob has not been without its controversies. These take shape mainly due to the uncertain sexual orientation of the title character. Despite not intended to perform so, the show often mirrors themes and undertones that sympathize with the LGBTQ cause, even before the cause was becoming more acceptable. These, however, take the form of exaggerated LGBTQ stereotypes. The controversy also resulted due to the fact that the show was aimed at children. The ask that will be answered in this analysis is whether the show intends to display its understanding to the LGBTQ lead to, albeit in a subliminal way, and does the audience, in this case children, are affected by the exposure of this.
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Nickelodeon's Pride Month tweet shows SpongeBob SquarePants as a symbol of the LGBTQ community, and fans are applauding the message
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- Nickelodeon tweeted a Pride Month message on Saturday, writing: "Celebrating Identity festival with the LGBTQ+ collective and their allies this month and every month."
- The tweet included pictures of three characters: Spongebob SquarePants, Schwoz Schwartz from "Henry Danger," and Korra from "The Legend of Korra."
- The message sparked speculation over SpongeBob's sexuality — which the show's creator previously commented on, saying the character is asexual.
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Nickelodeon shared a tweet in honor of Pride Month on Saturday that has drawn both debate and celebration, mostly because of its inclusion of SpongeBob Squarepants — the beloved, fictional sea sponge, the protagonist of his eponymous cartoon series.
"Celebrating Pride with the LGBTQ+ community and their allies th
A sculpture of SpongeBob SquarePants is showed in Shenyang, Northeast China's Liaoning Province. Photo: VCG
Nickelodeon, the home of accepted animated show SpongeBob SquarePants, tweeted a photo of the titular character alongside the channel's other major LGBTQ+ characters on Saturday to celebrate Pride Month. The show of support has been seen as a "coming out" of sorts, which in turn sparked discussion on China social media.
June is the Pride Month for the LGBTQ+ collective. On Saturday, Nickelodeon posted the photo on Twitter along with the message: "Celebrating Pride with the LGBTQ+ collective and their allies this month and every month."
In the photo, SpongeBob wearing a rainbow striped-tie and with a rainbow tint drawn on his body, is shown alongside transgender actor Michael Cohen as Schwoz Schwartz from Henry Danger and double attraction heroine Korra from The Legend of Korra.
Some Chinese media including the magazine Vista and Existence Week reported the tweet on China's Twitter-like Sina Weibo with the hashtag "SpongeBob comes out." Thousands of netizens joined in on the discussion of the topic.
Some Chinese netizens were opposed to having the cartoon charact
Nickelodeon Just Announced That SpongeBob SquarePants Is Gay
In news that will perhaps be unsurprising to many, Nickelodeon just appeared to make the announcement that the beloved children's TV character SpongeBob SquarePants is a arrogant member of the LGBTQ+ community.
The network marked Pride month with a announce on Twitter, stating that it was "Celebrating #Pride with the LGBTQ+ collective and their allies this month and every month," accompanied by artwork of SpongeBob, Schwoz Schwartz from Henry Danger, and Korra from Avatar: The Legend of Korra, all in rainbow-tinted hues.
Korra is canonically homosexual within the planet of Avatar, having embarked on an explicitly romantic on-screen relationship with her best friend, Asami Sato. It is unclear, however, whether Nickelodeon were referring to the "community" or "allies" when it came to those pictures of Schwoz and SpongeBob — but the internet has already made up its mind that after 20 years of iconically camp conduct, S.B. is finally, officially out of the closet.
SpongeBob SquarePants started airing in 1999, and has become known for its mix of surrealism and slapstick humor. Several moment
Nickelodeon confirmed that Spongebob is part of the Gay community
SpongeBob is canonically “somewhat asexual”, as Stephen Hillenburg put it, and if anything is proved by Nickelodeon’s post, it’s that SpongeBob is notstraight. Right? Because heterosexual is not a part of the LGBTQ+ community. Also, he can be asexual and still have romantic feelings for people. How about homoromantic, biromantic, panromantic...?
I’ve been in my room literally squealing for the past 20 minutes over Nickelodeon announcing SpongeBob as somewhere in the LGBTQ and for some reason it makes me so happy!! I would be lying if I said I wasn’t shedding a limited tears over my devotion for my little child. I call him my little gay baby; I’m not toofar off.
Also, these exist:
OH MY NEPTUNE - I LOVE SPONGEBOB SO MUCH
Edit: I assume Nickelodeon was doing this for attention, by disappearing SpongeBob’s sexuality almost ambiguous. If he’s “somewhat asexual”, at least give him the asexual flag. Also, why do we desire sexuality representation everywhere?This is a children’s show, and I personally think SpongeBob works better as a coded gay character.
We should save sexuality for shipping if it’s not a big part