The SpongeBob SquarePants Is Gay Controversy Explaed (& Why It's Dumb)

Contents:

• NICKELOON JT ANNOUNCED THAT SPONGEBOB SQUAREPANTS IS GAY
• SPONGEBOB SQUAREPANTS GAY? NICKELOON JT RERCED THAT THEORY
• IS SPONGEBOB SQUAREPANTS GAY? EVERY TIME THE SHOW SUGGTED HE IS
• SO... IS SPONGEBOB SQUAREPANTS GAY?
• HERE'S WHY FANS OF SPONGEBOB SQUAREPANTS THK HE IS GAY AFTER NICKELOON'S PRI MONTH POST
• SQUIDWARD AND SPONGEBOB ARE GAY FOR EACHOTHER
• SPONGEBOB AND SQUIDWARD ARE GAY FOR EACHOTHER
• IS SPONGEBOB GAY?
• THE SPONGEBOB SQUAREPANTS IS GAY CONTROVERSY EXPLAED (& WHY IT'S DUMB)
• NICKELOON REVEALS THAT SPONGEBOB IS GAY

NICKELOON JT ANNOUNCED THAT SPONGEBOB SQUAREPANTS IS GAY

) Patrick both wh limp wrists, forhadowg this revelatn by reprentatn children's media remas srce, largely due to phback om studs and parents who equate visible gay, lbian, bisexual or trans characters wh the "sexualizatn" of children.

Jt last month, Pixar released a short film on Disney+ featurg a gay protagonist; Out followed his journey to e out to his parents and troduce them to his boyiend. And later this year, Marvel Studs will but the first openly gay superhero the MCU — and his hband. #SpongeBobIsGay started trendg as many cid the tweet was nfirmatn of the character’s sexualy.

Due part to his close relatnship wh bt iend Patrick Star, the ter had long ago cid that SpongeBob was ed gay.

SPONGEBOB SQUAREPANTS GAY? NICKELOON JT RERCED THAT THEORY

“We never tend them to be gay. Nickeloon revealed SpongeBob SquarePants is an LGBTQ+ ally, but do that mean he's gay? Qutns about whether SpongeBob is gay or not have been floatg around for years as the show has dropped some hts about , even though seri’ creator Stephen Hillenburg spoke about years ago.

The biggt one is that of SpongeBob’s sexualy, wh many groups accg the show of promotg homosexualy and gay marriage.

IS SPONGEBOB SQUAREPANTS GAY? EVERY TIME THE SHOW SUGGTED HE IS

People sisted the episo promoted gay marriage, but as sea spong aren’t eher female or male (and Hillenburg was a mare science tor), playg the role of mother was normal for SpongeBob. Of urse, the ntroversy didn’t end there, and many groups began to over-analyze the show to fd clu that proved that SpongeBob was gay and the show was a bad example for children.

To some, however, SpongeBob’s overly cheerful personaly and sensivy are enough proof that the character is actually gay.

While many have taken Nickeloon’s tweet as nfirmatn that SpongeBob is gay, ’s important to remember that Hillenburg once clarified that he nsired the character to be “somewhat asexual”, very much like real-life sea spong. I also thought about how each SpongeBob Squarepants character is a ltle gay.

SO... IS SPONGEBOB SQUAREPANTS GAY?

Plankton is like, textbook Evil Gay.

HERE'S WHY FANS OF SPONGEBOB SQUAREPANTS THK HE IS GAY AFTER NICKELOON'S PRI MONTH POST

He fs perfectly to the trope of gay male villas rtoons, like Sr The Ln Kg or Jafar om Aladd. He’s so reprsed and bogged down by the weight of homosexual stigma that ’s turned him evil. ” If you’re that gay, that reprsed, and feel like there’s no world which you n live your tth, the bt optn for you is probably to marry a genred puter — no timacy, no problem.

One more thg: Plankton is extraordarily bad at beg evil, which is gay. This was a gay uple.

But SpongeBob seems gay the theater-kid-who-homophobic-jocks-lled-gay-bee-he-exprs-emotn type of way, and not an thentic way, which is like, snarky, aggrieved, rryg the weight of the world on your shoulrs.

SQUIDWARD AND SPONGEBOB ARE GAY FOR EACHOTHER

I’ve always felt as though Squidward is nonilly gay, or at least has been wily accepted as such. No one will put up a fight if you claim Squidward is gay.

SPONGEBOB AND SQUIDWARD ARE GAY FOR EACHOTHER

He is a straightforward parody of a Manhattan art gay, one of those bter, lonely, middle aged gay men who retir to his ntemporary pad to live a life of solu wh his hobbi, his art, his flute, and his rentments.

Sandy is a know--all: gay. Sandy lov beg right: gay. Sandy is hyper-telligent and braggadoc: gay.

IS SPONGEBOB GAY?

Sandy hibernat: gay.

If you wake Sandy while she’s hibernatg, she turns to an tractable, growlg monster: gay.

Sandy lov karate and science—not one, but both: gay.

THE SPONGEBOB SQUAREPANTS IS GAY CONTROVERSY EXPLAED (& WHY IT'S DUMB)

Sandy is easily angered: gay. Sandy is petive and antagonistic: gay. Gay.

1592054553Naturally, took leral sends for the ter to fly to a enzy over the apparent reveal that SpongeBob is as gay for Patrick as we all always knew he was. \u201cGAY SPONGEBOB STANS RISEEEEEEE\u201d — brtany (@brtany).

1592096177Of urse, Nickeloon didn’t explicly say SpongeBob is the gay in we’re all so eager to claim he is, but the tweet DOES suggt he’s part of the LGBTQ+ “SpongeBob is gay!! ” paras swept across the ter, other diehard fans of the crter who liv a peapple unr the sea began potg out that we’ve actually known SpongeBob has his place unr the LGBTQ+ umbrella for a long time 2005, creator Stephen Hillenburg said that he “never tend [SpongeBob and Patrick] to be gay. 1592072825Wh so ltle asexual reprentatn media, ’s important not to erase SpongeBob’s ace inty, though some have poted out that there’s still room for him to be homo- or bi-romantic and asexual.

NICKELOON REVEALS THAT SPONGEBOB IS GAY

\u201c\u201cspongebob is gay\u201d \u201o, spongebob is asexual! He\u2019s homoromantic asexual; you n have both. The post ma s rounds onle and has led many to regnize this as nfirmatn of SpongeBob's sexual orientatn after s of speculatn that SpongeBob is gay.

"We never tend them to be gay, " seri creator Stephen Hillenburg said 2005.

Regardls of what the creator said 15 years earlier, #SpongebobIsGay began to trend on Twter, as many took the image as nfirmatn of what they spected.