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Contents 1 Peer Review 2 Too much merchandising 3 Music of SpongeBob SquarePants 4 Cultural References 5 Merge 6 Waterhead 7 Why can't the fact about real-life sequences be part of the trivia? 8 Vandalsim 9 Awards 10 Categories 11 Decline In Quality 12 Vandalism 13 Theme song was on Weird Al Yankovic album 14 Innuendos 15 SpongeBob SquarePants in popular culture 15.1 Final results 15.2 Article for Deletion 16 LGBT WikiProject 17 Grammar and Capitalisation 18 What Happened To All The Episodes? 19 Japanese dub

[edit] Peer Review

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[edit] Too much merchandising

The section on merchandising mentions dozens of products and tie-ins. I think 3-5 at best should be enough. Who's gonna pick? Repetition 03:11, 9 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Music of SpongeBob SquarePants

Hey everyone, I created a page called Music of SpongeBob SquarePants. I suggest that the section entitled "Music" on this page be linked to that page, as it currently has more info and allows for more room to add more without cluttering up the main SpongeBob article. It's similar to the Music of Ren and Stimpy page. Sb2007 20:40, 15 February 2007 (UTC)

What about the steel guitars that form so much of the musical background to the show? I can't find out who does them, though i believe it is a Hawaiian Steel Guitar. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 128.2.153.20 (talk) 17:27, 30 April 2007 (UTC).

[edit] Cultural References

I think this is getting pretty ridiculous. It's like making a "Cultural References" section in the Star Wars article: Pretty much everybody in the freaking universe has done a parody by now. I think either this big novelty collection of all 9,000 of the shows that have hinted at or spoofed the show should be scrapped, or we make a "Cultural References to SpongeBob Squarepants" article. I support the former suggestion, becuase if we make a new references article, all the article would be is way too many examples without a explanation or introduction. Sorry to get all worked up. I'll be quiet now. 71.199.25.62 23:31, 24 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Merge

The SpongeBob SquarePants controversy article is going no where, and the content of it is somewhat limited, though most of the controversy has been covered. I propose that it be merged into this article for this reason. --DarkAdonis255 14:33, 25 February 2007 (UTC)

I agree, what's the point of making such a small page with text that takes less than five minutes to read? TheBlazikenMaster 18:15, 25 February 2007 (UTC)

I agree too. It was orignally moved there because it's length was very long. -AMK152^{(Talk • Contributions • Send message)} 19:08, 25 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Waterhead

How can one possibly be absorbed or attracted to a sponge if one does not have a patological hydrocephalus Axezz 08:46, 27 February 2007 (UTC)

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I don't know what this has to do with the article but it's a cartoon. And cartoons don't have to be one hundred percent realistic. TheBlazikenMaster 08:49, 27 February 2007 (UTC)

She means you must have a brain disease if you make articles about a fictional sponge. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Im A Shark (talk • contribs).

[edit] Why can't the fact about real-life sequences be part of the trivia?

The last remove was just "rmv". Is that specific? No. I need to know why it's unnecessery. This is not common on most cartoons. Because most cartoons have no real-life sequences whatsoever. In some episodes there is some, but that's rarily in most cartoons, and it's called another demension.

So I wanna ask why can't the real-life sequences thing be part of the trivia? Knowing that could interest some people that know nothing of SpongeBob. After all WikiPedia is to seek knowledge, and make it clear to people that don't know what the thing is. TheBlazikenMaster 20:32, 28 February 2007 (UTC)

Sorry about bumping this, but I wanna know. TheBlazikenMaster 19:44, 16 March 2007 (UTC)

C'mon, I really want an answer. TheBlazikenMaster 09:49, 18 March 2007 (UTC)

I still don't get it. Sorry about bumping this. I really want to know. I mean almost every episode has it. By the time it was removed, there was NO REASON, neither has there been any reason of previous removals of this trivia. TheBlazikenMaster 11:48, 27 March 2007 (UTC)

