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|This sitcom stars a homosexual lawyer, Will Truman, and a straight interior designer, Grace Adler, who share an apartment in New York City. It attempts to normalize homosexuality in society and uses Will's lifestyle to pander to a targeted LGBT audience. The third main character, Jack McFarland, is a sporadically-employed actor and a flamboyant, promiscuous homosexual whose life revolves around homosexuality almost every waking moment and attempting to get sexually involved with every man he comes across. Finally, the fourth main character, Karen Walker, is an amoral socialite whose existence plays up to and makes light of [[alcoholism]] and prescription [[drug abuse]].

|This sitcom stars a homosexual lawyer, Will Truman, and a straight interior designer, Grace Adler, who share an apartment in New York City. It attempts to normalize homosexuality in society and uses Will's lifestyle to pander to a targeted LGBT audience. The third main character, Jack McFarland, is a sporadically employed actor and a flamboyant, promiscuous homosexual whose life revolves around homosexuality almost every waking moment and attempting to get sexually involved with every man he comes across. Finally, the fourth main character, Karen Walker, is an amoral socialite whose existence plays up to and makes light of [[alcoholism]] and prescription [[drug abuse]].

In spite of its subject matter, the series became a surprise hit for NBC as part of its Thursday night "Must See TV" lineup, drawing an average of over 17 million viewers at its peak during its third and fourth seasons before its rating fell in its later seasons. One seventh season episode, "From Queer to Eternity", drew a record low viewership of just 5.8 million as viewers began tiring of the show. It ended production in 2006 after eight seasons, and its reruns, which entered syndication in the fall of 2002, largely vanished from broadcast syndication in 2008, retreating to cable thereafter. It was revived by NBC for an abbreviated ninth season on September 28, 2017, during which time the network claimed it had already renewed the series for a tenth season. However, its return episode, "11 Years Later", dove straight into politics as it made pathetic jokes about conservatives, attacked Donald Trump, and took a cheap shot poke at Ronald Reagan's later struggle with Alzheimer's disease<ref>[https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/culture/amelia-hamilton/2017/09/28/will-grace-embarrasses-itself-trump-reagan-jokes 'Will & Grace' Embarrasses Itself With Pathetic Trump Jokes, Abhorrent Shot at Reagan's Alzheimer's] at NewsBusters</ref>, causing it to garner only 10.18 million viewers for its return. Later episodes in the revival steadily lost viewership; its February 20, 2020 episode "Accidentally on Porpoise" fell to just 1.95 million viewers, making it the lowest-rated episode in the show's history. The ''Will & Grace'' revival did not last as long as it did in its original run, as it was announced on July 25, 2019 that its 11th season (which ended on April 23, 2020) would be its last.

In spite of its subject matter, the series became a surprise hit for NBC as part of its Thursday night "Must See TV" lineup, drawing an average of over 17 million viewers at its peak during its third and fourth seasons before its rating fell in its later seasons. One seventh season episode, "From Queer to Eternity", drew a record low viewership of just 5.8 million as viewers began tiring of the show. It ended production in 2006 after eight seasons, and its reruns, which entered syndication in the fall of 2002, largely vanished from broadcast syndication in 2008, retreating to cable thereafter. It was revived by NBC for an abbreviated ninth season on September 28, 2017, during which time the network claimed it had already renewed the series for a tenth season. However, its return episode, "11 Years Later", dove straight into politics as it made pathetic jokes about conservatives, attacked Donald Trump, and took a cheap shot poke at Ronald Reagan's later struggle with Alzheimer's disease<ref>[https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/culture/amelia-hamilton/2017/09/28/will-grace-embarrasses-itself-trump-reagan-jokes 'Will & Grace' Embarrasses Itself With Pathetic Trump Jokes, Abhorrent Shot at Reagan's Alzheimer's] at NewsBusters</ref>, causing it to garner only 10.18 million viewers for its return. Later episodes in the revival steadily lost viewership; its February 20, 2020 episode "Accidentally on Porpoise" fell to just 1.95 million viewers, making it the lowest-rated episode in the show's history. The ''Will & Grace'' revival did not last as long as it did in its original run, as it was announced on July 25, 2019 that its 11th season (which ended on April 23, 2020) would be its last.

