Probabaly one of the most popular and controversial topics among Spongebob Squarepants fans today is if Spongebob's quality has declined in recent years. Many people have taken different sides to the matter, but two of them stand out the most.One of thoseside says that Spongebob wasat it's bestpre-Season 4 and has steadily declined ever since. The other side says that Spongebob Sqaurepants should be focused on it's humor, not if it's style of humorof charcter behavior has shifted from what the die-hardfans are used to.

To go to a more personal view, the way I judged Spongebob at firstwas how it's identity has changed and from this view, one can obviously come to a conclusion I wasn't happy on where the yellow sponge was heading. But what I came to realize to judge a cartoon, you have to do it by humor, originality, plot and other factors that make cartoons a hit. In this view of judging, my views on Spongebob have dramatically changed for the better. Although I still believe that some recentSpongebob episodes are abysmal compared to the "golden years" and that todays Spongebob isn't as good as back then, I have come to realize it's not as bad as people claim it is.

While that's what I believe, what do YOU believe?

Simply post what you think of Spongebob nowadays and please refrain from altercations and pointless arguements that will get you nowhere. I want this to be a creative thread where people's opinions can be expressed without biased judgement.

NOTE: The purpose of this thread is to resolve tension between Spongebob fans NOT create it. I think we can all be mature enough not to get into more fights.

Well, I couldn't help but say after I saw this but: "Yes it has." And there are tons of reasons to point out, but here are some that I've managed to tally up.

For one, when the series started, I LOVED it. It had a great watchability and re-watchability, which nowadays seems rather lacking. I can put up with the new episodes but they're still rather stupid.

Also, Spongebob was and yes WAS a smart loveable idiot, and yes he hada brain but I guess someone, whoever it wasdecided it best to throw away his intelligence and now he's just a "loveable" idiot. (Note the quotations used). But honestly, I do not understand why he had to become so stupid, so stupid that it's almost intolerable now. Heck, he's probably in the same intelligence group with Fanboy and ChumChum...

Well unfortunately, I must go for a while, I'll post something later....

I don't think SpongeBob is going downhill. I mean, the ratings for the show now are just as high as they ever were. Obviously it's not the same now as it was a few years ago, but that's pretty typical for a show that has been on as long as Spongebob has. Of course, there are a handful of episodes that I hated from the later seasons, but to be honest, there was a handful of episodes from the earlier seasons that I really didn't like either. Unfortunately, as long as new episodes keep airing, people are going to keep ranting about how the show has gone downhill and about how it needs to end, which I am very tired of already.

Yes, it is going downhill, just read my... hm... controversial review. : D

Meh. It went a little downhill, but it hasn't hit rock bottom (if you'll excuse the pun).

Nope. I think that some of the new episodes could be better, but, hey it's SpongeBob! It's still way better than any other show in my book, so why always debate this and complain? I'll just enjoy the show, even as I critque it, and just laugh and be happy. Just sayin'.