Season 4 was the slow transitional phase from classic to modern SpongeBob

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Early season four episodes have a pre-movie-ish vibe to them. Especially episodes like "Lost Matress", "Have You seen this Snail", "Shell of a Man", "Skill Crane", etc. Some of these very early season 4 episodes could easliy pass as season 3 (When I was younger, I used to think that the lost matress was a pre-movie episode, but the only giveaway was that spongebob didn't have his deeper pre-movie voice). Even there was mild adult humor thrown here and there throughout season four. Plus, the art style and music of S4 seems very outdated when compared to episodes from now (especially in the first half of S4). The second half of season 4, can easily pass for season five. "Pink Purlioner", "The Best Day Ever", "Squid Wood", "Driven to tears", "The Thing", etc. Mainly because by the end of season 4, the post-movie swing of things is already adapted. Especially when it comes to animation, humor, and story-telling styles. Matter a fact, I even read somewhere that the first few episodes of the season finished production shortly before the 2004 movie hit theaters.
 
The "classic" vs "modern" is kind of misleading, since many of the so-called "modern" episodes are up to twelve years old. It's probably best to simply group episodes by season. More accurate names for the eras would be "pre first movie", "post first movie", and "post second movie".
 
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Original Raw and Uncut said:
Early season four episodes have a pre-movie-ish vibe to them. Especially episodes like "Lost Matress", "Have You seen this Snail", "Shell of a Man", "Skill Crane", etc. Some of these very early season 4 episodes could easliy pass as season 3 (When I was younger, I used to think that the lost matress was a pre-movie episode, but the only giveaway was that spongebob didn't have his deeper pre-movie voice). Even there was mild adult humor thrown here and there throughout season four. Plus, the art style and music of S4 seems very outdated when compared to episodes from now (especially in the first half of S4). The second half of season 4, can easily pass for season five. "Pink Purlioner", "The Best Day Ever", "Squid Wood", "Driven to tears", "The Thing", etc. Mainly because by the end of season 4, the post-movie swing of things is already adapted. Especially when it comes to animation, humor, and story-telling styles. Matter a fact, I even read somewhere that the first few episodes of the season finished production shortly before the 2004 movie hit theaters
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first calling episodes from 12 years modern :no:also you do realise this is the most overused topic i could make a more creative tpic in my sleep (probaly not though) anyways yeah no one cares anymore
 
The DS Guy said:
The "classic" vs "modern" is kind of misleading, since many of the so-called "modern" episodes are up to twelve years old. It's probably best to simply group episodes by season. More accurate names for the eras would be "pre first movie", "post first movie", and "post second movie".
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I use "pre-movie" "post-movie" and "post-movie-2"
 
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season 4 aired 12 years ago omfg
 
Okay, so there's a lot of criticism on this thread, due to the fact that pretty much everyone has used this argument for years, so this topic doesn't bring anything new to the table. So, this does bring up a point about how the show ages. People used the term "Modern SpongeBob" as an example of bad SpongeBob for years. Particularly in the early 2010's, when the show was in Season 8. People generally referred Season 6/7/8 episodes as Modern SpongeBob, I don't think I've ever seen anyone call Season 4 and 5 episodes Modern SpongeBob, due to how they're not as recent as Seasons 6-8 were. It made sense then, but by now, the argument involving the term Modern is invalid. Like many people said, Season 4 happened 12 years ago. The first half of Season 4 just screams outdated, in terms of it's animation style. I don't know, the animation just gives a sense, and feeling that it was made around that time period of the mid 2000's. It's a certain quality to it. Like how Season 1's animation is outdated, as it gives a sense of a 90's cartoon, heck, maybe even late 80's! The second half of Season 4, and Season 5 even feel somewhat outdated in a way I'm not really sure how to explain. By now, Seasons 6-8 aren't Modern SpongeBob. Season 6 is almost 10 years old, that's pretty weird if you ask me, and Season 7 is just about as old as Season 6 is. If you want to make a stretch, and say Season 8 is modern, due to the last episodes of that airing in 2012, I guess it's alright. However, Modern SpongeBob is pretty much Seasons 9, 10, and 11.
 
The DS Guy said:
At this point, it's questionable whether we can call season 9, the second newest season, modern.
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It's a future season since season 4-8 is modern spongebob

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McSponge said:
Okay, so there's a lot of criticism on this thread, due to the fact that pretty much everyone has used this argument for years, so this topic doesn't bring anything new to the table. So, this does bring up a point about how the show ages. People used the term "Modern SpongeBob" as an example of bad SpongeBob for years. Particularly in the early 2010's, when the show was in Season 8. People generally referred Season 6/7/8 episodes as Modern SpongeBob, I don't think I've ever seen anyone call Season 4 and 5 episodes Modern SpongeBob, due to how they're not as recent as Seasons 6-8 were. It made sense then
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they're out there, most notably people like mobrosstudios and mr enter. i dont even need to try to look, i just find these
and no, it doesn't and didn't make sense to call an episode from 2005-2007 modern, even as way back as 2012.

but by now, the argument involving the term Modern is invalid.
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What argument? I don't see what about any of this is an argument
 
SpongeCob said:
It's a future season since season 4-8 is modern spongebob

apparently

they're out there, most notably people like mobrosstudios and mr enter. i dont even need to try to look, i just find these
and no, it doesn't and didn't make sense to call an episode from 2005-2007 modern, even as way back as 2012.

What argument? I don't see what about any of this is an argument
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When I meant "Argument", I meant in terms of people arguing that modern SpongeBob is bad, yet using footage from Seasons 4-8, due to how old they are by now. I didn't know Mobross, or Mr. Enter used those, because I don't watch their videos, though I did hear plenty of fuss involving "Modern SpongeBob" around 2012/2013. Saying Season 5 is modern is a pretty big stretch, but Season 4 being modern just doesn't work. I agree, saying anything from 2005-2007 is modern doesn't make sense. Do people call Mr. Meaty modern? No. Do people refer Avatar as modern? No. Do people call Danny Phantom modern? No. I agree, anything from the 2000's isn't modern, especially by today. Heck, just watching early iCarly takes me back to a whole different time. Even things from 2013 seems to be a long time ago to me.
 
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