BFBBR Spongebob Is Too Square for My Taste.

[Schorsch Wadschinken]

I know this sounds ironic given his name is literally "SquarePants", but you know what? his pants aren't actually square, they're rectangular. He should be called OblongPants.

Joking aside, did anyone notice that? The original design of the show, as well as the design in the original game, is more of a slight upside-down trapezoid:
Example character sheet
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2132966068
Example show
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2132966088
Example original US game cover
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2132966106
Example original EU game cover
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2132966121
Example original game screenshot 1
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2132966142
Example original game screenshot 2
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2132966169

However, if you look at the screenshots of this game, he's become quite square. You can't really see the trapezoid-ness anymore.
Example 1
https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steam/apps/969990/ss_341e6927648ffcb0b103565a42ab90c2d182e2e5.1920x1080.jpg?t=1591960780
Example 2
https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steam/apps/969990/ss_ed38c5546bdd81028f26ecea662eef919e05c7ae.1920x1080.jpg?t=1591960780
Example 3
https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steam/apps/969990/ss_59327e8619ecbf985a2f7f21fde688398e9291a2.1920x1080.jpg?t=1591960780

I wonder why they did that. Is that how he looks in the new 3D movies or something?

Personally, I am not a fan of this change. The original trapezoid adds a dynamic to his character model that I find quite appealing. Mainly, it gives him a hint of an actual skull. The new look in this game gives me a feeling of him being just a boxy, chubby thing, and less of an impression of him being a humanoid character with subtle anatomy.

It's worth noting that, interestingly, the original trapezoid design was retained in both the teaser and the cover artwork;
Teaser
https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steam/apps/256752725/movie_max.webm?t=1559824584
Cover
https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steam/apps/969990/library_600x900_2x.jpg

just not the actual game itself, sadly.

[Schorsch Wadschinken]

Originally posted by Skeletor:

He is Sponge Bob "Square Pants". His clothe is square.

Well, no, they're not.

Did you know there's an entire section below the first line of my post? That first line is just the title. There's a lot more to it that you completely ignored, rendering your reply nonsensical.

[Schorsch Wadschinken]

Okay, listen bud, this is what a square looks like: ■ vs. what a rectangle looks like: ▬
Now tell me, which of those two is closer to SpongeBob's pants...?
Wikipedia articles in case you actually need it:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Square
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rectangle

That wasn't even the point of this post. I literally said "joking aside". Holy frickballs.

[Schorsch Wadschinken]

Originally posted by Skeletor:

Rectangle and square do not make sense actually. Square is a rectangle, rectangle is a square.

Only a Square is also a rectangle. Other rectangles are not square. Are you just trying to troll me?

[Schorsch Wadschinken]

But his pants.

ARE NOT SQUARE.

Please stop the trolling.

[schneper32]

They had to adjust their artstyle a bit to the new upcoming Spongebob movie. You can compare in game graphics to the style of the new movie and see some similarities. Thats something that Nickelodeon told them to do.

[Schorsch Wadschinken]

Originally posted by schneper:

They had to adjust their artstyle a bit to the new upcoming Spongebob movie. You can compare in game graphics to the style of the new movie and see some similarities. Thats something that Nickelodeon told them to do.

Unfortunate if true. Executive Meddling strikes again.[tvtropes.org]

Though of course, that would beg the question why the movie producers/directors decided to make SpongeBob look worse for no reason, switching the blame, but I assume that's probably too outside of the scope of this forum to expect any official answers to. :V

[Schorsch Wadschinken]

Originally posted by schneper:

They had to adjust their artstyle a bit to the new upcoming Spongebob movie. You can compare in game graphics to the style of the new movie and see some similarities. Thats something that Nickelodeon told them to do.

Correction to the above post. I just looked at the trailers and they look nothing like the SpongeBob in this game. The trailers of the new movie are impressively close to the art style of the actual show and SpongeBob is perfectly on point, looking as expressive and trapezoidean as ever. He is not a square box like in Rehydrated. Some examples:
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2133103139
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2133103167
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2133103191
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2133103216

[Absurd Bartholomew]

..it's always been square ever since the second movie

also, the first image isn't official

[Absurd Bartholomew]

idk how to embed images, so have a link to the model sheet https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/521811185772003328/686273282395471916/spongebob_turnaround.jpg

[Schorsch Wadschinken]

Originally posted by trussive:

..it's always been square ever since the second movie

It's still not square/missing the dynamic. Even if they changed the model at one point, the new movie is clearly not adhering to it. I've also seen some of the recent episodes, he's not square.

[Dick Dastardly Richard]

this might be the strangest thread i've ever come across