Spongebob Squarepants celebrates Pride Month
Speculation mounts on Spongebob's identity after a message from Nickelodeon.
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A number of media reports have claimed Spongebob Squarepants as a gay animated character following a social media post by Nickelodeon.
“Celebrating #Pride with the LGBTQ+ community and their allies this month and every month,” it read.
June is Pride Month in the USA.
Celebrating #Pride with the LGBTQ+ community and their allies this month and every month 🌈
(🎨: by @ramzymasri) pic.twitter.com/pENmTaQB0h— Nickelodeon (@Nickelodeon) June 13, 2020
But there was no further information forthcoming, aside from scenes across the series that followers drew attention to.
SpongeBob SquarePants has been airing since 1999 with feature-length movies and a third movie on the way.
In 2005, a promotional video showed SpongeBob along with other characters from children’s shows singing together to promote diversity and tolerance. Creator, Stephen Hillenburg, who passed away last year, previously said of his characters, “We never intended them to be gay. I consider them to be almost asexual.”
The other images were of Avatar Korra from The Legend of Korra who identifies as bisexual, and a transgender actor Michael D. Cohen from Henry Danger.
The latest social media posting is certainly supportive and inclusive -although refers to “their allies” not “our allies.”
Spongebob Squarepants airs in Australia on Nickelodeon and 10 Peach.
- Tagged with Henry Danger, SpongeBob SquarePants, The Legend of Korra
2 Responses
Of course he’s asexual, anyone who wants to say otherwise is just peddling some sort of agenda imo. Who even thinks of this stuff?
Spongebob being gay is no surprise as he’s shown a lot of the time with Patrick. On Sunday 10Peach go back yet again to season 7.