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|Fox

|Fox

|TV-14

|TV-14

|Main character Captain Holt is an open homosexual in charge of the fictitious 99th police precinct in Brooklyn, New York City. To make matters worse, series regular Rosa Diaz "comes out" as bisexual in the fifth season, disregarding the fact that no clues were given about this in the first four seasons. However, their sexualities are downplayed for the most part, and this workplace sitcom seems to humanize the police in an era when liberal news media does everything it can to dehumanize the authorities. It lightheartedly teaches that the police are likeable, relatable, three-dimensional everyday people with fairly normal internal and interpersonal obstacles to overcome in a humorous fashion; and it averts the preposterous liberal assumption that the police are racist with its multiracial main cast. On top of that, a number of villains that the detectives face are drug abusers or dealers, which supports war on illegal drugs, and main character Sgt. Terry Jeffords is a devout family man who prefers to act in the best interest of his wife and daughters, whom he does not want to see him killed in the line of duty.

|Main character Captain Holt is an open homosexual who runs the fictitious 99th police precinct in Brooklyn, New York City. To make matters worse, series regular Rosa Diaz "comes out" as bisexual in the fifth season, disregarding the fact that no clues were given about this in the first four seasons. However, their sexualities are downplayed for the most part, and this workplace sitcom seems to humanize the police in an era when liberal news media does everything it can to dehumanize the authorities. It lightheartedly teaches that the police are likable, relatable, three-dimensional everyday people with fairly normal internal and interpersonal obstacles to overcome in a humorous fashion; and it averts the preposterous liberal assumption that the police are racist with its multiracial main cast. On top of that, a number of villains that the detectives face are drug abusers or dealers, which supports the war on illegal drugs, and the main character, Sgt. Terry Jeffords is a devout family man who prefers to act in the best interest of his wife and daughters, whom he does not want to see killed in the line of duty.

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|''Dinosaurs''

|''Dinosaurs''

|ABC

|ABC

|TV-Y7

|TV-Y7

|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, 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.

''Dinosaurs'' touches on 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 - 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.

But while the show features a lot of liberal subjects, it also has some conservative moments. Earl tries his best to act as the father of the household despite his bumbling ways, while Fran makes sure the house runs smoothly. Sometimes 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, 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 seeing Robbie and the other Sinclairs as family. Another episode, "Earl and Pearl," has Earl eventually reconcile 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 drug use, as well as humorously warning against the dangers of preachy anti-drug episodes.

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|''FBI''

|''FBI''

|Disney Channel, later Disney XD

|Disney Channel, later Disney XD

|TV-Y7

|TV-Y7

|Inspired by the life of its creator, Alex Hirsch, this mystery/science fiction/horror comedy series follows twin siblings Dipper and Mabel Pines as they spend as summer in the fictional town of Gravity Falls, [[Oregon]], investigating the supernatural oddities surrounding the town with guidance from one of three journals left behind by an initially anonymous author.

|Inspired by the life of its creator, Alex Hirsch, this mystery/science fiction/horror comedy series follows twin siblings Dipper and Mabel Pines as they spend a summer in the fictional town of Gravity Falls, [[Oregon]], investigating the supernatural oddities surrounding the town with guidance from one of three journals left behind by an initially anonymous author.

On the one hand, it stereotypes capitalists as either "criminals" or simply being obsessed with money: the twins' Great Uncle/"Grunkle" Stan is introduced as a relatively simple character whose only goal in life is to fool the "world's dumbest people" with a tourist trap dubbed The Mystery Shack and filled with pretend supernatural phenomena, hoping to earn their money. Even worse, throughout the series, recurring incompetent police officers Sheriff Blubbs and Deputy Durland are implied to have homosexual feelings for one another, and this is confirmed in the series finale.

On the one hand, it stereotypes capitalists as either "criminals" or simply being obsessed with money: the twins' Great Uncle/"Grunkle" Stan is introduced as a relatively simple character whose only goal in life is to fool the "world's dumbest people" with a tourist trap dubbed The Mystery Shack and filled with pretend supernatural phenomena, hoping to earn their money. Even worse, throughout the series, recurring incompetent police officers Sheriff Blubbs and Deputy Durland are implied to have homosexual feelings for one another, and this is confirmed in the series finale.

On the other hand, family and redemption seem to be central themes of the series in the long run. When Stan's long-lost twin brother, Stanford "Ford" Pines, returns from being trapped in another dimension and reveals himself as the author of the journals, the brothers come to grips with their personal flaws, and Stan shows how he truly regrets leading a life of crime, wishing things could have turned out differently and calling himself "the screw-up". He gets his chance at redemption when he and Ford together outwit Bill Cipher, an interdimensional dream demon and the series' main antagonist, and erase the monster from existence, which causes them to mend their relationship.