There is no bumping happening here. This isn't a forum thread. 152.23.196.162 13:21, 1 April 2007 (UTC)

I'm NOT foruming. I'm talking about the trivia in this article. I need to know why the trivia "There are often real-life sequences" isn't allowed. I'm NOT foruming. I'm talking about the article. I wanna know a good reason why it was removed. What gives you the idea I'm foruming? Because I'm not. TheBlazikenMaster 15:23, 1 April 2007 (UTC)

What is the point of bumping something that doesn't rise to the top when you post. ALso, who cares about you "real-life sequences". What would you want the trivia section to say about it?

You're right. I see it now. Something common in a cartoon would belong more in a long text rather than trivia. I apologise to everyone. Feel free to archive this discussion if you want, it's closed anyway. TheBlazikenMaster 01:26, 9 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Vandalsim

Just wanted to tell users that the page as been vandalised already 4 times today.Themasterofwiki 17:37, 19 March 2007 (UTC)

The page has been vandalized again. Someone put up inappropriate language below the history of Spongebob. It is noticeable.

Well, I noticed the bullshit involving Abraham Linceln and Saddam Hussein. Maybe it's time to protect the page. By the way, what's the easiest to remember shortcut to requests to protecting page link? TheBlazikenMaster 01:16, 28 April 2007 (UTC)

• WP:RPP. -AMK152^{(Talk • Contributions • Send message)} 02:14, 28 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Awards

For the last 7 years it has won The kids choice awars for best Cartoon.

r u sure? i thought it was 5 years. i could be wrong, though.---- ichliebezuko

[edit] Categories

Can someone please add the following category to this article? Category:Nickelodeon shows

Thanks.

{{editprotected}} This page is semiprotected; any username more than a few days old can edit it. There is no need for administrator assistance. CMummert · talk 11:53, 29 March 2007 (UTC)

It already is in the SpongeBob category, which is the subcategory of nicktoons, which is subcategory of Nickelodeon shows, so there is no need. TheBlazikenMaster 16:06, 29 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Decline In Quality

I think there're plenty of people out there voicing their dissatisfaction with the current quality (really, post season-4) of this show. Should this perhaps be mentioned in the article (as the perception of decline in the quality of "Simpsons" episodes is mentioned in its article)?

• Do you have sources? -AMK152^{(Talk • Contributions • Send message)} 03:32, 14 April 2007 (UTC)

• I agree with you, but AMK152 is right. You need some sources. Maybe like a third-party forum or message board. Geosultan4 03:54, 21 April 2007 (UTC)

• Message boards won't do, because there people voice their opinions. And there are a lot of endless discussions on message boards. So I'm afraid it won't do. TheBlazikenMaster 14:02, 21 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Vandalism

Pop73 added some gibberish about catacombs to the article, looks like vandalism. Can someone remove it? 121.45.212.248 17:39, 14 April 2007 (UTC)

(Commando303)

I got rid of it. Moojgoo 17:56, 14 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Theme song was on Weird Al Yankovic album

I see someone erased my bit about Weird Al singing the theme song, and states instead that the song may be commonly credited to Weird Al, but its actually done by someone else. That is odd. Because the television show sounds like him, and he sings that song on his album Running with Scissors which I happen to own. Perhaps someone else did it for the movie? Anyone ever watch the ending credits of the cartoon to confirm who sings it? Dream Focus 03:58, 26 April 2007 (UTC)

That album has no Spongebob track on it. It was released in 1999. It does have the theme for the Weird Al Show, but that's hardly the same thing.Ianzu 21:12, 23 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Innuendos

can we make a list of innuendos on a seperate page, theres a ton of them

anyone like this idea, i can think of a bunch right now, and its a big part of the show

[edit] SpongeBob SquarePants in popular culture

The current results are:

Supporters: 2

Opposers: 0

(The article will be made on May 10th, 2007 if I get more supporters than opposers.)

