/lit/ - Literature

>>10837643
This is all true but you're missing so much of why Spongebob is as popular as it is today. Its a staple of virtually every cartoon, as can slapstick humor. Surely what made Spongebob in particular so popular would be that which is particular to Spongebob, and not applicable to any cartoon. Expressiveness is important, but only in conjunction with other qualities that set this show part from its peers.

The show's memetic value comes from the totality of its subject matter it deals with. There's a reason images like the one OP posted or the one on the left are very common: the show is infinitely malleable such that virtually anything can be portrayed by it.

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