I love ren and stimpy! But back on topic, I didn't think it was gross.

What about the medieval episode, where that one guy was going to kill himself. Don't you think THAT might be a little too much for kids?

^^There are plenty of adult jokes from SpongeBob so I don't think it is that bad because a lot of them go over the kids' heads the older people will notice it, such as:

"SpongeBob doesn't have hair. Or does he???"

^Ewww! But that's why I love SpongeBob! You get to watch a cartoon that STILL has adult elements to make you laugh, and little kids don't ask you a million questions about it!

pain felt grossness level embarassment caused
death depends on cause depends on cause depends on cause
pain yes depends on cause depends on cause
eating garbage no yes yes

So, from this simple table one can see that death depends on the cause as to it's grossness or pain levels, pain is always a bad thing (and the worst bad thing obviously) and eating garbage is both gross and embarassing. Thus death is only a problem is caused in a gross/painful fashion (and it being a cartoon pain isn't a problem as cartoons don't feel pain) so the most gross element would be eating garbade or graphic violence, although grossness and pain are not always atequal levels.

IMO, adult themed jokes are good, when they're subtle enough (just got the hair joke, lol) although, that doesn't seem to happen that much, or that good, in the post movie episodes. but the gross humor, meh, maybe i grew out of it, but i just see a toe being ripped off in a disgusting way, not funny, nor entertaining, just disgusting.

IMO For anything, this formula works.
Subtle Adult Joke=Good-/+ *depends on actual joke*
Non-Sublte Adult Joke=Lame or, on rare ocassions if it's good enough, Good.

Lol that was funny i actually liked house fancy which is a surprise as i generally hate season 6.