A CNN story inspired by the tweet (“SpongeBob SquarePants gay? Nickelodeon just reinforced that theory”) opened by noting the “long debate about sexuality” (Frances 2020)-a debate that dates at least as far back as an oft-cited 2002 Wall Street Journal piece attributing the gay speculation surrounding animated icon to the show’s “sunny optimism, weird psychedelic world and peculiar humor,” as well as to the SpongeBob merch apparently flying from the shelves of New York’s gay novelty shops (Beatty). Cohen (of Henry Danger fame) and the bisexual animated character Korra (first seen on Avatar: The Last Airbender ) in a much-favourited tweet (Fig. On June 13, 2020, Nickelodeon, the longtime home of SpongeBob SquarePants (Stephen Hillenburg, 1999-), wrote that it was “Celebrating #Pride with the LGBTQ+ community and their allies,” setting a rainbow-tied SpongeBob alongside trans actor Michael D. Last summer, SpongeBob came out-in a way.
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