Did Nickelodeon “OUT” SpongeBob SquarePants?
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Nickelodeon included SpongeBob SquarePants on a post celebrating Pride Month. This had a lot of people thinking they might finally be outing him. But it's also possible that he's just included as an LGBT "ally." Stephen Hillenburg, the creator of "SpongeBob SquarePants", has always said, "We never intended [SpongeBob and Patrick Starfish] to be gay. I consider them to be almost asexual."