On the other hand, family and redemption seem to be central themes in the long run. When Stan's long-lost twin brother, Stanford "Ford" Pines, returns from being trapped in another dimension and reveals himself as the author of the journals, the brothers come to grips with their personal flaws, and Stan shows how he truly regrets leading a life of crime, wishing things could have turned out differently and calling himself "the screw-up". He gets his chance at redemption when he and Ford outwit Bill Cipher, an interdimensional dream demon and the series' main antagonist, and erase the monster from existence, which helps them mend their relationship.

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|''Hazbin Hotel''/''Helluva Boss''

|''Hazbin Hotel''/''Helluva Boss''

|[[YouTube]] (2019), A24 (2022) (''Hazbin Hotel'')<br>YouTube (''Helluva Boss'')

|[[YouTube]] (2019), A24 (2022) (''Hazbin Hotel'')<br>YouTube (''Helluva Boss'')

|TV-MA

|TV-MA

|In ''Hazbin Hotel'' & ''Helluva Boss'' one main series and a spin-off set in the same universe of the former, demons and corrupted angels engage periodically in killing DEFINITELY the souls of the sinners turned into monsters and deformed creatures in Hell due to the over-population of said Hell in the main series, and an assassin group of demons try to kill anyone who stands in their way, even children, in its spin-off. They are filled with Satanic imagery, sexual content, profanity and even references to the real-life "Angel Dust". Not to mention most of the characters are either homosexual or bisexual. Protagonist Charlie is the princess of [[Hell]] and lesbian daughter of [[Satan]]/Lucifer himself (and Lilith, a demon from the Jewish religion who is his wife in this universe), and her three main costars are either homosexual or lesbian or bisexual. However, as aforementioned above, Hell and the demons are depicted monstrously, negatively, morally questionable and/or evil as it should be, and the protagonist wants to redeem the souls of the sinners in order to give them a chance to gain honestly the access to Heaven and spare them to resolve the problem of Hell's over-population without recurring in violence and being. Not to mention that characters in Hell being homosexual or bisexual alongside being morally questionable, bad or ambiguous might be appropriate for the context and location/environment. The show is also filled with dark humor and is targeted to an adult and mature audience. Also, the creator, who is Latin American and thus with a culturally different approach on this kind of themes, doesn't seem to show or have precedents about engaging in woke and PC "culture" stuff (these last points are probably the main reasons why the shows are in this section).

|In ''Hazbin Hotel'' & ''Helluva Boss'' one main series and a spin-off set in the same universe of the former, demons and corrupted angels engage periodically in killing DEFINITELY the souls of the sinners turned into monsters and deformed creatures in Hell due to the overpopulation of said Hell in the main series, and an assassin group of demons try to kill anyone who stands in their way, even children, in its spin-off. They are filled with Satanic imagery, sexual content, profanity, and even references to the real-life "Angel Dust". Not to mention, most of the characters are either homosexual or bisexual. Protagonist Charlie is the princess of [[Hell]] and lesbian daughter of [[Satan]]/Lucifer himself (and Lilith, a demon from the Jewish religion who is his wife in this universe), and her three main co-stars are either homosexual or lesbian or bisexual. However, as aforementioned above, Hell and the demons are depicted as monstrous, negative, morally questionable and/or evil as it should be, and the protagonist wants to redeem the souls of the sinners in order to give them a chance to gain access to Heaven honestly and spare them to resolve the problem of Hell's overpopulation without recurring in violence and being. Not to mention that characters in Hell being homosexual or bisexual, alongside being morally questionable, bad, or ambiguous, might be appropriate for the context and location/environment. The show is also filled with dark humor and is targeted at an adult, mature audience. Also, the creator, who is Latin American and thus with a culturally different approach to these kinds of themes, doesn't seem to show or have precedents for engaging in woke and PC "culture" stuff (these last points are probably the main reasons why the shows are in this section).

