DadMom AngryPants
Hi, I'm normal.
This was a discussion on Popeye's status but I feel like it deserves to be a topic. Here's what's been said so far:
Popeye Q. Krabs
Do you guys think Nickelodeon would ever be desperate enough to greenlight a SpongeBob spinoff called SpongeBob Kids? It sure happened with Hanna-Barbera's shows.
Yo Yogi, Flintstone Kids, Tom and Jerry Kids, etc.
President Squidward
SpongeBob! Can you please keep it down while I play my toy clarinet!
Big Spooky Claws
Nickelodeon needs something good and something that makes money. SB = profit.
oh god i hope this doesn't happen
Popeye Q. Krabs
now i'm scared too like what happened with that Rugrats spinoff. Ugh.
and SpongeBob has lasted longer than Rugrats at this point in terms of how many episodes it has. A spin off is bound to happen someday.
DadMom AngryPants
I don't know how that could even work. Although we don't know the ages of the main characters there's obviously a big difference between, say, SB & Pat and Krabs & Plankton, so it's not like they could just de-age the whole gang and have them be kids at the same time. The only way it would really make sense is if it was about SB & Pat as little kids and Squid, Krabs and Plankton as younger but still adults.
You should have made this a topic. :P
Popeye Q. Krabs
That's what I think too. The last option would make most sense if this were to ever come into fruition.
Though I'd picture Squidward as more of teenager in this show. Maybe he could be their babysitter. :P
E.V.I.L
How would this work, though? Along with what DMAP said, SpongeBob would have never known Sandy, Krabs, or Gary. It just feels wrong to have the show centered on SOME of the characters.
Popeye Q. Krabs
I'm pretty sure they'd find a way to bend all sorts of cartoon logic to make this work or have lookalike characters like in Planet Sheen.
Cause Planet Sheen had a Carl knock off named Doppy.
DadMom AngryPants
Yes, Squidward would be a teenager or young adult I guess. Old enough to work at the KK though because we see him working there in a "Truth or Square" flashback when SB is a baby.
E.V.I.L
I know they could do that but the stubborn elitist in me just makes it seem awful for SB to not know Sandy, Plankton, Gary, or Krabs personally.
I hope a spin-off never happens, let's put it that way. xD
Popeye Q. Krabs
Yup me too but seeing as how Nickelodeon has been with so many of their hit shows, I wouldn't be surprised if something like this became a spinoff.
E.V.I.L
I'm VERY shocked it hasn't happened yet. I'd probably rather have SB cancelled.
Popeye Q. Krabs
They would probably have to cancel SpongeBob itself first and then come up with a spinoff. That's my guess.
Then they can air a billion replays of Spongebob and have the episodes air right before the new episodes of Spongebob Kids.
DadMom AngryPants
The fact that there hasn't needed to be a spin-off yet is a testament to the strength of the characters and setting IMO. They haven't even felt the need to add a new main character (thank Neptune).
Popeye Q. Krabs
That is very true DMAP. Too bad Nickelodeon wouldn't understand that if they decided to make this big mistake.
E.V.I.L
@DMAP YES YES YES YES
SpongeBob is so different from Tom and Jerry or other Hanna-Barbara shows. Those shows have a few characters we don't know much about and characters who don't even have a FIXED SETTING.
In SpongeBob, we have
-7 main characters we've come to love
-many recurring we've come to love
-a diverse setting with many familiar and not so familar locations yet to be explored
-the ties between the characters overrule a Tom and Jerry simp...
Popeye Q. Krabs
I still kinda think a Kelpy G spinoff COULD work but it would have to be completely distinct from the show itself.
Popeye Q. Krabs
Do you guys think Nickelodeon would ever be desperate enough to greenlight a SpongeBob spinoff called SpongeBob Kids? It sure happened with Hanna-Barbera's shows.
Yo Yogi, Flintstone Kids, Tom and Jerry Kids, etc.
President Squidward
SpongeBob! Can you please keep it down while I play my toy clarinet!
Big Spooky Claws
Nickelodeon needs something good and something that makes money. SB = profit.
oh god i hope this doesn't happen
Popeye Q. Krabs
now i'm scared too like what happened with that Rugrats spinoff. Ugh.
and SpongeBob has lasted longer than Rugrats at this point in terms of how many episodes it has. A spin off is bound to happen someday.
DadMom AngryPants
I don't know how that could even work. Although we don't know the ages of the main characters there's obviously a big difference between, say, SB & Pat and Krabs & Plankton, so it's not like they could just de-age the whole gang and have them be kids at the same time. The only way it would really make sense is if it was about SB & Pat as little kids and Squid, Krabs and Plankton as younger but still adults.
You should have made this a topic. :P
Popeye Q. Krabs
That's what I think too. The last option would make most sense if this were to ever come into fruition.
Though I'd picture Squidward as more of teenager in this show. Maybe he could be their babysitter. :P
E.V.I.L
How would this work, though? Along with what DMAP said, SpongeBob would have never known Sandy, Krabs, or Gary. It just feels wrong to have the show centered on SOME of the characters.
Popeye Q. Krabs
I'm pretty sure they'd find a way to bend all sorts of cartoon logic to make this work or have lookalike characters like in Planet Sheen.
Cause Planet Sheen had a Carl knock off named Doppy.
DadMom AngryPants
Yes, Squidward would be a teenager or young adult I guess. Old enough to work at the KK though because we see him working there in a "Truth or Square" flashback when SB is a baby.
E.V.I.L
I know they could do that but the stubborn elitist in me just makes it seem awful for SB to not know Sandy, Plankton, Gary, or Krabs personally.
I hope a spin-off never happens, let's put it that way. xD
Popeye Q. Krabs
Yup me too but seeing as how Nickelodeon has been with so many of their hit shows, I wouldn't be surprised if something like this became a spinoff.
E.V.I.L
I'm VERY shocked it hasn't happened yet. I'd probably rather have SB cancelled.
Popeye Q. Krabs
They would probably have to cancel SpongeBob itself first and then come up with a spinoff. That's my guess.
Then they can air a billion replays of Spongebob and have the episodes air right before the new episodes of Spongebob Kids.
DadMom AngryPants
The fact that there hasn't needed to be a spin-off yet is a testament to the strength of the characters and setting IMO. They haven't even felt the need to add a new main character (thank Neptune).
Popeye Q. Krabs
That is very true DMAP. Too bad Nickelodeon wouldn't understand that if they decided to make this big mistake.
E.V.I.L
@DMAP YES YES YES YES
SpongeBob is so different from Tom and Jerry or other Hanna-Barbara shows. Those shows have a few characters we don't know much about and characters who don't even have a FIXED SETTING.
In SpongeBob, we have
-7 main characters we've come to love
-many recurring we've come to love
-a diverse setting with many familiar and not so familar locations yet to be explored
-the ties between the characters overrule a Tom and Jerry simp...
Popeye Q. Krabs
I still kinda think a Kelpy G spinoff COULD work but it would have to be completely distinct from the show itself.