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SpongeBob SquarePants Episodes Pulled Over Storyline Concerns - IGN

Nickelodeon will no longer air two SpongeBob episodes because of concerns over appropriateness for kids and sensitivities around the pandemic respectively.

www.ign.com

The SpongeBob SquarePants episode "Mid-Life Crustacean" is "out of rotation" and is not available to stream on Paramount+ or purchase digitally on services like Amazon. Another SpongeBob episode, "Kwarantined Krab," also appears to have been shelved due to plotline similarities to the COVID-19 pandemic.


The season 3 episode, "Mid-Life Crustacean," first aired on Nickelodeon in 2003 and features Mr. Krabs in a mid-life crisis. SpongeBob and Patrick help out by showing Mr. Krabs a good time.

The scene that may have led to the episode's removal could be the scene where Patrick suggests a "panty raid," which leads to SpongeBob, Patrick, and Mr. Krabs breaking into a woman's house to steal her underwear. It turns out the house they broke into was Mr. Krabs' mom's house. The mom catches the three in the act and sends Mr. Krabs to his childhood room for the rest of the night.

IGN has also acquired a DVD box set for SpongeBob: The First 100 Episodes. "Mid-Life Crustacean" is available in full on the DVD set, which has a 2020 copyright on it. Nickelodeon again said, "No comment," when asked if the episode will be removed from digital outlets or future DVDs. Also, a clip from Mid-Life Crustacean remains on Nickelodeon's website, though it is not the "panty raid" scene.

 

[OmegaSupreme]

Think of the children!

 

[ItsGreat]

Think of the marketing more like! Ka-ching!

 

[AV]

Season 3 is almost 20 fucking years old at this point.

Anybody gonna tell them that Spongebob lives in bikini bottom with his neighbours sandy cheeks and a starfish? The whole thing is early-2000s level "inappropriate".

 

[Darko]

Has to be the panty raid episode

 

[JetSetJustin]

What about Gary Takes a Bath? Spongebob holds up the bars of soap and says "Look don't drop 'em" or something like that.

 

[MrTroubleMaker]

Stephen Hillenburg must be rolling in his grave because of what they are doing to his creations

 

[JayK47]

There will be nothing left in 10 years.

 

[nkarafo]

As if they care about children.

They sensor shit from all kinds of shows and games regardless the age rating.

 

[JetSetJustin]

As if they care about children.

They sensor shit from all kinds of shows and games regardless the age rating.

They care about advertisers. That's it.

 

[ManaByte]

They care about advertisers. That's it.

There are no advertisers on Paramount+ where they pulled the episodes from.

 

[JayK47]

Seems to have been removed from Amazon Prime streaming as well.

 

[JetSetJustin]

There are no advertisers on Paramount+ where they pulled the episodes from.

Aren't there two tiers? I thought they had a cheaper option with commercials and then for $9.99 you can get commercial free.

I could be wrong.

 

[Bridges]

This is dumb but honestly I did always wonder how that panty raid episode aired in the first place. I'm against its removal, especially so many years later, but it's admittedly pretty questionable for something aimed at kids.

The plot synopsis of the quarantine episode is kinda funny since it seems like the twist is that the flu they were worried about wasn't a big deal but instead the quarantine caused them all to go stir crazy and develop other sicknesses.

 

[LordCBH]

Shit like this is part of the reason why kids are fucking soft these days.

 

[ManaByte]

Shit like this is part of the reason why kids are fucking soft these days.

It explains Twitter.

 

[a multicultural team of v]

I can't even imagine what would happen to Ren and Stimpy...

 

[Atrus]

I saw a documentary about this starring Sean Bean and Christian Bale.

These objectionable materials are prone to causing a “sense offense” and so must be turned in for destruction.

 

[ArtemisClydeFrog]

Shit like this is part of the reason why kids are fucking soft these days.

"these days"

This is cringe and boomer-esque. You know your ass got picked on in school. You soft af telling little kids that they're soft because they can't watch a certain spongebob episode on Paramount+ or whatever. "REEEEE SELL ME MORE CONTENT TO CONSOOOOOOOOOM". If you want all the Spongebob episodes then pirate them like a fucking man instead of posting some soft shit like this.

 

[Mistershine.]

I saw a documentary about this starring Sean Bean and Christian Bale.

These objectionable materials are prone to causing a “sense offense” and so must be turned in for destruction.

Christian Bale's best film.

The panty raid episode is still on amazon UK.

 

[AREYOUOKAY?]

Stephen Hillenburg must be rolling in his grave because of what they are doing to his creations

I'd imagine the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle creators feel the same way about Nick's recent animation abominations.

 

[Sevenfold]

I've not watched more than 30 seconds of Spongebob and it eats at me.

 

[Mihos]

"these days"

This is cringe and boomer-esque. You know your ass got picked on in school. You soft af telling little kids that they're soft because they can't watch a certain spongebob episode on Paramount+ or whatever. "REEEEE SELL ME MORE CONTENT TO CONSOOOOOOOOOM". If you want all the Spongebob episodes then pirate them like a fucking man instead of posting some soft shit like this.

saying something is cringe and boomeresqe is cringe and boomeresque

 

[OmegaSupreme]

Cancel everything before 2016. Change all animation into modern she ra. It's the only way forward for these impressionable kids.

 

[Arkam]

Remember the safety procedures....

 

[OmegaSupreme]

Bigmouth shows kids in sexual situations and nudity. That's cool though?

 

[Reality Czar]

Panty raid will be replaced with far more kid appropriate drag queen pride hour.

