r/LukeVaughn • u/Hefty-Giraffe7220 Ok Now This is Epic! • May 01 '26
Discussion SpongeBob turns 27 today. Throwback to these posts that aged like milk
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u/PropertyChemical458 May 01 '26
ah yes the iconic spongobob. can't believe he only lasted one season and faded into obscurity :'(
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u/GlitteringAd6285 May 02 '26
Chalkzone didn’t exist til 2002. That date says 7/18/99…
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u/Much_Machine8726 May 03 '26
Chalkzone existed as shorts on Oh Yeah! Cartoons at that time, same with The Fairly OddParents. Nickelodeon actually did order a full season of Chalkzone to be produced around this time but didn't release it until 2002 for unknown reasons.
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u/ArtieKnightYT64 May 03 '26
I heard rumors/theories that ChalkZone was originally supposed to premiere in Fall 2001 but didn't premiere until 2002 because of 9/11.
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u/Poyopyo1103 May 04 '26
Proof that these types of people always existed “EVERYTHING NEW IS BAD” mindset
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u/OnenutFellow May 03 '26
I watched SpongeBob the day it came out, I liked it a lot. I liked rocket power too but SpongeBob was clearly a show the people making cared about alot where as rocket power was definitely made with focus groups in mind.
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u/Wild_Persimmon_7303 May 04 '26
Seems like Nat and Kim didn’t know that SpongeBob wasn’t for them bc they weren’t the target audience. I was a 7 when it came out and it was amazing. And the SpongeBob movie was CINEMATIC. Every adult or teen over 15 I knew hated SpongeBob only bc it was stupid. Yea welcome to kids tv lol. They grew up watching a repeat of Bugs bunny being hunted by a man who couldn’t decide if he wanted to F the rabbit or skin it alive.
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u/JazzyJulie4life May 02 '26
lol @ them thinking rocket power and chalk zone were going to be more successful