ifoundwaldo said:

a) the making fun of him and the bullying... they're making a joke about spongebob's complete naivety.

b) a lot of spongebob episodes present the general public in a blind follower mob-type mentality. in some episodes, the results are very funny and are clearly a critique of modern-day society.

c) all of the good spongebob episodes end with a twist. the twist was that the annoying wig for which spongebob was ridiculed ended up becoming popular. it's ironic. it shows the fickleness of humans and society.

d) that episode sucked.

e) did you really get this worked up over a spongebob episode? it's not even a cartoon aimed solely at children. there are a lot of jokes which go clearly over the heads of children and are meant for an older audience (e.g. parents).

not sure why i used letters instead of numbers, but it is what it is.

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ifoundwaldo said:

a) the making fun of him and the bullying... they're making a joke about spongebob's complete naivety.

b) a lot of spongebob episodes present the general public in a blind follower mob-type mentality. in some episodes, the results are very funny and are clearly a critique of modern-day society.

c) all of the good spongebob episodes end with a twist. the twist was that the annoying wig for which spongebob was ridiculed ended up becoming popular. it's ironic. it shows the fickleness of humans and society.

d) that episode sucked.

e) did you really get this worked up over a spongebob episode? it's not even a cartoon aimed solely at children. there are a lot of jokes which go clearly over the heads of children and are meant for an older audience (e.g. parents).

not sure why i used letters instead of numbers, but it is what it is.

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iamnotadream said:

I think theres an even deeper message in that episode:  It was well established in the episode that the wig looks stupid (and it was drawn to look that way) and that conforming to whats cool makes you look stupid in the end.

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clown133 said:

ifoundwaldo said:

a) the making fun of him and the bullying... they're making a joke about spongebob's complete naivety.

b) a lot of spongebob episodes present the general public in a blind follower mob-type mentality. in some episodes, the results are very funny and are clearly a critique of modern-day society.

c) all of the good spongebob episodes end with a twist. the twist was that the annoying wig for which spongebob was ridiculed ended up becoming popular. it's ironic. it shows the fickleness of humans and society.

d) that episode sucked.

e) did you really get this worked up over a spongebob episode? it's not even a cartoon aimed solely at children. there are a lot of jokes which go clearly over the heads of children and are meant for an older audience (e.g. parents).

not sure why i used letters instead of numbers, but it is what it is.

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even if they are poking at spongebob's naivety, why would they do it in such a clearly negative way?  there was nothing funny or even interesting about the public's mob behavior, it was straight up mean, rude, and cruel.  plus, even if the purpose of this episode was a critique of modern society, what 10 year old kid is going to understand that?  i realize there's a lot of humor and satire thats not geared towards kids, but there's no debate over what the target audience is

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iamnotadream said:

I think theres an even deeper message in that episode:  It was well established in the episode that the wig looks stupid (and it was drawn to look that way) and that conforming to whats cool makes you look stupid in the end.

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clown133 said:

plus, even if the purpose of this episode was a critique of modern society, what 10 year old kid is going to understand that?  i realize there's a lot of humor and satire thats not geared towards kids, but there's no debate over what the target audience is

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clown133 said:

iamnotadream said:

I think theres an even deeper message in that episode:  It was well established in the episode that the wig looks stupid (and it was drawn to look that way) and that conforming to whats cool makes you look stupid in the end.

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this could be true, i just didnt get that feeling when i first watched it.  even so, what kid is going to understand that?  they'll see the basic stuff: making fun of people, changing to be like everyone else

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Envix said:

looks like you dont understand satire OP


children probably get it


there was also an old Ed Edd n Eddy episode i remember similar to this

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clown133 said:

iamnotadream said:

I think theres an even deeper message in that episode:  It was well established in the episode that the wig looks stupid (and it was drawn to look that way) and that conforming to whats cool makes you look stupid in the end.

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this could be true, i just didnt get that feeling when i first watched it.  even so, what kid is going to understand that?  they'll see the basic stuff: making fun of people, changing to be like everyone else

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SprewellSleeve said:

Sorry, this is politically correct bs. The creators should not live in fear for this ridiculous stuff. Fact is, at the end of the episode it showed the people who only do what's in are the real "nerds".

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