Editing SpongeBob SquarePants (seasons 1-5, 9-present) (section)

==Why This Nautical Nonsense is Something You Wish==
#The animation is nice and near perfect for Nickelodeon standards from the start, and it improves vastly as the years go by and matches the style of zany cartoons from the Golden Age of Animation (especially the ones that Adam Paloian worked on) such as cartoons done by Bob Clampett, Tex Avery, Chuck Jones, Ward Kimball, and many others.
#*It was also a '''HUGE''' improvement to Nickelodeon's Animation Studios' direction compared to their failed pilot, "Terrytoons Presents: Crubside".
#*The animation got even better since season 9 due to its transition to HD.
#The premise is interesting since unlike most other cartoons, this one takes place underwater in the Pacific Ocean.
#The character designs are cute and appealing.
#The opening is iconic and catchy.
#It spawned multiple great licensed tie-in video games, including the well-known [[SpongeBob SquarePants: Battle for Bikini Bottom|Battle for Bikini Bottom]] and it's Rehydrated remake.
#The show is very adventurous in scope as there are a lot of cool and interesting places, even outside of Bikini Bottom.
# Well-done voice acting, such as Tom Kenny, who voices the title character as well as his pet snail, Gary, and the French narrator. Special mention to when he does amazing impressions of other characters such as "Mimic Madness".
#Great and memorable songs, such as: 
#*"Ripped Pants" (voiced by Peter Strauss)
#*"F.U.N. Song"
#*"Sweet Victory" (voiced by David Glen Eisley)
#*"Campfire Song Song"
#*"If Only I Could Join You"
#*"He's Flying"
#*"All You Need Is Friends"
#*"I Can't Keep My Eyes Off of You"
#*"Down The Well"
#*"The Bubble Song"
#*"Fueling The Bus"
#*"Attitude of Gratitude"
#*"A Day Like This"
#*"Oh Krusty Krab"
#*"Santa Has His Eye on Me"
#*"Don't Be a Jerk (It's Christmas)"
#*"It's High Tide Time We Went on Tour"
#*"Never Give Up"
#*"Best Day Ever"
#*"Who Am I?"
#*"Gary's Song"
#*"This Grill is Not a Home"
#*"Texas (I Wanna Go Home)".
#*"We’ve Got Scurvy".
#Amazingly hilarious, clever, and self-aware humor. "Wet Painters" for example has Patrick acknowledge the show's overuse of time cards by having him hold the "Three Hours Later" time card, telling SpongeBob to get on with the painting since he is running out of time cards.
#The show is willing to go a little out of its way to handle more mature topics at times but does it in a subtly child-friendly way that doesn't feel too dark and keeps the comedic tone, examples include:
#*"Suds", which handles the subject of self-medication.
#*"Hooky", "Just One Bite", and "Skill Crane" talk about the subject of addiction, with the first one talking about peer pressure.
#*"Plankton Paranoia", which focuses on the subject of paranoia and anxiety.
#*"Squirrel Jokes", deals with the subject of stereotyping and racism through SpongeBob's mockery of squirrels during his comedy act at the Krusty Krab talent show.
#*"Pressure" can also be interpreted as discrimination and competition.
#*"Squid's Day Off", whose main theme is an obsessive-compulsive disorder by featuring Squidward obsessively going back and forth to the Krusty Krab during his vacation, fearing SpongeBob (who is taking his place as the cashier while Mr. Krabs is in the hospital) causing any trouble (i.e. causing a fire) while he's gone, only to find out that he's just waiting there normally, waiting for Squidward to finish with his errands.
#*"Nasty Patty" talks about the subject of murder, even though the Health Inspector wasn't murdered (but that was what Mr. Krabs and SpongeBob thought).
#Though the show is mostly comedy, there is a fair share of heartwarming and sweet moments such as SpongeBob hugging Gary in some episodes.
#There are so many likable, memetic, and memorable characters with very distinct personalities like:
#*<span class=plainlinks>[https://greatcharacters.miraheze.org/wiki/SpongeBob_SquarePants_(seasons_1-6a,_7b-present) SpongeBob SquarePants] is the good-hearted, quirky, and happy-go-lucky yet intelligent protagonist.
#*<span class=plainlinks>[https://greatcharacters.miraheze.org/wiki/Patrick_Star_(seasons_1-5,_9b-present) Patrick Star] is SpongeBob's dim-witted, yet good-natured and well-meaning best friend.
