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 Used To Suck (Seasons 5-7 only)

 * 1) He has become an annoying, idiotic crybaby. At least before flanderization, he was somewhat smart, optimistic, and mature.
 * 2) He has become out-of-character to his original personality in the first three seasons (though, it varies whether he was in character or not in Season 4) and didn't regain his original personality until Season 8.
 * 3) He has 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) *Being 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) * Causing boat wrecks (albeit unintentionally) without feeling remorse for it (Boating Buddies)
 * 10) * 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, and also ignored the pet saleswoman's warnings about Puffy Fluffy's own species getting along with other animals). (A Pal for Gary)
 * 11) *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)
 * 12) *Hypocrisy: Gruesomely murdering a bunch of scallops only because of a Krabby Patty the scallops were trying to eat he loved 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)
 * 13) *Inviting Patrick Star, Sandy Cheeks, Pearl Krabs, Mr. Krabs, Plankton, Larry, and Bikini Bottomites to go as far as tarnishing Squidward's TV show, idiotically acting like it was a playground, and not to mention; they were the ones responsible for Squidward being kicked out of his house and his own TV show shut down (Tentacle Vision)
 * 14) He can 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 have gone from funny and entertaining to irritating and unintelligent.
 * 16) He is extremely immature and never acts 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 these seasons, he never does.
 * 17) His voice is annoyingly high pitched to the point where he sounded like he is on helium, possibly due to Tom Kenny’s aging.
 * 18) He has also turned into a punching bag for the writers in some episodes.
 * 19) His nose is constantly drooping in these seasons like Squidward's nose, which gets pretty annoying, despite it rarely happening in previous seasons.

Redeeming Qualities

 * 1) He is decently portrayed in some episodes, like "Sand Castles in the Sand", "Sponge-Cano!", "SpongeBob's Last Stand", and "Whelk Attack".
 * 2) He still cares about his friends.
 * 3) His voice has returned to its original pitch since Season 8.
 * 4) At least he is not butchered as badly as his best friend Patrick, or even his boss Mr. Krabs. Not even Homer Simpson or Peter Griffin.
 * 5) He spawned the "Who put you on the planet?" meme.
 * 6) His design still looks cute.
 * 7) He did get karma for his actions in "Little Yellow Book" when Squidward gets his revenge on him in by reading his diary to the customers. Proving that Squidward won't let him get away with all of the wrongdoings he has done and got away with as said in WHS #3 (Even though Squidward deserved a comeuppance for that). But that still dosen't remove him from the Karma Houdini party.
 * 8) He has gotten his original personality back in Season 8.