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|Although traditional family values churn at the core, ''The Wonder Years'' has a politically liberal, specifically antiwar undertone. Arnold family patriarch Jack Arnold, is a veteran of the [[Korean War]], but the second season episode "Walkout" has Jack's son Kevin Arnold and other students walk out of school to protest the ongoing [[Vietnam War]]. The only person who tries to stop it is the school's vice-principal, who is vilified for threatening to suspend any participants in the walkout and put those suspensions on their permanent records. The series makes other jabs at the war, such as characters like Kevin's rebellious, teenage hippie sister Karen going to vigils and displaying the peace sign.

|Although traditional family values churn at the core, ''The Wonder Years'' has a politically liberal, specifically antiwar undertone. Arnold family patriarch Jack is a veteran of the [[Korean War]], but the second season episode "Walkout" has Jack's son Kevin Arnold and other students walk out of school to protest the ongoing [[Vietnam War]]. The only person who tries to stop it is the school's vice-principal, who is vilified for threatening to suspend any participants in the walkout and put those suspensions on their permanent records. The series makes other jabs at the war, such as characters like Kevin's rebellious, teenage hippie sister Karen going to vigils and displaying the peace sign.

A reboot of the series, retailored to appeal to African-American and SJW audiences (thus making the reboot even more liberal than the original already was) by making the main family black and setting the show in Montgomery, Alabama during the Civil Rights Movement of the 1960s, was announced by ABC in July 2020 with an expected 2021 debut.<ref>[https://www.breitbart.com/entertainment/2020/07/08/the-wonder-years-reboot-to-feature-black-family-in-turbulent-1960s-montgomery-alabama/ ‘The Wonder Years’ Reboot to Feature Black Family in Turbulent 1960s Montgomery, Alabama] at Breitbart News Network</ref>  Critics of the show have already begun predicting that the reboot will not last long due to its creators' decision to appeal to a very limited audience for political and ideological reasons (especially if it attempts to engage in leftist historical revisionism by making the Republicans and their supporters the "villains", ignoring that it was actually the Democrats who were responsible for race-based segregation, Jim Crow laws and sending their KKK terrorist wing after blacks and their Republican supporters during that time).

A reboot of the series, retailored to appeal to African-American and SJW audiences (thus making the reboot even more liberal than the original already was) by making the main family black and setting the show in Montgomery, Alabama during the Civil Rights Movement of the 1960s, was announced by ABC in July 2020 with an expected 2021 debut.<ref>[https://www.breitbart.com/entertainment/2020/07/08/the-wonder-years-reboot-to-feature-black-family-in-turbulent-1960s-montgomery-alabama/ ‘The Wonder Years’ Reboot to Feature Black Family in Turbulent 1960s Montgomery, Alabama] at Breitbart News Network</ref>  Critics of the show have already begun predicting that the reboot will not last long due to its creators' decision to appeal to a very limited audience for political and ideological reasons (especially if it attempts to engage in leftist historical revisionism by making the Republicans and their supporters the "villains", ignoring that it was actually the Democrats who were responsible for race-based segregation, Jim Crow laws and sending their KKK terrorist wing after blacks and their Republican supporters during that time).

|The sequel to the hit Nickelodeon series ''[[Avatar: The Last Airbender]]'' stars the Avatar after Aang - Korra - going to Republic City to learn airbending from Aang and Katara's son, Tenzin. During the series, Korra goes through personal trials while dealing with newer enemies including the Equalists (terrorists seeking to eradicate bending). Liberals have pushed it on children since it features an early, if not ''the'' first, homosexual protagonist in children's television (with a comic sequel trilogy called ''Turf Wars'' focusing more on Korra and Asami's same-sex relationship than the story) and strongly advocates feminism; the creators of the series - Michael DiMartino and Bryan Konietzko - have even accused fans not for Korra and Asami's same-sex relationship as "seeing only through rose-tinted lenses" (accusing them of "homophobia"). Season 2 has also shown the police force as either incompetent or stubbornly unreasonable with the exception of Mako, who works hard to solve the case going on concerning terrorism. An open borders policy is even suggested when Korra leaves the spirit portals open and declares that humans and spirits must live together, ignoring the dangers that spirits had inflicted upon humans.