#*<span class=plainlinks>[https://greatcharacters.miraheze.org/wiki/Squidward_Tentacles Squidward Tentacles] is SpongeBob's vain and grouchy neighbor but he has a fair share of care for SpongeBob inside and is very relatable.
#*<span class=plainlinks>[https://greatcharacters.miraheze.org/wiki/Mr._Krabs_(seasons_1-5;_11-present) Mr. Krabs] is Pearl's father and the greedy boss of SpongeBob and Squidward.
#*<span class=plainlinks>[https://greatcharacters.miraheze.org/wiki/Sheldon_J._Plankton Plankton] is the short-tempered and envious yet comedic villain.
#*<span class=plainlinks>[https://greatcharacters.miraheze.org/wiki/Sandy_Cheeks Sandy Cheeks] is the smart and tough newcomer.
#*Mrs. Puff is the beleaguered boating teacher.
#*Karen is Plankton's snarky, but sensible computer wife.
#*<span class=plainlinks>[https://greatcharacters.miraheze.org/wiki/Pearl_Krabs_(seasons_1-5;_8-present) Pearl Krabs] is Mr. Krabs' bratty but cheerful and friendly teenage daughter.
#*<span class=plainlinks>[https://greatcharacters.miraheze.org/wiki/Gary_the_Snail Gary] is SpongeBob's loyal pet snail.
#*Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy are affectionate parodies of Batman and Robin or Aquaman and Aqualad or Flash and Kid Flash, respectively.
#*<span class=plainlinks>[https://greatcharacters.miraheze.org/wiki/Larry_the_Lobster Larry the Lobster] is the muscular and fun-loving bodybuilder.
#*<span class=plainlinks>[https://greatcharacters.miraheze.org/wiki/Fred_(SpongeBob_SquarePants) Fred] is the long-suffering background character.
#*Bubble Bass is the gluttonous, uppity, arrogant yet nerdy and neckbeard LARPer.
#*Old Man Jenkins and Old Man Walker are old and forgetful fish.
#*<span class=plainlinks>[https://greatcharacters.miraheze.org/wiki/Scooter_(SpongeBob_SquarePants) Scooter] and <span class=plainlinks>[https://greatcharacters.miraheze.org/wiki/Sandals_(SpongeBob_SquarePants) Sandals] are happy-go-lucky surfer fish.
#*And the Flying Dutchman is the bombastic pirate ghost.
#There are so many great, hilarious and memorable episodes from these seasons (see below).
#A lot of the title cards and timecards are creative. As mentioned in WTSANNAR#4, there was even a funny 4th wall-breaking joke made with them in "Wet Painters", when Patrick says "Can you move it along? I'm out of time cards" as well as the narrator groaning in "Rock-a-Bye Bivalve".
#Shares some elements with ''[[Rocko's Modern Life]]'' and ''[[The Ren & Stimpy Show (seasons 1 & 2)|The Ren &]] [[The Ren & Stimpy Show (seasons 3-5)|Stimpy Show]]'', which makes sense as some of the SpongeBob crew worked on those shows before coming to work on ''SpongeBob''.
#The first 3 seasons (otherwise known as the pre-movie seasons) are arguably the best seasons of the show, spawning so many memorable episodes, three of them (Pizza Delivery, Band Geeks and Chocolate with Nuts) being considered the best of the series, among other episodes like SB-129, Ripped Pants, F.U.N, The Paper, Something Smells, Big Pink Loser, Dying for Pie & its sister episode Imitation Krabs, Christmas Who?, Frankendoodle, Graveyard Shift, Idiot Box, Wet Painters and sister episode Krusty Krab Training Video, The Camping Episode, Plankton's Army, etc. Season 3 is generally regarded as better than Season 2 due to having more episodes considered the best of the series by fans.
#*Seasons 4 and 5, despite not being as great as the pre-movie seasons, are still good and have recently been bunched up with seasons 1-3 by some people to form the Golden Age of SpongeBob. Some people have gone far enough to state that Seasons 4 and 5 are as good as, if not, even better than the pre-movie seasons.
