JCM Posted December 14, 2011 Share Posted December 14, 2011 This has always been bugging me. Aren't SpongeBob's pants more rectangular than square? I'm not a geometry buff or anything, but the show's popular with kids, and I'd hate for them to get the wrong idea about basic shapes. I asked some of the guys at the wiki about it, and they referred me to this blog about it, which contains Nickelodeon's semi-official explanation. Hi Jonathon! Thanks for your message. You're right - we're sorry for not replying to you sooner! We thought your first email was really pretty awesome (seriously) and it had stunned us into total silence. Sorry about that. SpongeBob Rectangularpants 3 is a great name for any TV show, but it might be a bit hard to sing along with. Patchy the pirate would need quite some time to learn how to say a word with more than three syllables in it, and until then there'd be no theme music to sing along with. You can see what a problem that would be. We do have a department at Nickelodeon that sits around thinking about stuff like this. So far the best they came up with was "SpongeBob QuadrilateralPants", but we think that might mean something rude in Italian, so we didn't go any further with the idea. Rest assured that making things better is our top priority, and we'll keep your email in mind as we think of more ways to fill your TV with sponges. I'll make sure that the right people here at Nick get to see it (seriously.) Thanks again for your message - and of course, thank you for watching! All the best, Ant EDIT: Then, after more pushing for answers, they responded with this: Dear Jonny, Thank you for your email. I am answer-bot, the automatic computer responder at Nickelodeon which handles emails when Ant cannot think of anything funny to say. Unfortunately this happens much too often and we’] I personally think it's a conspiracy to make America's children dumber and therefore more susceptible to advertising. There's nothing I can do about it, but it's definitely something to think about. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TJ Posted December 14, 2011 Share Posted December 14, 2011 Um, wtf ? SpongeBob himself is sorta a square, thus Squarepants. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JCM Posted December 14, 2011 Author Share Posted December 14, 2011 Then why don't they call him SpongeBob SquareHead or something? His pants are far from a perfect square. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steel Sponge Posted December 14, 2011 Share Posted December 14, 2011 Aside from those confusing replies from "those crazy executives," it's not a big deal and I believe that his pants are aptly square. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JCM Posted December 14, 2011 Author Share Posted December 14, 2011 Aside from those confusing replies from "those crazy executives," it's not a big deal and I believe that his pants are aptly square. Would you let your children watch a cartoon with such a misleading title? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steel Sponge Posted December 14, 2011 Share Posted December 14, 2011 Would you let your children watch a cartoon with such a misleading title? Should it matter at all? Whatever logic it's supposed to be, a title like that doesn't make the show the least bit educational or so. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NegiSpongie Posted December 14, 2011 Share Posted December 14, 2011 Is this really such a big deal? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Man Jenkins Posted December 14, 2011 Share Posted December 14, 2011 Is this really such a big deal? Apparently so. JC Ventura has this theory in the bag. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steel Sponge Posted December 14, 2011 Share Posted December 14, 2011 As far as now, this thread is nearly becoming pointless and maybe half of us are like "Great googly moogly, his pants may or may not be square, whatever shall we do?!" by now. Let's think about this: SQUIDward is an octopus, why? Yes, he has six tentacles, but why doesn't he have eight? The creators thought a design like that would look "bulky." In addition, squids have twelve tentacles, but my mileage may vary. Now, Spongebob Squarepants...he is in fact a square sponge, and that makes his clothing square, and I believe the shape of him pretty much makes his pants look like a rectangle. I'm pretty sure we've done all the geometry, but would a name like Spongebob Rectanglepants and Octoward come out very uncreative? This debate can go on for days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TJ Posted December 14, 2011 Share Posted December 14, 2011 Besides, kids know what's a square and whats not (or at least they will), they aren't stupid. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Metal Snake Posted December 14, 2011 Share Posted December 14, 2011 Would you let your children watch a cartoon with such a misleading title? *Gasp* A show with a misleading title? Inexcusable. Oh yeah, and a square is just a perfect rectangle, just letting you know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wumbo Posted December 14, 2011 Share Posted December 14, 2011 I think you all should study up on 3-D geometrical shapes before posting in this thread. Last I checked, he wasn't "SpongeBob FlattenedByASteamrollerPants". (And yes, I know that this point is nitpicky, but then again, so is this whole thread.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigSponge Posted December 14, 2011 Share Posted December 14, 2011 Whatever shall we do? Its pants arent a perfect square? This means the world will explode! Another possible way for the world to explode would be if Hitler burped. Anyway whats the point of this thread? Besides the lies in those email responses. Ill get this letter to the right people my butt! So people stop making a deal of this. Spongebob is lovable with or without the perfect shape of a square Agree? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sebby Posted December 16, 2011 Share Posted December 16, 2011 Who cares if SpongeBob is misleading kids? It's not even a preschool show (despite what TVGuide.com thinks). For decades, Cookie Monster has been making children across America obese. Think about that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cha Posted December 21, 2011 Share Posted December 21, 2011 How interesting! I was thinking since SpongeBob wears shorts then long pants, it could be something else also. Oh well, I like SquarePants Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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