 

[OmegaSupreme]

Panty raid will be replaced with far more kid appropriate drag queen pride hour.

Or old people shoving their bare junk in their kid's faces to talk about their bodies.

 

[Harold Lloyd]

I can't even imagine what would happen to Ren and Stimpy...

 

[ArtemisClydeFrog]

saying something is cringe and boomeresqe is cringe and boomeresque

Maybe, doesn't make me wrong though.

Also ironic all the religious folks in here talking about pederasts and cancel culture.

 

[OmegaSupreme]

Maybe, doesn't make me wrong though.

Also ironic all the religious folks in here talking about pederasts and cancel culture.

It's funny how that flipped, isn't it? Not to get political in the nonpolitical section but it's an entirely different demo now calling for censorship.

 

[ArtemisClydeFrog]

It's funny how that flipped, isn't it? Not to get political in the nonpolitical section but it's an entirely different demo now calling for censorship.

Religious nuts are still calling for censorship and safe spaces. Censorship sucks, but luckily we have options to watch all of these shows.

 

[Reality Czar]

Cool let us know the next time a religious nut cancels a famous tv show. Or ends somebody's career because they refused to say a certain phrase. The way you screech, you would think Ozzy Osbourne and Metallica never existed. You are fine with covering up actual systemic oppression while clutching your pearls over an imagined oppression that never actually existed. Unless you have any examples to offer? Are there any amazing TV shows and movies that religious nuts were able to cancel? Were they able to silence Prince? Was Marilyn Manson able to have a career?

Feel free to offer any evidence at all outside of your moldy pre-fab lib victim narrative. The totalitarian left holds all the power. They are ending careers. Point to a single person on the left who has been successfully cancelled by religious people and you may have a point.

Also the good things about kids is, when you tell them there is something they can't watch, they won't be curious about it at all.

 

[OmegaSupreme]

Religious nuts are still calling for censorship and safe spaces. Censorship sucks, but luckily we have options to watch all of these shows.

Unless you are time locked in the 90's you know this isn't true to any real degree. These big corporations putting content warnings in front of cartoons or outright pulling them aren't "religious nuts" They are bowing towards a vocal mob almost entirely composed of the left. It's all the same bs excuse of "for the children" they just have different ideas of what's fine for children than the "religious nuts" you pretend have influence.

 

[Frito_Pendejo]

"these days"

This is cringe and boomer-esque. You know your ass got picked on in school. You soft af telling little kids that they're soft because they can't watch a certain spongebob episode on Paramount+ or whatever. "REEEEE SELL ME MORE CONTENT TO CONSOOOOOOOOOM". If you want all the Spongebob episodes then pirate them like a fucking man instead of posting some soft shit like this.

You’ll never be MHK no matter how hard you try. You’re the Coors Light of MHK ripoffs.

 

[ArtemisClydeFrog]

You’ll never be MHK no matter how hard you try. You’re the Coors Light of MHK ripoffs.

I don't even get the comparison with him at all but okay!

 

[Elysion]

It‘s so bizarre what is considered ‚inappropriate‘ and what not these days. People compare stuff like this to puritanical moral panics of the past, but honestly, I could at least understand where religious people were coming from. They believed that allowing things like nudity or swearing in media and entertainment would lead to a general loosening of morals, and a subsequent decay of social standards. That‘s a coherent argument, and looking at the state of society, it doesn‘t sound particularly implausible.

But cases like this are different. It‘s not like these episodes are being pulled because people are worried about ‚loose morals‘ or something, lol. In fact, I‘m pretty sure the people behind this are very much in favor of nine-year old boys dressed up as hypersexualized ‚drag queens‘, and see absolutely nothing wrong with Cardi B twerking her inflated ass on screen. So what exactly is the objection here?

 

[Mistake]

Streaming services had a lot of appeal in the beginning, by watching what you want when you want it. But with so many to choose from, changing catalogues, expiring licenses and censorship...I’d rather just get things directly. I do like to stream music, if only to find new songs and artists

 

[Kamina]

Yes covid parallels in cartoons are too much.
We should rather let the children get in touch with drag queens and pride parades.

 

[Reality Czar]

One would think that SpongeBob being interested in panties would be a positive for the modern woke. Doesn't that mean he is gender curious?

In fact doesn't this episode teach kids a valuable lesson in gender discovery? Males who identify with SpongeBob might identify with his curiosity.

This censorship is transphobic.

 

[JetSetJustin]

One would think that SpongeBob being interested in panties would be a positive for the modern woke. Doesn't that mean he is gender curious?

In fact doesn't this episode teach kids a valuable lesson in gender discovery? Males who identify with SpongeBob might identify with his curiosity.

This censorship is transphobic.

All I gotta say is that in the early years Spongebob totally had the hots for Sandy. I don't know what happened after that, but there are at least a couple episodes where he clearly is into her.

 

[J-Roderton]

Spongebob. Really?

 

[Algan]

It seems that the lost episode about squidward's suicide will finally become a reality soon.

 

[JetSetJustin]

It seems that the lost episode about squidward's suicide will finally become a reality soon.

Am I imagining things or did they not make an (more recent) episode where they stuck this graphic in? Something, someone opens a door and this pops out.

Yeah - it was just a reference to it though Terrifying 'Squidward's Suicide' Reference Aired on Latest 'SpongeBob' (insider.com)

 

[Torrent of Pork]

Honestly those 'banned' episodes were the least funny of the entire show IMO. Most of what made 90's cartoons so funny as an adult are the contortionist innuendo they had to do to get around the censors.

 

[Cutty Flam]

Are ya feeling it now Mr. Krabs?