SpongeBob SquarePants: The reasons we love it, and always will - Polygon
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In honor of creator Stephen Hillenburg, who died earlier this week, Polygon looked back at the nearly 20-year-old cartoon classic to share what makes it resonate with us so deeply.
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The 2011 Spongebob Squarepants episode, The Curse of the Hagfish, features a golden eel. The Golden Eel is a likely a reference to the Ween song by the same name off their
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SpongeBob SquarePants: The reasons we love it, and always will - Polygon
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