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 Sucks (Seasons 5-7 only)

 * 1) He has become an annoying, idiotic crybaby. At least before flanderization, he was somewhat smart 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). (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) He can be mean-spirited at times, though not as bad as Patrick, which is a character downgrade that was unexpected, especially for SpongeBob.
 * 14) His cartoon gags have gone from funny and entertaining to irritating and unintelligent.
 * 15) 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.
 * 16) His voice is annoyingly high pitched to the point where he sounded like he is on helium.
 * 17) His character design in Season 6 is terrible.
 * 18) He has also turned into a punching bag.
 * 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", "One Coarse Meal", "SpongeBob's Last Stand" and "Fiasco!"
 * 2) He still cares about his friends.
 * 3) His voice has returned to its original pitch since Season 8.
 * 4) At least he is 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) His design looks cute (except in Season 6).
 * 7) He gets a taste of his own medicine when Squidward gets his revenge on him in "Little Yellow Book" by reading his diary to the customers. Proving that Squidward won't let him get away with the terrible stuff he has done as said in WHS #3. But that still dosen't remove him from the Karma Houdini party.
 * 8) He has gotten his original personality back since Season 8.