pic.twitter.com/hpAtPKFaby— Domino (@DominoDeerGirl) July 22, 2024This isn’t the first time Tom Kenny has discussed SpongeBob being neurodivergent.
Kenny – who has voiced the character since its debut in 1999 – said in October 2012 during an appearance on the WTF Podcast with Marc Maron: “I don’t know what there is in that show that talks to kids that are on the autism spectrum, but more than other cartoons… because SpongeBob as a character is a little autistic.”In other SpongeBob-related media, the 2023 video game SpongeBob SquarePants: The Cosmic Shake scored a four-star review, with Andy Brown writing for NME: “The Cosmic Shake is brilliant when it gets inventive.
Though quick-time events and button-mashing minigames are a little dreary in most games, The Cosmic Shake bucks the trend – a personal favourite includes cooking up Krabby Patties for the town, trying not to burn each pattie as they all cook at wildly varying speeds.
Though other areas could have benefitted from a shake-up, the moments that do veer into monotony are largely carried by the fact that The Cosmic Shake‘s tight pacing means you’re rarely there long before it’s time to be whisked away for some other nautical nonsense – and there’s plenty of that to enjoy.”.
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