|The sequel to the hit Nickelodeon series ''[[Avatar: The Last Airbender]]'' stars the Avatar after Aang - Korra - going to Republic City to learn airbending from Aang and Katara's son, Tenzin. During the series, Korra goes through personal trials while dealing with newer enemies including the Equalists (terrorists seeking to eradicate bending). Liberals have pushed it on children since it features an early, if not ''the'' first, homosexual protagonist in children's television (with a comic sequel trilogy called ''Turf Wars'' focusing more on Korra and Asami's same-sex relationship than the story) and strongly advocates feminism; the creators of the series - Michael DiMartino and Bryan Konietzko - have even accused fans not for Korra and Asami's same-sex relationship as "seeing only through rose-tinted lenses" (accusing them of "homophobia"). Season 2 has also shown the police force as either incompetent or stubbornly unreasonable with the exception of Mako, who works hard to solve the case going on concerning terrorism. An open borders policy is even suggested when Korra leaves the spirit portals open and declares that humans and spirits must live together, ignoring the dangers that spirits had inflicted upon humans.

Environmentalism and even misanthropy are seen as positive in the two-parter origin story "Beginnings", where Wan (the very first Avatar) lives with dangerous spirits that have killed or horribly disfigured people and prevents hunters finding food for their fellow villagers from catching a cat deer, doubling as a hint of condemnation against [[hunting]]. The "Beginnings" two-parter also blames mankind for the tension between humans and spirits when it was the spirits that killed or mutated humans to the point of driving them to live on lion turtles. In spite of the clear danger that the spirits pose and how little they regard mankind, the narrative of the show expects the humans to learn a lesson about respecting spirits, showing none of the equality that the show's predecessor had shown well; ''Avatar: The Last Airbender'' did explain that the Avatar's role is to be the balance between people and spirits.

Environmentalism and even misanthropy are seen as positive in the two-parter origin story "Beginnings", where Wan (the very first Avatar) lives with dangerous spirits that have killed or horribly disfigured people and prevents hunters finding food for their fellow villagers from catching a cat deer, doubling as a hint of condemnation against [[hunting]]. He is also a Jacobin [[Robin Hood]]-like thief who remorselessly steals from rich people and tries leading a revolt and is seen in the right. The "Beginnings" two-parter also blames mankind for the tension between humans and spirits when it was the spirits that killed or mutated humans to the point of driving them to live on lion turtles. In spite of the clear danger that the spirits pose and how little they regard mankind, the narrative of the show expects the humans to learn a lesson about respecting spirits, showing none of the equality that the show's predecessor had shown well; ''Avatar: The Last Airbender'' did explain that the Avatar's role is to be the balance between people and spirits.

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|''The Legend of Zelda''

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|An adult spinoff of the classic 1969 cartoon ''Scooby Doo'', ''Velma'' ends up being a lot more mean-spirited and woke. The titular character - who in past incarnations had been both smart and friendly - frequently jeers at Fred for being a straight white man, and she herself has been race-swapped into being Indian for woke points (the 2020 animated film ''Scoob'' had Velma be switched to Latina, but not at the expense of the character or story like ''Velma''); Fred himself has been twisted into a rude idiot being the butt of jokes due to being a straight white man. Shaggy has become race-swapped, being a black man renamed Norville due to Norville being his first name and also being a much more unsubtle stoner. One episode even features a lesbian kiss between Velma and Daphne, the latter being the half-Asian adopted daughter of two lesbian corrupt cops who deal drugs. Scooby doesn't even appear at all in this show due to the writers believing that he is too "childish". There are also some disturbing scenes of pedophilia and ephebophilia, with Velma hinting that children should know and want to draw genitalia (while also ranting about the patriarchy) and a middle-aged mayor lusting after 16-year-old girls. A disturbing moment of both ephebophilia and incest occurs when the underaged Velma pole-dances in front of her father at a strip club to get his attention.

|An adult spinoff of the classic 1969 cartoon ''Scooby Doo'', ''Velma'' ends up being a lot more mean-spirited and woke. The titular character - who in past incarnations had been both smart and friendly - frequently jeers at Fred for being a straight white man, and she herself has been race-swapped into being Indian for woke points (the 2020 animated film ''Scoob'' had Velma be switched to Latina, but not at the expense of the character or story like ''Velma''); Fred himself has been twisted into a rude idiot being the butt of jokes due to being a straight white man. Shaggy has also become race-swapped, being a black man renamed Norville due to Norville being his first name and also being a much more unsubtle stoner who simps for Velma. One episode even features a lesbian kiss between Velma and Daphne, the latter being the half-Asian adopted daughter of two lesbian corrupt cops who deal drugs. Scooby doesn't even appear at all in this show in spite of ''Velma'' being inspired by ''Scooby Doo'' due to the writers believing that he is too "childish" (though many people are happy that Scooby doesn't show up, lest he be butchered like the other characters). There are also some disturbing scenes of pedophilia and ephebophilia, with Velma hinting that children should know and want to draw genitalia (while also ranting about the patriarchy) and a middle-aged mayor lusting after 16-year-old girls. A disturbing moment of both ephebophilia and incest occurs when the underaged Velma pole-dances in front of her father at a strip club to get his attention.

