Template:SpongeBob SquarePants (Seasons 6 - 8)

SpongeBob SquarePants is an American animated television series created by the late marine biologist and animator Stephen Hillenburg for Nickelodeon. The series chronicles the adventures and endeavors of the title character and his various friends in the fictional underwater city of Bikini Bottom. The series' popularity has made it a media franchise, as well as the highest-rated series to ever air on Nickelodeon, and the most distributed property of MTV Networks. As of 2015, the media franchise has generated $12 billion in merchandising revenue for Nickelodeon, and is currently one of the most well-known cartoons to date.

While seasons 1-5 (1999-2011) and 9 onwards (2011-present) were mostly well-received, the same can't be said for seasons 6-8 (2008-2011), which were very divisive by fans and critics and caused the series to undergo a massive decline in quality.

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