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|''[[Happy Days]]''

|''[[Happy Days]]''

|ABC

|ABC

|TV-G

|TV-G

|Originally launched as a 1972 episode of ''Love, American Style'' called "Love and the Television Set" and set in the 1950s.  The show was pro-family and celebrated family values, as the Cunningham family, the show's original main focus, always supported each other even through the rough times. The show is also pro-fatherhood. The show's main father figure, Howard Cunningham, is shown to be mature, calm and responsible, and always does his best to help his kids. Also a little anti-feminism, with Howard owning and running a hardware store and making all the money, and his wife Marion being the housewife.  On the other hand, producers admitted to pushing [[pacifism]] and sentiments against the [[Vietnam War]] effort.<ref>https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2011/jun/29/is-us-tv-too-leftwing</ref>  Protagonist Richie Cunningham, a high school student played by Ron Howard as a regular from 1974 to 1980, is a supporter of the Democrat Party; as part of his school's Young Democrats club, he supports Democrat presidential candidate [[Adlai Stevenson]] in the 1956 election in the Season Two episode "The Not Making of a President" and, as such, is portrayed as young and idealistic yet naïve.

|Originally launched as a 1972 episode of ''Love, American Style'' called "Love and the Television Set" and set in the 1950s.  The show was pro-family and celebrated family values, as the Cunningham family, the show's original main focus, always supported each other even through the rough times. The show is also pro-fatherhood. The show's main father figure, Howard Cunningham, is shown to be mature, calm, and responsible, and always does his best to help his kids. Also a little anti-feminist, with Howard owning and running a hardware store and making all the money, and his wife Marion being the housewife.  On the other hand, producers admitted to pushing [[pacifism]] and sentiments against the [[Vietnam War]] effort.<ref>https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2011/jun/29/is-us-tv-too-leftwing</ref>  Protagonist Richie Cunningham, a high school student played by Ron Howard as a regular from 1974 to 1980, is a supporter of the Democrat Party; as part of his school's Young Democrats club, he supports Democrat presidential candidate [[Adlai Stevenson]] in the 1956 election in the Season Two episode "The Not Making of a President" and, as such, is portrayed as young and idealistic yet naïve.

Debuting to modest ratings in January 1974 after ABC green-lit it to series, ''Happy Days'' became a huge hit in its later years after the emphasis was shifted more to formerly supporting character Arthur "The Fonz/Fonzie" Fonzarelli (played by Henry Winkler); a greaser, former gang member, womanizer, and high school dropout who nonetheless became increasingly popular with the series' audience and became the main focus of the show after Howard's departure.  The series spawned several spinoffs, including ''Laverne & Shirley'', ''Mork & Mindy'' (created as a vehicle for stand-up comedian [[Robin Williams]]), and the animated series ''The Fonz and the Happy Days Gang''.

Debuting to modest ratings in January 1974 after ABC greenlit it to series, ''Happy Days'' became a huge hit in its later years after the emphasis was shifted more to the formerly supporting character Arthur "The Fonz/Fonzie" Fonzarelli (played by Henry Winkler); a greaser, former gang member, womanizer, and high school dropout who nonetheless became increasingly popular with the series' audience and became the main focus of the show after Howard's departure.  The series spawned several spinoffs, including ''Laverne & Shirley'', ''Mork & Mindy'' (created as a vehicle for stand-up comedian [[Robin Williams]]), and the animated series ''The Fonz and the Happy Days Gang''.

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|''The Legend of Vox Machina''

|''The Legend of Vox Machina''

|Amazon

|Amazon

|TV-MA

|TV-MA

|Based on a role-playing game based on ''Dungeons and Dragons'', this series tells of seven less-than-stellar travelers in the fantasy world of Tal Dorei who help people in more ways than one. On one hand, there is plenty of blood, gore, and violence in the series, as well as plenty of swearing. There are also several gay, lesbian, and bisexual relationships, including half-elf Vax and a gay shopkeeper named Gilmore (though he also has feelings for half-elf druid Kayleth). The good news is that this is used sparingly and is not a main part of the story. Scanlan the gnome bard is a promiscuous sex fiend willing to bed anyone, whether male or female. This gets him into trouble in the second season, where he's confronted by his long-lost daughter, who is furious with him for not remembering her mother.

|Based on a role-playing game based on ''Dungeons and Dragons'', this series follows seven less-than-stellar travelers in the fantasy world of Tal Dorei as they help people in more ways than one. On one hand, the series has plenty of blood, gore, and violence, as well as plenty of swearing. There are also several gay, lesbian, and bisexual relationships, including half-elf Vax and a gay shopkeeper named Gilmore (though he also has feelings for half-elf druid Kayleth). The good news is that this is used sparingly and is not a main part of the story. Scanlan the gnome bard is a promiscuous sex fiend willing to bed anyone, whether male or female. This gets him into trouble in the second season, when his long-lost daughter confronts him and is furious that he didn't remember her mother.