#*The Post-Sequel era, while not as great as the pre-movie era, is still pretty good and is a huge step up from seasons 6-8. This era has spawned many good episodes like Food Con Castaways, Mimic Madness, Mind the Gap, Karen’s Virus, My Leg!, and Pat The Dog. This era is better than the 5th season due to having rare character interactions and even more creative ideas. They're on par with or only very slightly worse than Season 1.
#Ever since season 9, the show has improved dramatically after its decline in quality (see Reason #2 in the Bad Qualities section below) and there have been a lot of unique episode plots that haven't been done before.
#*Season 8 is perhaps the least bad and can be seen as an improvement over seasons 6 & 7, as the animation has improved (despite its frame-rate issues), SpongeBob's voice has returned to its original pitch since Season 3, has more great episodes like "Frozen Face-Off" and "It's a SpongeBob Christmas!", some characters reverted to their original personalities like Sheldon J. Plankton, Karen Plankton, Pearl Krabs, and SpongeBob SquarePants, and is considered average at best. However, it still has many of the same problems as the previous two seasons. Overall, Season 8 is not necessarily bad, but it’s very average.
#*Although Season 6 was the season where the series' decline became very noticeable, it was alright during its first four half-hours, despite having some stinkers, like "Penny Foolish" and "Gone". It wasn't until "The Splinter" that the seasonal rot officially kicked in and became much more noticeable (technically "Spongehenge" started the downfall of the show but still).
#*Season 7 FINALLY got slightly better in the second half, as infamous episodes were not as common anymore. Plus there are fewer Squidward Torture Episodes and the animation is less jarring to watch than Season 6 and Late Season 5.
#The Japanese dub is just as good as the original English version, which makes it into an anime.
#*The Latin Spanish dubbing of the first seasons is also very good, with the voices of Luis Carreño as Bob Esponja (Kaihiamal Martínez in the first season), Paul Gillman as Patricio, Renzo Jiménez as Calamardo, etc.
#*The Brazilian Portuguese dub was well received by Brazilian fans thanks to the wonderful job of Wendel Bezerra (SpongeBob's Brazilian voice actor).
#The background music is composed of either Hawaiian-style ukulele or pirate sea shanties which matches the show's underwater aesthetic. It is very calming to listen to, with a lot of memorable tracks such as "Grass Skirt Chase" and "The Rake Hornpipe".
#It had four Christmas specials: "Christmas Who?" "[[It's a SpongeBob Christmas! (SpongeBob SquarePants)|It's a SpongeBob Christmas!]]" "SpongeBob's Road to Christmas" and "[[Sandy's Country Christmas (SpongeBob SquarePants)|Sandy's Country Christmas]]", and a two-part stop-motion Halloween special called "The Legend of Boo-Kini Bottom", with top-notch, stop-motion animation, the same stop-motion animation from "It's a SpongeBob Christmas!", all of them being great, hilarious and memorable.
#After Stephen Hillenburg passed away from Lou Gehrig's disease, also known as ALS, the show made a couple of tributes to him. The first time was when Tom Kenny described how he was a good friend to him for a long time. The second was mentioned on the birthday special which is "[[SpongeBob's Big Birthday Blowout]]", and the third one was on the third movie, ''[[The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge on the Run|Sponge on the Run]]''.
#Lots of good morals here and there, such as: 
#*Trying something new even if you don't want to. ("Just One Bite")
#*Don't care if people make fun of you. ("Grandma's Kisses")
#*Being yourself. ("Ripped Pants" and "MuscleBob BuffPants")
#*Always be kind to one another. ("Best Day Ever" and "Band Geeks")
#*Never take jokes way to the extreme. ("Pranks a Lot")
#*Never make fun of your friends. ("Squirrel Jokes" and "Pressure")
#*Don't be upset if people don't like you. ("Something Smells")
#*Being honest. ("The Donut of Shame")
#*Never break into someone's home without their permission. ("Survival of the Idiots")
#*You can't always get what you want. ("Squidville" and "SB-129")
#*Don't leave your life just to hang out with your favorite animals and be grateful for what you have. ("Nature Pants")
#*Always stand up for yourself. ("Pickles")
#The Patchy the Pirate segments in the show can be very entertaining, with Patchy being one of the funniest characters in the show due to his rivalry moments with his parrot, Potty.
#The show has had some creative parodies before such as Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy being parodies of Batman and Robin, Glove World being a reference to Disney World or Disneyland, and the Krusty Krab being a parody of McDonald's.