Myth - Spongebob and The Seven Deadly Sins

Everybody loves and remembers Spongebob Squarepants. He’s a hilarious sponge who lives in a pineapple under the sea. But, what if that beloved children’s show represented something darker than we thought? What if each main character of Spongebob was supposed to represent The Seven Deadly Sins?
The Seven Deadly Sins are the sins of Envy, Wrath, Greed, Pride, Sloth, Gluttony and Lust.

As mentioned before, all these things relate to each of the main characters. And I’ll go down the list one by one.

Envy is wanting what someone else has, and this perfectly describes Plankton. He will stop at nothing to get the Krabby Patty formula, because he wants a successful restaurant just like the Krusty Krab. He’s even gone as far as winning Spongebob at a bet with Mr. Krabs, and mind controlling the entire city.

Wrath is the undying and extreme anger from a person. This sums up Squidward pretty well. Squidward hates his life. Nothing good ever happens to him. He tries so hard to have a good cultured life by playing clarinet, and painting, but his horrible neighbors and low-paying job always ruins his mood. He copes with this by showing outwards hate to the ones around him, and being overall bitter all the time.

Greed is the never ending want for wealth, and power. Mr. Krabs is the greediest character, no doubt. He even sings a song about how greedy he is in the episode “Selling Out”. He is always looking for any kind of money he can find. He got his hand stuck in a sink drain once, for a dime, and even fired Squidward once because he thought Squidward stole a dime out of the cash register, and got eaten by a clam for a dollar.

Pride is the feeling that you’re more important than other people. Sandy is very prideful. She makes sure everyone knows she’s from Texas, and will DESTROY anyone who thinks Texas is dumb,

and is very smart because she’s a scientist. She is also very stubborn, and thinks she’s right all the time.

Sloth is being emotionally or physically inactive. Patrick takes this one, hands down. He usually spends his time doing nothing, or eating. There was even an episode where he won an award for doing absolutely nothing longer than anyone else. He’s also very stupid. He would be completely useless to anyone except for Spongebob.

 

Gluttony is the over indulgence and over consumption of food. This is best represented by Gary. Gary doesn’t do much else than eat. But that’s usually normal, since he’s a pet. But, Gary will take some extreme measures to get at some food. Like once, he stayed with Patrick for days, because he wanted the cookie in Patrick’s pocket.

And, when Spongebob left too much food out for him, he ate it all, without a second thought. He even ran away when Spongebob forgot to feed him.

This last one is a bit of a stretch, but Lust is very strong sexual desire. Although there’s clearly nothing sexual about him (especially since seas sponges reproduce asexually), Spongebob is the best one to fit this sin. He always has unconditional love for everyone around him, even those who’ve outward hate or disdain toward him. There was even an episode where he fell in love with a Krabby

Patty, but he’s not the first to do that.

I think this myth is pretty solid, aside from a few minor holes, and even gives Spongebob some type of educational purpose, It was confirmed to be a complete afterthought. The creator of Spongebob, Stephen Hillenburg has said that he didn’t intend for the characters to end up representing the seven deadly sins.