Fear Of A Nerdy Patty
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Ironically even though many people find the Tibbitt era boring and repetitive, it also contains more experimentation than any of the other ones.
The season 4 premiere had an entirely different animation style than any other segment in the entire series, plus contained the first one dedicated to an event (Best Day ever).
Season 5 had 5 episodes containing shorts, plus a special that entirely dedicated itself to being a musical while before it was just one or two songs each (Atlantis Squarepantis). Truth Or Square went even further and had sections with different animation, tons of celebrity cameos not to mention was nearly an hour long (depending on which version you see).
Then season 7 and 8 had those "themed" episodes, Legends Of Bikini Bottom and Vacation. It's A SpongeBob Christmas! marked the first time a whole story got animated in stop-motion.
It seems to me like he was terrified of the show going stale and alienating the fanbase, but in the process he managed to do so anyway by gradually neglecting the most important aspect: The reason we love SpongeBob so much are for the characters, witty humor and the fascinating world that's been created. The experiments will always be secondary.
The season 4 premiere had an entirely different animation style than any other segment in the entire series, plus contained the first one dedicated to an event (Best Day ever).
Season 5 had 5 episodes containing shorts, plus a special that entirely dedicated itself to being a musical while before it was just one or two songs each (Atlantis Squarepantis). Truth Or Square went even further and had sections with different animation, tons of celebrity cameos not to mention was nearly an hour long (depending on which version you see).
Then season 7 and 8 had those "themed" episodes, Legends Of Bikini Bottom and Vacation. It's A SpongeBob Christmas! marked the first time a whole story got animated in stop-motion.
It seems to me like he was terrified of the show going stale and alienating the fanbase, but in the process he managed to do so anyway by gradually neglecting the most important aspect: The reason we love SpongeBob so much are for the characters, witty humor and the fascinating world that's been created. The experiments will always be secondary.