''Velma'' has also united the right and most of the left against the show, revealing a lowering score on Rotten Tomatoes (starting at 50% and lowered down to 46 as of late January). Only the very far-left defends the show because of "representation".

''Velma'' has also united the right and most of the left against the show, revealing a lowering score on Rotten Tomatoes (starting at 50% and lowered down to 42 as of February). Only the very far-left defends the show because of "representation".

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|''Voltron: Legendary Defender''

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|This work by Jim Henson of ''Muppets'' fame tells of a family of dinosaurs named the Sinclairs adjusting to suburban life after millions of years of wild living. There are Earl the father (a stubborn and bumbling ''Megalosaurus'' who works as a "tree-pusher"), Fran the mother (a down-to-earth ''Allosaurus'' who is a housewife), Robbie the son (a teenager who often questions the way dinosaurs do things like eating meat and howling at the moon), Charlene the daughter (a typical teenage girl), and the Baby (a fully-talking and rambunctious baby dinosaur who often calls Earl "Not the Mama!").

|This work by Jim Henson of ''Muppets'' fame tells of a family of dinosaurs named the Sinclairs adjusting to suburban life after millions of years of wild living. There are Earl the father (a stubborn and bumbling ''Megalosaurus'' who works as a "tree-pusher"), Fran the mother (a down-to-earth ''Allosaurus'' who is a housewife), Robbie the son (a teenager who often questions the way dinosaurs do things like eating meat and howling at the moon), Charlene the daughter (a typical teenage girl), and the Baby (a fully-talking and rambunctious baby dinosaur who often calls Earl "Not the Mama!").

''Dinosaurs'' touches a lot of liberal subjects, from gender confusion to feminism to even socialism. An episode even has a scenario resembling people coming out as homosexuals, only that Robbie wants to be more herbivore than carnivore and eat more vegetables, which Earl sees as going against the food chain. Another episode features an in-show TV show about a dinosaur admitting that he's a "cross-eater" and says that he feels like a carnivore in an herbivore's body, which seems to be a metaphor for being transgender or a cross-dresser. The biggest subject the characters discuss throughout the series is environmentalism, from leaving forests intact to avoiding the eradication of endangered species. Sadly at the end of the series, wiping out a certain species of beetle that depends on a certain species of flower leads to the eventual extinction of the dinosaurs, who face certain doom from the resulting Ice Age.

''Dinosaurs'' touches a lot of liberal subjects, from gender confusion to feminism to even socialism. An episode even has a scenario resembling people coming out as homosexuals, where Robbie wants to be more herbivore than carnivore and eat more vegetables, which Earl sees as going against the food chain. Another episode features an in-show TV show about a dinosaur admitting that he's a "cross-eater" and says that he feels like a carnivore in an herbivore's body, which seems to be a metaphor for being transgender or a cross-dresser. The biggest subject the characters discuss throughout the series is environmentalism, from leaving forests intact to avoiding the eradication of endangered species. Sadly at the end of the series, wiping out a certain species of beetle that depends on a certain species of flower leads to the eventual extinction of the dinosaurs, who face certain doom from the resulting Ice Age.

