“The SpongeBob aesthetic is this retro-tiki-1960s kitsch, not only in visuals but also in the music they pull, which largely comes from tiki lounge music,” Stefanie explains.

SpongeBob is not just a simple cartoon.” One of the central tenets of SpongeBob SquarePants ’s aesthetic is F-U-N (N-ywhere and N-ytime at all), regardless of how nonsensical it all may be.