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This is the genius that is Stephen Hillenburg's SpongeBob SquarePants.

I mean, how many kids do you know that have any idea who Nosferatu is? How many kids (or adults without the complete set of Criterion Collection DVDs) would understand why it's so funny that John Lurie plays a fisherman in one episode? My point exactly. What held my long-term attraction to the show, however, was the clever dialogue, fairly adult in-jokes, and the pop culture references that no child (let alone most adults) would ever get. What initially attracted me to SpongeBob SquarePants were the silly dialogue and the fact that it seemed so absurd for a sponge (let alone one that looks like something you'd find in your kitchen sink) to be the impetus for a children's cartoon. Sure, these are two very odd moments for me to choose as my reason for being forever hooked into the undersea world of Bikini Bottom, but these moments encompass everything that is so great about the show itself.

One involves the surprising appearance of Nosferatu, and the other includes the guest appearance of John Lurie as a fisherman.

I can remember exactly the two specific moments when I fell in love with SpongeBob SquarePants as a television cartoon.