I don’t think I’ve ever fully realized how crazy SpongeBob is from like, a nerdy perspective.
You’re telling me that THE most popular kids’ cartoon of all time has a SEA SPONGE as its main character?? AKA the animal that people give the least shits about?? And it has 13 seasons and counting? Four movies??
And nearly ALL of the major side characters are invertebrates? AND THE FISH ARE RELEGATED TO BACKGROUND CHARACTERS, DELEGATED TO JUST BEING SET DRESSING FOR THE MARINE INVERTEBRATES?
If SpongeBob wasn’t created by a marine biologist, don’t you think all the characters would be fish? And the sponges and starfish wouldn’t even be background characters. They would literally just be decorative objects.
And it’s the most successful kids’ cartoon of all time??? What the fuck???
I cannot stress enough how insane this is.
The main villain is a piece of plankton???? How cool is that!? Why haven’t I registered this until now?
It genuinely did change how much kids know and care about those animals. I've heard of kids getting excited about sea sponge displays at aquariums. :)







