SpongeBob SwearPants!
A fan favorite episode of
SpongeBob SquarePants is "
Sailor Mouth". In the episode, SpongeBob reads a "bad word" off a dumpster behind the Krusty Krab, but does not know what it means. Patrick explains to him that it is a "sentence enhancer" which is used "when you want to talk fancy." The two start using it in every sentence they speak, but when Mr. Krabs hears them, he warns the two never to use the word again or any of the "13 bad words." What makes the episode funnier, however, is that, whenever SpongeBob and Patrick say a bad word, its censored by a "dolphin noise" sound effect.
So when fans watched the brand new SpongeBob movie, The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge on the Run, they were surprised to hear SpongeBob swearing in a scene!
Just past the half-way point in the movie, after they try and snatch Gary back from King Poseidon, he imprisons SpongeBob and Patrick. Whilst in prison, SpongeBob reflects on how he may have failed on his mission to rescue Gary, and at one point, describes feeling "crappy" - a word that was normally be censored on the TV series!
Admittingly, neither cuss words are that strong - and I'd argue that the latter is barely a cuss word - but they're two words that fans would never expect to hear on SpongeBob SquarePants, which makes it truly surprising!
In fact, light swearing has been
heard on Nickelodeon for decades, with "crap" being heard on
The Ren & Stimpy Show and
Hey Arnold!.
The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge on the Run is now available to stream on Netflix globally, excluding the U.S., Canada and China.
In the U.S., The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge on the Run will debut on Paramount+ early next year. In Canada, the movie will debut on Netflix at a later date. A release for China has not yet been announced.
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