Spongebob Research Paper
In this paper I will be comparing two different shows. I will be looking at the how The Simpsons and the children's show Spongebob Squarepants’ approach to halloween is similar and different. The specific names of the episodes to be analyzed are The Simpsons Episode 5 Season 27 (Treehouse of Horror XXVI) Spongebob Episode 13 Season 1 (Scaredy Pants).
In Spongebob Squarepants’ Halloween episode (Scaredy Pants) the mood is mostly light hearted with a little bit of spookiness. In the episode Spongebob is constantly reminded of how “unscary” he is by the people around him. Mr. Krabs invites him to his halloween party later that night. Spongebob decides to try to dress really scary and finally scare someone. Patrick decides to help him figure out what to dress as. He decides to be a ghost and wears a blanket. But when trick or treaters come to the door and he attempts to scare them, they laugh him off and ask if he’s a …show more content…
In the Spongebob episode there is much more of a rising action, climax, and resolution; while in the Simpsons’ episode Bart is killed immediately at the start of the episode. As stated before the humor in Spongebob is not very dark at all, the worst thing that occurs is that the Flying Dutchman says that he’ll take people’s souls. With The Simpsons there is so much disturbing content that it is hard to pick out what is the darkest. The Simpsons also acknowledged events that occur in the real world, while Spongebob is very cartoon oriented, and a lot more simple than The Simpsons. But both are also similar in a few ways. In the end there is a twist in both episodes. Sideshow Bob has never succeeded to kill Bart so it was incredibly unexpected that he would kill him in this episode, especially so early on in the episode. In Spongebob at the end nobody expected spongebob to look like that. Also both episodes do utilize shadows to make the atmosphere for “spooky” moments appear
In Spongebob Squarepants’ Halloween episode (Scaredy Pants) the mood is mostly light hearted with a little bit of spookiness. In the episode Spongebob is constantly reminded of how “unscary” he is by the people around him. Mr. Krabs invites him to his halloween party later that night. Spongebob decides to try to dress really scary and finally scare someone. Patrick decides to help him figure out what to dress as. He decides to be a ghost and wears a blanket. But when trick or treaters come to the door and he attempts to scare them, they laugh him off and ask if he’s a …show more content…
In the Spongebob episode there is much more of a rising action, climax, and resolution; while in the Simpsons’ episode Bart is killed immediately at the start of the episode. As stated before the humor in Spongebob is not very dark at all, the worst thing that occurs is that the Flying Dutchman says that he’ll take people’s souls. With The Simpsons there is so much disturbing content that it is hard to pick out what is the darkest. The Simpsons also acknowledged events that occur in the real world, while Spongebob is very cartoon oriented, and a lot more simple than The Simpsons. But both are also similar in a few ways. In the end there is a twist in both episodes. Sideshow Bob has never succeeded to kill Bart so it was incredibly unexpected that he would kill him in this episode, especially so early on in the episode. In Spongebob at the end nobody expected spongebob to look like that. Also both episodes do utilize shadows to make the atmosphere for “spooky” moments appear