Pinned thread Art Style analysis in Spongebob and various other shows

Favorite art style

  • Markerbob

    Votes: 57 42.9%

  • Noodlebob

    Votes: 5 3.8%

  • Cubebob

    Votes: 2 1.5%

  • Normal

    Votes: 9 6.8%

  • Moviebob

    Votes: 13 9.8%

  • Modern SpongeBob Animation

    Votes: 9 6.8%

  • Cheekbob (season 6 version)

    Votes: 3 2.3%

  • Noodlebob knock-off (Season 4-5)

    Votes: 3 2.3%

  • 2004 produced early season 4 (season 3 lookalikes)

    Votes: 8 6.0%

  • Greenblattbob (Dying for Pie and Fear of a Krabby Patty)

    Votes: 24 18.0%
  • Total voters
    133
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Mr. What Zit Tooya said:
I agree, specially the last episodes of Season 2 felt very different than Season 1 like it was a different show
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Somewhere around the Virus is when Gumball started to feel different, same with Butt Dial with Regular Show. For Adventure Time, the transition was so gradual that there was no pivotal episode that marked the change.
 
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A couple of pics from a newer episode of FOP. Most of the newer episodes didn't look this bad, but there were moments like this where things looked kinda off. This is one of the worst examples of it. Look at Vicky's pupils. And the other background characters look off too here. A lot of their sizes are also off. I'm guessing Nick kept lowering FOP's budget as time went on. This was shortly before it switched to Flash animation.

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Squidwardiard said:
A couple of pics from a newer episode of FOP. Most of the newer episodes didn't look this bad, but there were moments like this where things looked kinda off. This is one of the worst examples of it. Look at Vicky's pupils. And the other background characters look off too here. A lot of their sizes are also off. I'm guessing Nick kept lowering FOP's budget as time went on. This was shortly before it switched to Flash animation.

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Vicky's cross-eyed in the first picture. The derp-face Belle of 2016.
 
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Squidwardiard said:
A couple of pics from a newer episode of FOP. Most of the newer episodes didn't look this bad, but there were moments like this where things looked kinda off. This is one of the worst examples of it. Look at Vicky's pupils. And the other background characters look off too here. A lot of their sizes are also off. I'm guessing Nick kept lowering FOP's budget as time went on. This was shortly before it switched to Flash animation.

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You’re right, the animation in Fairly OddParents got progressively more rigid. Even before the switch to flash. It was most noticeable when the show was in HD. But why did they switch to flash when the show only had 10 episodes left? I think SpongeBob is currently the only animated franchise (and potentially the last) on Nick that’s traditionally animated.
 
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Spongebuddy! said:
Next up, 2023. Then the show will go on a 9-year hiatus in 2030.
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2013 and 2023 had episodes airing, but the show wasn’t in production during those years.

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EDIT: @Original Raw and Uncut is tired of CGI. So am I, in fact, if I created a show, just suggesting CGI would get you fired
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CGI is even worse than flash. I never liked 3D animation. I only like 3D animation for games. TV is meant to have 2D animation in my opinion.
 
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Original Raw and Uncut said:
You’re right, the animation in Fairly OddParents got progressively more rigid. Even before the switch to flash. It was most noticeable when the show was in HD. But why did they switch to flash when the show only had 10 episodes left? I think SpongeBob is currently the only animated franchise (and potentially the last) on Nick that’s traditionally animated.
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True. I guess they switched to Flash with the possibility of continuing the show longer than that. And Butch Hartman's other show at the time, Bunsen is a Beast, was also animated in Flash, so maybe that played a part in it too.

Yeah I think SB is the last one on Nick currently animated traditionally.
 
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Why does the SpongeBob SquarePants Movie have a couple of scenes where SpongeBob is brighter than the show?
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Mr. Krabs looks weird too!
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Squidward is like the only character whos normal in this matter at least
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Grapey said:
For me...
S1
Oldest: Help Wanted
Newest: None of them
S2
Oldest: Sailor Mouth
Newest: Squirrel Jokes

Idk after that
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For me

Season 1
Oldest: Help Wanted
Newest: Reef Blower

Season 2
Oldest: Sailor Mouth and Procrastination

Newest: Christmas Who

Season 3

Oldest: The Algeas Always Greener

Newest: The Sponge Who Could Fly


Season 4

Oldest: The Lost Mattress
Newest: Best Day Ever

Season 5 onward don’t apply for obvious reasons
 
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