Thread 149055508

Are they the holy trinity of iconic cartoon characters?

>>149055508 (OP)
Get Spongebob out of there and replace him with Popeye.

Bugs is (for America)
Mickey is but can also be swapped for Donald based on preference
SpongeBob is the modern Li'l Abner. Massive for it’s generation and era but no longevity for any other and will slowly die out with the generation it’s part of

>>149055508 (OP)
>Redditbob
Only zoomers believe this, the highest viewed SpongeBob episode is lik 8 million, still hasn't surpassed Rugrats.

>>149055508 (OP)
>SpongeBob is the modern Li'l Abner. Massive for it’s generation and era but no longevity for any other and will slowly die out with the generation it’s part of
The real tests for SB will be if it can outlive its original voice actor (be it death or retirement) and after that, if it can get other successful iterations

>>149055596
Spongebob has already run for the same amount of time as the original Golden Age runs of Bugs (1940-1964) and Mickey (1928-1953).

>>149055508 (OP)
Mickey is lame and boring tho, swap him with Donald

>>149055508 (OP)
Bugs is treated as a legend by everyone in America BUT his own company, it's embarrassing and kind of funny

>>149055508 (OP)
Currently? Yes. SpongeBob is still the standard for success other Nickelodeon shows must reach. Too many shows have been cancelled for not achieving the same ratings. I remember the hate art people working at Nick made of SpongeBob. Furthermore, his show is engrained in a lot of memes and he is still on the air. Mickey Mouse is the face of a massive corporation. Bugs Bunny is in the same boat with Warner. Both of them had to share the spotlight in Who Framed Roger Rabbit because their corporations demanded it.

>>149055674
Only his cartoons are lame. He is pretty good in the comics.

>>149055622
Rugrats isn’t still airing and no doubt didn’t sell as much. Spongebob has way more relevance than Rugrats.

>>149055508 (OP)
You're forgetting Laura and Buster Bunny.

>>149055532
I am a fan of Popeye but he is not like SpongeBob. He lacks new cartoons for kids to know him from. We almost had it with Genndy Tartakovsky but it got canned. Popeye entering public domain only gave us the movie Popeye the Slayer Man, a generic slasher movie.

>>149055596
> SpongeBob is the modern Li'l Abner
Only time will tell

>>149055596
What exacty did lil Abner affect during its run?

>>149055508 (OP)
Tom&Jerry and Scooby-Doo deserve to be grouper with Mickey and Bugs more than SpongeBob. They're icons that last generations with different interations. There's only ever been the one SpongeBob voiced by Tom Kenny made by Nickelodeon.

>>149055862
>There's only ever been the one SpongeBob voiced by Tom Kenny made by Nickelodeon.
SpongeBob is still a young IP compared to Bugs and Mickey. We just have to wait.

>>149055860
The English language
A lot of terms or phrases you use today are derived from that comic

>>149055862
I think SpongeBob is worthy of being with Bugs and Mickey. His series is the longest running animated kids show in history. A species of fungus is named after him.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spongiforma_squarepantsii

>>149056445
>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spongiforma_squarepantsii
Neat. Does Mickey and Bugs have anything named after them?

>>149055508 (OP)
Replace Asoingerbop with Tom and Jerry

>>149055532
At one point, maybe, but sadly, Popeye's time in the sun is over. But hey, at least he is not forgotten yet.

>>149056502
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mickey_Mouse_sign

>>149056631
This one is named after Walt Disney, but it is thanks to the crater looking like Mickey.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disney_(crater)

>>149055622
SpongeBob has been more successful than Rugrats. Otherwise, Nick would be using it as their flagship series.

>>149055532
Nobody cares about Popeye anymore. He is public domain now and all we got is horror movie slop.

>>149055508 (OP)
Betty makes more sense than SpongeBob. He hasn't reached multigenerational status yet

>>149057426
When was the last time Betty had a cartoon? She has mostly been relevant through merchandise.

>>149057454
Same for Mickey and Bugs
Even though those two do still appear on screen, the massive merchandising indicates their embedding in the culture

>>149057426
>He hasn't reached multigenerational status yet
SpongeBob has been airing since 1999. Millennials and Zoomers are already two generations that have watched the show.

>>149057478

Mickey is currently in Mickey Mouse Funhouse, a toddler show, and they were still making Wonderful World of Mikcey Cartoons up to 2023.

Bugs Bunny currently appears in Bugs Bunny Builders, and was in the Looney Tunes Cartoons on Max as recently as 2023.

Both Mickey and Bugs are currently in preschool cartoons, and regularly appear in mainstream cartoons every couple of years.

The last time Betty Boop appeared in major media was in 1988 in Who Framed Roger Rabbit. Her last cartoon was way back in 1939.

>>149055508 (OP)
Some in South America would say Mickey, Bugs and Woody Woodpecker.

>>149055508 (OP)
yes

>>149055508 (OP)
I think it is correct. They have been pushing SpongeBob as a mascot like Bugs and Mickey.

>>149055508 (OP)
Why is SpongeBob so small?

>>149055508 (OP)
Replace mickey with homer simpson.

>>149058757
Spongebob has consistently been shown to be only a few inches high compared to humans within the actual series versus how all Nick crossovers make him closer in size to the other Nicktoons. Mickey and Bugs are closer to human scale then their animal counterparts.

>>149057625
No one cares about what anyone in South America would say

>>149055508 (OP)
Bart Simpson.

>>149055862
I would tend to agree that both of those are more worthy.
I’m not going to argue Spongbob hasn’t been massive, but there hasn’t been the same enduring legacy and influence.

Spongebob I would place with something like [the show with the diminutive ungulates] in a lower tier.

>>149055508 (OP)
Homer Simpson, Mickey Mouse, Son Goku

SpongeBob and Bugs are only popular in the US.

>>149057426
>Your great grandfather whacked off to this

>>149056660
I almost forgot the Mickey Mouse bush.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ochna_serrulata

>>149059418
Why Homer?

>>149055508 (OP)
yes

>>149055962
...NTA but bullshit

>>149058757
So he can fit in Bugs’ ass.

>>149059723
gay

>>149056631
>>149056660
>>149059521
Cool

>>149055508 (OP)
>no Homer
You were SO CLOSE

>>149061891
The Simpsons is (was) a fantastic show, but it’s so rooted in the 80s-90s American TV that it doesn’t have the same timeless quality as a cartoon animal. SpongeBob also has 90s cultural imprints, and Mickey and Bugs are way older, but these 3 can all still be put in any situation and fit, unlike Homer where outside of Treehouse of Horror, the less sitcomy his setting, the more out of place he is.

>>149061891
Homer is not that iconic compared to Bugs.