Spongebob’s amusing goofiness has fallen victim to this trope. Many critics believe the decline in quality began after the release of "The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie", with the beginning of the fourth season. Decline in quality. (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});Nickelodeon without “SpongeBob” might seem like an alien concept nowadays, but that’s what Hillenberg eventually intended. RIP . Total Drama. It looks even worse than the 2007 Popsicle! 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Are there any examples of comedy series lasting longer than a decade without a serious decline in quality? I'm beginning to wonder if the producers of SpongeBob deleted the good jokes themselves. One of the main reasons why Spongebob is in a drastic decline, is because of the fact that Stephen Hillenburg (The creator) left the show after the 2004 movie. Yet after 244 episodes and two theatrical releases, many fans think the cartoon has suffered the same fate as “The Simpsons,” which has similarly overstayed its welcome. There are lots of people who don't like the newer episodes starting from season 4 or 5, but we don't have any sources, as all the complaints are only by non-reliable sources - such as on forums. Still, I think we should add something about the decline in quality of SpongeBob episodes. At least SpongeBob still have some dignity and is a timeless cartoon. Paul and Vincent ruined SpongeBob and brought us stupid, boring episodes. eval(ez_write_tag([[580,400],'studybreaks_com-medrectangle-3','ezslot_5',120,'0','0']));While a number of sources influenced Hillenberg’s desire to create a cartoon, it was his experience with marine biology that prompted him to generate SpongeBob’s world. 1; 2; 3; Posted about 7 years ago Posted By: AquaGGR_2528447. This section needs to be updated. r/spongebob. The Expected Decline. 1; 2; 3; Posted about 7 years ago Posted By: AquaGGR_2528447. And when it comes to post-movie SpongeBob, people act like it has one of the worst decline ever, but Simpsons is even worse. The series went on hiatus in 2002, after Hillenburg halted production to work on The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie.Once t… The years of “SpongeBob” under Tibbit varied in quality, but in general resulted in a very different cartoon. They drew you in to the show alot better than the current episodes which try too hard to gain attention of audience still a really good show but nowhere near as good as the older episodes 04-22-2009, 05:06 PM #2. Even when effort is put into the show, such as its TV movies, the end result never fully captures the original spirit. Harkening back to his Bob the Sponge character from past comics, the pilot to “SpongeBob SquarePants” aired in 1999, setting off what would become a multi-billion-dollar property. Logan probably hated SpongeBob back in 2007, probably due to SpongeBob's decline in quality, because in "Wii Games "2007"" and "Gamecube Games "2007"", he called the Spongebob games (Even the ones by Heavy Iron!) bad, and Timber Creek, the first contestant to be rejected on "American Idol Mario Edition", is portrayed by a SpongeBob plush. It was a cool show, and it had a nice "underwater" feel to it, and it actually had good taste in humor. The Forces of Evil. Its humor is bland and intermittently marketed with jumping-the-shark gimmicks, disappointing old fans. Pre-movie seasons were much more charming with witty dialogue and characters that generally seemed to care about one another. Pretty much all episodes after the Movie are So Bad Its Good, Bittersweet Ending, or Downer Ending.It's because they change everything like changing Spongebob from a naive, down-to-earth guy to an annoying stalker (towards Squidward as a friend) and made him a bit too stupid and childish.Sometimes, Spongebob inadvertently made people's lives miserable. While the film received mostly positive reviews by critics and by fans of the show, it is considered a turning point in the show's history; many fans believe that the television series has declined in quality since the film's release. Club, and Vulture have reported that SpongeBob ' s popularity declined following the release of the 2004 film and Hillenburg's departure as showrunner. 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