SpongeBob Squarepants created by marine biologist and animator Stephen Hillenburg is an animated TV series about a yellow sea sponge who lives underwater in a pineapple in this town called Bikini Bottom. He is energetic and has a pet snail named Gary. His best friend, Patrick Star, lives two houses away from him, on a rock. Right next to SpongeBob is his colleague and neighbor Squidward Tentacles who hates SpongeBob, Patrick and working at the Krusty Krabs. SpongeBob loves his job at the Krusty Krabs and annoys Squidward. The Krusty Krabs is the world for SpongeBob who would even work there for free. The show is a fast-paced program. According to Psychology Today, the University of Virginia conducted a study with four-year-olds. They have a group that watches SpongeBob; they have another group watch Caillou and then another group draw. They took a test immediately after completing the programs. The children who watched SpongeBob performed poorly compared to the other two groups. Say no to plagiarism. Get a tailor-made essay on "Why Violent Video Games Shouldn't Be Banned"? Get an original essay I will use textual analysis to analyze this artifact. In one of the episodes called Not Normal, SpongeBob and Squidward fought as they always had to. Squidward told SpongeBob that he wasn't normal. He was very upset that he had decided to turn normal. He changed himself completely, which also affected his work and his friends. After losing almost everything, SpongeBob decided that normality wasn't for him. He went to Patrick for help so he could be abnormal again. They basically humbled themselves and made the audience laugh at them. This episode promotes that it's okay to hurt other people's feelings and do stupid things in the eyes of the public and that it's okay. Squidward tells SpongeBob that he isn't normal and turns him into a completely different person. This is painful and can cause a lot of damage to a person, such as their self-esteem. Patrick helps SpongeBob become abnormal again by sliding down the sidewalk and licking the sand. They have fun while doing these things. And kids want fun things to do.