5.3
Viewer Rating
Combines user and critic ratings from four sources
SpongeBob SquarePants (1999)
Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Center
Viewer Rating
Rating: 5.3
Overview
Deep down in the Pacific Ocean in the subterranean city of Bikini Bottom lives a square yellow sponge named SpongeBob SquarePants. SpongeBob lives in a pineapple with his pet snail, Gary, loves his job as a fry cook at the Krusty Krab, and has a knack for getting into all kinds of trouble without really trying. When he's not getting on the nerves of his cranky next door neighbor Squidward, SpongeBob can usually be found smack in the middle of all sorts of strange situations with his best buddy, the simple yet lovable starfish, Patrick, or his thrill-seeking surfer-girl squirrel pal, Sandy Cheeks.
Starring Cast
Where to watch
Bias Dimensions
Political: Center
Diversity: Moderate
LGBTQ: Neutral
Overview
Deep down in the Pacific Ocean in the subterranean city of Bikini Bottom lives a square yellow sponge named SpongeBob SquarePants. SpongeBob lives in a pineapple with his pet snail, Gary, loves his job as a fry cook at the Krusty Krab, and has a knack for getting into all kinds of trouble without really trying. When he's not getting on the nerves of his cranky next door neighbor Squidward, SpongeBob can usually be found smack in the middle of all sorts of strange situations with his best buddy, the simple yet lovable starfish, Patrick, or his thrill-seeking surfer-girl squirrel pal, Sandy Cheeks.
Starring Cast
Where to watch
Detailed Bias Analysis
Analyzing...
Center
Primary
The film's central themes and conflicts are overwhelmingly apolitical, focusing on friendship, imagination, and everyday life rather than promoting or critiquing specific political ideologies. It consciously focuses on apolitical themes.
SpongeBob SquarePants features a cast of anthropomorphic sea creatures, which means the concepts of human racial or gender representation in casting do not directly apply. The narrative focuses on the adventures of these non-human characters and does not engage with or critique traditional human identities.
Secondary
SpongeBob SquarePants features a protagonist whose creator identified him as asexual, an identity within the LGBTQIA+ spectrum. While the show does not explicitly address LGBTQ+ themes, the close, unconventional friendship between SpongeBob and Patrick has been interpreted as queer-coded by some. The overall portrayal is neutral, as it neither explicitly uplifts nor denigrates queer identity within its narrative.
SpongeBob SquarePants does not feature any identifiable transsexual characters or themes. The series' narrative does not explore transsexual identity, experiences, or related social issues, resulting in no direct portrayal to evaluate.
The movie does not contain any action or adventure elements.
SpongeBob SquarePants is an original animated series that premiered in 1999. It does not adapt characters from prior source material or re-imagine legacy characters from previous installments with different genders. All characters were newly created for this show.
The characters in SpongeBob SquarePants are anthropomorphic sea creatures, not human. Therefore, the concept of a 'race swap' as defined, which applies to human racial categories, does not apply to this animated series.
Viewer Rating Breakdown
User Ratings
8.2
7.7
Critic Ratings
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