SpongeBob SquarePants (seasons 6b and 7)

SpongeBob SquarePants is the main character from the American children's animated television series of the same name. He is an optimistic yellow sea sponge who works as a fry cook and goes to a boat-driving school.

Unfortunately, he suffered from a bad case of flanderization and some character derailment in Seasons 5-7.

Why He Sucked

 * 1) He became an annoying, idiotic crybaby. At least before flanderization, he was somewhat smart and mature.
 * 2) He was flanderized and became out-of-character to his original character in the first three seasons (though, it varied whether he was in character or not in the fourth or fifth seasons) and didn't regain his original personality until Season 8.
 * 3) He had a tendency to do terrible things and never gets any consequence for it:
 * 4) * Digging a hole in the road to make Squidward wreck his bike (Choir Boys)
 * 5) *Became a huge stalker to Squidward and becomes obsessive towards him in some episodes (Boating Buddies) (Choir Boys) (Squid's Visit)
 * 6) * Kidnapping the townspeople by trapping them in bubbles and bringing them to his house (it makes sense in context) (Rodeo Daze)
 * 7) *Ruining Squidward's chance of joining a choir (Choir Boys)
 * 8) * Apparently lacking empathy
 * 9) *Laughing and making a joke about Mrs. Puff getting injured ( Demolition Doofus )
 * 10) * Causing boat wrecks (albeit unintentionally) without feeling remorse for it (Boating Buddies)
 * 11) * Scolding and blaming Gary for things he clearly didn't do and not thanking him when he saves his life (in the same episode, by the way; and not to mention, he also stole a pet from a store). (A Pal for Gary)
 * 12) *Him and Patrick framing Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy by disguising as them and falsely arresting tons and tons of people for little to no reason (such as not feeling like finishing their food, not tieing their shoes, being old etc.), including Man Ray (who hasn't done anything evil, but he got arrested just for going to the laundry shop.) (Shuffleboarding)
 * 13) *Hypocrisy: Gruesomely murdering a bunch of scallops only because of a Krabby Patty despite the fact that he himself raised one in "Rock-A-Bye Bivalve" and the fact he has a pet scallop named Shelly in a few episodes(To Love A Patty)
 * 14) He could be mean-spirited at times, though not as bad as Patrick, which is a character downgrade that was unexpected, especially for SpongeBob.
 * 15) His cartoon gags just turned irritating and unintelligent.
 * 16) He was extremely immature and never acted his age. Before flanderization, it was admittedly rare for him to act like an adult, but he still had some levels of maturity. However, during seasons 5 to 7, he never did.
 * 17) His voice was annoyingly high pitched to the point where he sounded like he was on helium.
 * 18) He also turned into a punching bag.
 * 19) His design was terrible. He was pale, and his cheeks were sticking out of his face.

Redeeming Qualities

 * 1) His character was decently executed in some episodes, such as Sand Castles in the Sand, SpongeBob's Last Stand, One Coarse Meal and Fiasco!
 * 2) He still cared about his friends.
 * 3) His voice was lower pitched in Season 8.
 * 4) At least he wasn’t as butchered badly as his best friend Patrick, or even his boss Mr. Krabs.
 * 5) He spawned the "Who put you on the planet?" meme.
 * 6) He was much better in Seasons 1-4 and has significantly redeemed himself since Season 8.