On the other hand, family and friendship are portrayed positively for the most part. Goliath berserker Grog and gnome cleric Pike are best friends as well as adopted siblings; Pike's great-grandfather had accepted Grog into his family after he was beaten to near death by his evil uncle for sparing the gnome. While human gunslinger Percy is rightfully upset about the deaths of his family (soon finding that he has a surviving sister) at the hands of the Briarwoods and his family's former servants, he goes to rather extreme lengths to do so, which the others see as going too far. Heroism is also protrayed well, and while Scanlan wants to back off from heroism two times, he does willingly help his friends; in the first episode, he was even the first to suggest killing the dragon that ravaged an entire village.

On the other hand, the show portrays family and friendship positively for the most part. Goliath berserker Grog and gnome cleric Pike are best friends and adopted siblings; Pike's great-grandfather accepted Grog into his family after his evil uncle beat him to near death for sparing the gnome. While human gunslinger Percy is rightfully upset about the deaths of his family (soon finding that he has a surviving sister) at the hands of the Briarwoods and his family's former servants, he goes to extreme lengths, which the others see as going too far. Heroism is also portrayed well, and while Scanlan wants to back off from heroism twice, he willingly helps his friends; in the first episode, he was even the first to suggest killing the dragon that ravaged an entire village.

A sequel called ''The Mighty Nein'', which takes place twenty years after ''Vox Machina'', was released on Amazon in late 2025.

A sequel called ''The Mighty Nein'', which takes place twenty years after ''Vox Machina'', was released on Amazon in late 2025.

|Cartoon Network

|Cartoon Network

|TV-Y

|TV-Y

|On the one hand, the three titular superhero girls seem to be the only protagonists capable of fighting their city’s various supervillains, while the police, consisting mostly of men, are depicted as bumbling and oafish, making the girls feministic (it doesn’t help that one of the working titles for the show was the more profane ''Whoop*** Girls'').

|On the one hand, the three titular superhero girls seem to be the only protagonists capable of fighting their city’s various supervillains, while the police, consisting mostly of men, are depicted as bumbling and oafish, making the girls feminist (it doesn’t help that one of the working titles for the show was the more profane ''Whoop*** Girls'').

On the other hand, since the girls were created by a scientist to be the “perfect little girls,” they could be more ''feminine'' rather than feminist. They try to fit into traditional gender roles despite their capabilities, and they learn family values from the professor who made them and serves as a responsible, knowledgeable, reasonable, tough but forgiving father-figure well-versed in various scientific disciplines. Plus, the recurring antagonist “Him” is an obvious reference to [[Satan]], which hints at support for Christianity; and he is an androgynous being who demonstrates some effeminate traits, which unsympathetically depicts and satirizes gender confusion and homosexual lifestyles, respectively. Lastly, minor villain Femme Fatale personifies the feminist ideology as her crimes are built around feminist hypocrisy.

On the other hand, since the girls were created by a scientist to be the “perfect little girls,” they could be more ''feminine'' rather than feminist. They try to fit into traditional gender roles despite their capabilities, and they learn family values from the professor who made them and serves as a responsible, knowledgeable, reasonable, tough but forgiving father-figure well-versed in various scientific disciplines. Plus, the recurring antagonist “Him” is an obvious reference to [[Satan]], which hints at support for Christianity; and he is an androgynous being who demonstrates some effeminate traits, which unsympathetically depicts and satirizes gender confusion and homosexual lifestyles, respectively. Lastly, minor villain Femme Fatale personifies the feminist ideology as her crimes are built around feminist hypocrisy.

|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, whether it may be considered far-fetched or not, the series seems 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, whether it may be considered far-fetched or not, the series seems to suggest 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. Some episodes also have controversial overtones. 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 his regular job as a fry cook at the Krusty Krab teach young audiences to value hard work and persistence as SpongeBob eagerly strives to make the most of his rather ordinary job. 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 act as 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>

There have been plenty of video games of ''SpongeBob'' released over the years, as well as three movies so far. One is the more conservative first film ''The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie''. There are two spinoffs released - ''Kamp Koral'' and ''The Patrick Star Show'' - after Stephen Hillenburg's death in 2018, which many fans find to be in bad taste.

Plenty of ''SpongeBob'' video games have been released over the years, along with six movies so far. The first is the more conservative film, ''The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie'', from 2004. There are two spinoffs released - ''Kamp Koral'' and ''The Patrick Star Show'' - after Stephen Hillenburg's death in 2018, which many fans find to be in bad taste.

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