But while the show features a lot of liberal subjects, there are also some conservative moments as well. Earl tries his best to act as the father of the household in spite of his bumbling ways, while Fran makes sure to keep the house running from the homestead. There are times when Robbie and Earl clash over ideas (like Robbie wanting to be a vegetarian instead of a carnivore), but they make up at the end of the day and support each other. At his tree-pushing job, Earl works under the supervision of his boss B.P. Richfield, a ''Styracosaurus'' and the tyrannical and greedy owner of the WESAYSO Corporation. Friendship is even upheld in "The Howling", where Robbie helps repair the friendship between Earl and his co-worker Roy (a ''Tyrannosaurus Rex'') by getting them to howl so that they can get rid of their aggression; in that same episode, Roy even gives Robbie a pencil box as a present - the same pencil box that his father had given to him on his Howling Day - because he wanted to pass it on to someone in spite of not having kids of his own, thus him seeing Robbie and the other Sinclairs as family. Another episode called "Earl and Pearl" has Earl eventually reconciling with his country music-playing sister Pearl, even singing "Leaves and Trees" together at the end of the episode. Drug use is even condemned in a few episodes. One called "Steroids to Heaven" has Robbie eating little spiked creatures called Thornoids, to which his ''Polacanthus'' friend Spike - himself being a delinquent - calling him out for it and trapping him with his newly-grown spikes to wait until the effect wears off. The second called "A New Leaf" involves a plant that makes dinosaurs deliriously happy; Robbie even ends the episode by giving a speech warning against the use of drugs as well as humorously warning against the dangers of preachy anti-drug episodes.

But while the show features a lot of liberal subjects, there are also some conservative moments as well. Earl tries his best to act as the father of the household in spite of his bumbling ways, while Fran makes sure to keep the house running from the homestead. There are times when Robbie and Earl clash over ideas (like Robbie wanting to be a vegetarian instead of a carnivore), but they make up at the end of the day and support each other. At his tree-pushing job, Earl works under the supervision of his boss B.P. Richfield, a ''Styracosaurus'' and the tyrannical and greedy owner of the WESAYSO Corporation. Friendship is even upheld in "The Howling", where Robbie helps repair the friendship between Earl and his co-worker Roy (a ''Tyrannosaurus Rex'') by getting them to howl so that they can get rid of their aggression; in that same episode, Roy even gives Robbie a pencil box as a present - the same pencil box that his father had given to him on his Howling Day - because he wanted to pass it on to someone in spite of not having kids of his own, thus him seeing Robbie and the other Sinclairs as family. Another episode called "Earl and Pearl" has Earl eventually reconciling with his country music-playing sister Pearl, even singing "Leaves and Trees" together at the end of the episode. Drug use is even condemned in a few episodes. One called "Steroids to Heaven" has Robbie eating little spiked creatures called Thornoids, to which his ''Polacanthus'' friend Spike - himself being a delinquent - calls him out for it and traps him with his newly grown spikes to wait until the effect wears off. The second called "A New Leaf" involves a plant that makes dinosaurs deliriously happy; Robbie even ends the episode by giving a speech warning against the use of drugs as well as humorously warning against the dangers of preachy anti-drug episodes.

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|One of the most influential cartoons of the 21st century, centered on an energetic, anthropomorphic sea sponge (who more nearly resembles a kitchen sponge) and a diverse cast of his underwater friends, is decidedly one of the most politically ambiguous.

|One of the most influential cartoons of the 21st century, centered on an energetic, anthropomorphic sea sponge (who more nearly resembles a kitchen sponge) and a diverse cast of his underwater friends, is decidedly one of the most politically ambiguous.

On the one hand, the series suggests that capitalists are inherently malign or simply obsessed with money, as the main character’s crustacean employer, the fast food restaurateur Mr. Krabs, is inclined to put money before others’ interests, sometimes at the expense of others’ well-being.  In addition, SpongeBob and his dimwitted starfish best friend Patrick Star have a habit of annoying Squidward Tentacles: a quick-tempered, cynical octopus who lives between them, behaves apathetically on his job as a cashier, and may be a copy of ''Sesame Street'' character Bert because both characters have interests that others find mundane. They tend to not face comeuppance for their childish actions against Squidward (though there are exceptions), which may teach that being annoying is “acceptable” adult behavior. Specific episodes have controversial overtones, too. For instance, “Rock-a-Bye Bivalve” is infamous for depicting SpongeBob and Patrick raising a baby scallop like a homosexual couple; and a handful of episodes like "The Jellyfish Hunter", "Keep Bikini Bottom Beautiful", and "SpongeBob's Last Stand" touch on themes of environmentalism. Moreover, one of the series’ worst-received episodes, “One Coarse Meal,” tries to make bullying look humorous because it centers on Mr. Krabs driving his microscopic arch business rival Plankton to suicide by appealing to the copepod’s secret fear of whales, a fear that is not present in any other episode. SpongeBob himself even displays some flamboyant tendencies that can be seen as gay, though Stephen Hillenburg had stated that SpongeBob would reproduce asexually like normal sponges (splitting into newer sponges); 2020 has Nickelodeon disregard this information to push SpongeBob to be a "queer icon".<ref>https://www.breitbart.com/entertainment/2020/06/15/nickelodeon-celebrates-pride-month-with-queer-icon-spongebob-bisexual-and-trans-characters/</ref>

