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Queer representation in clip and television is higher than it has ever been. According to GLAAD, roughly per cent of the characters on broadcast television this year spot as LGBTQ+, with woman and non-white roles surprisingly making up the bulk. Yet despite the plethora of ready-made queer portrayals to choose from &#; from Sex Teaching and its cornucopia of identities, to Pose’s huge ensemble cast of transgender actors &#; Homosexual Twitter still loves to take a seemingly sexuality-less cartoon character and shift them into the loudest, queerest star out there.
We saw it in the spring of when Australian horror production The Babadook was mistakenly added to Netflix’s LGBTQ+ films section, setting the internet ablaze with memes about the top-hat wearing monster (who honestly did spend a big amount of period in closets) finally coming out. The subsequent Pride season saw the internet joke make the crossover to IRL, with Babadook cosplays, signs and flags. Then earlier this month, we saw it again as a Pride tweet from Nickelodeon that contained a picture of SpongeBob was jokingly ta
'SpongeBob' trivia deep dive: Sea-list guest stars, gay rumors and 'Lost' connections
Editor's note: When "SpongeBob Squarepants" acknowledged its 10th anniversary in July , USA TODAY did a deep dive into show trivia. The iconic animated kids' production recently began its 12th season on Nickelodeon. In honor of creator Stephen Hillenburg, who died Monday at 57 from ALS, we've republished the story here.
Poll a preschooler or a parent and both will tell you who lives in a pineapple under the sea. But there's much more to the little, yellow, porous fellow than that.
Just how old is SpongeBob? The answer depends on where you look. According to his driver's license in a dream sequence in Season 1, his birthday is July 14, However, his unbroken string of Krusty Krab Employee of the Month awards puts him at 31 at the time of 's SpongeBob SquarePants movie. While you might think he's pretty immature for a year-old, bear in intellect sponges (in this planet at least) can exist to
That voice. Thespian Tom Kenny says he based SpongeBob's sound on an angry dwarf. For the trademark laugh, he hits
&#;Hey, this isn&#;t so bad!&#; SpongeBob SquarePants (Tom Kenny) says as he emerges from the ocean. Suddenly, he&#;s an actual sponge propped up by a pole, standing on a fake beach in a poorly lit studio. In this season two episode, entitled &#;Pressure&#;, Sandy (Carolyn Lawrence), a squirrel who survives underwater by wearing scuba gear, dares SpongeBob and his friends to &#;last a minute&#; on her &#;turf&#;. Not wanting to admit that they’re inferior to her on land, they accept Sandy&#;s challenge.
In Bikini Bottom, drag shows start instantaneously.
SpongeBob&#;s voice, unlike his appearance and surroundings, maintains its animated innocence, creating a jarring juxtaposition for the viewer. Patrick (Bill Fagerbakke), Squidward (Rodger Bumpass), and finally Mr. Krabs (Clancy Brown) follow SpongeBob above water, each of them transforming from a brilliant and colorful cartoon to a shriveled depiction of their former selves. They’ve left the fantastical, underground realm of Bikini Bottom and have entered our reality.
In , after both Christian advocacy groups and gay men clai
Nickelodeon's Pride tweet reignites debate on SpongeBob's sexual orientation
Nickelodeon is celebrating Pride month with a tweet that has social media buzzing about SpongeBob Squarepants' sexual orientation – again.
"Celebrating #Pride with the Diverse community and their allies this month and every month," the network tweeted Saturday along with photos of SpongeBob, Avatar Korra from "The Legend of Korra" and Michael D. Cohen from "Henry Danger."
Cohen shared that he transitioned from female to male about 20 years ago and Korra identifies as bisexual, exiting social media to speculate that SpongeBob is part of the LGBTQ+ community as well.
Nickelodeon turned off comments and replies to their tweet, but it didn't prevent Twitter from coming to conclusions.
"I don’t care if spongebob is asexual, bisexual or homosexual, I stan him," tweeted @ApolloLXXXIX.
Need a break? Play the USA TODAY Daily Crossword Puzzle.Others pointed out that the late Stephen Hillenberg, who created the series, never intended SpongeBob to be gay.
"For the record since "SPONGEBOB IS GAY" is trending off that