I was thinking about making an article with that name, since the deleted section had so many things, but first I need supporters or people that oppose. Please tell me if you think this is a good idea, or bad idea. Yeah, what do you think about this idea? TheBlazikenMaster 20:28, 1 May 2007 (UTC)

• I strongly agree with the idea. I think it would be a great idea to include the pop culture references in one article as SpongeBob is a popular show. However, I have a feeling that people will disagree. I hope that this idea will go through. -AMK152^{(Talk • Contributions • Send message)} 20:54, 1 May 2007 (UTC)

By the way, if I get more supporters than people that disagree by the time it's May the 10th, I will make the article. If I don't, too bad. I put a list at the top of this section. TheBlazikenMaster 21:13, 1 May 2007 (UTC)

I'll announce it in the May 2007 newsletter for WP:SBSP. -AMK152^{(Talk • Contributions • Send message)} 11:33, 2 May 2007 (UTC)

Great idea, I'm not gonna join that WikiProject, I'm not big enough fan of SpongeBob to do that. TheBlazikenMaster 11:41, 2 May 2007 (UTC)

Here is an example of how the page will look like. TheBlazikenMaster 21:15, 5 May 2007 (UTC)

I support you. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 70.190.223.163 (talk • contribs).

[edit] Final results

Two supporters and no opposers. I thought more people would vote. Ah well, I'm creating the page, as I did it through talkpage. If someone is unhappy about it, just send it to AFD. TheBlazikenMaster 14:20, 10 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Article for Deletion

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[edit] LGBT WikiProject

Why is this article in the LGBT WikiProject. Spongebob Squarepants the television series has nothing to do with LGBT. I move to remove this article from the LGBT WikiProject

Bovineboy2008 00:48, 15 May 2007 (UTC)

I did remove this, but I got some complaint on my talk page. Click here. TheBlazikenMaster 17:01, 15 May 2007 (UTC)

It should really be removed. Stephen Hillenburg even said that SpongeBob is not gay. Can't people tell the difference between immaturity and homosexuality? -AMK152^{(Talk • Contributions • Send message)} 22:01, 24 May 2007 (UTC)

Being in the LGBT Project doesn't mean that SpongeBob identifies. I added it because it's of interest to the LGBT community that conservative groups accused SpongeBob of being coded pro-gay propaganda. I see that someone erased the section about that controversy from the article, so I suppose you can erase the LGBT Project, too. Queerudite 22:42, 24 May 2007 (UTC)

Fine I will. It isn't big part, wikiprojects should only be used if the person/thing or whatever the article is about, are big part of it. You can't imagine how many articles would be part of BBC WikiProject, if every single subject that got into the BBC news would be part of that project. So it's agreed, glad we could agree on this without problems. TheBlazikenMaster 16:19, 25 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Grammar and Capitalisation

2nd paragraph under "Setting" looks weird. Unnecessary capital letters and grammar mistakes, such as "Giving the fact..." a few lines down, make this hard to read. (I'm new to Wikipedia so I'm finding out more on editing first before doing anything else.) Singyouranthem 10:38, 5 June 2007 (UTC)

Yeah there are too many non-name caps. I agree, it's clearly unnecessery. So I'm fixing it now. TheBlazikenMaster 12:50, 5 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] What Happened To All The Episodes?

All the episodes are gone was it vandalsim? Or were they deleted for some reason? Also some of the charaters profiles have changed too. Leiaro 21:01, 5 June 2007 (UTC)

Read this, it might answer your question about episodes. And I don't know what happend to the character profiles. TheBlazikenMaster 21:09, 5 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Japanese dub

Who voices SpongeBob SquarePants in the Japanese dub of the TV series?

That kinda information doesn't belong to the English Wikipedia. But you could use Google Translator to autotranslate the the Japanese version of the page if you'd like. TheBlazikenMaster 16:00, 25 June 2007 (UTC)