On the one hand, the series suggests that capitalists are inherently malign or simply obsessed with money, as the main character’s crustacean employer, the fast-food restaurateur Mr. Krabs, is inclined to put money before others’ interests, sometimes at the expense of others’ well-being.  In addition, SpongeBob and his dimwitted starfish best friend Patrick Star have a habit of annoying Squidward Tentacles: a quick-tempered, cynical octopus who lives between them, behaves apathetically on his job as a cashier, and may be a copy of ''Sesame Street'' character Bert because both characters have interests that others find mundane. They tend to not face comeuppance for their childish actions against Squidward (though there are exceptions), which may teach that being annoying is “acceptable” adult behavior. Specific episodes have controversial overtones, too. For instance, “Rock-a-Bye Bivalve” is infamous for depicting SpongeBob and Patrick raising a baby scallop like a homosexual couple; and a handful of episodes like "The Jellyfish Hunter", "Keep Bikini Bottom Beautiful", and "SpongeBob's Last Stand" touch on themes of environmentalism. Moreover, one of the series’ worst-received episodes, “One Coarse Meal,” tries to make bullying look humorous because it centers on Mr. Krabs driving his microscopic arch business rival Plankton to suicide by appealing to the copepod’s secret fear of whales, a fear that is not present in any other episode. SpongeBob himself even displays some flamboyant tendencies that can be seen as gay, though Stephen Hillenburg had stated that SpongeBob would reproduce asexually like normal sponges (splitting into newer sponges); 2020 has Nickelodeon disregard this information to push SpongeBob to be a "queer icon".<ref>https://www.breitbart.com/entertainment/2020/06/15/nickelodeon-celebrates-pride-month-with-queer-icon-spongebob-bisexual-and-trans-characters/</ref>

On the other hand, many episodes where SpongeBob works in his regular job as a fry cook at the Krusty Krab restaurant teach young audiences to appreciate hard work and persistence as SpongeBob eagerly strives to make the most out of his rather ordinary vocation. Most episodes where Plankton appears draw a clear distinction between good and evil, showing the errors of stealing and conducting business through illegitimate means as Plankton’s schemes to outcompete Mr. Krabs, the more competent businessman, or steal his Krabby Patty recipe always backfire. In addition, depending on the writer(s), Krabs can serve as a surrogate father-figure to SpongeBob, teaching him to stay out of danger and not to act so impulsively as he usually does. Lastly, the episode "SpongeBob, You're Fired!" has gained fame among conservatives for advocating self-sufficiency while lampooning the concept of the welfare state, mainly the Supplemental Nutritional Assistance Program: as Patrick tries to show SpongeBob the "fun of unemployment" by taking SpongeBob out to a free lunch with Sandy, SpongeBob quips, "Unemployment may be fun for you, but I need to get a job".<ref>https://www.breitbart.com/big-hollywood/2013/11/04/spongebob-mocks-welfare-state/</ref>

On the other hand, many episodes where SpongeBob works in his regular job as a fry cook at the Krusty Krab restaurant teach young audiences to appreciate hard work and persistence as SpongeBob eagerly strives to make the most out of his rather ordinary vocation. Most episodes where Plankton appears draw a clear distinction between good and evil, showing the errors of stealing and conducting business through illegitimate means as Plankton’s schemes to outcompete Mr. Krabs, the more competent businessman, or steal his Krabby Patty recipe always backfire. In addition, depending on the writer(s), Krabs can serve as a surrogate father-figure to SpongeBob, teaching him to stay out of danger and not to act so impulsively as he usually does. Lastly, the episode "SpongeBob, You're Fired!" has gained fame among conservatives for advocating self-sufficiency while lampooning the concept of the welfare state, mainly the Supplemental Nutritional Assistance Program: as Patrick tries to show SpongeBob the "fun of unemployment" by taking SpongeBob out to a free lunch with Sandy, SpongeBob quips, "Unemployment may be fun for you, but I need to get a job".<ref>https://www.breitbart.com/big-hollywood/2013/11/04/spongebob-mocks-welfare-state/</ref>

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