The “SpongeBob is gay” controversy can be tracked all the way back to 2002, when the episode “Rock-a-Bye Bivalve” first aired.
SpongeBob has been involved in all types of adventures and predicaments, but he always manages to come out on top thanks to his always cheerful and optimistic nature, which in turn has earned him some serious criticism. SpongeBob SquarePants follows the daily adventures of the title character (a sea sponge that looks like a kitchen sponge) alongside his best friends Patrick Star, Sandy Cheeks, his neighbor Squidward Tentacles, his boss Mr. SpongeBob and friends have their own comic books, films (with the third one, The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge on the Run, releasing in 2020), video games, and more. SpongeBob SquarePants was created by Stephen Hillenburg and premiered on Nickelodeon in 1999, becoming one of the longest-running American animated series, and one that has successfully expanded to other media as well. SpongeBob SquarePants hasn’t been safe from controversy, and the biggest one is that about SpongeBob being gay and “trying to turn children gay”.
