r/spongebob • u/grapewater2 • 3h ago

Question Let’s settle this debate. When should the show have ended or do you think it should keep going?

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u/DarthSwimfoot Goofy Goober 3h ago

Season 3 and the first movie, period, no debate, it stops there, boom, perfect franchise.

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u/Equivalent_Cup3238 3h ago

Funny. Bet if the show didn't run too long I bet people would be asking for more if it ended with S3. You either end and people still beg for more or go on continuing more and people beg for it to be over.

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u/DarthSwimfoot Goofy Goober 2h ago

Can't argue with that. But, at least we will end at the peak. 

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u/blackcatzombs 1h ago

I wish the original writers kept it going longer. The rest of the series doesn't compare anywhere near to the first 3 seasons. It's like comparing an 18k gold ring to a ring pop covered in lint and hair

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u/grapewater2 3h ago

That’s the opinion I agree with. Wonder what others will say

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u/Jirachibi1000 2h ago

I think another season or two, since 4 and 5 still have some greats imo.

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u/CleanSweep99 3h ago

Maybe just "after season three"-as good as the movie was, it being greenlit was pretty clearly the first sign that Nickelodeon didn't really care about what Hillenburg wanted.

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u/Lilly_in_the_Pond 3h ago

Canonically and chronologically it does end after the first movie

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u/GreenWarrior138 Old Man Jenkins 3h ago

If it waa gonna continue after the first movie, then it should have ended when Stephen died, and the 20th anniversary episode should have been a massive love celebration for the show as a whole.

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u/CleanSweep99 3h ago

After season three if Nickelodeon was interested in respecting Stephen Hillenburg's wishes at the earliest, after Hillenburg's death at the latest (as, even if Nickelodeon didn't care about Hillenburg's wishes, it's the height of disrespect to continue making new episodes of a show he created after his death.)

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u/s1llyt1lly 3h ago

The first movie was the end plain and simple.

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u/sonicbro1991 3h ago

The first movie was originally intended to be the finale

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u/Robomaster_711 3h ago

Should have ended right after the creator's death (allthough I would have been fine with reruns) and no spinoffs at all

https://giphy.com/gifs/1SykPgwd0NPZOngBoG

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u/Titan-828 3h ago

Birthday Blow-Out

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u/DarlingVirus Patrick Star, Musical Genius 2h ago

I think the show should have ended around season six. It got extremely boring for a moment there and I was pretty sure it would end any day as a teen but it just… kept going.

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u/grapewater2 2h ago

For real. I grew up in the immediate post movie era and the show just…sucked. Nothing original. It became way more targeted at younger kids too.