What's the real line seperating Classic and Modern SpongeBob?

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I'm serious. "Classic" SpongeBob ended on October 12, 2004. "Modern" SpongeBob began on May 6, 2005. That's only a seven-month difference. Why is that difference considered so monumental? If we're looking it from the perspective of the show's entire run, it isn't very much. It's not as if there was a major hiatus anywhere (in comparison, shows like Gravity Falls took an entire year to return, and certain prime-time dramas only air in intervals). And if anything seasons 4 and 5 are already old enough to be classic (the former is already a decade old and the latter's tenth birthday is coming in 2017).

It's always boggled my mind. Does it have to do with the decline in quality, or is it just incidental?
 
I'm not really sure, but this whole "Classic" and "Modern" SpongeBob and separation between S1-3 and S4-9 is getting kind of old. Yes, we all compare them a lot of times and even I do, but why should we act like they're 2 different shows? How about we just watch the show for what it is, and enjoy it? Whether there's a decline in quality or not, just watch the hundreds of episodes they have to offer and enjoy whichever ones you'd like :withasmile:
 
I don't see how a season that began 10 years ago is being called "modern". It makes very little sense to me, so I agree with everything you said, Web Surfer.


Season 5 is pretty old, too. Not classic, but it isn't even that modern anymore.
 
Season 6 is the end of the classic era for me. It came back in season 8. So I consider the sixth season as the transition of classic era to modern era.
 
One thing I must say that I like about certain reviewers is they'll classify SpongeBob episodes as "good" or "bad" SpongeBob as they recognize that there are many good post-movie episodes that just happen to be overshadowed by the utter crap.

I think dividing it by a set time period is absolutely dumb because that set time period changes. every. dang. year.

Remember when people thought Season 4 and 5 were utter crap? Remember when people thought SEASON 3--A PREMOVIE SEASON--WAS CRAP? Remember when people thought Season 8 was the reawakening of SB, or god forbid when Season 7 was the reawakening? In fact, the only seasons I can think of that's pretty much always been considered the same quality are Seasons 2 and 6.. even Season 1 is becoming more popular than it used to. These things change and it's foolish to define the eras in terms of "classical" by the seasons becuase the definition changes too much. Personally, I'm fine with using the term "post-movie" as long as it does not have the connotation of an individual terrible episode but a connotation of an episode in the context of an era of terrible episodes. There is a strong difference.
 
I consider seasons 1-3 the classic, seasons 4-5 the satisfactory, seasons 6-8 the decline, and season 9 the reawakening (such fancy titles.) I find that after the first bad episodes of season 4 is when the classic era stops. I also don't call it only "modern" and "classic" considering that season 4 premiered 10 years ago.
 
Seasons 1-3 are classic. 4 and 5 were not classic. And 6-8 became classic again. Season 9 is modern.
 
It should be pretty obvious that the complete change of writers after the movie should be a pretty big line itself.
 
As far as I know, the last episode that Stephen Hillenburg had involvement with was "The Endless Summer," which wasn't even a full episode. From what I heard, he didn't do any writing for episodes since season 2.

Typically people say that classic Spongebob ended with season 3, because starting with season 4, a great deal of the original writers, including the show's creator, left the show, or were promoted to directing positions without writing involvement.
 
I think I need to clarify myself: my confusion rested on the fact that season 4, a season that began a decade ago, is somehow considered modern. Whether you like it or hate it that still doesn't make sense. By the logic, the original Avatar series is also "modern"

Between October 2004 and May 2005, what is it between those two months that makes one "old" and the other "new"? You don't see Simpsons fans calling season 11 modern, despite it being possibly the worst season of the series, so I doubt it correlates to the quality of the show. By this logic, in fact, we could even call season 3 modern.

...Or maybe i'm putting too much significance to something so small. :P
 
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