Since the premiere of its series in 1999, "SpongeBob Squarepants" has fulfilled the art of weaving fast, humorous shorts to fill its 30-minute episode period. Most of these mini-polishes that characterize our favorite yellow sea sponge are independent adventures that never manage to entertain. The tone of the series has always been light and happy-lucrative-perfect for children growing up looking at them, slipping adult humor has always scattered with an older audience in mind. Most of them are pretty harmless, such as Dolphin's nonsense sounds in the "Sailor Most" episode It is intended to be a stand for the words of the hook, or a sponge-fool, awakened extremely marking after drinking too much "dairy patterns" in a bar in the film "Children's Square". While the subtle jokes of this variety inevitably (and hopefully) will fly over the child's head, these topics often occupy an inappropriate twist, inviting controversy and criticism.

There are examples of "sponge" episodes that take place from the broadcasting schedule, as a result of unfortunate circumstances that can be mixed up to bad coincidence. The episode "Quarinnin Cancer" comes to mind because it was withdrawn from streaming on the eve of Kovid-19 pandemic and his thematic reflection within this episode. The subject was not deliberate: the episode was written 2 years before the global pandemic, with the influenza spreading through the bottom of a bikini game mostly for laughter. The ban was a temporary measure from the nickelodeon section, as the episode was available since May 2022, and is still available for viewing.

However, this was not the case with "Mid -Life Cancer", segment two of the season 3, Episode 15, which is involved in underwear -related controversy and is out of rotation of 2018. What exactly happens in this infamous episode and why is it forbidden?

No one can avoid a mid-life crisis, not even the Hyper-Capitalist Mr. Krabs, who is struggling to get out of bed at the beginning of "middle-life cancer". Things are becoming gradually more depressed for him, because the tendency of society to age-starter destroys his spirit (one of his clients calls him "old and dried" crabs), which encourages him to revive the miracles of youth. Asking to join Children's and Patrick on a night night, it is worth remembering, Mr -Krabs is trying to enjoy the antiquities in which the duo participate, but ends up feeling even worse. This is when Patrick reveals that they come out to steal a woman's underwear (suspicious call her "raid on panties"), raising the ghosts of Mr Krabs immediately. To add to this, the purpose of this act turns out to be the mother of Krabs, who upsets both the mother and the son.

Misogenist encourages aside, this would be good in an animated series only aimed at adults, but the children's show is difficult to suit such topics. "Mid -Life Cancer" is completely drawn from Paramount+ for this reason, and this record, along with its accompanying episode "Snap Race", is currently unavailable to Amazon Prime Minister in the United States, however, you can find it as home announcements The media or encounter parts of YouTube episodes. If you ask me, I think the episode should not be prohibited indefinitely (Knee censorship can be slippery slope) and that it can be made available with an evaluation of age and disclaimer.

If we overlook the inappropriate age segment, the episode itself is quite great. Classic laughter and fungi that pour the premise increase nostalgic longing for simpler times, related directly to the promising shine of youth. "Did you feel it now, Mr -Din Krabs?" Everyone asks the discarded store owner who is, infent, doesn't feel it at all. The mimicry of what is considered "youthful" ends up as a hollow premise, because nostalgia can be re -examined at any time we want, regardless of age. Or maybe it's just a silly little episode of adventure that is wrong and I read too much in it.